Lately and stuff

This is a DQ ice cream cake...mmm mmm good.

I actually picked this Wii game out, with my birthday money, for Levi. I'm not really all that into Cars...but I'm a nice big brother.

It was about 60 degrees out there on this day that we decided to try out the pool. We are kinda crazy.

This is us, with a part of my dad's family, after our soccer game last Saturday...we are at the Cheesecake Factory!

I know it's been a long time since I've updated my blog.

so here I am, seven months later.

there is so much to update so I will just throw a few pictures on here.

Lots of changes around here since my last post:

~I'm 13 now.

~My Dad quit his job and started his own company.

~We've gotten a new president in America.

~We are undefeated in our soccer season, last game this coming Saturday.

~Molly's personality has gotten so much funnier, cuter, and sometimes pesky.

Punkinstein

punkinheads

if you look right in the center of this picture, you will see Piper and Becky. We met them there, as P's class was there for the morning.

Hey Punkin

Tyranny...

Mel looks quite deep in thought.

talk about a close--up

getting closer to that six foot mark. OMGoodness. now I'll have to dig out the past year's pix...to see the progression. this dude is almost as tall as his dad.






sun in your eyes, E? you are definitely catching up to Will...






sweet girl inching up on that fiver






binocular man

Moo moo is itching for an escape...

Today was the 5th annual Waterman's Harvest Festival visit.







We've gone almost every year since 2002...with the exception of last year, when we just weren't all that into it. having a new baby was my reason. This family event is chock full of good memories...the first year we went, I was 6 days away from delivering Levi...my friend, Jen, was with us and my brand new Aztek broke down. ahhhhhh, the memories came a-flooding back today...





And then there's Tyranny, the pumpkin-chomping T-Rex...a classic. it was great fun to watch different children shriek in sheer terror today, as Tyranny did his stuff...they put a pumpkin in his mouth, turn on the uber loud dino recording...growling, and roaring...and we all watch in sheer joy as he chomps down his treat.



corn mazes, hay bales stacked up to here, hay ride, pumpkin selection...it doesn't get any better.



Punkinstein is what Levi calls Waterman's. It's a mix between well, obviously, Pumpkin and Frankenstein, I believe. He's a cute kid.

E. and I just got back from a lumber run, since Davey boy is working on the porch project again tomorrow morning. Tonight, we are off to birthday shop for our boy, Will. He is staying home so he can clean the lower level (whatta guy)...and to get his schoolwork/guitar finished up for the day. Last soccer games (yah) occur tomorrow and Will's big birthday bash. Well, not so big but we won't tell him that. Hope y'all are having a bootiful start to your weekend! Peace!

BIGGEST post ever (on my blog)!

some roof pictures.
16 feet tall it is going to be one of the wonders of the world.

I can do this!
I'm fine...

Roman gladiator ring. watch tower.
the stands for the gladiator ring.
the emperor's stand.
a shot of the new roof .

the bank robbers in action,

a set Will ind I built,a batman set.
the traggic loss of Bruce wayne's parent's.



some very weird glasses I created out of legos.
(and a cheesy smile!)

the joker, psycho!!!

dad and I working on some beams for the roof.
this is the second one of the locust trees.

(that fell)

dad cutting post for the deck.
will and mel working.

hanging out at becky's house tonight.
baby nora.
will's cheesecake. mmmmmmmmmm!
our u-verse, sweet.

fall is here and levi's gone CRAZY!

levi seems very interested in the menu.
molly's always busy! mel and I shared this huge meal.
happy birthday will!


sorry I will not be able to talk about this tonight got to go I will tell you my next post.
Ethan.

Our Castle and a time at the park

Good evening, everyone...

This, on the right, is the captain of the knights, he has all the squires of the knights behind him.

This is the huge army, before they descended on the castle.

I will tell you the story line of the knights in my next post...right there, in the middle of the picture, is a man with a whip that tames the polar bears. If you are wondering why there are polar bears with the knights, it's because we didn't have any brown bears.

This is Nora and Molly, swingin. We were making faces at the babies and they were cracking up. It was funny because it seemed like the babies were having a conversation.

Tomorrow (Sat), my uncle, Tom, is taking Will, Melanie, and I to the Indianapolis Museum of Art to see an exhibit on Egypt and mummies. I may have some pictures to post on that but I bet we won't be allowed to take pictures of it!

thanks for checking out my blog.

Ethan

10 things you probaly didn't know about me...

1. My middle name is James after my grandpa.

2. I can lift 60 pounds with 1 arm.

3. I've jogged 41/2 miles in the Drumstick Dash.

4. I've been rapidly shot by a gun and survived.

5. I was born at home.

6. I've had a spinal tap.

7. I've been in a car accident with Will, Mom, and my aunt Becky.

8. I've been on a plane trip to Montana.

9. Me and the rest of my family have been on t.v. for 3 hrs.

10. My favorite animals are a lion & an eagle, and my favorite color is dark green.

Thanks everyone! ( the gun I was shot by was a paintball gun)

Ethan

Sorry so late

If you want to see more of this place, you can go to Will's blog...but I wanted to show you this picture that he did not show. It's pretty cool because it's in Sherlock Forest and this is the pathway that the forresters march on to look through the villages. The forresters are the guys that are loyal to the Sheriff, and they are supposed to go thru the villages, look around, make sure there is no one doing anything that the Sheriff says is illegal. I actually found this book behind my dad's desk and ended up reading most of it. Sometimes, when you're reading a book, it just gets boring (to me) or you just forget to keep reading and have more important stuff to do. Will has read the whole book and he has told me a lot about it.

This is the upper view of the village. In a while, we will build the castle, which will be really cool. I forgot the name of the castle...let me go ask Will. Gamewell...that's it. We started to design King Arthur's castle but after Will read the book, he got really interested in building Robin Hood's part of the story.

this is the great Viking ship. It wasn't that hard because I've built a lot of ships but I don't have photos of them. The captain is sitting at the bottom. he's on his tower, commanding the men. While we were doing this, I told my dad about how I built a Viking ship and he said, "A good leader would have the faith (trust) of his men, for them to do the right thing and he wouldn't have to command them at all. He could just work with them". On this ship, we have a little fireplace, of course made of stone, so the ship didn't catch on fire, and then we have a couple cross bow men. I don't know if they had cross bow's back then but they're cool so use them anyway.

This is Molly at her first birthday party (she turns one on July 9). I felt the privilege of helping her get a little bit messier than she would have probably gotten on her own! I put some on her arms and I got her on the forehead. It was hilarious how she smudged it into the tray. Hard to believe she is turning one already. She's really cute, isn't she? (Mom is typing this for me but I'm dictating and she was not aware that I went to such great lengths to make Molly messy!)

Thanks for checking out my blog. I will post more later.

See ya,

E

PS: All you guys that have a blog, go ahead and do a post. I wanna check 'em out. So long! Adieu. Ciao! Arriverderci! "I'll be back" (say in your best Arnold accent when you read it)

The Roman Village

These Spartans are walking through the Roman village.

These are Roman actors putting on a play in the city...

These are the front gates, this is the only way into the Roman city.

This picture has the emperor's house with his family,
behind are the Roman villager's houses and horse stables...

This is our Roman village, it had seventeen soldiers all through out, and ten villagers...
In our next post I will put pictures of the barbian village. which had twenty warriors.
When we played, the story was that the barbarians supplied the Roman army, but at
one point the barbarians are late, then the romans have a war with them. In the end
the barbarians promise to supply the romans faster or the romans would take their land
back. Next we are going to build a kingdom off of King Arthur and the Knight's of the Round
Table. Thanks for coming back everyone!

Ethan