I have tears rolling down my face. You all, should be so proud of your accomplishments. I'm feeling proud and my only contribution was watching you every step of the way. Thumbs up for your content and so much love, from S. California.
❤ Deb and I vote for cedar in the breezeway. Shoes, boots, outdoor smoke smelled clothing that are housed in there, will benefit from the smell of cedar. And BUGS will stay out as well. ❤
One suggestion would be to put some type of fire alarm system in place. The fact that your daughter will be above the garage is really important. With todays cars and other electronic equipment there is always a chance that a fire could happen. Also maybe get a plan for a fire escape for the addition, and the main house. I would also think about getting carbon monoxide detectors in garage area as cars could be a danger if left running. I know this sounds dumb but any thought of a retention pond close by in case of fire. Water would be helpful for fire deptment. Sorry not to be critical but one of my neighbors had a barn fire and water had to be brought in and building burned to the ground. Anyway great videos and you and your family are great examples of proud Americans.
My husband and I have an electric racket. It’s a life saver from bees, flies, etc. Good for personal safety if you happen to be needing something to save you while you’re out and about. They really seem to be very aggressive. Hope this helps. I love watching you guys❣️💗😁
For the breezeway I say shiplap walls with hooks for coats and a shelf above for winter hats, and the bench to cover the pipes, but also for sitting on to take off your boots. ❤ As far as the little things you are going back to do, I’ve been trying to teach my daughter that sometimes you don’t finish a task at school before the teacher tells you to move on to something else. She has a difficult time with that. I told her that when she grows up, her boss may tell her to stop on one thing and jump onto another task really quickly and she is going to have to be okay with that. Her boss and teacher can see the big picture, even though she can’t, and she has to trust that it’s the right thing to do. Sometimes we think we have life all planned out, and God throws us curve balls, and makes us go into a different direction, but if we fight Him to do our will, we may mess up His plans because we can’t see the big picture. We need to trust and understand that sometimes we don’t have all the answers and a little faith could bring us to amazing blessings. Look at all that you’ve built on just a leap of faith! Thank you for always being a good example to us and also sharing your journey with us, and I hope that the wasps go away soon! 😅 Love you all! 😊❤
5 years, seems like yesterday I watched your first video. The only difference between me and you is you took action and activated your plan. Been an adventure in learning and reflection. Hopefully "your" projects are as entertaining as the previous builds. Love light and eternal blessing ❤ 🙏 Thanks Mel and Jeremy ❤
Please remember not to warm the cars up while inside of the garage because Navayas apartment up stairs always pull vehicles out side the garage and then allow them to warm up to avoid gas poisoning monoxide poisoning
No it would not be safe to warm up cars inside because the smoke from the exhaust will fill up the garage and we all know that smoke rises meaning it will fill up the apartment up stairs
Here's an idea for the breezeway, how about a small part of it you put in a chalkboard. You know you could write little messages of encouragements to each other! Idk just a thought. Then you could do the cedar planks on the rest of it.
I Love how the garage wasn’t something you even thought possible & you boxed yourselves in so that failure wasn’t an option! How BRAVE you all are🙏🙏🙏Blessing’s
It's hard to believe it's been five years already! You've all come so far, from a dream to a thriving reality. Congrats! And I'm totally envious of how clean and tidy your garage is. LOL
Jeremy had a great idea. Put a bench for storage, hooks above to hang coats or a shoe storage under the bench. Easy access during winter. Out of sight. Everything looks amazing.
Just a thought for y'all, in your closing thoughts with y'all in the garage cleaning up, I seen the water heater in background. With winter coming I'd get that wrapped in an insulating blanket made for water heaters soon. Also, the two pipes going up into the apart. John in Ky
Y'all have the most AMAZING personalities! You're funny, you can be serious, you guys have such kind, gentle and loving hearts, your fierce over your convictions and one another and you don't sweat the small stuff ... You're a TEAM!!!! Not Parents vs Kiddos or Kiddos vs Parents, Parent vs Parent or Kiddos vs Kiddos, y'all are really a Family TEAM!! Not a Family "unit" but a Team! Thank you for sharing with us! May God bless and keep you guys!
