A Picture Post!

With Ryan in Boy Scouts, the interest of scouting, camping, hiking, and caving has grown among my younger siblings.  The other day Ryan as the scoutmaster, took Troop 18 into the woods to camp and hike.

When they came back, Michael prayed at lunch that "Ryan would take me into the woods to camp in the little ditch again!"  I think he had fun!

Be Prepared!

Ryan pitched this tent for his troop on the trail in our woods.  

Native Wildlife - what kind is it?

Troop 18 preparing for departure

Scoutmaster leads them in devotions

I think she is already an Eagle Scout!

She is a tenderfoot!

The Way to Cool Scout master

Panther Patrol and Gator Patrol

Troop Assembly

Why am I here?

Again, why?

Scoutmaster has a great photo-op

Too cute!!!!

Troop 18 prepares for the hike

Sweet Smiles

Firetruck Numbers

"That is my photo with the hands and the Firetruck Numbers."

The previous statement was made by Michael at the supper table.  He said it with a touch of pride in his voice as he gazed at the painting.  

Let me add some details and let you know why I had to hide a grin. 

1. He is just so cute. 
2. Firetruck means red.
3. Numbers can mean numbers or letters, as it strikes him. (in this case it is letters)
4. And last, but not least, He did NOT paint that picture.  Those are not his hands or his firetruck numbers. 

Did I break this sad news to him?  Did I tell him the ugly horrible truth?  

Nope.  He is just to cute and he will only believe his own stories for a little bit longer.  The world is tough and too soon he'll find out he has to paint his own pictures to get credit. 

But for now...  "I love your hands and firetruck numbers Michael!"

Jess

Some Fun Entertaing Photos

Centuries Apart

A Plants and Pillars Production

Discussing the next move. We wanted it to be lunch, but it was 4 more scenes!!!!

Joel thinking, "you want me to do WHAT?"

A Boy Scout is Loyal, Clean, Trustworthy, and does their scene correctly!

The Howard Girls and their hired hand.

The Howard girls and the top of their hired hand's head. (say that five times fast!)

The Howard Girls, their hired hand, and their cat.  Well, actually it's Mrs. Spurgeon's cat, but you would have to watch the movie to understand!! :)

Mrs. Mara Spurgeon.

Josiah and his friend who is not from the movie, but is still really cute!

L. to R. Eliza, Hannah, and Beth Howard

Miss Jane Parr on a REALLY bad hair day!

Hannah decides that Henry Watson has gotten away with his criminal behavior long enough!

Good Friends - Until the trial!

Buttoning up the actress before the sub-machine war.

Two sweet smiley girls.

Instruments of torture!!!  Ahh, 18th century costumes in July!

All our clothes

L. to R. Beth and Eliza Howard and Josiah Bennet

"When the trumpet of the Lord shall sound and time shall be no more"

"The King of Glory comes, the nation rejoices."

I am pleased to announce that Centuries Apart is finished and will be available on DVD on August 18th!!!

Living Books from Plants and Pillars: Should Girls Read Ballantyne and Henty? Part One

Living Books from Plants and Pillars: Should Girls Read Ballantyne and Henty? Part One:


A great series we are re-posting on girls and adventure.

Filmmaking Day

Okay, for my Filmmaking post, I will give you an update on the Plants and Pillars Film Festival.  Here are 10 random facts about the Plants and Pillars Film Festival.   READ MORE HERE

1. As of right now, I have about 21 serious entrants and 5 more "hope to enter" people
2. The deadline for DVD submission is this Thursday. 
3. The festival is a month from today
4. All my siblings have submitted their movie
5. I have not... why?
6. My movie seems to be corrupted .  More on that later.
7. The Festival is going to be TONS of fun!!!
8. I have four out of state entrants
9. There is still time to submit something, we would love to have you!
10. I thank the Lord everyday for the chance to do this!

Winner of the Poll

Well, the results of the poll on the side of the blog were very interesting!!!

What Should We Post More On?

Here are the results... I guess I had better get to work!!! :)

1. With an 8% vote Filmmaking won first place!
2. The "F"s came in Second!  Friends and Fellowship tied with Funny!
3. Family Life
4. Storm Recovery
5. Animals and Thoughtful tied for Fifth Place

Hmmm.... y'all are a fun loving, filmmaking, funny crowd who would prefer not think or be around animals?

