A Piratey Ship.... sort of.

 Rylee was slightly obsessed with the idea that we needed to build a pirate ship this summer.  We looked online and found some good ideas, but we could not find any good plans.  We finally found a free set of plans, but they were for a small boat.

We printed it out anyway, figuring it would be a good jumping off point.  Then we priced out the wood and I realized I could not afford to make a bigger one.  So we committed and off we went to Home Depot.

 Delaney and Grandpa shopping for the wood.  Who knew it was so pricy?!

Getting started with the frame. Callie is helping.

Ethan and Camden were also very excited to be big helpers.

Putting the frame together. 

Hammering in the final piece! Well, the final piece for the frame.

We found this awesomely perfect rusty brown paint for half off at Walmart.  It as the perfect pirate ship color.

The decking is on.

Lots of help to get the sides up.

 The side frame is hung.

 One side panel is done.  It was stinking hot to be working outside, so it was impressive we made it this far!

Even Josh helped out.

Hanging the final frame pieces.  Then we finished painting and it was done!

The finished product!
Well, we do have grand intentions of making entryways in the front and stuff. But we haven't done it.

Oops, you cannot see the Piratey Flag.

Having fun with cousins!