Disappointing News. Mistakes Were Made (INCREDIBLE ENDING). 

I love how Kenji felt the need to inspect the concrete work by doing a walk-through after rebar was laid. The shots of him sleeping on rebar instead of his bed and the cat crawling through the tiny opening instead of the open garage door were great! 😆 It's good to see you all laughing and having fun while zip lining-hopefully the day brings you a lot of happy memories to hold on to in the future! Happy birthday to you both! Love from MN

So glad that Kinji is feeling up to his Proper Dog Job of supervision.

Keira & Eli getting so beautifully comfortable with the horses, Kenji & Kitty’s illogical eccentricities, the birthday celebrations are all up there, meeting the standards of Melissa & Jeremy’s backbreaking “joisting-Gabby-in-one-day”…riveting to watch, thank you for sharing your story. It is really appreciated. 🇿🇦

What a productive and fun week! Kira is fearless! Funny how Kinji would rather sleep on gravel and rebar rather than his bed! Be well Souza family and blessings to all.

Loved the rainbow and the night stars and moon. Oh how funny were the cat squeezing out under the roller door and then Kinji sleeping right by his bed. Great job on the building. Also what a super way to celebrate special birthdays. Such a fun thing to do as a family. Hope the pour goes well. Hugs from South Australia 🥰

There is no fathoming why animals do what they do but watching the cat squeeze through that tiny opening when the other door is wide opening and Kenji sleeping on the rebar with his comfy bed right there is hilarious ya gotta love them❤. As far as the zip lining goes…there is no fathoming why humans do what they do either but I’m glad y’all had so much fun doing it. I however am happy just watching 😂

The cat taking the hard way out of the barn and Kenji choosing rocks over his bed scenes were amazing. No words needed

The curvature of the porch is going to be stunning. 🤩 Y’all have already built such an amazing place. Can’t wait to see the finished product. 🤍

What a fun time! Cute shots ok Kenji and his bed and kitty and garage door(s). Beautiful rainbows! Can’t wait to see patio. Will be amazing!

Love that the kids are enjoying the horse more🐎🐎

The rainbow over the horses video shot is worth art wall picture! Beautiful and the zip lining was fun for everyone. The garage build is coming along very nice.

Truely a birthday blast to remember! Way to slide into 40 gracefully Melissa!

What a great way to celebrate the two birthdays guys. That was fun. Happy birthday!🎂🎉 Love and be safe!😘🤗🌼🇻🇪

Wow that rainbow section was amazing.

You made me cry with your ending monologue... WHAT A BEAUTIFUL STATEMENT.... to know you are living your best life and enjoy every moment.... Great work by the way... MY LEGS HURT FOR YOU ON THE LAST Board.... LOL 😅

Kenji on the job..helping to compact the gravel..n " Meow" making sure the " emergency exit still works !! So funny! Enjoyed the visit..n the ride thru the trees awesome !!! Thanks! 🎂👍🧙‍♂️👍🎂

Kenji is so cute how he would rather lay on the gravel instead of his bed😊 zip linning looked so much fun glad you got to spend the day with the kids❤️🇨🇦

Your property is truly heaven on earth! Love seeing Mr. Kenji getting around well also 🥰

Wow nice to see that kyra is becoming more comfortable with the horse

Incredible 😃 Melissa, I remember you shaking as you got on the lift to do the roofing. You climbed that ladder carrying the joists like a trooper! Loved the sky shots🙂 The adventure that you've built into your family helps destroy fear and build confidence. Your closing summary about living for tomorrow brought back memories of a luncheon celebrating my promotion. A true friend of mine put their fork down and just looked at me. I stopped talking and asked him what? He pointed that instead of enjoying the moment I was speculating what I would accomplish in the future. He brought me back into the moment. I've never forgotten that. So I have lived it to this day. And follow wisdom from the Bible, "Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”-yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.” - James 4:13-15"

What a fun day . The build is coming along. Amazing that you two built a whole house in the same time it takes other RU-vidrs to complete one room. Can’t wait to see how you handle the heights on the second story .

I love how confident Kira is getting with the horses now that Debbie is here. She's grown so much!

So wonderful you’re still taking us with you in your huge journey! Lots of work and and fun, just the way it should be! God’s blessings always for your beautiful family!❤❤❤

You two are incredible together. No matter whatever the outcome it’s always going to be worth it especially when it’s done as a team. ❤😊

Good Simple Living is my favorite Saturday morning show. I work 6 days a week, and the first thing I do on Saturday morning is see what's new with all of you. You are a lovely family. As parents, you never forget what the future is about, your children. I built a house once. Due to issues in my marriage, I never had the opportunity to live in it, and it never became a home. Sometimes, it is with bitter sweetness that I watch as you make yours what mine never was. Your dream and your children are thriving. You are truly blessed. If northern Idaho is anything like northern Minnesota, sometimes it rains when they say it will sometimes it doesn't.

