For those of you who have been keeping up on my sporadic blogging, my blog has been moved to http://homesc0ol.blogspot.com!

The place I'm blogging now matches my tastes much closer than myspace ever did.

See you there!

~Ethan

I've been hoping to have time to sit down and write a long glorious blog about all the things that have happened since I last blogged, but I have consistently failed to do so.

So, I figured a short sweet blog is better than none... ;)

This is what I've been doing for the past 9 days.

Civil Air Patrol Encampment!

Encampment is basically a mild form of boot camp. TONS OF FUN!

Were back from Ohio. :) We had a great time! :D I'll get some of the pictures posted soon.

We're going full tilt into moving mode, so it may take me a while to find time for everything.

Our family is going to Ohio for a week! :D
Hopefully I'll have some good pictures to post when I get back. ;)

Sorry, I haven't been posting as often as I would like to...

Be back in a week. :)

Sorry everyone,
I haven't been able to keep up on my blog. I've been too busy lately. In fact, I've realized that this blog requires too much upkeep for the amount of time I have to spend on it. Therefore, I have concluded that I'm not going to continue blogging.
It was fun while it lasted. Nice knowing you all.
Bye.

STARRING: Whit and Peter

This is a small movie I made starring my little brother and his best friend.

SOLDIERS

It is just one of many (many, many, many) movies that I've made, but currently the only one in digital format. I hope you guys enjoy watching it as much as I enjoy making it. ;)

Be sure your sound is turned up. :)

For those of you who didn't know, my dad works for the Air Force.

On March 1, 2006 Maj. Clark Groves was promoted to Lt. Colonel!!

I'm very proud of my father's accomplishment! =D =D =D =D =D

I added a new blink. It's to our family's blog. The Groves' Official Blog. =)

Check it out.

I got this link in an email recently.

It is really worth watching. Be sure you can hear the sound (although the music is kind of annoying).

AMAZING JUGGLING LINK

One day, an old cowboy walked into a church. He wore the same dusty old clothes that he had worn for many years and carried an old Bible with faded words and worn pages.

This church was a very upscale kind of church with lots of rich members and a very eloquent pastor. Many of the people in the church turned to stare in disgust at such a scruffy old man.

The cowboy quietly took a seat and listened intently to the sermon until the end of the meeting.

After the sermon, the pastor made his way through the congregation to the old cowboy.

"Sir," He began, "I believe it would be beneficial to all of us..." He paused, "if you would dress more appropriately for church."

"Mister Pastor," The cowboy replied, "These 're the only duds I got."

"Don't you have anything else?

"No sir."

The pastor smiled, "Well, you go ask the Lord what to wear. I'm sure He will provide."

The next week the cowboy showed up wearing the same clothes he had been wearing the week before.

After the sermon, the pastor again made his way to the old cowboy.

"I thought I told you to talk to the Lord about what to wear to our church."

"I did." The cowboy replied.

"Well, what did God say? The pastor asked, becoming irritated.

"He said, He didn't rightly know what I should wear to this church... Seein' as how He's never been here before."

Check out my latest photo album. =)

Two weeks ago we got about 10 inches of snow! It has all melted now, but we made good use of it while we had the chance. =) It was the perfect kind of snow for making snowballs. Nice and sticky but not too wet.

Check out the photos. =)

I posted some pictures of my family.

Enjoy!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Israels birthday was on the 7th, but we are celebrating it tomorrow. =)

I can finally post photos!

My first photo album was just a test... Hehe. It's also a fake. I know nothing about karate. LOL! My sister did a good job of photography though. =) I've got pictures of my family coming soon! =)))))) *huge smile with wrinkles*

I added a new list to my blog. The Prayer Requests

I realized that I could share real needs on this blog. Each one of these people listed are in need of prayer. Please take a moment to read the list and pray for each one.

I left the last names of most of the people off for privacy reasons. You probably wouldn't know them anyway. ...But God does, and He will know what you are praying about.

For those of you who do stop and pray... God bless you.

YAY!

In 4 more months our new house will be finished.

We are having a house built out in Front Royal, VA. These are some photos of the building progress.

Our "house" is the pile of dirt.

~House1~

~House2~

~House3~

~House4~

~House5~

Also, I have some aerial photos of the house! Israel, who was flying an orientation flight for Civil Air Patrol, flew over our house and got some photos of it!! How cool is that!?!

Our house is the one on the corner, with the black bin in the back yard.

~Aerial1~

~Aerial2~

~Aerial3~

~Aerial4~

The builders dug the hole for the foundation back in early October of 2005. That was only 4&1/2 months ago! It’s amazing how quickly they can build.

Currently we are living about 30 miles from Washington D.C.

~Our current home~

The house we are building will be about 60-70 miles from D.C. It’s going to be a HUGE difference from where we are living now. The house we are living in right now is nice, the neighborhood is nice, but the 0.17 acre yard is NOT very nice. You can hardly open the front door without being afraid of denting the neighbor’s house. The house we are building is going to have a 1 acre yard. While that may not seem like a big yard to you, it will be SIX TIMES bigger than the yard we have now! YAY! I definitely prefer the country to the city.

