Hello, y'all!!

Ah, how are all of you!? Hope your summers have been blessed! :)

We've missed "visiting" with y'all so much! We have now started mortonclanthree, where we will, Lord willing, now be keeping the records, newsie tid-bits, thoughts and going~on's of the Morton clan!!

See ya' there!

Love, Adeline

www.mortonclanthree.blogspot.com

Reached Capacity

Well, mortonclan is full, y'all!! From our (or, dear Kress and "Charlie", aka Alan's) first post here back in September 2005, to yesterday afternoon! LOL, looking back in the archives is amazing...the Lord has been, as He always is, so gracious and faithful to us.

You can now go to:

www.mortonclantwo.blogspot.com

to keep up with us and what we've been doing!

I'll finish yesterday's post there, Lord willing, today.

Thanks, and have a blessed day!

Love,

Adeline, for all

Weekend Family Retreat at Calathora-Installment #1

Goodevening, y'all!!

How are ya' this lovely July evening? We're having a wonderful day here-I'm so happy. While all these pictures have been loading, I've been just soaking up some of God's Word-That is amazing that we get to read the inspired Words of God Almighty. Ah. Thank You, Lord. Please give me Wisdom...

"When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water. Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth: While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world. When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth: When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep: When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth: Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him; Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men. Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways. Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not. Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.

For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD."

We are rather missing our dear Mama and Daddy, though, who are off to the Sanders over night to check on the job and such-so that just leaves us kiddos here! We shall have a grand time, however, for Dee's made homemade pizza and Lord willing we shall all curl up on the couchling this evening and watch a moving picture show!! :D I can smell the pizza now...

Ah-now to the post-this is the first part of a quite a few pictures from a wonderful weekend of fellowship, encouragement, learning, and just reveling in the peaceful Spirit of the Lord with the Body of Christ!!
Mr. Ray and Mr W.
The brother/sister towel act...
Norma scrubbing'!
A view from the stairs....
Winter coloring...
Me and Critter having "horse rides"-ah, this child is so precious!
Mr. and Mrs, K. listening to sessions...
Father and Son
Sisters Pendleton
Mr. and Mrs. W. during sessions...
God's Word and Notes
My Father speaking...
Mama spoke to the ladies some about how our thoughts eventually come out in our actions and words-we must be so careful to renew our minds and take every thought captive to the obedience of Jesus Christ-I really enjoyed Mama's fun and memorable way (notice the thought bubble) of communicating such an important message to the wives and daughters. God bless you, Mother dear!Mr. Marc speaking...
Lovely Em!

One afternoon all the guys played ultimate Frisbee-here's a few pictures of the action....
It was quite entertaining to watch.
Mrs. Angie and Mrs. C. talk...

Everybody in line for ice cream sundaes!
Ah, we had so many sweet babies all weekend!! Here are the two youngest girls...aren't they precious?Aunt Bessie and Carlos...
Lerah and Esther
Toby with some chiplings...
Mr. Smith and Daddy talking...

Alyssa and Mariah. Goodness, Meme. I do believe you need some air, hon. ;) Saturday night we had a grand time playing cards and playing instruments and singing-I just love sitting around relaxing and visiting together...

It was so good to finally meet the P.'s sweet new sister-in-law, T.! What a joy she is! Here's she and Emily stopping for a picture...
Cleve asked us three girls to sing Scotland the Brave-we couldn't remember all the verses, but it was fun anyway!
Alan was the fiddler...
And Edger, Cleve, Mr. W. and Nick played guitar, and Jake played the piano-it was all so beautiful.
Mr. W. also played the mandolin-oh, y'all, this is incredible-he makes his own instruments! The one he is playing in the above picture is one of his, and he also brought several others that we all really enjoyed looking at. The mandolin added allot to the music.
Norma Ann
Dee
Dear Mrs. G.
A view from the top...
Little B. was so cute!! She's just leaning the violin, and charmed everybody with her sweet performance. What a doll.
Esther in holding bliss... :)
Mr. Fritz and some of his's, hanging out...
Looking at old pictures-it amazing how much people grow in so short a time! ( I guess then they would not be qualified as old pictures, LOL-how about past pictures? :)

One of the twins drew me such a beautiful picture!

