Everything Comes to a Halt. It's an Unexpected Blessing, But We're Excited. 

As a child, I couldn't wait to watch Saturday morning cartoons. Now as a 50 year old, I can't wait to watch your Saturday morning videos! Love your videos, love your beautiful family (animals included ☺) and the way y'all exemplify Good Simple Living! Happy Birthday to Nevaeh and congrats. God bless y'all.

Our daughter lives in a independent living she has her own flat and it is still funny her telling us she has bee shopping her doing her housework but she has a learning disability she gets herself up for work and we are so proud of her

Oh my goodness! A cliffhanger! Now I have to wonder all week where you are going! The tile looks wonderful so far!

Years back while visiting my folks in Minnesota our 2 dogs got attacked by ground hornets when one of them stuck her nose into the hole. My husband and I were inside when we started hearing the dog’s screaming. I was able to lure one of them to the lake and pushed her underwater and started knocking off the hornets. The other dog was frozen in fear so my husband grabbed the water hose and started spraying her down. We rushed both dogs to the veterinarian. They both survived with over 200 stings on each of them but it was touch and go for awhile. An exterminator came out later that afternoon and he couldn’t believe they attacked him since it had been over 5 hours from the attack on the dogs. My dad felt really bad but we thank god it wasn’t the grandchildren that had been attacked since they were supposed to of came over that afternoon.

First step in doing the tile. Don’t disturb the puppy.😂

Those night sky shots are so beautiful

You don't need to have a lot of money to raise good children who will respect the world. The two of you are exceptional as parents. Thank you for sharing your journey with us.

Every time I see your home nestled against the mountains it reminds me of pictures that you pass. Your videos are a blessing every time. Looking forward to seeing you next time. God bless your family always with peace and safety in your travels.

At this time of year the bees are starting to run out of food (pollen). Put a bowl of sugar water somewhere away from the house to draw them away.

Puppy sure is growing fast.🐶🐶

You guys have the best view ever, the mountains look amazing. Your forever home is pretty badass!!!

Your pup is so adorable. My golden was never that chill!

Wow the Northern Lights was stunning. Excellent build, looks fantastic. Congratulations 🎈🍾🎊🎉 ❤❤❤

Thanks for sharing with us. Hope you had a great and safe time wherever you all went. Gabby is just about completed and the first tenant is thrilled. You all will be so pleased when the roost is filled . Stay safe and keep up the good work and videos. Fred.

For the yellow jackets, put sevin dust at the entrance at night. Keep reapplying if it gets wet. This will take out the entire nest in about a week or less. They carry that into the nest and it gets on others. It kills the entire nest. Bathroom and whole apartment is looking great! Nevaeh should have a great start in that apartment.

Yay, almost there, doing a great job on the bathroom. Your garden is doing really well. Another great vlog :)

Everything is coming together- and it’s beautiful! Is this possibly a trip to go interview Chip and Joanna?!😅 whatever this week holds- blessings to you all💜

Have a great trip family!!!

August is yellow jacket season. They are very aggressive here in Montana. My husband and I have been stung over a dozen times. Very painful. Good luck 👍

Such great people and great parents. Such a relief to see people trying to do right for family and the world. Special people.

The tile color is nice. Enjoy the trip.

I bet younger daughter is just as excited to be getting her own room. 😀

Hello, Traveling Family! I love the cream color of the tiles in the right light. Your shower will become a beautiful feature wall, changing hues throughout the day. Great eye, Melissa. Your choice worked out, and I cannot wait to see the finished product. In closing, I have to say that I am chomping at the bit to find out where you guys end up! I have to wait a week! lol Happy trails!

A cliff hanger! Must watch next week! I love watching every Saturday mornings :-),

The apartment looks absolutely fantastic. You guys have done such a wonderful job building it. Neveah is a lucky girl, as are the rest of your beautiful children who will also get a chance to enjoy it when it’s their time. Kudos mom and dad!

