Performance at Pioneer Park

The Country Cousins

The "Little Cousins" come and join us singing

"You're the Only Star in My Blue Heaven," by Abby

"O Susannah!" by Margaret Anne
And several others

These three LOVE the mic :)

Some very little cousins decided to try out this performing stuff--

and, boy did they love it!!! (and so did the audience, I might add :)

"And now, here's everyone's favorite......"

ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL!!!........

I'm Pete on the Banjo......

"Here's Kitty on the Guitar........Amanda on the Bass......"

"Callie on the Dobro........"

"Mary, previously on the fiddle, and currently on the......"

"..........TURTLE????? "

Yep-- The newest addition to the Country Cousins

(and would you believe it??? Another relative of Mr. Pickles!)http://thestricklenfamily.blogspot.com/2008/04/pickles.html

We've given him an official name, Edward G.Turtle.

(No, seriously, he's a rhythm-maker for train tracks......clicketty-clack-clicketty clack.....The Orange Blossom Special is comin' down the tracks......OK, sorry, y'all. Enough said:):):)

"........Here's Grace on the Mandolin...."

........and featuring Sarah on the Fiddle!!!"

~Posted by Mary Noelle~

~Flying High at 40~

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Boy, did Daddy have the surprise of his life coming.....

In case anyone doesn't know what the "Flying High at Forty" thing is about, I'll tell y'all.

Daddy has always wanted to be a pilot, so for his birthday we got him started
on his flying lessons. We wrapped several gifts that were
"clues" to his big present. In each gift was the next gift wrapped
inside it! He seemed clueless until finally
on his last gift he read the certificate saying he had
flying lessons waiting for him!
He was so surprised! He said he never expected it :)
Mama was quite pleased finally to pull something
like this off! He has taken several lessons and
if he keeps up at the rate he is going, he will have his
pilot's license in no time!

The cake

~ Guests ~

~Buddies~

~Mrs. Tanner and Mama~

Grandmama and Grandaddy Frodge

Enjoying the BBQ

Uncle Jay and Aunt Ashley

Grandma Stricklen (Daddy's stepmother) enjoying the party but

not wanting her picture taken!

Sweet 'lil EmmaJane:)

Entertainment by
The Country Cousins!

A little bit of music:):)

Pete the banjo man:)

Margaret singing "O Susannah!"

CJ and Rosie delight us with a song.

"Hey, Rosie do you love Jesus?"

~ Fellowship ~

Telling stories

Daddy and Mr. Hahn:) 

Daddy with his great Aunt Dovie

Papa (Daddy's Grandfather) and Grandma Dot

~Daddy and his Mama~

All of Us

Happy Birthday, Daddy!!

A Coupon from Perkins....

After eating a meal at Perkins, I picked up a coupon at the counter. As we all loaded up in the car one of us showed the coupon to Daddy. Before we knew it, we were on our way to Kennedy Space Center!

Callie

Anyways, here are some pictures--Hope y'all enjoy!

I think this picture speaks for itself.....

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Let's get started! Where do we go first???

Sweet brothers :)
On the tour bus

WOW! That's big!

Rocket boosters for the Saturn V

The actual control room where the people sat during the first

successful Apollo mission. Apollo 8 orbited the moon.

Ummm...You'd have to ask someone else....

Mama said this is the way they did things

before computers! I guess they manually lit

all those little boxes!

This is the same chart, just not lit - It is what they

used during the Apollo 8 mission.

This was in Mission Control.

As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are the children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them:they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.

~Psalm 127:4-5~
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It was a windy day

One of the four launch pads

The Statue of Liberty could fit through these doors!

(Really - that is what they said!)

This building, the Vehicle Assembly Building, is over 500 ft.

tall and stores the space shuttles until the next launch.

They said the tour bus could drive along one

of the stripes easily!
The count down clock used for all launches

Us kids with an astronaut. :)

~The Rocket Garden~


Posted By: Callie

Blog is OPEN to EVERYONE once again!

The blog is open to EVERYONE once again! Sorry for the inconvenience over the past couple of days. Please visit us often! We will post again soon :)

God Bless!
The Stricklens