Moving into our house

Building our Brainrich kids gym in the upstairs room.  It was supposed to be a Christmas present that I ordered a long time ago, and finally came.  But with Travis deploying, and not having any our household goods yet we decided to put it together early!

On the San Antonio Riverwalk, Joseph and Jessica

Caleb's school picture

Malachi's school picture

The climbing dome we built together has a swing!

Samuel turned 15

        Gideon built himself a little house with the box pieces that came with the massage chair    

Malachi on his field trip, to the inner space cavern

Watching the Dia De Los Muertes parade on the Riverwalk in San Antonio

Malachi before hair cut

Malachi after his hair cut

Samuel after haircut

Caleb after hair cut

Joseph and Jessica watching the parade with us

Gideon school picture

Gideon in our new massage chair that got delivered

Joseph swinging on the swing at the park with us

I found a Hawaiian Christmas tree at Lowes, and bought it for only $20

Travis at the Alamo

Travis speaking at our marriage retreat in San Antonio

Joseph's after hair cut

The movers finally came Nov 8th with our Household goods, the wait is finally over

putting together the climbing dome

Samuel before hair cut

Joseph before hair cut

Caleb before hair cut

Caleb as a robot and Samuel as a soccer ball, at our ward trunk or treat for Halloween

Gideon and I were at Caleb's soccer game, it was cold out, so he was helping to keep me warm. 
 We finally got to close on our house on October 8th, but unfortunately, our household goods shipment was still delayed so we moved into an empty home, with nothing but what we brought from Hawaii.  Luckily we had wonderful ward members who loaned us items, and we rented furniture from a furniture store to hold us over until we would get our stuff in another month.  I was able to find a free piano and start teaching piano lessons to a few students.  

So by this time, Joseph and Jessica were homeless in California.  In august they were kicked out and unable to pay for their rent, so they were homeless, Joseph tried to get a few jobs, but was only able to get a few temporary ones that didn't last long.  He also had to get his toe fixed (ingrown toenail again, which had been infected for a while), with no medical insurance.  Joseph and Jessica claimed to have learned from their mistakes and wanted to move back in with us since they had been homeless for several months, and couldn't find a way out of it on their own.  We flew them to texas and picked them up from the airport on our way to our marriage retreat that we were doing in San Antonio at the end of the month.  We had a fun weekend watching the parade on the riverwalk and seeing the alamo and having fun on our retreat.  Then Joseph and Jessica moved back in with us, while Joseph tries once again to prepare to ship out for the marines.