I have the same blue flowers on my balcony in Switzerland as you showed in that video. That made me feel a deeper connection with you.

I sympathize with you, Jeremy. Years ago I used to cut lawns around the neighborhood and I got stung 14 times after running over one of those nests. The guy said he had "taken care of" the ground hornets so it would be safe to cut his grass again... but of course I got stung ANOTHER 9 times. It's not fun. I think what you guys are doing is great!! The family homestead really is what this country was built on... and as The Waltons left the airwaves, I have been afraid that nobody would continue that valuable tradition. Thanks to RU-vid, we can see that people are STILL aiming for that same sort of wisdom - but of course it is absolutely crucial that as the younger generation is ready for more responsibility on the homestead, the decision makers delegate and then consult as the homestead continues to grow.. It is essential that everyone get along with everyone, and you guys just continue to lead the way in conflict resolution and steadfast emotional support throughout the whole process. Thanks for sharing this with us... we need thousands more doing the same sort of thing.

Well done getting Gabby nearly done 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 it was a big job. Ludo looks fabulous 😉👍🏻

Oh how I love the views of the night sky. Absolutely beautiful!! Thank you for a wonderful channel.

I am a professional packer😊 my father was in the military my husband was in the military and have 3 children. We traveled so much it was a natural thing to be a pack well. ❤

Nice. Thanks for the giggles!♥️

Late in the evening when the bees go to bed, pour gas in their hole .You can use a water bottle or coke bottle and leave it in the hole till morning.

Thank you for your videos. Just an FYI - As a person who now has a serious intolerance to hornet stings after too many stings AND being attacked by hornets in my garden where I use very little chemicals, I am now intolerant to allowing hornets to live anywhere my grand-daughters or I spend time outside. As you may know, hornets may attack your puppy, or anyone in your family.

Good morning, great video this week Melissa. You are so lucky to be able to see the northern lights from your house...that is so cool.

Did y'all go outside to watch the northern lights besides recording it. The solar wind was very strong because it made it all the way down here to upper TX. Truly an amazing sight to behold.

So glad you two so much for your kids! You two are a great parents to model mfor other parents!

Have a fun and safe trip!

Wow! Beautiful Norther Lights. Thanks for capturing that on video and sharing it with us.

You're both a lot of fun . Amazing content amazing Parents ❤

Your night skies are incredible! Thank you for sharing your incredible homestead! Absolutely beautiful! You’ve Accomplished so much. Can’t wait to see where you gone on your trip. Stay safe.❤❤

Good Morning Sweet Family!! 🙋‍♀️ Have a Wonderful Weekend!!🦋🌻

When I was a kid (1970's) my dad hit a yellow jacket nest cutting the hedges in front of our house. He came out of his clothes in the front yard, rinsed off with the hose and then ran in the house naked. My mom yelled at him about what would the neighbors think. "Honey, yellow jackets in your underwear has a funny way of making you not give a damn what the neighbors think". Then mom was mad at him for cussing! Dad's "streaking" across the lawn and shower in the yard became family lore! Its a sweet memory now! P.S. we lived in the country, we didn't have neighbors!

Happy Birthday! Enjoy your trip all! Am looking forward to seeing the video of your trip!

Enjoy your Trip, family.

Congratulations to you both for getting to this special day, what an enormous job done with love and respect to each other I love to watch each recording as they come up.Our kids and grandkids grow so fast.And great grandchildren xx

My favorite Saturday tradition! Watching GSL! I’m even releasing my stuff on Saturdays now to match you all!

True story.. Many years ago my oldest son was going somewhere camping with my parents and he refused to let me help him pack for the week long trip. Mom called all shades of mad because he didn't have any underwear and socks. I tried to explain that her precious one kicked me out of his room and when I tried to check his bag he got upset that I didn't trust him.

Good morning from Arizonia. I’m so excited for your daughter new adventure

Another part of the interior coming to completion, what a great family you have, you all get on so well. Love from Mike. ❤

The appartment looks amazing!!

