here is one of my really new stories,

Film Makers

My brother’s love movie making.   Conner is fifteen years old and Ryan is eighteen years old.   They make movies for fun.  It started out when they made a stop motion Lego movie on their camera five years ago.  After that, they often got together with their friends, Judah and Asa, and made real movies.  They have been working together for the past three years.  Each one of their movies improves every time.

Most of their movies have been made at our house in the garage, the tennis court, at the dock, or in the forest.  Usually Judah is the main actor. Conner works sound and camera and sometimes acts.   Ryan video edits and puts in the after effects, and Asa also acts and helps with filming.  The boys always start with prayer and Bible Study and usually sleep over because the filming takes a long time.  I love to watch them work together and see their friendship growing.  Some of the short films they have made include:  Fishers of Men, Hostage, Freeze, Punch my Hand, New Gun, Glimpse, and Junior World War Two. 

The boys have entered a few competitions; one of them was called “The Twenty Four Hour Toowoomba Festival.” They had to make the film from start to finish in twenty-four hours.  The boys worked very hard and they won three awards: Best Sound, Best under Eighteen, and the Best Overall.  In addition, they were awarded $4,000 for their film called “Remorse.” Some of the money they used toward their next movie and bought two swords and a costume.  In this festival, they made a trailer for the Kingdom Dawn series written by Chuck Black.  And guess what, they won! 

If you want to visit their website, Eye Key Productions, you can see all of their films. I think the Eye Key production team is the best movie maker team ever!

Lucas Grzesiak

Hoped you like it, and here is a photo.

  

Here is one of my new stories.

Snowy Lost!

                On April 20, 2009, thirteen-year-old Jim picked up Snowy and climbed down the tree house.  When Jim dropped Snowy down, he ran to his food bowl, “Alright Snowy, alright! I will get you some food.”  Jim walked in the house with Snowy watching him strangely.  Jim got the food for Snowy and started to pour it in the bowl.  Snowy devoured it. He was so hungry.
                “Jim!” his mother called, “Can you go to the corner store with Snowy to go get some bread for me?”
                “Yes, mom,” Jim said.
                Then Jim started to walk. Snowy was in the lead sniffing away.  When they opened the door of the shop, Jim pulled out his wallet and paid the person near the counter.  Then Jim picked up the bread and ran home with Snowy.  He gave the bread to his mom, and then he walked to his bed.  He started to read and then he looked up.  Looking around worried, he closed his book and got out of bed.  Where is Snowy? He usually always stays here while I read, he wondered.                Jim started calling, “Snowy, Snowy, are you here?”  Suddenly a big sad look went around his face. He saw a hole in the wall that Snowy must have ran outside.  Then he ran outside and looked around for a long time. Snowy was not anywhere to be found.
                Jim went back inside and talked to mom about it. She said to talk to dad about this one.  So he waited till his dad came back from work.  Jim sat down and talked to his father while they were eating dinner.  His dad said to maybe get a couple of friends one day and go to look for Snowy.
                The next day Jim went out to look for some of his friends.  On the way he stopped by to talk to Garry the gardener.  Garry said, “So what is your next mystery?”  Then Jim told him all that had happened.  “Quite a story there, boy. Do you need some help?”
                “No, I think some of my friends will help me. “ Jim walked out of the house and then started running.  Half an hour later Jim had three of his friends with him.  Their names were Bill, Frank and Max. After one hour of getting his friends and talking to Garry, Jim and his crew started looking.  They looked a long time.
                “Whew, it’s hot,” said Bill.
                “What color is he?” asked Frank.
                 “Mostly white,” said Jim.  Finally, Jim looked up from the ground, “How about we check next to the grocery store.  It’s in Family St.”
                “Good idea, Jim,” answered Max.
                 Jim and the boys started running, but when they arrived there was no Family St.  “They must have changed it,” said Jim.  After two hours and thirty minutes of looking in the hot sun, they felt tired and thirsty. 
                “Let’s go back. It’s getting hot,” suggested Bill.
                Jim nodded, “Let’s go boys.”  Jim, worn-out, walked in the door of his house.
                 “You’re back, Jim!” exclaimed his mother.  “Did you find anything out there?”                   “Nope, nothing,” responded Jim.Friday morning Jim woke up from the birds twittering around.  Jim got out of bed, got dressed, and then ran down stairs.  It was chore day.  After eating a yummy meal of toast and eggs, Jim just remembered, where’s Snowy?  A tear ran down Jim’s face. He had been his friend for seven years.  Jim wiped the tear away, and then got up from his chair slowly.  Then Jim went to do his chores.   When Jim finished his chores, he ran outside to play on his tree house.
When he got there, Jim thought, doesn’t Snowy like grass?  Jim climbed down the tree house and headed to his mother.
“Mom, is it alright for me and my friends to look for Snowy again?”
 “Alright, Jim, but please don’t come back late.”
“Yes, mom,” said Jim.  Jim ran outside and in less than fifteen minutes, Jim and his friends were together.
“Ok, so where are we going?” asked Bill.
“We’re going to the pastures, Bill, “said Jim.  Then Jim and the boys started sprinting toward the pastures.“Wow, that’s some pasture, “said Bill when they got there.  The bull in the pasture turned to Bill, and then charged toward Bill.  Bill stepped back, “Whoa big… towering, huge bull.”
Then Jim looked in the pasture and then out of the pasture.  “Snowy,” Jim suddenly cried.  Jim ran as fast as he could.  When Jim got there, he saw blood coming from the dog’s leg.  “Oh Snowy,” said Jim, picking him up.“Jim, you found him,” exclaimed Max excitedly!  Then he saw blood pouring down Snowy’s leg.
“Frank, Max, and Bill, come help me carry Snowy, quickly!” They all saw tears running down Jim’s face.  They all helped Jim pick up Snowy.  After ten minutes, the boys arrived at Jim’s house and wrapped his leg in bandages.
 “Well, Jim, it’s a blessing you found him out there or he would have been dead,” said Jim’s dad.  After a day of Snowy lying almost dead, they finally took him to a vet.
“Well,” said Mr. Larkin, the veterinarian. “I believe that I can get Snowy back on the road, only if you just give me some time.”
“Ok,” said Jim’s dad walking out of the office.  A few minutes later they heard this wild bark.  “That’s Snowy!” exclaimed Jim excitedly.
“Indeed that’s Snowy, but have patience. He might still be in pain,” replied his father.  Finally after waiting for a long time, the veterinarian came outside.“Sir,” said Mr. Larkin.  “Snowy is better, but you will need to keep him quiet and rested.  That means no playing with him.”  Jim and his dad walked back in the vet’s office and there was Snowy.  He was sitting upright on the table, but not on his legs.
 “Oh Snowy,” said Jim holding him tightly.
                The next day Snowy woke up much better, but he still could not walk on his leg.  After four days of hoping Snowy would get better, Jim woke up with Snowy licking his face on the bed. “Snowy, you’re better!” Jim shouted.  Jim and Snowy become life-long friends.  Snowy never ran away again.

