July 2014 – Page 3 – The Espinoza Family Blog

In Need Of Something

Notice anything missing around our house?

We had our lawn taken out!

We hired a man to come and clear out the north side of our backyard on Tuesday (the 2nd of July) and we decided to put in sprinklers in the front and backyards. So out came the yucky grass. Next weekend (the 12th of July), another gentleman (and his crew) will come and add the sprinklers to the front and backyards.

This is the yard BEFORE the lawn was taken out.

We’ve had terrible grass ever since a lawn service we had hired several years ago over-seeded with a yucky grass type. Now, we will put in good grass.

At The Needle With Preston And Lexci

We finally arrived at the Space Needle and the line to go up was long. So we decided to head downtown to Pikes Place Market.

We’ll come back to the Needle later.

Isabel at the Needle.

Aaron at the Needle.

Preston and Lexci at the Needle.

Us in the gardens by the Needle.

Cheesecake Factory – Preston And Lexci

Today we met up with family from central Washington to visit with Preston and Lexci while they are here.

Left to right around the table:
Preston, Gino, Me, Jeannie, Linda Jean, Abni, Aaron, Isabel and Lexci

All kids. All cousins.
Left to right: Abni, Aaron, Isabel, Preston and Lexci

After lunch we all headed to Seattle to show the kids (Preston and Lexci) downtown and the Needle!

Fish Bowl Ornament

Isabel made this fish bowl ornament for Preston.

She used all blue molding clay. She got the color like in the fish and the rim of the bowl by coloring the clay with a marker. She would then mix the clay and then shape it into the desired shape. The fish is from a molding clay mold. She had started working on it a few days ago and today it was finally dry and ready for him to have.

I loved it so much I had to get a picture of it.
She really took her time making it, a lot of love went into her gift.
It’s beautiful.

Northwest Trek – Preston And Lexci Visit

Today I took Preston and Lexci to Northwest Trek. Today was a good day to get out and see the animals because they were ALL out! We even saw 2 (both female) of the 3 moose (the other is male) in the park!

We even got to see a huge flock of Canadian Geese that were grounded due to their molting feathers. We saw all the babies that were born in earlier this year. It was a great visit!

I didn’t take pictures of the animals because I already have pictures of the animals!

I took 1 photo…