Recently I saw a video that said the bees are anticipating winter and are hungry. It said to put out extra food ( maybe near the traps) to give them a place to go. Perhaps apple slices / or half cut.
Love that you promote learning about our country and it’s history. So important in order for us to appreciate this wonderful experiment. I pray we keep our Constitutional Republic! Yes, yes Cedar would be great and smell amazing!! Love your Dear family sooooooo much!! God’s Richest Blessings!!! Btw, that last pic of your gorgeous home ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ you surely are blessed ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
Hillsdale College is awesome! So happy you are homeschooling your kids & using this great educational tool. Melissa & Jeremy wonderful, thoughtful parents
Your house and location are like a little piece of heaven -- wish I were there! Your family is beautiful and the comments you have at the end of each video are warm and thought provoking. Can't wait to see the outside covering for the addition and will miss your construction videos. But your newest addition, the little four-legged one, brings a smile each and every time I see him! God bless each of you!
You two are so amazing in parenting and what you've accomplished since you moved there and before! Way to go !! So happy to have followed you from the beginning 💗 ❤😊
To kill the hornets. Use Dawn dish soap and water.. I’ll take a spray bottle ( get the good spray bottles) and fill it quarter way with Dawn rest of water mix it and spray them and I just fall off the nest !!! And if you have ticks … Use hose sprayer , fill bottle with Dawn and spray your yard !!! I spray it on thick.
Well... those are hornets. I'd get a "Super Soaker" to IMMEDIATELY saturate the nest. Spray bottles work but are slow like one shot at a time. Super Soakers are more like Buckshot PLUS they give YOU more distance from the nest before firing. Once this is done put SCENTED DRYER SHEETS in areas you don't want bee's, wasps or hornets to build a nest. For some reason, they HATE this.
I also put 1 cup of vinegar, one squirt of the dish soap and the rest with water in the spray bottle. This spray kills on contact, safe for the environment! I used this outside of our restaurant when the wasps got aggressive. (They were all over the front of cars eating the dead bug carcasses off the fronts or trying to nest in the side-view mirrors, too!
Love the finished product. You guys have made a beautiful homestead with the Idaho raw land. You have breath taking scenery and it’s all come together. Enjoy your videos!! 👍👍❤️❤️🇨🇦
My favourite part was seeing you and your boy going to harvest some green beans. A mundane moment, so simple, yet so beautiful. And Ludo, always ❤ Thank you for sharing all this, and i hope that this ordeal with the hornets will end soon 💞💞💞
It is always looking better around there when another job is completed. Great job with the kitchen vent and the painting. Takes a little time to put things away when mostly done and feels so good to see all the empty space for awhile. You folks are great . Hope you can get rid of those Colonies of Hornets, they are bad news and need to be disposed of. Stay safe and keep up the great videos. Oh , Cedar in the entry way. Good bug deterrent. Fred.
Cedar walls in the breezeway would be super cool! I look forward to watching your videos each Saturday. Thank you for sharing your life journey with us.
❤️ Wow, the vent hood looks fabulous so do the doors. It is always a blessing to watch this channel 👍 The breezeway look of a sauna would look great. Another thought, round end cuts of logs stacked up the wall. The one side will I think will be covered with coats and shoes and mittens. All your ideas have come out beautiful! Congratulations on all your hard work ✅
Thank you for documenting the building out of your dreams. It is inspirational. Grateful for your channel and I really appreciate Melissa's closing monologue.