Hello again my loving Idaho family!! Great to see the final indoor project getting started for Neveah. The suspense is killing me about your new opportunity!! Whatever it is I’m sure it’s gonna be a success😉!! I so look forward to my Saturdays with your family❤… I carry each of you very dearly in my heart and always in my prayers… until next week 🙏🏻♥️🙏🏻

Glad that you did what you could in the bathroom and prepared for the unexpected trip but like you said you never know what can come of an opportunity so be safe and have a trip full of adventure and new experiences that will lead to a blessing in life.

That extra bracing behind the wall is going to serve you well to add grab bars when the kids move you guys to the apartment in your old age! 😅😊

Greetings! Great job on the build! Those ground bees are yellow jackets and they're a hornet. Hornets sting repeatedly and en masse. WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO is get a dough bowl shaped (ie, not steep sides) clear glass bowl and put it over the nest opening at night (snug it in so there are no escape places) when all of them are in there. They will come out the next morning and be unable to get out. They won't dig another way out. So, essentially, you've trapped the entire hive. Leave the bowl there until you don't see any more activity under the glass, several days to a week. Then remove the bowl. Burning them out doesn't work because, no matter how much go-juice you pour down there, it doesn't get the entire hive.

You guys have done a wonderful job. And are great parents. You can take it from an old guy (75) who seen some terrible things in my working career….👏👏👍🙏🏼

I love the look of the tile 🥰.

I think your build turned out perfect, your Daughter will love it and a good way to help them grow up. You couldn’t ask for a more beautiful location. Jeremy you have that tile job mastered to a tea, looks great👍👍. I love the larger tiles over the little squares all the time. 👍👍❤️❤️🇨🇦

Have a great trip every one we will see you next time..

Hi Melissa. Just watched your video! I know I have commented on your night Timelapse but this one was just absolutely beautiful!! The colors and the way you highlighted the utility shed. You outdid yourself on this one. Congratulations on your daughter turning 18. It’s a blessing and is heartbreaking at the same time. You have to Have faith and believe you guys raised her right. From what I see you did just that. She is a beautiful young lady and has a great sense of humor. At least she is right next door. Mine moved completely out of state. I was devastated but there comes a time you just have to let them fly!! Love love your Channel Cathy Zuetrong ❤

Who is feeding your animals when you’re gone. Does the little puppy 🐶 go with you? Or where does he stay?

❤love to watch you and your family...

Safe travels 🙏🏽 ❤and you 2 are almost finished the little house 😢🏡🏠👏🏽👏🏽💪🏾💪🏾👍👍❤️❤️❤️❤️

Have fun and have a wonderful family time. I am very curious to see the finished bathroom and how you will fix the chimney in the kitchen!! See you next week!

My goodness, that was a FANTASTIC bit of drone footage!!!

Armageddon! Great quote 😋. Another fun episode, love the Saturday watches of the channel & the property, projects & traditional family values! God bless 😇

I absolutely love watching the two of you work together. You have such wonderful chemistry and I share your sense of humor (which gets me in trouble ALL THE TIME...)

Good morning. It's always a joy to watch y'all continue y'all's journey on getting each task complete. Now that it's Nevaeh bday and apartment for her to get moved into so she can get a job and go to college and work her way out to be completely on her own. Y'all are great parents and have taught your kiddos great morals,ethics and independence. ❤❤❤ Family is important and y'all make sure your kids know that. Love all around. It's looking good. ❤❤

I Am So Happy Watching Your Videos. I Love The Mountain View, The Northern Lights Everything Looks Peaceful. Enjoy Your Accomplishments God Bless You All. From China, Michigan 🌹🌹

White wash is the word your looking for. The tile color reminds me of childhood chores of white washing the picket fence in our backyard. Cervantes 1950s

Good morning guys!