Me and Anna dear...
The Handyman! :D We all thought it was so funny how the dustpan dropped just as I snapped the picture-LOL, thanks Mr. Michael for the help!
Martha triple-tasking. :D
Daisy putting out her card of choice...
Uh?
Little Vi
Mama dear and the ladies examine dehydrated goods...
The two Amandas!
Marth, Esther and I with some of the S. girls-it was so good to meet y'all!
The G. family-such a blessing!
Their four treasures #1...
#2
and #3...I just love this-see, they have one older daughter, with three little ones in a row! Just like me and my own dear sisters-that is so special to me!Alyssa RoseMe and my buddy B.!
Miss G. and her beautiful braids...
Uncle FrankA view from the deck, after everybody had begun heading out...LOL, this was actually a brilliant way of packing van-no steps, just right out the window!
Sweet Winter picks her some 'flowers' ;) before going to the car-What a doll! Love that apron.
Great-Aunt Laura with Esther... :)
Sunday was Henry's 11 revolution around the sun!! Congratulations, buddy, and happy birthday!
Daisy Laughing. I just love her!Ice Pops and Living Room Life...
"Come up here, girls!"
Dorothy and Marty
Edger and Daisy enjoying their ice pops...allot. :)TJ and little Esther
'Ze Pinwheel
Bret going at it...Oh, y'all-us kids had a hilarious time thinking up the cheesiest nick names for the grand kids today-Boxing Bret, Running Ronnie, Marathon Mikie, Crawling Carlo', Jogging Joe and Easy Esther!! Haha, these poor, dear children...
Dee and her Joe Man
Dear Mrs. Bohannan
Mother My dahlin' niece and me-isn't she almost edible!?
Our Sam
Dee
Rachel and Bethy visiting...
"Bye y'all!"
LOL, we were trying to get a four sisters and Esther picture, but, alas, this was the best we got! At least three of us are looking in the same general direction. :)
Heading out...

Well, praise the Lord for a wonderful and blessed weekend!

Ah, I think I shall hop along, y'all...Goodnight to you all!

Love in Him,

Adeline, for all

Visit to Rora Vally

Good evening, y'all!

As some of you may know, our boys have been doing the carpentry on the Sander's home over across the state line, so we've been back and forth allot lately. (It's been so wonderful to see this dear family more often!) A few weeks ago, the whole family went and joined the work crew, (who is staying there in town during the week and returning here on the weekends) and enjoyed the Sander's sweet hospitality for a few days, while Daddy checked on the job and did some things on that. Some of the following pictures are from that trip, and some are from the time Cleve and I went up there for a few days while Cleveland did some work with Noah. I went along to take care of Cleve and visit, and had such a dear time of fellowship with the precious Sanders ladies...what blessings each of them are! We all picked blueberries, swam in the pond and pool, got a tour of Rora Vally, did chores (I just love it when you're at a friends house and they give you a chore!! Just makes one feel so loved and right at home.) had ice cream cones, milkshakes and a delightful game night, :D told stories, had sweet talks, found May Pops, watched videos, listened to JP and Les Miserables (to be pronounced with a thick country accent ;), and just had a very homey and encouraging few days with dear sisters in Christ-Thanks so much, y'all! God bless!

(Oh, and they have a fabulous blog here, where they are documenting the building of their home and their family life-it's just wonderful, and has such beautiful pictures, too.)
Grace picking blueberries with her stylishly upturned collar. :P JK, honey! (She was doing it to keep the sun off. :)Such beautiful berries...Ice cream in The Shop...Swimming in the pond. (well, actually, we're jumping off the dock, here, LOL-love that swan dive, dear! ;D) Oh, something interesting-Dee had her hair stick in when she went swimming, and it came out and sank to the bottom-so they swam down there, and actually found it!! Isn't that incredible? Got stuck on a root or something. Thought that was cool.They had some festive lanterns above the dining table that made it all so cheery!The beautiful lake and tree house. Dee and AbbiEdwin-O stands in front of the building site. Coming along!
Egglings
Marth and Bekah doin' eggs-love that expression there, hon.
Abbi Rose #1
Abbi Rose #2
Here are Dee and Abbi in pink. They gave us a tour of the farm-it is so beautiful, and exciting to see how the Lord is bringing it all together!
Bekah (and a little one on her back) on top of the 'mountain'.