God has definitely blessed y’all. Your page just brings joy. I’m going to keep praying for some joy of my own for my family. Things aren’t great by any means but we’re still blessed as much as we deserve to be I guess. Life can hit pretty hard and life can change in an instant and sometimes you just never see it coming. We do a lot of I wish we had done this that or the other different. Unfortunately we can’t go back and going forward feels like a stand still no matter what we do. Regardless I thank you from the bottom of my Momma heart for giving this broken heart a break from all her mistakes and a chance to believe that things will someday change and get better. God Bless!🙏🙏🙏♥️♥️♥️♥️
I’m so happy for y’all 🥰thank you for blessing me this morning ❤I love to watch you two n the love ❤️ you have for one another . You know my husband Keith died 4 months ago yesterday 😢 your videos help me to remember what we had together for 51 years , no it wasn’t all great ,but we had some funny times happy family times n some not so good times . God has truly been with us . I love you all very much n I hope the videos will continue on .❤️🙏🏻✝️🦋☀️
Hey guys!!! Give sticky traps a try for the wasps. They get trapped, then release a pheromone (has to google the spelling 😂) and then the rest come to the “rescue” and also get trapped. Last week I placed a sticky trap near a ground nest and captured hundreds until there was no room left. The following morning when they wetwnt active I filled up the nest with cheap wasp spray and that eliminated 100% of the nest. We went from probably 500-1000 swarming wasps to zero. Hope that helps.
Y’all have built a beautiful home and life for yourself with one of the most beautiful views of the mountains I’ve ever seen. I feel honored to be allowed to follow your journey over the past several years.
I like the idea of the cedar on the walls in that breezeway. The sauna feeling would be nice with the bench and the shoe rack, and it would probably help with the smell of the shoes hanging on the wall.
You guys are doing an amazing job on making your dreams come true. Even though I don’t know you personally…I’m proud of you. I do know what it takes to make things look good on a property..so I’m proud of your hard work, your determination and your follow through I. Making your dream come alive. Well done!!
That vent hood is so nice. It just blends everything in on that wall. And then clearing everything out of the garage. Wow your place looks so good. You have done awesome job on your place. 👍❤️
Jeremy and Melissa your chemistry and work ethic is fantastic and addictive. Your UA-cam episodes are always well filmed, expertly edited and music selection SPOT-ON. SORRY for the hornets they can be a MAJOR summer deterrent to outdoor activities and ruin every cookout/picnic!
I enjoy the rhythm of your lives. You remind me of dear friends who bought land with a log cabin on it in the countryside of Quebec, Canada. No running water, no electricity, wood cookstove, outhouse. They raised six kids, all homeschooled and figured out power, plumbing, still grow their own food, meat, and also started a thriving honey business. I learned how to make cheese there, jams and jellies, and the joys of independent living. I love the memories and enthusiasm and close knit family feelings you evoke. Thank you so much.
You guys really need to list the music you use. I find so much enjoyment from listening to GOOD music, and sometimes that's hard to find. You have a real knack for "sticky tunes" - they stick in my head. I'd like to know more about the artists and groups.
We were told to place bee traps early in the spring and have done so since moving here to Sandpoint, so far it appears to have worked well. We have not had the problem that everyone has been talking about this year. On the other hand, I have sold more hornet & wasp killer than all previous years to the painting contractors!
Have a wonderful Weekend. ❤️ At the end of winter 2025. Freeze your hornet jugs, bacon and all. Put on perimeter of property. Easier to carry said jugs and already up for spring/summer. Also away from everything.
I love you guys so much it’s amazing seeing everything you do and the property views is breathtaking the Mountains are absolutely gorgeous thank you for everything you do such a wonderful family and once again love you all god bless you
I do not have TV and I have been watching your UA-cam channel since you were living in the camper. I work very long hours and you have inspired me to build my dream home. You do so much to build your home and UA-cam is a tool that was available to use to achieve. You deserve the reward for all your backbreaking work. BTW Irish Spring soap, wasp hate the smell and will leave you alone. Do you have video of searching for your property?
Hello again my loving Idaho family ♥️!! Sorry to see you’re still dealing with the 🐝 again this week (ouch Melissa!! That’s a bad area to get stung😖)! I think this is the worst we’ve had them in many years for Ky too. It’s good to see you checking off so many things on your to do list (perfect exterior door color btw😉). That range hood looks like it was planned perfectly to be like it is!! Although the bees are swarming now winter time is closer than we think. Your winters there are far worse than here in the mountains and hollers of Ky. Before long we will be in full swing for the pediatric cancer toy drive and just like that the new year will arrive. I pray your days are long enough to accomplish your goals before the weather is the deciding factor. I carry each of you very dear to my heart and ALWAYS in my prayers🙏🏻♥️🙏🏻…. Until next week ♥️
My God Mellisa , your videos are so beautiful, with the specific songs, what you say at the end of them, tugs at the heart strings most of the time, in a good way. For example, some make me laugh because of you and Jeremy's humor, some make you cry, especially the one with Kenji passing, 😢that one was hard. Some make you feel happy for the family. Etc, The memories you are creating are priceless, your kids and grandkids will enjoy watching tremendously.