Aww, it's always disappointing when things don't go the way you planned, but it'll get done! Happy birthday to you both! ❤

Full packed video!! Lol the cat!!!! Kenji is just like my dogs, looking for the most uncomfortable place to nap.

Good day from Kamakura, Japan 🇯🇵! Congratulations Melissa & Kaimani! 🎊🎉🐶🤩👍🏾

Excellent videography & story telling. Great job. What a great birthday celebration !!! 🥰

HAPPY BIRTHDAY your now officially a TEENAGER!!!🎉😊 I so enjoy watching your videos, the fact that you made mistakes is only human. You showing them makes the rest of us like your videos even more. You show us the real side of your family’s story. A real journey through life’s ups and downs instead of everything being rainbows and unicorns ! You keep it real, thank you for that, you just amaze me

Ok I'm in tears, your family is so inspiring and teach so much to all of us....thank you so much!

You guys never cease to amaze me from your builds to the different adventures that you take loved the entire thing except for the fact that your having to wait another week but we never know what God's timing for our lives will be or what we need to learn from a situation until it's placed in our path I pray that God will continue to bless you all sending ❤ love from the great state of Texas

You both have the sweetest children and you all looked like you had great fun, amazing day out zip-lining. Making memories is what everyday is about.❤❤

Lol The kitty and Kengi😂🤣. Love how you corrected the joists! And the zip lining was awesome, good for you❤❣️🎁🎉🥳

The cat squeezing out of the barely open door while the other was fully open reminded me of one of my dogs. I had a sliding glass doors to my yard that had a doggy door insert so they could go in and out. I had put that frosted film on the lower half of the doors so the dogs didn't slam into it and they'd remember where the door was. When the glass door was actually open, the others would go in and out of it; but dear old Avi, who was like 13 years old, would continue to go in and out through the doggy door.

Hey Younghans, I’m a 71-year-old man that grew up in Alaska. I tell you this in the best part about grizzly bears. I was chased by one at 12 years of age my dad taught us boys to run down the mountain if we were Chase. Fortunately, there was a 50 foot shale slide which I took. Was cut up pretty badly. What helped in that decision, was about 2 yrs afore our guide for 5 ayears slide.

Happy Birthday Melissa 🎂 🥳 Glad you and your family had an amazing day celebrating your day.

Thanks for shearing the sheep. I can cross that off my list. ;-) And great job zip-lining. I'm horribly afraid of heights so I'll just live vicariously through you, and cross that off my list, as well. I'm excited to see Neveah's video of zip-lining. I'll bet it's lit!

How much fun your family has together.

Love the way you capture the endearing personality of each and every animal who makes a cameo in your videos!❤. Never stop appreciating the life that surrounds you!

My legs were hurting watching you go up and down those ladders :) Amazing accomplishment! Looks great

I’m always expecting the worst just in case it happens. I think if I do it won’t hurt me as much, but most of the time I end up hurting myself. I’ll never learn because the worst does come walking around the corner from time to time. It sure was fun watching your family having soooo much fun 🎉🎉🎉

Looks like you all had a blast, looked fun from here. Garage is coming along nice and your having fun in between. 👍👍❤️❤️🇨🇦

Happy birthday to you both looks like you all had a blast. God bless you and your family .

I’m proud of Nevaeh. It certainly looks like she’s conquering her fears!

What great progress you made on your building. That's what I call team work. What birthday fun you all had at the end. I am not sure if I could have done it! Love and best wishes to you all from Mike. ❤

😂 door wide open vs sliver of a door open...fluffy and soft vs rock and steel....oh the choices the choices. It's ALL looking FANTASTIC 😍. Better to be long than short....it all works out 😀. What an awesome picture of Gods promise, the rainbow 🌈. Zippity Zip Line!!!! Livin Life! Looking forward to seeing your next video 😁 May God continue to bless you and your family in body, mind and spirit.

The zip line looked like so much fun is the "INCREDIBLE ENDING". Can't wait to see the patio once pored. Will have to send you some dry weather for next week.

This video was enjoyable and had a lot of content. At first I was thinking, "Another week to pour concrete" but after seeing you and your family having fun on the zip lines made it all good. I am looking forward to seeing your next video.

Man that was a lot of climbing up and down, my arms and legs are sore from just watching. Ohhh my goodness Kenji and the cat gave me a good laugh, silly babies. I’m so glad that the kids are actually being able to care for and ride their pony. I think the pony loves her new family and home. I hope you both enjoyed your birthday. It looked like everyone had a great time.

