The Espinoza Family Blog

This years garden has grown from 1 bed and 2 pots last year, to 4 beds and 3 pots!

We have already enjoyed harvesting lettuce, basil and 2 tomatoes.

Bed 1 is radishes and carrots.

Bed 2 is mint, basil, squash and tomatoes.

Bed 3 is a mix of stuff.
Celery, peppers, onions, lettuce, carrots and cilantro.

Bed 4 is 2 rows of lettuce and 1 row of peppers along the back.
I picked 3 heads of lettuce last night and we had salad with our dinner tonight.

Now if only those tomatoes would hurry up!

Tomato pots. I just pulled this out away from the shed to get more sun.
2 early girl and 1 cherry tomato (left).

Today is day 4 of VBS and it’s cool and cloudy.

She was super excited about today, since she is going along for the afternoon field trip to the bouncy-house safari place.

The Bible point for today…

Isaac the goat says: “God is with us, so… trust God!”

• heard the Bible story about Israel crossing the Red Sea (Exodus 14:1-15:21).
• played a water bottle game in the gym.
• crab soccer. Isabel said, she didn’t play crab soccer. She sat “out” with her friend Sammy.
• revealed more of the “mystery” photo.
• Bible verse for today, “God answered, “I will be with you.” Exodus 3:12
• go on a field trip!!
• viewed more of the movie short.
• Pastor S. and his “helpers” did another skit.

She brought home her weaving board from yesterday.

Today they made tambourines!

Today is day 3 of VBS and it’s raining!

She was happy to get back to VBS and is looking forward to tomorrow when she gets to go on the field trip.

The Bible point for today…

Chase the cheetah says: ” God gives us strength, so… trust God!”

Today they…

• heard the Bible story about Israel defeating the Amalekites (Exodus 17:8-16)
• played games in the gym (since it was raining outside). Place “manna” (cotton ball) on your head and try to shot it off your teammates head with a water gun. Isabel didn’t like this game. She said, “Not everyone likes to get wet!”
• made a weaving craft (didn’t bring it home today).
• Bible verse for today, “For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength.” Philippians 4:13
• revealed more of the “mystery” photo. Isabel says she figured it out today, it’s Moses.
• watched a skit preformed live by Pastor S. and his “helpers” and more of the short movie series clip.

 

Isabel with her VBS shirt for this year.

Last night Gino and I were outside enjoying a beautiful evening in the backyard when I spotted this pair of frogs.

Before I ran to get the camera this little frog had both front feet on the glass staring at the moth!
What was it thinking?!?!

Poor little frog, dinner is right there and there is no way to get it or is there…

While I’m watching the other frog on the other side, this one climbs up and positions itself.

As I’m watching the frogs and the moth, other bugs outside the glass are drawn to the light. I’m thinking, these frogs are SMART, they don’t have to sit and wait hoping a buy will fly by! They just have to wait for them to be drawn toward the light!

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!