Every once in a while I stop and acknowledge how impressive your video production is. You must spend a lot of time - or have just gotten so fast it over the years, but it is truly top-notch.
I think the cedar would be nice. I also think it would be so cute to add picture of Nevaeh as she has grown, baby starting at your side and 18 end at the stair entrance . Not every year but every three years. Maybe even start up high so that you can add Kamani’s underneath and so on.
A bunch of the siding on the house was done in inclimate weather; maybe not pleasant but possible. Painting can't be done in inclimate weather. Unfortunately, when you're working outside you have to adjust your schedule to the weather. It is definitely a homesteading thing.
I am so enamored of your family and all the hard work you’ve done. Your kids are completely delightful, no doubt a result of great parenting. Love from South Texas!
I am so proud of you and your family! Y'all have accomplished so much! I really enjoy your videos and watching the kids grow. Enjoy every moment with them.
My husband and I watch together every Saturday morning. My only complaint is I wish the videos were longer and more often. Just love this family and their love for one another.
I have tears rolling down my face. You all, should be so proud of your accomplishments. I'm feeling proud and my only contribution was watching you every step of the way. Thumbs up for your content and so much love, from S. California.
Thank you so much!
Great episode except the hornets. I’m so sorry you have to deal with that. Best wishes!!!
It hurts my heart that you’re getting attacked by those hornets!
Great work guys even with the hornets! Love that sweet pup!
Jeremy, how did you become a cop if as you say, you are color blind ?im a retired cop and we use colors giving descriptions all the time.
❤ Deb and I vote for cedar in the breezeway. Shoes, boots, outdoor smoke smelled clothing that are housed in there, will benefit from the smell of cedar. And BUGS will stay out as well. ❤
i was just going to make the same comment.
One suggestion would be to put some type of fire alarm system in place. The fact that your daughter will be above the garage is really important. With todays cars and other electronic equipment there is always a chance that a fire could happen. Also maybe get a plan for a fire escape for the addition, and the main house. I would also think about getting carbon monoxide detectors in garage area as cars could be a danger if left running. I know this sounds dumb but any thought of a retention pond close by in case of fire. Water would be helpful for fire deptment. Sorry not to be critical but one of my neighbors had a barn fire and water had to be brought in and building burned to the ground. Anyway great videos and you and your family are great examples of proud Americans.
Not critical, but definitely helpful tips! 👍
That was an extrenely good suggestion that definitely should be considered. Love this family.
Some excellent points, well made. :)
Great tips! Never can be too safe.
Very good suggestion.
Everything looks wonderful! I love watching your videos! ❤
When I need to be cheered up, I turn to the most beautiful family on you tube. Thank you for being you.
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My husband and I have an electric racket. It’s a life saver from bees, flies, etc. Good for personal safety if you happen to be needing something to save you while you’re out and about. They really seem to be very aggressive. Hope this helps. I love watching you guys❣️💗😁
For the breezeway I say shiplap walls with hooks for coats and a shelf above for winter hats, and the bench to cover the pipes, but also for sitting on to take off your boots. ❤
As far as the little things you are going back to do, I’ve been trying to teach my daughter that sometimes you don’t finish a task at school before the teacher tells you to move on to something else. She has a difficult time with that. I told her that when she grows up, her boss may tell her to stop on one thing and jump onto another task really quickly and she is going to have to be okay with that. Her boss and teacher can see the big picture, even though she can’t, and she has to trust that it’s the right thing to do. Sometimes we think we have life all planned out, and God throws us curve balls, and makes us go into a different direction, but if we fight Him to do our will, we may mess up His plans because we can’t see the big picture. We need to trust and understand that sometimes we don’t have all the answers and a little faith could bring us to amazing blessings. Look at all that you’ve built on just a leap of faith! Thank you for always being a good example to us and also sharing your journey with us, and I hope that the wasps go away soon! 😅 Love you all! 😊❤
Wisdom! ❤
5 years, seems like yesterday I watched your first video. The only difference between me and you is you took action and activated your plan. Been an adventure in learning and reflection. Hopefully "your" projects are as entertaining as the previous builds. Love light and eternal blessing ❤ 🙏 Thanks Mel and Jeremy ❤
Please remember not to warm the cars up while inside of the garage because Navayas apartment up stairs always pull vehicles out side the garage and then allow them to warm up to avoid gas poisoning monoxide poisoning
If they built the garage correctly it should be safe.