Guesstures, Anyone?

As mentioned earlier, we had a ball playing a few games together one night we were there-we played Guesstures, and had a round table story that was very funny and...creative! Lots of Germans and ingenuity. LOL. :D Guesstures made us laugh 'till we cried-thought I'd show y'all a few pictures of that-enjoy! The game.
Cleveland and Noah try to act out "sleeping".
Bekah and Abbi contemplating...Grace and me. Bless our hearts, we didn't get a single one that time, LOL!! :D

The Consultation
The Little Man in the Tent
"Planning your next move?"
LOL...
"Pour"
"Let it begin!"
Comb, maybe? :)
Oh, this was great-It was Eman and Noah's turn, and their team got to taking pictures and forgot about guessing, so here is their "Cleveland! Ethan! Guess, over here!! " expression.
We changed the rules to where you only have 10 seconds to read what the other team picked out for you-it was really great and added a fun time crunch...
Ah, now this is lovely. Here, me and Bekah try out "dentures".
And here's little Nehemiah, doing a great job on the round table story!

Thanks, Sanders kids for such a fun evening!

Hope to see you all again soon.

In Him,

Adeline, for all

Goodnight, everybody! Sleep well...

In Which we Show off Grandbabies # 3 and The Day Off

Hello, dahlins!!

Well, my dearest family has given me the day off, for my birthday last week. We were rather busy that week so we thought it would be best to have the annual day off this week, :) so, here I am, just having a easy going, relaxing day... The Lord is so good to give us those days of refreshing, isn't He? I'm having so much fun-my family is so sweet!

Hence the lack of pictures. Lord willing I shall tackle that tomorrow. Ah, so many wonderful things to post!! Rora Farms visit, grand babies, the retreat here last weekend, and the-wonderful-everyday-life-stuff that is so precious...Oh, I've just got to show y'all this picture, though, of our darlings-How cute is this!!??
Doesn't this make you smile? :D What a couch full of blessings...

Well, see y'all tomorrow, Lord willing, with tons of pictureages in tow!!

I'm off to grab a bite of lunch and then, ahhh, maybe read a book or something...Good day!

Love,
Adeline

The 4'th of July

Hello, everybody!!

Ah, what a blessed day we had on the 4'th-such sweet fellowship, fun games, delicious stew and inspiring talks...We went to bed that night so refresh by the Body of Christ....The Lord is indeed gracious.

Here's a few pictures from the day-enjoy, dahlings!! Not much time, so I'll skip along!!

Love,

Adeline
Daddy dear's wonderful Brunswick Strew in the making!
"I think not, baby puppy." ;) (Silly movie quote... :)
Fellowship around the stew pot...
Meanwhile, most of us kids fill water balloons for the Great Battle of...oh, I don't know, Waterloo? Cheesy, I know, LOL...
Smells soo good...
Time to eat! Here, Daddy and Mama fill up urns with stew to take back in to the food table... ;)
Soup and crackers are one of the most comforting things in the world, I think...Ah...
Birthday Buddies Daisy and Joe!!

More balloon fillers...or snatchers. :D
Mr. Fritz and Marty try out Wesley's bike...
And Uncle Marc, too! That thing is quite the entertainment piece, LOL.
Cleveland
And, what 4'th of July is complete without watermelon!?
'Panda and 'Angie enjoy a piece together...
And the twins..LOL, they are so incredibly cute they make me laugh for joy!! Those precious little smiles...
Red, White and Blue...and a little green, too... :D
Got a system down...