We have lots of plans for what we are going to do in our new house. One of them being, Israel and I finish the basement. =P That means hanging drywall, taping, spackling, sanding, taping, spackling, sanding, taping, spackling, sanding… Did I mention taping, spackling, and sanding? Then painting. And if we do anything wrong…

Sigh.

Maybe our current living quarters aren’t that bad…

JUST KIDDING!

I’m really looking forward to all the fun we are going to have in our new house.

And packing all our stuff… And moving all our junk to a new house… And unpacking everything… And organizing everything… And, maybe I should stop discouraging myself.

This is the second half of the poem, so read the first falf again before you read this.

You might notice that none of my brothers or sister are mentioned in this poem, (even though I have 6 siblings) but that is so that I don't embarrass anyone except myself. Lol!

DISCLAIMER: ANY RESEMBLENCE BETWEEN CHARACTERS IN THIS POEM AND REAL PEOPLE IS PURELY COINCIDENTAL!! PURELY! UTTERLY!! AND COMPLETELY!!

Now we turn our attention to Ethan’s Mother, Lindasses

Where we view the same day through her eyes… and eyeglasses.

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At a quarter to six the alarm clocks sounds

And Mother gets up to begin her rounds.

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She trudges to the kitchen and packs Dad a lunch.

As he runs through the door he thanks her a bunch

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It’s 6:30 now, time for all to awake.

So she turns on the lights and gives Ethan a shake.

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“It’s time to get up! Open your peeper!”

But he pulls up the covers and crawls down in deeper.

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“Ethan, get up! Let’s get the day going.”

The blankets lay still… No movement is showing.

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“You’ll miss out on breakfast, if you don’t get up now!”

Ethan slowly gets up, as late as time will allow.

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After breakfast and devotions, it’s time to do chores

But reminder after reminder Ethan ignores.

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He’s daydreaming of becoming a millionaire

And buying his Mother ten diamonds to wear.

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Ethan’s chore is to sweep, but he leans on his broom

And it takes him an hour to finish one room.

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Finally he finishes, so he goes to start schooling.

But soon he’s distracted. Instead of working he’s fooling.

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With many corrections and promptings from Mother

He finishes a subject and goes on to another.

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At lunch Ethan takes a long break to eat

And finally goes back to school in his seat.

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But he’s so far behind from letting time leak

That he couldn’t get done till the end of next week.

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When school time is up, it’s time to make dinner.

It’s Ethan’s turn to help, but Mom feels kindness within her.

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Ethan’s job is to set the table for dining

But Mom sends him outside while the sun is still shining.

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When it gets dark, Ethan comes back in the house.

Soon supper is ready, so Mom waits for her spouse.

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Once Father gets home, everyone digs into the food.

And when supper is done, they start the old feud.

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“Who will do dishes? It’s your turn.” “No, YOURS!”

“I did it last night.” “But my hands have sores!”

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Ethan has avoided doing dishes for three days.

So tonight he must make up for his lazy ways.

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Finally, he’s done… But so is the day.

“It’s time for bed.” Calls Dad, and they all obey.

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POEM BY: ETHAN GROVES

Of course I don't really act like that... Heh, heh...

Very often.

This poem is not meant to be disrespectful of any family members...

It is merely supposed to show the perspective of a slightly biased person's view of a normal day.

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I begin with my story on a bright sunny day

When all of the things were going the way

They usually go on a bright sunny day

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Ethan had done almost all of his chores

Faithfully completing the monotonous bores

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He had a good attitude and was acting quite cheerful

And yet from his mother was receiving an earful

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Then off to his schooling: English and Math.

While his mother continued to poor out her wrath.

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He finished by noon and went out to play

But was soon summoned back and then told to stay

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Near his brothers and sisters who’d not finished latin

He sat in his chair that he usually sat in

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He waited and waited and waited until

The sun had dropped down beyond the far hill.

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When all of the children finally finished their schooling

They went out to play as the evening was cooling.

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Eventually Ethan was allowed out to play

But the sun had sunk down and shed its last ray.

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Soon they were all called back inside

And all except Ethan ran off to hide.

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But Ethan so faithful, so faithful and true

Saw all the needs and knew just what to do.

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He cleaned off the counters and did all the dishes

And made a nice supper that was very delicious.

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Then everyone ate in five minutes or less

And Ethan was left with a very big mess.

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But he went right to work and started cleaning up the meal

And despite being abandoned he work with great zeal.

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“Someone else will clean the kitchen…” is what they all said

Then they all left him there and went straight to bed.

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When the kitchen was cleaned, Ethan went and got ready

And crawled into bed with his fuzzy, brown teddy.

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Poem By: Ethan Groves

Coming soon... The same day viewed from the perspective of the Mother.

Ethan Groves