No it would not be safe to warm up cars inside because the smoke from the exhaust will fill up the garage and we all know that smoke rises meaning it will fill up the apartment up stairs
Here's an idea for the breezeway, how about a small part of it you put in a chalkboard. You know you could write little messages of encouragements to each other! Idk just a thought. Then you could do the cedar planks on the rest of it.
That's a great idea.
Yes I said the same!
I Love how the garage wasn’t something you even thought possible & you boxed yourselves in so that failure wasn’t an option! How BRAVE you all are🙏🙏🙏Blessing’s
It's hard to believe it's been five years already! You've all come so far, from a dream to a thriving reality. Congrats! And I'm totally envious of how clean and tidy your garage is. LOL
It is nice to see that you are teaching your daughter to paint. She will use this skill for a lifetime. ❤
Jeremy had a great idea. Put a bench for storage, hooks above to hang coats or a shoe storage under the bench. Easy access during winter. Out of sight. Everything looks amazing.
Congratulations 👏🏻 you have your garage again! A dream come true! Ludo is growing up so beautiful 😻
Just a thought for y'all, in your closing thoughts with y'all in the garage cleaning up, I seen the water heater in background. With winter coming I'd get that wrapped in an insulating blanket made for water heaters soon. Also, the two pipes going up into the apart.
John in Ky
If it was me, I would have to have a hand rails on the wall side of the stairs.... but then I'm an oldie 👵. Best wishes from England UK 🇬🇧
You need a hand held bug zapper there’s actually something satisfying about hearing that zap when you swat one
Y'all have the most AMAZING personalities! You're funny, you can be serious, you guys have such kind, gentle and loving hearts, your fierce over your convictions and one another and you don't sweat the small stuff ... You're a TEAM!!!! Not Parents vs Kiddos or Kiddos vs Parents, Parent vs Parent or Kiddos vs Kiddos, y'all are really a Family TEAM!! Not a Family "unit" but a Team! Thank you for sharing with us!
May God bless and keep you guys!
Reclaimed barn wood planks would be a nice idea for the walkway. If you're still looking for ideas.
Yes barnwood
Recently I saw a video that said the bees are anticipating winter and are hungry. It said to put out extra food ( maybe near the traps) to give them a place to go. Perhaps apple slices / or half cut.
Love that you promote learning about our country and it’s history. So important in order for us to appreciate this wonderful experiment. I pray we keep our Constitutional Republic! Yes, yes Cedar would be great and smell amazing!! Love your Dear family sooooooo much!! God’s Richest Blessings!!! Btw, that last pic of your gorgeous home ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ you surely are blessed ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
Hillsdale College is awesome! So happy you are homeschooling your kids & using this great educational tool. Melissa & Jeremy wonderful, thoughtful parents
I really dont care what your content is because it all makes me smile. TY for being the people you are. God Bless
I like the idea of cedar. You get a nice look, an amazing smell, plus you get the added bonus of it keeping the bugs out.
Thank you so much for your opening song. I haven't heard that song in years. How sweet it was to hear it again.
It's an oldie but a goodie
I love this family.❤
Your house and location are like a little piece of heaven -- wish I were there! Your family is beautiful and the comments you have at the end of each video are warm and thought provoking. Can't wait to see the outside covering for the addition and will miss your construction videos. But your newest addition, the little four-legged one, brings a smile each and every time I see him! God bless each of you!
