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Hi! We are Phil and Alex! After leaving California in an RV, traveling full time, and helping our littlest with an open heart surgery, we've settled down in Tennessee. We found our homestead land and are learning each day how to live a more sustainable life. We are a family grown through the miracle of Adoption & Infertility Treatments. Our precious daughters are Kinsley Grace (6 years old), Callie Jo (4 years old), and Cassidy Drew (1). Our passion is to encourage families through infertility, adoption and building stronger healthier families. Thank you for tuning in! We hope you are encouraged!
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[@Catalina2808]

You guys should plant Christmas Tree sprouts. And, every year that you cut one. You plant 2 more. That way, you have actual Christmas trees available.

[@Debberdoon]

Yes! Always cut one and plant two.

[@TheBlondebombshe11]

I love that idea.

[@stacieabell6825]

That. Christmas. Tree. I cannot stop laughing. The memories from this one will definitely be remembered for years and years. And not just by your family. 🤣 thank you guys for sharing.

[@lovesmesomerebornbabies2461]

Right? I kept waiting for a squirrel to come flying out!!! LOLOL

[@sandywessalowski2665]

Right, I was rolling 🤣 looking at that tree!! I love that they just went with it. What a way to remember Christmas on the homestead!

[@taranovinsky3814]

ALEX, I HAVE HONESTLY NEVER SEEN YOU HAPPIER 🥰

[@carriesessum2505]

I have been trying to finish watching this video for hours !! What a day .. We got our date for finalizing our ADOPTION!! it's been a loooong 2+years we will have a blessed start to the new year for sure . A Gotcha day and new home .😂

[@Kaytee16]

Congratulations!!! So excited for you !

[@janetescalona6517]

Cassidy and her Grandad is soooo special 🎄❤️🎄

[@WANNAWATCHIT100]

Mama cow and baby :) Many mama cows are separated form their babies and cry for them forever, so that would be so special :)

[@sianieb114]

I laughed so hard at Alex trying not to get caught by the little ones 🤣 I did exactly the same (facial expression and all) when trying to rearrange the tree after my boys had put every single decoration up to hip hight 🤣 brilliant!

[@kimmcneer3067]

I did too so funny

[@alishacuarenta5443]

Alex, I have to tell you, I just watched one of your videos on your other channel from 2 years ago. It was a video about breath holding spells. I am so SO so thankful for your video. My little guy (2 years old) had his second spell today. It was horrific. He stopped breathing. I have been searching for information. You shared your emotions about how you felt during your daughters spells and it helped me process today. I just wanted you to know this. Thank God for you.

[@mothersuperior6751]

The area where you collected the tree from would be the ideal spot for a three sided structure with seating to use as a retreat/prayer spot. To take a book and picnic up there and spend an hour breathing in the fresh air, enjoying the quiet.

[@waureenkyriacou5056]

it was the Phil and Alex version of National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.....Phil.... you're too funny....thanks for the levity at a time when people are filled with so much rage and anger

[@shannoncasey25]

Alex taking the garland off was the best ever and pretty much every mom right now, hahahahaha. Love it!!

[@mandystanhope]

It's such a wonderful idea to use nature as a playground. When our kids were young we lived on 2 acres in the forest. We went through an ice storm where we lived in Canada and we lost at least 100 cedar trees on our property. My hubby used a lot of the limbs and branches to build a pirate ship for our sons birthday party that summer. It was a huge hit and remained a play structure for our kids for several years after.

[@TheTeaIsReady]

I’m sure you’ve had it up long enough to know by now, but watch out for critters in the tree! We’ve had eggs of critters hatch after being in the warm house a few days… we always rinse off the tree now and then leave outside for a few days post cutting before bringing it in. We had a farm growing up and the year after the bugs hatched we only had a tree outside 😂

[@shadegarden7375]

Oh my!! Yep, artificial for this girl!!

[@sweetiepiejuly3934]

You guys should buy live potted trees that you can plant in the spring! (After they spend the winter inside your house with their roots attached, added this clarification to hopefully make sense 😊) Then your kids could go to their own Christmas Tree Forest as they grow up!! How cool would that be? You could put twinkle lights in them every year. How magical!