Haha....I did Timberline for the first time when I was 63 then again when I was 65. What a way to make your pulse race!! Thinking of maybe doing the parasail over Lake CdA on my 70th next year. Wonderful that you had an adventure on your 40th, but remember that there are adventures to be had as long as you are living and breathing, no matter what age you are!

I love how you showed Kenji's unused bed, along with him using rebar as a pillow, and showed the huge open barn door, along with the tiny opening the cat chose to use for exiting 🥰😃❤ You are the BEST video editor!!

Happy birthday to you two! 🎉 I see your 🐑 got new haircuts! Kenji, rocks and rebar? 😂 Living your best life!

Wow, your place is sooooo coming along :). That patio is going to look amazing :). Happy birthday to both of you, looks like you had a great time with the rope runs :) I am going to look at AG1 too. the only problem is that i think i need to move to the USA to take advantage of the codes :). Guys seriously, you are all doing well and your videos gives me a high point in my week. You make me smile. :) :) :)

Howdy neighbors. We started our PoleBarn/ Shop build today. We poured our Foundation first to have a nice level surface to work on. STAMP ON!

You should screenshot the horses with the rainbow, it would make a beautiful picture for your home.

“So maybe this week didn’t turn out exactly as we planned; but it ended up better then we imagined!” Who could imagine the beauty of our lives? Only when we are allowed to step back; with awareness that we can see what we have. Thank you for your videos and allowing us to be be present in these moments. Hāu’oli Lā hānau to you and Kaimani 💕 Mālama Pono and A hui hou 🤙🏽

Good morning Family! Great job on floor joists! Great rectifying the cuts too! Glad family had fun!🙏🙏🙏Blessing’s

Very cool to conquer the "yoist" part. Zip lining looks awesome. Can't wait to see the concrete.

Beautiful, Pushing the limits and making that lasting memories. Not only your work but You're play. A lifetime of memories, And no regrets. A great example for us all.

Great video ! Between garage building, the horses, the cool cat , Kenji being patio supervisor, and zip lining, it all looked like great fun ! The rainbow was beautiful! Always look forward to Saturday to serve what's next in your agenda ! Have a great weekend !

Your animals make me smile great to see things coming on. Glad you all enjoyed the birthday’s

What a fun ending! I've done that several times myself in various places. Always a great time. 😀😀

At 64, I'd go zip-lining in a second! Iv'e already solo skydived, rafted the Colorado, and parasailed in Hawaii...and raised three kids, 8 pets, and tropical fish.... lol ......zip-lining is the one thing left, I'd love to do. Happy Birthday, and happy building!!! It all looks so amazing! God bless!

Great videography!!! Love the idiosyncrasies of cats and dogs ! Such fun! Hugs from N.C..❤️

GLAD YOU ALL HAD FUN HOWEVER I WOULD HAVE BEEN SCARD TO DEATH==HUGS 🥰🥰🥰🥰

I’ve been zip-lining in Coeur d’Alene, for my 60th birthday. It was very fun! I was waiting to see what was the last run when I did it, which was the very long run that went over the highway and was incredibly high off the ground, but it wasn’t in the video. Have they modified the course? Your build is looking great!

That opening Ariel view of the property is seriously breathtaking. Just love it. Everything is coming together nicely, of course bumps in the way, still beautiful and the garden❤️❤️ thank you for sharing. I am caught up with a lot of videos i might have missed a few but enough to now fully subscribed to your channel ❤️🍷 have a healthy week😊 words to live by Melissa ❤️

Maravilloso el tiraron por la tirolina, gran trabajo con las vigas del garaje, animo familia ❤❤❤

I loved watching the cat squeezing through the door when there was another wide open 😂 and Kenji laying down on the concrete with his bed next to him 😁 gotta love them 🥰 and at the end watching the family having fun 😊 thank you guys for everything you do and God bless 🙏💖

Wow what a Great Video ! You two did a great job on the garage in one day 👍👍👍 And then the trip to go Zip Lining WOW ! You All Looked Like You Were Having A Great Time ! Good for you 👍👍😁😆 Thanks for taking us along with your family 🙏🙏 God Bless You All 🙏 And remember to Stay Safe And Be Careful Out There 🙏🙏. Looking forward to seeing more next week 🙏❤️🙏👍❤️✝️

The cat squeezing thru the garage door: “ It was the CHALLENGE Momma, to see if I had gained too much winter weight! 😂

You guys are a amazing family. Happy Birthday 🎉 The kitty is so cute and Kinji will lay anywhere 🙃

Guys this build is flying 😉 Kira is really enjoying her new horse👍 Kenji's too tired to go the extra step😂 Kitty is practicing for her escape😹 And you guys were afraid of the suspended bridge‼️ WOW I'd die 🙈

I zip lined for the first time in December, and I’m 62. It was amazing.