Glad Keria is keeping up with the riding 👍
Gardening together is so nice to see. Land to table is the best. Working in the garden is so therapeutic.
You two are so amazing in parenting and what you've accomplished since you moved there and before! Way to go !! So happy to have followed you from the beginning 💗 ❤😊
Thank you so much!!
Look at how fast that pup has grown!!! 😮😊
Proud of you guys.... This is a real testament to what can be accomplished when you believe.
Such positive outlook on life. Thank you for taking us along on you're journey. You're all truly blessed.🙏
To kill the hornets.
Use Dawn dish soap and water..
I’ll take a spray bottle ( get the good spray bottles) and fill it quarter way with Dawn rest of water mix it and spray them and I just fall off the nest !!!
And if you have ticks …
Use hose sprayer , fill bottle with Dawn and spray your yard !!!
I spray it on thick.
Well... those are hornets. I'd get a "Super Soaker" to IMMEDIATELY saturate the nest. Spray bottles work but are slow like one shot at a time. Super Soakers are more like Buckshot PLUS they give YOU more distance from the nest before firing.
Once this is done put SCENTED DRYER SHEETS in areas you don't want bee's, wasps or hornets to build a nest. For some reason, they HATE this.
I also put 1 cup of vinegar, one squirt of the dish soap and the rest with water in the spray bottle. This spray kills on contact, safe for the environment! I used this outside of our restaurant when the wasps got aggressive. (They were all over the front of cars eating the dead bug carcasses off the fronts or trying to nest in the side-view mirrors, too!
Love the finished product. You guys have made a beautiful homestead with the Idaho raw land. You have breath taking scenery and it’s all come together. Enjoy your videos!! 👍👍❤️❤️🇨🇦
Thanks so much!
My favourite part was seeing you and your boy going to harvest some green beans. A mundane moment, so simple, yet so beautiful. And Ludo, always ❤ Thank you for sharing all this, and i hope that this ordeal with the hornets will end soon 💞💞💞
It is always looking better around there when another job is completed. Great job with the kitchen vent and the painting. Takes a little time to put things away when mostly done and feels so good to see all the empty space for awhile. You folks are great . Hope you can get rid of those Colonies of Hornets, they are bad news and need to be disposed of. Stay safe and keep up the great videos. Oh , Cedar in the entry way. Good bug deterrent. Fred.
I'm so glad you painted the doors! Jeremy isn't the only one with OCD.
Cedar walls in the breezeway would be super cool! I look forward to watching your videos each Saturday. Thank you for sharing your life journey with us.
❤️ Wow, the vent hood looks fabulous so do the doors.
It is always a blessing to watch this channel 👍
The breezeway look of a sauna would look great. Another thought, round end cuts of logs stacked up the wall. The one side will I think will be covered with coats and shoes and mittens. All your ideas have come out beautiful!
Congratulations on all your hard work ✅
You guys must be so proud of your accomplishments!
Vent hood looks great
Yay! Onto the next project. It is what makes life life after all.
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I would like to see how Navaya decorates her new apartment show us a tour after she decorates. Will she have a pink couch or some bean bag furniture.
Thank you for documenting the building out of your dreams. It is inspirational. Grateful for your channel and I really appreciate Melissa's closing monologue.
We just have to start and refuse to fail - Love that
God has definitely blessed y’all. Your page just brings joy. I’m going to keep praying for some joy of my own for my family. Things aren’t great by any means but we’re still blessed as much as we deserve to be I guess. Life can hit pretty hard and life can change in an instant and sometimes you just never see it coming. We do a lot of I wish we had done this that or the other different. Unfortunately we can’t go back and going forward feels like a stand still no matter what we do. Regardless I thank you from the bottom of my Momma heart for giving this broken heart a break from all her mistakes and a chance to believe that things will someday change and get better. God Bless!🙏🙏🙏♥️♥️♥️♥️
He is good all the time, even when we don't see what He's doing. Keep moving forward & trusting.
I love what you have accomplished. What about 2 handrails for the stairs??
