The official announcement

The Michael Jr. family would like to announce the birth of our third son,
Jonathan DeWet Morton.

His name Jonathan means "God shall vindicate"
Jah, = (God) +(shall)+ nathan = (vindicate (recompence/avenge, as in Psalms 18:43)

His name DeWet is in honor of General C. R. DeWet, (b. Oct. 7, 1854, d. Feb. 3, 1922,)
(first Anglo- Boer war (1880-81),
Commander in chief of the Orange Free State forces in the South African (Boer) War (1899-1902), Afrikaner uprising (1914)

We are very thankful to the Lord for giving this son to us, and may we honor Him in the way he is raised - that he be a godly man.
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The Baby!!!!!!! He's here, Y'all!!!!!

Praise the Lord!!

Our precious 8'th grandchild is finally here, safe and sound!!! He came in just this morning around 2:00, with a head of black hair!!!! He is absolutely precious!! God is soo good and merciful. The dear Mama is doing really wonderful-she did such a good job!! Three cheers for Kressy Beall!!! Michael was a wonderful doctor, ;) and the first thing this blessed little boy felt after he came were his Daddy's strong hands...such a precious moment!!

Praise God for this little boy! Thank You, Lord...

Oh, yes-He has a name!!! And a weight, of course. As the computer was over here at our house, there were no live posting, hence, well, the lack of live posting. :)

So! (by the way, look at him!!! Ah! SO, incredibly beautiful. Wow.)

OK, in keeping with Morton tradition, let all guessing as to his poundage begin!! I shall think of something cunning as a prize for the most accurate guess-in the mean time, tell us what you think. I shall post all our guesses tomorrow!

Come back tomorrow for his name, (and what a name he has been given! wow...) pictures, and a full account of an incredible weekend that we've just been so blessed by-The precious fellowship of a large gathering of the Body of Christ, with laughter, learning, crying, playing, working, hearing, listening-ah, and then the coming of the grand baby in the midst of it all! I rate this as one of the most fabulous baby-comings ever!

See ya' tomorrow, Lord willing!!

With much gratefulness to our Lord Jesus, I remain a completely enthralled

Auntie Adeline

Roberts, Tea and Tooties, and Critter

Last night the Roberts came over! We had such a jolly time-the girlies and a few of the boys came early and helped us kids with our chores, :) and the rest of the family came later and we had pizza and watched UP! Good times!
Forgot about pictures, but here's one... :)
And now I give you a glimpse of one of the cutest kids in the whole world!! 'Ze Critter!!! He loves eye wear, LOL.
And here's us three girls late last night eating cookie dough, drinking hot tea and talking around the kitchen island...I love those times...

Today Mumsie and Par-par are up in North Georgia picking up mass quantities of chicken feed. Looking forward to seeing them in a bit...we kiddos are going around getting everything ready for this weekend, listening to Ron Hardiman, eating icecream, and just having a ball!!

To everybody we'll see this weekend, can't wait to see you then!! To all else, hello and have a blessed weekend!

Ta ta!!

~Addie-O

The Grand Excursion up the East Coast

Hello, all!

Hope you are all well this morning!! We are all doing fabulous, praise the Lord, and are busy preparing for a delightful weekend that's coming up here at Calathora, of teaching, fellowship and just being with the Body of Christ! We're really looking forward to that.

But, with out further delay, I am here to give you and posterity a lengthy account of a tour de force trip that my dear family took this past week up the east coast and all the way to Massachusetts. The Lord really blessed our trip-we got to see all kinds of incredible historical sites, visit with the Thomas family and some friends of theirs over the weekend, see our old family cemetery in Virginia, and made many, many special memories. Praise the Lord for such times!!

Alrighty, dear, get you a glass of whatever and relax-here we go:

We left home at 3:00 am on Wednesday morning, and when I finally woke up we were in NC. :) Daddy is an incredible driver. The autumn colors were gorgeous! Above is Cleveland's shot of a bridge...pretty neat!
"Fruit 'N Fiber!"
We drove through allot of the major cities on the way up- it was the first time us younger kids had ever been up that far, so we were quite excited to see the capitol building, the Washington monument, the Statue of Liberty (even if she was only an inch tall, LOL) and other famous landmarks.
We stopped at a gas station and got subways, and sat in a little grassy area under the tree- so nice. Andrew and Sam posing in the WonderSub...

Daddy and Mama had been to Philadelphia a year or two ago and had really enjoyed their visit, so we thought it would be neat to tour that a little...

It was so cold we toured in a close knit huddle. You did have to watch out for lamp posts and pedestrians, though. "Clear the street!"

No, I'm kidding-here we are, reading the touring pamphlet.

Mama and Daddy stayed in this house when they were here last-they took us in for a little bit, and ah! I just love old homes!
Andrew, my man.
Walking along...
Edwin-O
In front of Carpenter's Hall
Pauly
Ah...I love Fall time!!
Dee and Paul 'side a fantastic gate. Acorns, my boy.
And here is like, one of my favorite pictures from the whole trip! Cleve, you're wonderful. Aren't those lanterns in the back ground delicious!??
And here we are at Independence Hall! Fabulous architecture, and so historically significant, but the tour guide was so humanistic, and the true story and it's Author were almost completely ignored. I almost cried. But we really enjoyed actually standing where our forefathers stood when they made such a significant and life changing decision. See that chair, between the fireplaces? That was George Washington's! Just incredible...
Beautiful.Oh, y'all-I've got to tell you about this-such a neat tid-bit. We were all walking along, and this maintenance man that I had see working around all morning, was sweeping the side walk, where we were walking. All a sudden out of the blue he called out with a questioning look, "Hey, where y'all fro'?" Daddy told him that we were from Moultrie, Georgia.

"Get outta here!" (Some of the kids thought he was serious and starting moving away, LOL.) and then with a laugh, "Dat's Colquitt county country! man, 'dat's where I'm from! welcome to Philidephia!" We talked for a second, and then had to be on our way.

"Dar's no place like home..." he said as he went back to his sweeping. It was so comforting to have a little piece of home there, knowing his way around and keeping an eye on us tourists. He later saw us walking and stopped to give a piece of advice on a place to eat or something like that. So, we thought that was pretty special.
Oh, Daddy got all of us a authentic Philly cheese steak sandwiches-ah, they were delicious! He is so sweet. We stopped in a beautiful park and munched, and watched the dozens of little birds hop through the fallen leaves and chirp for bread crumbs.
Must have been good...
Edwin poses next to The Signer...
I thought this building was interesting...
Oh, and then we went back to Carpenter's Hall (it had opened up now) and that was really fascinating.
This was right above the threshold.
Ah, see? The leaves were just breathtaking. Here's Cleve on a leaf covered cobblestone street.
Oh, and here's another of my favorites from the week-dearest Martha!!
Such beautiful eyes God gave you, my dear!!

Ah, so then, after touring Philly, we drove on up to the Thomas'! Such a sweet, hospitable family! Thanks so much for everything, y'all. We sure were blessed by your family!

Oh, and up there is Dee and Melanie making these tasty little wrap things. Perfect for pack lunches-We'll have to try them sometime. It's like a, a controlled sandwich. Brilliant.
Delicious...
The Thomas blessed us with a weekend of amazing, true, and God glorifying tours around New England.
Eating wraps at a beach in New Port...(Notice the WonderSub in the distance, the one with the car topper? That was our mode of transportation up the coast. Never before seen pictures of that in a minute. Jaw dropping.)
Mama darling and Edwin...
Oui, mon cher ?
Michael of The Grand Adventure
The sea gulls were beautiful, and would get very close.
John Man
Another gull picture...