September, Birthday party, hikes, and submarine tours

Daddy wearing Joseph's glasses and being weird

Austin loves holding her sleeping Gideon

When Austin tries to leave, Gideon runs and blocks the door and tells her "no leaving"

Betsy's birthday party!

Betsy got a yummy cake!

Playing games with her friends!

The girls started all braiding each other's hair at Betsy's party.

Caleb made it all the way to the top of Koko Head hike with us!

Malachi and Gideon had fun going on a hike with me, they had fun

Caleb had a chuck e cheese night for school, Malachi was pretty excited about it too!

The view of the temple grounds is beautiful

Finally got to go to the Hawaii temple!  

Going on a submarine tour

So we finally had Betsy's birthday party, she is so lucky!  She got another cake, and got to have her friends over for games and fun.  She had a great time!  We got to explore the island a little more.  Caleb, Travis, and I hiked koko head.  It is basically climbing straight up and unending amount of stairs.  It was hard, but we made it up to the top!  Samuel went on the hike too, but with his pacific club group.  The view was breathtaking!  We also explored a few new beaches, our favorite being Waimea beach!  It has a big rock that the kids and Travis like to jump off of into the ocean.  The little boys loved playing in the sand, and it was a nice place for floating in the ocean.  I also enjoyed burying Samuel in the sand.  Travis and I got to go to the temple together, and it was really nice!  I love going to the temple, it is so peaceful.  Gideon and Malachi and I enjoyed a hike that we got pretty muddy on, but had free fruit!  There were these ripe strawberry guavas and the little boys loved picking them off the branches.  During the week we are pretty busy, but we love exploring the island on the weekends.  Joseph has been having a really hard time waking up and getting to seminary or school, he has been missing a lot of school and it is really affecting his grades.  The girls have both gotten tutoring jobs and are making a little money each week, which they like.  They are also getting babysitting jobs too.  Malachi is having a rough time with potty training, and keeps taking things and opening them up, and is having a hard time listening, he can be pretty frustrating, but is also very sweet and loving.  Gideon is being a typical 2 year old, who thinks he is in charge and bosses everyone around, throws temper tantrums when he doesn't get what he wants, and makes a lot of messes, but can also be absolutely adorable at times too!  Caleb has been taking piano lessons from me, and is enjoying it, and doing really well.  He is also really good at school and loves playing with new friends.  I've been going to PWOC and I'm on the praise and worship team, singing with the ladies, and playing the piano when the lady who usually plays is gone.  I've been going to the "shepherding a child's heart" bible study  and have really enjoyed it.