Amazing family💕 God bless you always✝️💕
I’m so happy for y’all 🥰thank you for blessing me this morning ❤I love to watch you two n the love ❤️ you have for one another . You know my husband Keith died 4 months ago yesterday 😢 your videos help me to remember what we had together for 51 years , no it wasn’t all great ,but we had some funny times happy family times n some not so good times . God has truly been with us . I love you all very much n I hope the videos will continue on .❤️🙏🏻✝️🦋☀️
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❤️ ((hugs))
Hey guys!!! Give sticky traps a try for the wasps. They get trapped, then release a pheromone (has to google the spelling 😂) and then the rest come to the “rescue” and also get trapped.
Last week I placed a sticky trap near a ground nest and captured hundreds until there was no room left. The following morning when they wetwnt active I filled up the nest with cheap wasp spray and that eliminated 100% of the nest. We went from probably 500-1000 swarming wasps to zero. Hope that helps.
Nice!!
Good Morning Sweet Family!! 🙋♀️⚘️🦋
Y’all have built a beautiful home and life for yourself with one of the most beautiful views of the mountains I’ve ever seen. I feel honored to be allowed to follow your journey over the past several years.
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Truly beautiful breath taking views God Bless you both be careful of the bees
I like the idea of the cedar on the walls in that breezeway. The sauna feeling would be nice with the bench and the shoe rack, and it would probably help with the smell of the shoes hanging on the wall.
With all your hardscape, I can't wait to see your landscaping near the house.
Make hall a reading room with a full body built-in padded bench over plumbing and put in a Bay window on the back wall
The vent hood turned out great. The Lord knew the details.
You all are such an inspiration to all . ❤️ beautiful home .
Everything looks amazing! So enjoy your videos!
You guys are doing an amazing job on making your dreams come true. Even though I don’t know you personally…I’m proud of you. I do know what it takes to make things look good on a property..so I’m proud of your hard work, your determination and your follow through I. Making your dream come alive. Well done!!
Cedar in the breezeway would look so nice!
That vent hood is so nice. It just blends everything in on that wall. And then clearing everything out of the garage. Wow your place looks so good. You have done awesome job on your place. 👍❤️
Jeremy and Melissa your chemistry and work ethic is fantastic and addictive. Your UA-cam episodes are always well filmed, expertly edited and music selection SPOT-ON. SORRY for the hornets they can be a MAJOR summer deterrent to outdoor activities and ruin every cookout/picnic!
Thank you so much for your kind words ❤️
What a beautiful life. Thank you so much for sharing.
I enjoy the rhythm of your lives. You remind me of dear friends who bought land with a log cabin on it in the countryside of Quebec, Canada. No running water, no electricity, wood cookstove, outhouse. They raised six kids, all homeschooled and figured out power, plumbing, still grow their own food, meat, and also started a thriving honey business. I learned how to make cheese there, jams and jellies, and the joys of independent living. I love the memories and enthusiasm and close knit family feelings you evoke. Thank you so much.
Beautiful ❤❤❤❤❤ I wish we could get a full SLOW tour of the garage build. We want a tour! Looks so beautiful
Congratulations on finishing the small 🏡 🏠 👏🏽👏🏽💪🏾💪🏾👍👍❤️❤️❤️❤️🎉🥳🎉🥳🎊🎊
I'm proud for your family for all the accomplishments that you have completed so far. I've been enjoying all of the videos. Love to you all!❤
You guys really need to list the music you use. I find so much enjoyment from listening to GOOD music, and sometimes that's hard to find. You have a real knack for "sticky tunes" - they stick in my head. I'd like to know more about the artists and groups.
I agree, also because they're using someone else's creations behind these videos and the artists should get credit for their work.
Meaning the highest compliment; you have evolved with blood, sweat, and tears (literally) from a homestead to the most elegant estate. I love it!
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How about a railing for those apartment steps?
Beautiful finished apartment 😁 AND staying safe from the wasps 🪰🐝
Hooray for Hillsdale! Our family loves their online courses. Your doors look great, BTW. So does the vent hood.