About me

My name is Lucas.  I have two older brothers who love to make movies. My older sister loves horses.

I think Blogs are exciting! It is a fun way to share pictures and special writing projects to my friends all around the world.

My Auntie Mary has been visiting and helping us for almost a year.  Just a little secret, her cooking is really good!! My first blog writing is a story about her and her cooking.

Auntie Mary’s Cooking!

Superb describes Auntie Mary’s cooking! Born into a big family of eight children, she learned to cook for a lot of people.  She is not a chef, but cooks wonderful foods like enchiladas, donuts, homemade pizza, and homemade pesto.  My Auntie Mary prepares dinner every night and sometimes lunches and breakfasts.  Coming into the kitchen always smells divine.  You never know what special foods will be cooking.  One thing for sure; her food always tastes so mouth-watering and delicious. 

Our family enjoys teatime with Auntie Mary.  At 3:00 p.m. every afternoon Auntie Mary calls out “Tea Time.”  We gather and sit down to a beautifully set table.   On the table is a tea pot with cups and saucers, and a white lace table cloth.  I look forward to the savory and sweet treats.  Teatime begins with this wonderful prayer: Heavenly Father, bless this tea and may we be a blessing to Thee.  The relaxing conversation and break from school make this time extra special.

I have enjoyed cooking in the kitchen with Auntie Mary.  Recently I have learned to make some of her special and delicious recipes.  Two of my best dishes are: Egg quiche and Parker’s chicken with dried tomatoes and feta cheese.  We have also baked oatmeal and peanut butter cookies. Baking Chocolate chip cookies is one of my favorites because we all enjoy the American chocolate chips. With all this practice now, cooking by myself is fun and easy.  Sadly, in two weeks she will leave us and go back to California.  We will miss her and her wonderful cooking so much!

Lucas Grzesiak

October 2, 2012