Where The Orange Blossoms Grow...

Where The Orange Blossoms Grow....

Hello! Welcome to the Stricklen's blog. We hope to keep our family and friends up to date with what is going on with our family. You will find a variety of experiences posted here -- you may find pictures of the never ending project of building our house, Callie helping William with his first steps, Mary studying a rare insect species, or perhaps you may be terribly bored with Molly's numerous fruit trees, berries, vegetables and rare plant pictures! Who knows what we may find Chris and CJ doing -- probably something having to do with a tractor or machine of sorts. Abby and Margaret will keep us entertained with costumes from other lands or a fairy story. Whatever we post, we trust it will lift your spirits and bring honor and glory to our Lord!

Monday, November 10, 2008

Lots of smiles!:):):)

What's this I see??? .............

Ooops-- Iv'e been found out!!!!

Willie was determined to make his toy work:)

He loves his big brother.....

....and his big brother loves him:)

We LOVE it when Grandmother and Granddaddy come over and join us for supper!

Enjoying some after dinner tea!!

As I peered around the corner to examine the kitchen-cleaning progress, my eyes beheld.....well......an interesting sight.....A towel-popping war????As well as a bubble-throwing war... OK, so I admit it--this picture was posed....As was this oneAmmunition:):))The weapon of choice:)AAaahhhh!!!! The camera person is being attacked from all sides!!!!!What a feminine little lady she is!We always enjoy visiting Mama's beautiful butterfly garden to see the butterflies and caterpillars:) A beautiful part of God's Creation!Caterpillar war:) Sweet little Deeda
There are always a few unwanted guests:)Willie was just discovering the pretty butterflies
Wow! Lots of caterpillars~

Well--That's all, folks!

~Posted by Mary N.~

Friday, November 7, 2008

Pastor Appreciation Day!

October was Pastor Appreciation Month. So on the 3rd Sunday, we all pitched in and appreciated our WONDERFUL pastor, patriarch and Granddaddy! We all made him a dessert that mostly consisted of Oatmeal-Raisin Cookies, Spice Cakes, and anything with cinnamon or apples :) Later, we all put on our work clothes and did some weeding, replanting, hoeing, raking, and whatever we could do to help Granddaddy. We got done some of the things that he's been too busy to do :) We all had a tremendous amount of fun, and hopefully gave Granddaddy a BLESSED Pastor Appreciation Day! Thank You, Granddaddy, for your faithful dedication to the Lord, His Word, and to teaching us! We all love and appreciate You!!!

~Mary Noelle~