Plants and Pillars Film Festival

Slideshows

And then the awards for the slideshows were given.

MOST PERSONAL

JoHannah Miller with Growing Up With Nephews

MOST EDUCATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

Jef Park with Dominican Republic

BEST PHOTOGRAPHY

Erin’s Pritchett with A Picture’s Worth

BEST SLIDESHOW IN FESTIVAL

Jonathan Miller with Horses by Jon

Plants and Pillars Film Festival

The Special Awards

With the first Plants and Pillars Film Festival just last night I am preparing to announce all the awards as I am able, so be ready and patient!!

First there were some special awards to recognize the special things that were presented.

BEST YOUNG ACTOR

Runner Up - Judah Strang for a Cowboy Rescue

Winner - Michael Pritchett for Paul Revere’s Ride

BEST YOUNG ACTRESS

Runner Up: Sarah Pritchett for Dear Rebekah

Winner: Jamie Pritchett for Legend of the Ring

BEST YOUNG PRODUCER/DIRECTOR

Winner: Ryan Pritchett for Legend of the Ring

BEST YOUNG SPECIAL EFFECTS/SCARY MONSTER

Winner: Josiah Blankenship for Haleys Hero

SPECIAL ANIMATION AWARD

Winner: Lost at Sea: Dead or Alive produced by Caleb and Gabriel Hansberry

Baby Love

Chubby cheeks and glistening drool. She is precious!!!

Gardening Question!

I promise we have been working on the garden this year!! Our okra is producing, the zinnias are beautiful, and the pepper plants have lost their mind!!

However, I do have a question. Does anyone have advice on carrots? What do they like to grow in? And when are they through? This was my first year to get my carrots to grow, but we let them go a little to long for fear of picking to early. How can you tell?

Modesty and Renaissance Art

Let's face it, we Christians spend an inordinate amount of time trying to figure out this modesty issue only to have it blow up in our faces when Renaissance art study rolls around.

Whether you are classical or a Charlotte Mason purist or a free bird calling yourself an unschooler, that art work is hiding out there waiting for you to deal with it.

Personally, I would rather take a walk on the beach with everyone in bikinis over some of the art work in all these books. Hurray, we have conquered the problem. Introducing modestly dressed Renaissance art.



Next week, tankinis for the women of the Renaissance.

Obviously, the heat is getting to us at this house!!

The Beauty of the Earth

All things Bright and Beautiful
All Creatures Great and Small
All things Wise and Wonderful
The Lord God made them All

I love the outdoors!!
(Except the heat!)

EMILY

Emily, what an amazing gift you are to me, to our family, to anyone who meets you. Sweet, quiet, gentle. I love you. To God I give thanks for the gift of you.

I love to see you with Michael and how much he adores you. I love to see you playing in the pool with the little girls like you are still 6! I love to see you faithfully believing in your ridiculously hard headed dog.

I know you have stood in the middle for all these years. Being with the older girls sometimes and yet still wanting to be with the young ones. Has it been hard for you? I think it has, but it has made you so great with little kids. They just follow you around and so many moms tell me how wonderful you are with their kids.

Four teen age girls. I would not have wanted 4 teenagers like I was, but you 4 girls are the most incredible kids I could have dreamed of. You are full of laughter and kindness. Your are creative and intelligent. You are musical and attentive. I pray God will bring men who rise up and call you blessed (but not any time soon)!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

~E~M~I~L~Y~~G~R~A~C~E~

Sweet sweet Emily! Today she turns 13. She is a teenager. She is an young adult and she is a beautiful young lady. Here are 13 things about our sweet girl.

1. When Jamie was a baby she called her "MeMe" It stuck. I still call her that.
2. Her middle name is Grace. It suits her perfectly.
3. She plays violin and piano.
   
4. She is a wonderful artists. Her baby dragons are so round and cuddly I could hug them.
5. Her sweet disposition is a joy to all of us.
6. She loves her huge oversized Golden Retriever/ Lab mix.
7. She reads anything she can and she reads fast.
8. She likes her school work.
9. *At the age of two she proudly talked about all the things her "other mother" would let her do. (Ex. Stay up late, eat ice cream before bed, watch TV)
10. When she was three our friends loved to ask her what her name was, she always replied "Emily". And then when asked her name, "3"
11. Again at the age of two, she acquired a small wart on her thumb. When the tree men came to remove a tree in our yard, she proudly introduced herself by holding up her thumb and proclaiming, "I have a wart!"
12. When she was 8 she made a canning jar into a piggy bank and gave it to our grandfather. When asked what he was supposed to do with it she replied, "Fill it up and give it back!"
13. She has a sweet, gentle, and loving spirit. The man who wins her hand and heart has won a treasure.

I love you MeMe,
Jessica

Happy Birthday Emily...In Advance

How To Be A Good Mom - Part One

Work is good
Hard work is better
The harder the work the better it is.

However,
Smiles are good
Laughter is better
The harder the laughter the better it is.

As you strive to be a Good Mom
take time out of the day
Stop the school work, the cleaning,
the daily toil for survival

and say things like,
"Break Time" or
"We are going outside to PLAY"

My mom did this today
and one of my sisters stopped and said
"Wait. Did you say we are going to just PLAY?"

We did the sprinkler, croquet, and picked blackberries.

Remember, that is what they will remember. The moment you said... let's have fun.


Be a good mom today!

Signed,
A Mom in Training