Looking good always look forward to Saturday, for another episode.😊

I used Hardy backer board in the showers and tub areas for three bathrooms. Screws hold the boards in place with no requirement to fill over the screws and the seams were taped and mudded. No dimples, no fills. After that, the tile was installed. The "Kerdi Systems" seems like a lot more work with a weaker foundation.

Have a safe and memorable trip! 🙏🏿👍🏾🐶

Oh my! What a teaser for next week to find out where you’re going

The new addition turned out awesome and hope everyone has a wonderful time away from home and safe travels on the trip!

Beautiful place beautiful people thank you. Xxx

Hi, Melisa you really have a good eye for colours and textures. That bathroom will look so good when it’s finished. Hope you all had a great trip. Lots of love from 🇬🇧😘😘😘😘😘

Love the way you two work together! It's sweet! Can't wait to see the shower finished! ❤

What a wonderful feeling to finally have every surface covered!! As always, thanks for taking us along.

I’m so impressed with your new pupp.

"Measure twice, cut once!" ( the shower). I have learned so much from all of your building videos.. Thank You!! I enjoy & appreciate All of your videos, & they are high quality, well done, & have a great, personal touch!! Blessings to you ALL!🙏🥰 That aptmt is very top notch, & your kids will all enjoy it each year!!❣👏🎊👏💖

Hola familia I just sent you a message on your podcast now I am here I hope your family is all safe I understand there is a lot of fires in Idaho I hope your family is well and that you are nowhere near these fires stay safe

Good morning, try putting Vicks on yourself, bugs don't like and neither do the Bees. I'm allergic to bees so I always have my EpiPen and Vick's with me. Fyi mosquitos don't like it either.

Safe travels 🙏

The silver gray, weather worn fence board color is actually more versatile and adaptable than a creamy off-white. You can go shabby chic with off whites from wheat to apricot; even with some chintz or lace accemts. You could go bold with string sports, sailing, or other colors. You could go antique-y to industrial and more.

Awesome, jus pure ..... AWESOME! You 2,the boys, Miss Ellie....total immersion, into the whole episode...! Amazing the amount that you all do in a day.. N it comes out great!! Thanks for sharing!!

Hope you had a good trip, wherever you went. When our kids were small for packing I would tell them to put out everything they wanted to pack on their beds then I would check to make sure they had everything they needed before packing. kids usually forget the underwear and socks!!

Safe travels! Love the tile. ❤❤❤❤❤

What a beautiful night showing the northern lights 🌌

Beautiful healthy happy family. 😁

Where are the Souza's? Guess we'll have to wait until next week to find out, but wherever you were off to, I hope you had a great time. As for the tile in the bathroom ... I wasn't too sure of the color either, but I think it's going to look just fine. Until next week ... ❤

Thanks friends for the project update. Happy stay on your new traveling adventure. And who takes care of the puppy? My Saint Bernard limited my annual trips around the world 🙄Very few can take care of a 200 lb dog. although very well trained. Happy week.👍

The Northern lights are beautiful

It is hard to imagine Nievea is 18 altnough weve watched her grow up. Its a whole new chapter in her life, your lives, and the family dynamics; how exciting! I hope you are able to make some food preservation "appointments" or dates with her in the big house towards a start on her own pantry. It may mean making some grab and go containers of recipie measured, convience food, dry goods like gravy packets, cornbread or muffins of some type, pancake amd waffle mix, taco seasoning packets, or the like. It may be prepping some things for the freezer like pre-made pizza dough discs, sliced sweet peppers, a freezer meal or two be it breakfast or dinner, some cookie dough ready to bake, or a ready to use pie/ cobbler filling in a single person's size. Or maybe some jars of beans, chicken, or applesauce.

Guys are so wonderful with life this is great.................Namaste

Banyo çok güzel oldu.evin son halini merak ediyorum iyi tatiller❤🎉

Y’all are precious and I appreciate you! ❤

I believe Ludo is a perfect fit for you all.. Great job on the apartment build.. Have a great week !

Aurora time lapse was awesome! Mahalo!

Wait, you can see the northern lights from your home? You're so lucky!