[@kerahbearah]

I think Mimi should have a channel or a page where people could get inspiration or advice on decorating. We have a cider growing in my parents backyard. As a kid I asked my mom if we could put it in the house. She always said no and something along the lines of we can enjoy it outside. It’s probably 20 feet tall now. I think it was smaller than me as a child but I’m not 100% sure. I love it when Phillip gets his big laughing “fits”. Watching Cassidy with the chickens was so cute. I think a play structure would be fun for the girls. I always wanted a covered wagon to play in

[@lynncarol2618]

Next year you should buy a rooted tree and plant it after Christmas.

[@bridgetmcdaniel4004]

Oh NO!!!!!!!! Beautiful homegrown Christmas! Lol......so funny watching Alex sneakily de-decorating! Total effect is warm and wonderful!🎄💗

[@paulalaurie7935]

Cassidy sampling the chicken feed, wipe your hands on Phil's trousers! Love it! ❤🙃❤

[@vannesareay9435]

That was really fun. Lots of memories.

[@robinbrownlee1521]

Phil's laugh is the absolute best.

[@EvaVilla-pm5mv]

Oh my gosh guys thanks for the laugh 😃. It did look pretty after the trim. You will talk shout this tree for years. Blessings 🙌

[@jodytigges1830]

You need bees. Then you can harvest honey and use that instead of maple syrup, or when you run low on syrup.

[@kathyrizzi8754]

Your tree and your decoration’s are wonderful, loved watching it and your precious family! 👍🌲🥰🌺🌹♥️

[@gossipgal1418]

I love seeing you so happy Alex it really warms my heart so happy for you and your beautiful family and your beautiful home!

[@HighTideSoaps]

We had 14 acres and cut our own Christmas tree from our land as well. It had been reforested so they were all pines, just perfect! Phil, use your ATV to pull your tree back to the house next time, saves the back and shoulders.

[@karentaylor6893]

It was like watching the new age little house on the prairie tonight I loved it , that tree looks amazing and phils laughter is awesome 😆😆😆

[@katchmeifyoucan1131]

I LOVE the tree! It has that old fashioned feel about it! Great job Phillip and Grandpop!

[@camillebambi6449]

Alex! Check out Simple Alaska Living. They (obviously) live in Alaska but their homesteading tips are awesome for people who live in areas where it snows. Her garden is AMAZING. Super inspirational.

[@jennburahh]

This has to be one of my most favorite video of yours. Full of so much joy, laughter and happiness you can't help but smile and laugh while watching ❤. Can't wait to continue to watch your beautiful family through this holiday season. Love it!

[@carinaberglund2100]

Alex to Phil : "You're so cute, you're perfect, your just the right size." ❤️😂

[@deirdrebannon382]

Mimi should do her own Chanel I fully support that😊 Philips dad dancing with Cassidy was such a heartwarming moment. ❤️😊

[@yvonnemanchester70]

If you have freezer space you can freeze the sap and boil it when your ready.

[@terryreynolds7213]

oh wow guys, the room looks so beautifully decorated for christmas. I'm getting all the feels

[@tmaug1974]

Omgosh! That tree is funny, but also absolutely wonderful! I love watching your vlogs! God bless the entire family! Is Gossy ok?

[@susanbaker8130]

Love the tree! Takes guts to put up that kind of real life character! A tree for our times!

[@juliaingrassia8996]

I "happened" upon all of you long before Cassidy was born, I wish I'd watched from the beginning!! Wanting to wish you and yours such a wonderful CHRISTmas, and a New Year that brings you health, happiness, lots of MERRY AND BRIGHT all year long! What a wonderful family you are, what good luck I happened upon your channel! Sending you all the love one can possibly send for the holidays!! XOXO

[@LifeStirredUp]

As poor newlyweds, we always chopped a cedar for our tree. It was free and fun to go on the hunt for one. Tip: group the tips of a couple of branches together and hang heavier ornaments from two or three limbs.

[@michelleowens2282]

What a Special Tree…lol Well it makes for good memories for sure. I think the house is beautiful inside and out, love your family !! God Bless

[@katedaborowski2130]

Oh my goodness. You sneaking the girls garland off and Kinsley gasping when she sees is the life of every parent 🤣

[@kacie_shipman]

That tree is seriously perfect!! I would pay hundreds for it. And I LOVE Phillips reaction to bringing it in!