We were told to place bee traps early in the spring and have done so since moving here to Sandpoint, so far it appears to have worked well. We have not had the problem that everyone has been talking about this year. On the other hand, I have sold more hornet & wasp killer than all previous years to the painting contractors!
Have a wonderful Weekend. ❤️
At the end of winter 2025. Freeze your hornet jugs, bacon and all. Put on perimeter of property. Easier to carry said jugs and already up for spring/summer. Also away from everything.
Love your videos! Puppy is getting so big!❤
I'm a long time follower. Thanks for the great music on this video.
Great idea to use the cabinet guys to build the stove hood! Looks great! What a wonderful gift for the kids! A legacy house to be sure!
I love you guys so much it’s amazing seeing everything you do and the property views is breathtaking the Mountains are absolutely gorgeous thank you for everything you do such a wonderful family and once again love you all god bless you
Thank you so much! God bless 💓
I do not have TV and I have been watching your UA-cam channel since you were living in the camper. I work very long hours and you have inspired me to build my dream home. You do so much to build your home and UA-cam is a tool that was available to use to achieve. You deserve the reward for all your backbreaking work. BTW Irish Spring soap, wasp hate the smell and will leave you alone. Do you have video of searching for your property?
Greige acoustic panels (thin wooden slat type) would look fab. Would serve a purpose too for an entry/exit door and muffle noise. 😊
Everything has came together Perfect just the way y’all Dreamed it Would be and I’m happy this turned out Absolutely Amazing ❤
Hello again my loving Idaho family ♥️!! Sorry to see you’re still dealing with the 🐝 again this week (ouch Melissa!! That’s a bad area to get stung😖)! I think this is the worst we’ve had them in many years for Ky too. It’s good to see you checking off so many things on your to do list (perfect exterior door color btw😉). That range hood looks like it was planned perfectly to be like it is!! Although the bees are swarming now winter time is closer than we think. Your winters there are far worse than here in the mountains and hollers of Ky. Before long we will be in full swing for the pediatric cancer toy drive and just like that the new year will arrive. I pray your days are long enough to accomplish your goals before the weather is the deciding factor. I carry each of you very dear to my heart and ALWAYS in my prayers🙏🏻♥️🙏🏻…. Until next week ♥️
Wonderful family, wonderful channel❤
Congrats guys! Can’t wait to see what is next
I kept a piece of my siding and take it to Home Depot and they scan it and match it perfectly.
Cedal sounds pretty in the breeze way.
My God Mellisa , your videos are so beautiful, with the specific songs, what you say at the end of them, tugs at the heart strings most of the time, in a good way. For example, some make me laugh because of you and Jeremy's humor, some make you cry, especially the one with Kenji passing, 😢that one was hard. Some make you feel happy for the family. Etc, The memories you are creating are priceless, your kids and grandkids will enjoy watching tremendously.
White panels or shiplap in the breezeway so that its bright in there. I love the mural idea too!
Every once in a while I stop and acknowledge how impressive your video production is. You must spend a lot of time - or have just gotten so fast it over the years, but it is truly top-notch.
Thank you so much 💓
There is nothing more gratifying than building your own home. It's perfect! P.S. Shoe Rack. I have a bet to collect.
I think the cedar would be nice. I also think it would be so cute to add picture of Nevaeh as she has grown, baby starting at your side and 18 end at the stair entrance . Not every year but every three years. Maybe even start up high so that you can add Kamani’s underneath and so on.
A bunch of the siding on the house was done in inclimate weather; maybe not pleasant but possible. Painting can't be done in inclimate weather. Unfortunately, when you're working outside you have to adjust your schedule to the weather. It is definitely a homesteading thing.
I am so enamored of your family and all the hard work you’ve done. Your kids are completely delightful, no doubt a result of great parenting. Love from South Texas!
I always look forward to your videos. You inspire me
I am so proud of you and your family! Y'all have accomplished so much! I really enjoy your videos and watching the kids grow. Enjoy every moment with them.
Love the vent hood. My Saturday pleasure is your video! ❤❤❤❤
😊 thank you
My husband and I watch together every Saturday morning. My only complaint is I wish the videos were longer and more often. Just love this family and their love for one another.