"Next!"
And, the battle begins!!!Mr. Fritz tries out his stealth skills on TJ...Dear Aunt Laura
Sweet little Martha!
Rosie's got one.
Halt, kiddo!!
Mrs. Leslie enjoying the shade...Such a sweetie...thanks for taking pictures for me, ma'am!
Laughter...
Such a beautiful mother...

Campbell...
Enjoying the water... ;)
Wesley tossin' it...
Look out, Mike...Horray for Mama dearest!! She's going for the flag!! Ah, I love my Mom so much-she's absolutely great!!
Enjoying the shade#2
General Running and ThrowingIn between games everybody stopped to replenish their balloon supply. I love that one-man system, Wes-very nice. :D
Root Beer is one of our July 4'th traditions...Oh, and they have to be chilled in a cow trough filled with ice for it to taste just right. :)
Daddy gave the most inspiring talk to us later that afternoon about being bold Christians who stand up and proclaim the truth of God's word, and who are a salt and a light in this country that has, so sadly, strayed from the Lord and His principles that it was (for the most part) founded on. May the Lord help us, and have mercy on us.

After the time of sharing and having dessert, (everybody but the R.'s had to head on home about that time-we missed them all, but know they had a good time with family that evening) Anyway, we had a ball that afternoon with the dear folks who got to stay. Above, Daddy Darling and Wes race with eggs and spoons...
Passing it off...
Poor Andrew fractured his foot that day, so here's our dear wounded man doing an egg race-I love that perseverance, buddy!!
Future Victims
Go Daddy!!
Wes creaming all competition with the butter and sugar mixture. Add the egg, vanilla and milk mixture alternately with the flour. Mix well....
DeeRound two...
Wes
Another round...

And then the three legged races...and they're off!!Coming down the home stretch...

"Onward, my companion!"
Almost there....

And, Daisy and Norma come out winning by a foot or two-great coordination, girlies!
And then the men did a tug-o-war...
Pulling harder...
and longer...
Aww...what a sweetheart. She loves her big sister...Was taking Joe on a ride...
Father and Son

After kick-ball, shooting off leftover water balloons in the sling shoot at the two targets was considered great fun...
Campbell's turn...The Two Targets
Mr. Joe Man!!
Missed shoot...
Laughter...
And here's our little Joe-Man again, covered in watermelon, LOL.
Later that evening, Daisy was so kind and let me use her for a photography subject-isn't she beautiful!? I love the way her heart is even so much more so-ah, what a dear girl!
And here's us girls sitting on the front porch watching the 'fireworks', LOL!! That was so fun...
I shall end with a picture of my dearest Daddy...Praise the Lord for such a wonderful day together!!

Hope you all have a very blessed evening, y'all!

Love, Adeline

We're Home!!

Abbi's May-Pop Picture

Hello, darlings!

Well, Cleve and I are back home from a delightful few days at the dear Sanders' home in AL-Daddy and the boys are doing the framing on their home, and I got to tag along with Cleve this time while he did a few things on the job, and spend the days with the sweet girlies and Mrs. Wendi-ah, such a wonderful time we had-so many precious memories! Got some hilarious pictures to show you on that trip, LOL. :) I'll have to show y'all those and a million other wonderful happenings ASAP, but right now, I'm off to "love on" (ie, straighten, clean, put out fresh flowers, water plants, sweep, etc.) my home!! How I missed my darling family and our little spot of earth!! Today I shall, Lord willing, deep clean the third floor and wash the bedding for the upcoming family retreat we are having at our home this weekend-we are so excited about that and are so looking forward to seeing some of our dear friends. (and meeting some new ones, I hear-that will be fab!)

Mama and Daddy dearest are gone this morning on a planning session, Edger and Willie R. are here doin' fencing, and Tom's down there helping. Marth's doing laundry, Sam carrying stuff up the barn for me, and I think John's about to start mowing the lawn...not sure what the other kids are up to right this minute...ah, beautiful music is turned up, and a refreshing summer breeze is coming through the opened window...it looks like it might rain. Good, sweet rain.

Praise the Lord. He is so good.

We love you all!!

For the Fam,

Adeline

LOL...

:D I love my sista'-in-love!! And her search for her hubby's hat was indeed successful. :)