Haha!!!

Posts will come soon!

Another fun day of filming!

No, Rachel wasn't graduating... she was filming.

The courtroom scene of Centuries Apart!!!

People

People are like pickles. 

The sweet

The sour

And the Jalapenos

Can you guess which of my siblings made this observation?

Cajun Benefit Dinner

Katrina Victims Giving Back hosted a Benefit Dinner for Shoal Creek.  Those of us with out chicken pox attended!!! :)

It was so much fun to see everyone and enjoy the fellowship.

Enjoy!

Photo Credit: Bria C. 

Daddy

Last year, the Wissmann Family decided that when a birthday rolled around they would post one of the birthday person's strongest qualities. For an example visit their blog!!! Bethany and my Daddy have the same birthday!

So, we will begin on July 10th (of a year we aren't going to mention) when the start of our family had his first start!!! Our Daddy was born!!!

Happy Birthday Daddy!!!

Lighthearted or Cheerful

Proverbs 17:22 ~ A cheerful heart is good medicine.

Love, Jessica and family

Please Vote

Everyone, please vote on the poll on the side of the blog. I want to know what y'all want to read about.

And yes, I am about to tell you what Rachel is doing.

Centuries Apart

This is a sneak peek of the movie that will be "released" in three weeks!!!

Rachel is Graduating!!!

Okay, not really!!! Does anyone have any guesses on what she IS doing?

Does Apple Make You A Better Christian - repost

Disclaimer: I don't want anyone to take this the wrong way. We mean this as a joke so please read as such!!!

There have been times when certain individuals have made fun of me and my love for Apple products. In my interactions with this individual, who happens to be pastor I work with, I have chosen not to retaliate. Why? Because I know one, simple, profound truth: Apple products actually make you a better Christian.

Is this really possible, you ask? Yes it is. It’s more than possible, it’s true. Here’s just a few reasons why:

Apple Products Don’t Tempt You to Anger and Despair

You’ve been working on an important presentation for the last hour, furiously typing away on your PC. Suddenly, without any provocation from you, a mysterious error message appears on the screen. Due to you pressing the enter key too many times, your computer must now shutdown and erase all the work you’ve done over the last hour. You want to scream. Then you do. You momentarily contemplate hurling your laptop out the window. You’re angry at the world, then at your computer, then at Bill Gates. Then you sink into a pit of despair as you realize that you must recreate what you just lost.

Apple helps you flee from temptation.

Apple Products Are An Evangelism Tool

You’re sitting in a coffee shop, sipping on a latte, when you see a hip looking guy a few tables over reading a Bible and writing in a Moleskine journal. You can tell that he’s puzzled, and you ask him if he understands what he’s reading. “No I don’t,” he says. “Can you help me?” You grab your backpack and sit down at his table. He tells you that he’s reading in John 1, and you say that you’ll pull it up on your Bible software. You pull out your Dell laptop and place it on the table in front of you. The hip guy looks at you, then looks at your computer, then says, “You know what, I think I’ll just keep reading myself. Thanks.”

Apple helps you be missional.

Apple Products Reflect God’s Creativity

Take a moment and look at that HP laptop sitting on your desk. What words come to mind? Behemoth? Clunky? The size of battleship? A clear result of God’s curse upon humanity? Uglier than a wookie? Now look at your iPod. Sleek. Beautiful. Possibly unaffected by the fall.

Apple helps you see God’s creativity.

Apple Products Give You More Time For Prayer

How do Christian PC users spend approximately two-thirds of their days? Booting and rebooting their computers. They would pray but their prayer list was on their computer, which just locked up. And caught fire. Time to reboot.

Apple furthers your devotional life.

Apple Products Are Biblical

Let me connect the dots for you. How did Eve sin? She ate fruit. What is Apple’s logo? An apple with a bite out of it. Coincidence? I think not. Clearly, Apple is seeking to do some culture making and restore what was lost in the fall. They are redeeming the apple.

Are you seeing my point? If you want to grow, go get an Apple product.

Taken From: The Blazing Center

Mathemagic

I am not a big fan of posting utube movies, but this is something you HAVE to watch. We got the whole family up here and we have watched it about 5 times total. Absolutely amazing.

BTW, it is totally clean so you don't have to worry. :)