Hawaii Part I...

(September 2018)

True story: Romney was gone for 11 days in Hawaii helping with Hurricanes.

We talked everyday and wondered if he would make it home in time for our family vacation that we had already planned.

After lots of coordinating with his team, he was able to come home, but just barely! 

He was able to fly back home from Hawaii late afternoon the day before!!!

Rather than come home for the night, we decided to just meet at the hotel in LA and catch our morning flight the next day.

So he made a list for me and told me what to pack for him.

I loaded up the kids, and all the luggage in the car and headed to L.A.

We met up with Romney, slept a few hours and over slept.

We drove super fast to the airport, hurried through security, and rushed to our gate!

But, we made it!

SO here is the funny part.... our family Vacation is: HAWAII.

Poor Romney just flew this flight less than 10 hours prior....but peacefully without 3 kids.

It didn't matter, what mattered was we were all together ready for a super fun week as a family and with our friends who were on another flight.

aLoHa!!!

 A couple of weeks before we left we bought Miles snorkel gear so he could practice in our pool.

He was so excited to get in the water with his daddy to show him what he had been working on while he was gone.

We also bought a cheap pool noodle for him to use in the ocean

(That way he didn't have to focus on swimming, adjusting his mask, and a snorkel all at the same time in open water.)

Snorkel faces never.get.old

(Miles and Tyson)

Andie loved swimming with Ashlyn who she calls "Ashwin"

Heather and I left the cove to find more fish, but we ended up discovering a sand bar, which was fun.

The Boys boogie boarded constantly.

We tried Puka Dogs for dinner.

and tried different desserts!

We were off to a great start in a great place with great people.

4 Months Old

4 faces of this 4 month old!

This boy is such a honey. 

Lane is a chunk weighing in at 16 pounds.

He is quick to smile and has been working on raspberries.

In fact when you talk to him, he responds with raspberries. 

It is adorable.

He is thee drooliest baby and spits up all the time!

He is going to sleep around 8:00pm and gets topped off with a dream feed before we go to bed and then sleeps until 7-7:30.

So technically I think we're sleeping through the night.

It's been nice that we're ALL getting more sleep these days.

He still hates tummy time-- but OH; those first 30 seconds are so cute!

 But somehow tummy time with brother is magical!

 Lane doesn't seem to mind holding his head up for longer periods of time when he is with Miles.

He is grabbing for his toys that hang from above his head and occasionally rolls over from his belly to back.

 

He has a love for his fist and pacifiers!!

They both run deep.

Lately this baby thinks he likes blankets over his face... 

It's hilarious and slightly terrifying at the same time.

So I slowly move the blankey off his face and keep it over his head... 

 And last we cannot NOT talk about his hair!

He was born with quite a bit but it started to thin pretty quick...

but 4 months later --it's coming back...

and coming back strong!

(Poor Lane, it was only for fun buddy, we'd never really let you go out in public like this...except we were in public when we did do this...)

We hate that time is going so fast and that he is turning into a baby.

We no longer have a new born.

But, we are so happy he's here and love him so.

Kernville

(Labor day weekend 2018)

We know some people who have a tiny house up in Kernville who said we could use it any time.

We decided to take advantage of the offer and head up there for Labor Day weekend.

 Three families (Us, Tangs and Frys) squeezed into a two bedroom, one bathroom house for the long weekend.
How did we do it?
There were sleeping bodies everywhere!
BUT the all kids still talk about this trip and want to go back!!!

Each morning and night this little nook was filled with kids who claimed to be starving.
After their bellies were full they would go in the back yard and explore, lose shoes, and use walkie talkies to talk to each other.

On Saturday we went to "Crocodile Rock" for some water fun.

The water was so cold but the kids had no problem getting over to the actual crocodile rock to play on.

(you have to look close, but all the kids are up there)

At first all the kids fought us on the "life jacket rule" 

But eventually they caved,  Miles swallowed his pride so he could get in and play.

 Miles, Jaxon and Cooper had so much fun going through the "rapids"together.

Miles looks so small compared to the big boys in that boat, BUT in reality, the oldest is only 11 and they are all little.

However, they all felt very old and very big because they were in a boat alone. 

 

 Daddy took Andie for a little boat ride and she loved every second of it.

These two fell asleep under the shady cover while Romney and I went on a...

...romantic boat ride in the Kern River.

Jason serenaded/sang/yelled the classic song "kiss the girl" from across the water.

On Sunday we set out for our next adventure.

(The kids were so tired they fell asleep every time we were in the car.)

THE SEQUOIAS!

We walked the Trail of 100 Giants.

The kids ran everywhere!

They climbed on everything!

And we go to stand back and watch all of our crazy kids be happy.

We love our friends.

These are our people.

We are each other village and support.

Meet the #frangsworth group!

We explored the roots of a fallen tree...

Andie explored the dirt...

While some kids were still climbing the massive roots, Miles and Adele discovered the other side of the fallen tree and loved being so high and running the length of the trunk over and over.

We found walking sticks

and small cracks to squeeze through!

IT was an AWESOME day, with AWESOME friends. 

It was a fun, fast, jammed packed, tiring weekend.

We all had the best time.

Kernville....who knew...