Category: Out and About

Today is day 2 of VBS.

She said today was better then yesterday. She was in a better mood when I picked her up.

The Bible point for today…

Humphrey the camel says: “God gives us what we need, so… trust God!”

Today they…

• made sandals (she didn’t bring them home today).
• more water games on the field. Today she was wetter when I picked her up!
• “For your Father knows exactly what you need before you ask him!” Matthew 6:8
• watched a movie short.
• heard a Bible story about God providing manna and quail (Exodus 16) for the Israelites.
• played a game with “manna” (marshmallows) and “quail” (chicken nuggets). Isabel loved this!

She’s made a new (old) friend (someone from her Prims class last year) and she has gotten more involved with the others in her group.

Her sandals she made.

Close up of her fancy footwear!

Today is the first day of VBS: Wilderness Escape 2014!

Learning about Moses and the Israelites in the wilderness and join one of the 12 tribes of Israel.

She was excited to get there but was sad, disappointed and grumpy when I picked her up. Her best friend from school wasn’t there and she didn’t know anyone else in her group. Friends from school were in other groups.

Mo the mouse says, ” God is with us, so… trust God!”

Today they…

• made a name tag necklace.
• played a water game with buckets going over their heads. She thought the game wasn’t fun and she didn’t want to get wet.
• Heard the Bible story about the Israelites crossing the Red Sea. (Exodus 14:1-15:21)
• watched the beginning series of movie shorts. Each day they watch a little more.
• Bible verse for today. “God answered, ” I will be with you.” Exodus 3:12.
• made a clay necklace with beads.

Even though she said she didn’t have a good time today, she still wants to go back.

Her clay pendant she made today.

This weekend we installed a new hose reel.

The last one we had, I broke. The whole thing was plastic, what do you expect! Last summer I broke the gear drive button and this year I broke the handle off the wheel to whined the hose up. So we decided we would pay the extra money for a medal reel. We found this nice one at the home improvement store.

Since it was a “mounted” hose reel, Gino came up with this cool idea to make it work for us.

Our new hose reel is nice!

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.

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.

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!

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…

of the kids out front by the moose.

Isabel went to a swimming birthday party today for one of her classmates, Sydney.

There were about 20 kids or so at the party and we had the pool to ourselves.

Isabel did a great job being in the water by herself with her vest on.

Talking with Mrs. K (mom of the birthday girl).

Enjoying cake with the birthday girl.
Happy Birthday, Sydney!