Looking great guys!! Let us know if you ever have a break in your schedule and want to come hang out in northern Italy ❤

MAS QUE FAMILIA LINDA VCS/ TEM/// AMEI VE/ LOS MAIS UMA VEZ///PARABENS///

Ola, um ótimo final de semana. Acompanho vcs a bastante tempo e aguardo os vídeos para ver o progresso e gosto muito. Amei a tomada do gato se espremendo na porta enquanto a outra estava aberta e cachorro deitado no chão no meio das ferragens e a cama ao lado! 😂😊. Perfeito.

When my mom and I were lucky enough to go to Costa Rica, we did a zip line there. I could only do 4, my mom in here 80's did all 11. And now zip lines are popping up all over. My daughter wants me to do the one over Niagra Falls. I don't really want to see that waterfall.

We LOVE zip lining so much - and I'm in my 70s. It is really, really fun. Once we did the ziplines in caves in Kentucky - now THAT is a blast.

Hope the weather turned for you. The zip line, my fear of heights, still looks fun. Got 25 years on you and I'm still looking for thrills. This keeps me young

Kenji found a comfortable spot around the rebar ….

The skies are absolutely gorgeous especially the one with the rainbow over the horses

You got me again, expecting something big going wrong and not at all, 1/8 of an inch too long. It is great how you got the cat to crawl under the door. Enstad of using the open one. Pore Kengi, so tired he couldn't make it to his bed. Melissa, look at the bright side, you are 40, NOT Kaimani! You have to give Jeremy a bad time when he turns 40. Get him a lot vitamins, a walker for his back, and a 6 pack of Ensure! I tried zzip lining one time, they need to have a rest room halfway. Great to see Kyra and Eli on the new horse by themselves. You guys rock!

So much work done!! Zip line adventure!! 🎉

Proud of what you do Melissa to help build and you did great on those joices and I knew you could. Loving your cement vision of the patio. Going to look wonderful and then you can sit on the front porch and relax and enjoy those beautiful mountains. I truly miss the mountains. I'm 71 years old now and when we build out house I was 24 and my husband 30. Each climb up that ladder reminded me of the burn in my legs as we build everything. I understand your tired and aching bodies.

Thanks for the reminder about being present and not always looking ahead! It is a real struggle some days.

Love the dog but did not understand why he was not friends with the bed. Love, love, love the sky cam. How cool that you filmed a rainbow. I am so glad that the horses are getting along. It is nice to see that you are still making some progress with the cement and the build. Little by little you are getting there. I am sure there are some special building codes for having a living space above the garage for fire rating and clean air. It is always good to see you.

Very beautiful summary today. Your lives are so busy with building the homestead, but you still find time for family outings. You are creating memories that can never be taken from you and your children.

Thank you sir too you and to your family. It must not always be great for your family to be such a open to the world on ur videos. Iam grateful. It's awesome to be allowed to witness the transformation and blessing, from police officer to self sufficient family living the life we all should be doing . So thanks .. 😊 from a grateful grandfather, retired DAV ,farmer hahah yea I know I pick the hardest life choices.. but it has always been the most rewarding.. as u know 😊

Cute shots of the cat squeezing under the garage door next to the wide open door. Then Kenji sleeping on gravel and rebar instead of his fluffy bed!

How exciting celebrating y’all’s birthday by zip lining! The garage looks so good! Can’t wait to see the rest of the build and when y’all get your porch poured. It will be so beautiful! Love seeing the kids ride that sweet pony! ❤❤❤❤❤

Well you didn't get the concrete poured, but as you already stated about waiting a year really what is a few more days. Instead you got to make memories and have some fun. Ziplining is really fun going through the forest. Happy birthday to the two of you. Everyone have a great week and count your blessings amen.

Wow, you are rocking this build. Going up fast. The Rainbow was amazingly bright

So fun to see how things are moving right along. What a bunch of hard working people. WOW . Thank you for sharing.

Wowzers beautiful 🌈 rainbow siting😮. Always excited for more. Take care stay safe Always 🙏 😇

I love your family adventures. Some things I always wanted to do but never did and , now I am physically not able. ❤❤❤

The zip lines looked like great fun. something to look back on several decades from now & say...I don't believe I did that. Also don't believe I built all this with my own hands. Every thing looks so solid & professional. Loving it all.

Mellissa: the score in this is amazingly great! Fresh. Original And quite easy to listen to. There might even be a deeper layer of meaning that I haven't had time to listen to yet. And you definately need to share your secret for capturing the night skies. The stars are so vivid! Do you list your photography equipment somewhere?

wow the camera really picked up those stars so clearly!!! i love those evening sky shots!