A Premiere Long In Coming

Shortly after Quinn and I first met (three years ago) he invited me to a movie premiere. This wasn't just any movie though, this was a movie he had written himself and made with his friends. 

At the time I was so nervous (because I had the biggest crush on him) to go and see it and be around his huge group of friends but I had so much fun that night. The movie was amazing and I could see he had put a lot of work into it.

As I left that evening I told him that if he ever made another movie, I wanted to help him with it.

Not a month had passed before he got in touch with me. He wanted me (yes ME!) to help him write the new script for his next movie. He was on tour with his family (his family was a band! I thought that was so cool!), so we wrote to each other back and forth writing the script. 

We wrote about a two tribes from a medieval era, who were finally coming together to make peace. But someone gets kidnapped - for reasons unknown - and things slowly start to fall apart. 

That next summer, two years ago, we made the movie. But then, life got in the way of seeing it through to completion. One of the principle actors moved away, Quinn and I started dating, and soon we were planning a wedding and he was off on a four month tour in Australia and New Zealand... 

Quinn had planned to have the movie done at the end of 2013, but like I said, life got in the way. And life stood in the way for quite awhile, until about two weeks ago. Then Quinn decided it could wait no longer and he worked tirelessly for it to be finished. 

The movie is now finished, and to celebrate, Quinn held a movie premiere for the cast. Everyone was so excited (Quinn more then anyone I think!)! Yummy treats were made, tablecloths were hung up over windows, and a projector was all set up and ready.

Everyone loved the movie, and you could tell those who acted, helped behind the scenes or edited, put a lot of work into it. 
If you'd like to see Quinn's movie, you can click here to view it on YouTube. It is a full length movie, with a running time of 76 minutes. 

We hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed filming it!

Count Your Blessings

Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; 

his love endures forever!

Psalm 118:1

   Sometimes in this life (okay, maybe ALL the time), its hard to concentrate on your blessings. The world that we live in is full of the new, the better, the best thing that we think we need. Or sometimes we just lose focus on what is really important to us. 

   I would like to ask you to take a moment and do what we did this week: count your blessings. As the old hymn says "Count your blessings, count them one by one. Count your blessings see what God has done." 

   Counting the blessings in your life suddenly puts our minds back into perspective. God is in control of our situations, our life. And we can trust Him to finish the work He's started.

Help us count our blessings:

on our fingers, on our toes.

Help us shout them to the heavens

so that the whole world knows.

For we have a Heavenly Father

who knows our every need.

For it's He who clothes the lily,

and it's He the sparrows heed.

Teach us to be thankful:

for what we have, not what we don't.

And please be patient when we listen,

for we often simply won't.

So help us count our blessings

in this world of many things.

For we won't need stuff in heaven,

for You'll make us Kings and Queens.

We'd love to hear some of the blessings in your life! 

Feel free to comment below and share with us.