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...