Where The Orange Blossoms Grow...: Picnic and Ice Cream Social!

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Picnic and Ice Cream Social!

It's Summertime! Let the fun begin!

The event is an old fashioned picnic and Ice Cream Social! This is Margaret's lovely contribution to the cake and ice cream table. :)

Mmm! Need some good sweet tea in this heat!

...or in William's case, water from the mister. :P

"Come on, y'all! Let's get this show on the road!" :P

The lady behind it all :)

In which guests start arriving...

Mrs Pam and Matt join the party!

Deeda dons her new summer dress. :)

Manda and I looking...hot. :P

Cal Cal. :D

The men adjust the tents so they're in the shade. ;)

Lots of happy faces :)

A happy Chelsea :)

The ladies retire to the house for a bit of cooling off before the picnic. :)

...and more guests arrive! (and Sam looks as if he's having second thoughts about arriving) ;)

In which 4 girls gang up on Jessica and steal her diet coke. :P

Men solve the world's problems...

...and Grandma Sue sits placidly and looks on. :)

Lemonade? :)

People fellowshipping...

...more people and more sweet fellowship. :)

Sweet friends. :)

Our little party

Me and my beautiful Grandmother

I love all their expressions. :)

Cousins. :)

The Waldman picnic...

and the Franklin picnic!

And the rivalry begins.....;)

The cutest pie ever ain't got nothin on ths un! ;)

More conversing...

Time for some cake and ice cream!

Umm...vanilla, please?

Our favorite game. ;)

Hmmm. methinks he's up to something. :P

More sweet friends. :)

In which the second set of guests arrive.......AND the second party begins!!!!!

:o)

In which Christiana, Mariah, and I go to get ice and Mariah insists on pulling the cooler. :P

Music is a must! :)

The Three Amigos and their guitars. It's a boy thing :P

Um, Nate? A little backwards there I think, Bud. :P

Phew!!! What a day.

Thank the Lord for good friends, good food, and good fellowship. :)

13 comments:

KelsJune 28, 2011 at 12:19 PM
wow! You have a fantastic way of having fun in the summer. :)
I love all the pictures, you all look so happy! Tell Callie I LOVE her cherry dress. :)

Have a wonderful day Stricklen family! xxxx~Kelsey
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AnonymousJune 28, 2011 at 12:40 PM
It was grand! Thanks for all your hard work! :D :D :D

Love,
Mand Mand
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susanelizabethJune 28, 2011 at 12:43 PM
Wonderful pictures! And the extra blessing was there were so many that I got to hear several songs while listening. Yahoo! I am now listening to "Rocky Top" and think I will set a spell and keep listening!
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The Stricklen FamilyJune 28, 2011 at 2:02 PM
Thanks Kels! :)

~Callie~
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Whiddon FamilyJune 29, 2011 at 8:45 AM
Lovely party, Stricklens! All of you girls' desses are adorable, and everything looked so pretty.
Great job,y'all!

PS We really enjoyed the little bit of time we had with your grandparents and Callie, Liv and Mrs F. Looking forward to the next time y'all are through.~

Blessings,
Mallory
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AnonymousJune 29, 2011 at 8:51 AM
That looks so fun:) Little Issac has grown up so much!!!!

Miss y'all!

Love,
Markie
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AnonymousJune 29, 2011 at 11:17 AM
What a fun day that was!! Great pictures as usual. ;)

Love,
Sadie
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AnonymousJune 29, 2011 at 11:57 AM
What a great time of 'sweet' fellowship. Cute idea.
BTW- I wanted to let you know about an upcoming conference in the Atlanta area. The topic is family worship and Pastor Marcus Serven from Missouri will be our keynote speaker. He has been a featured speaker on a number of ocassions for Vision Forum and will be bringing along his family to teach Psalm singing as well. You can get more information at our webite www.sechristianhomediscipleshipfamilies.blogspot.com.

Victoria
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Mrs. StokesiesJune 30, 2011 at 10:03 PM
Great pictures of another fun party!! Where's the one of the gazebo blowing away in the Florida gale? I loved all your beautiful dresses. Great job!! We enjoyed all the wonderful food and fellowship. It was so nice seeing everyone. Love yall, the Stokes' Family BTW I actually posted on my blog!
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Savories of lifeJuly 8, 2011 at 6:13 AM
I found you from another blog and fell in ,love with it.

I think we can become good blog friends. Come on over and follow my blog.

wish I could have come . Sounds liek fun and i will have to do it soem day but in July In Mo? Hmmm- everythign will melt.

Where do you live? Answer on my blog. Your girls look lovely!!!
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MazzouJuly 14, 2011 at 4:10 PM
I am glad I found your blog! It looks so fun- what a GREAT picnic you had! I enjoyed all the pictures. :)
You are cousins of the Dischers? I enjoyed meeting them last month at our homeschool Conference! :)
You can visit my blog here: http://mazzoumemories.blogspot.com
(Soon, I will be posting pictures with Dischers in them!)
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The DischersJuly 16, 2011 at 4:43 PM
hat was such a cute post, Mary! Little Nate is a brown as and Indian! Margaret's cake looks scrumptous! Your mom told me about the mister - what a great idea? It was nice to see Matt F. again. Nice that they coudl come out! Please tell them Hi for us.

All of your dresses were just perfect. I recognize the cherry print on Callie's. Sarah made dresses for the 3 little girls out of that print a few years back. So pretty! Can't believe how much the Pittman gals and Meg look alike! They could be sisters.Little Mariah is a as darling as ever and Isaac is so big and grown up looking! I love the picture of Granddaddy holding the Baby. Is that little Caraline?

It looks like you had a real great mix of people there. Everybody loves ice cream and lemonade (and of course great fellowship) on a hot day right? You all are such great hostesses! Yes - music is a must at the end of every party :)

Love you sweet Mary! You are definitely gifted as a fascillitator.

Aunt Beth
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The DischersJuly 16, 2011 at 4:45 PM
Hi! Margo! So glad you found my sister's family's blog. It's so neat to make "friends" online isn't it? We have been to your blog also and wondered if you all lived nearby. I guess you live in MO also? Drop us a line and we can see how close we are! Discherteam@gmail.com

Enjoyed meeting you and your mom and the CHEF conference.

God Bless,
Mrs. D.
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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Picnic and Ice Cream Social!

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