[@wanda2angels]

Oh, Christmas Tree, Oh, Christmas Tree ..... I could not stop Laughing! So much Fun. I just Adore your Family. That is a perfect Christmas Tree! Much Love and Hugs

[@lisabeatty7778]

Love the tree! Philip you mom is so gorgeous!

[@sandracimonetti5307]

Cedar trees have skinny, stickery limbs, but they smell sooo good. They are hard to decorate. Yes, we had a cedar tree when I was growing up and when my kids were growing up- harvested from our hillside.

[@tammysmith6290]

Fantastic! You are living my dream, to be self sustainable. Been so curious to know what's up with your goose's wings?

[@JC-tn9iv]

Me too!!! Clipped so it can’t fly off maybe?

[@colleencpc1]

The ouchies from the cedar tree will be long remembered. But you did a beautiful job with it! Greetings from our little acre in Madisonville, TN.

[@cdesjardins1988]

It's absolutely beautiful guys! I love Christmas time. Growing up my parents were not religious. We believed that there was a God and that was about it. Every Christmas season I get more and more into the history of Christmas and feel myself becoming more in tune I guess I would say with God. You guys helped me in that way and that's why I love watching your vlogs! So thank you for spreading the the love and joy and helping me believe! ❤

[@donnac.3268]

That tree so reminds me when my father was living alone for the first time in his life he wasn't decorating for Christmas..I went out bought a real tree for him never having bought a tree before for that tree to his house..well it was so big the top bent over at the ceiling as well I decorated it with things I slash purchused under bought ornaments for the size of that bugger... but it was imperfectly perfect!

[@katrinarandall4077]

You have the land, so you should plant some spruce trees for your future years. Also, have you considered a green house or walk in poly tunnel to give you a harvest throughout the whole year xx

[@jessandrog5855]

Gosh just love watching your videos! You inspired us to make our own channel of infertility❤️ thanks for leading the way!! Love your family!

[@Ussnowbunny]

Vermonter who taps her trees. I can't remember the last time we bought syrup from a store. And we do it the old fashioned way with a tap and metal bucket. A lot of sugarers up here are now using a pipeline, but there is nothing like the traditional way of doing it. We rebuilt our sugar house this past summer...we are all set for sugaring season. Going to be a good winter with lots of snow up here....going to be a prosperous sugaring season come February.

[@rayehodges8480]

I absolutely love it. Here in Mississippi that’s all we used was cedar. Yes very prickly but the best memories of cutting your tree

[@nancyleedaws7736]

Your family always makes me smile. Your tree is so beautiful I can only imagine how wonderful it smells. Enjoy your family Christmas on the farm.

[@pamridener510]

Awesome! Love all your family! Best personalities ever! Great tree! Plant your own Christmas trees and plant one every year when you cut one down!

[@MelWasHere2021]

The tree is a hoot! I was really waiting for an owl to come flying out! 🤣 It's perfect! 🎄

[@jennamartin96]

That area where you cut the tree would be a perfect spot to have a little fire area or to do a picnic up there! My family goes up into the bush to do a little bonfire picnic in the winter and it’s so fun! :)

[@lindakozak5708]

Such beautiful memories! Love the decorations, especially the tree!! 🙏❤️

[@cathycrichton1513]

Nothing is as good as homemade anything. Everything tastes better with the tender loving care that goes into whatever you do.

[@babyfaith6503]

I haven't laughed that hard in what feels like forever! These memories are gonna be the absolute best!!!

[@theblendedtruth1408]

I have visited linville North Carolina which has tons of Christmas tree farms and made me fall in love with the idea of owning a Christmas tree farm one day 💕💕💕💕

[@maxinemuller6936]

Hello from South Africa 🇿🇦. Love your family. Thank you for sharing your journey with us.

[@bonniemitchell215]

We live south of you guys. When we were kids, we always went to the woods and cut a cedar tree for our Christmas trees. Brings back a lot of memories.

[@Larissa-le7dk]

Keep the tree make a Memory Just waiting for the score of the jump out oh Clark he he

[@susancaroline927]

I LOVE the tree!!! There’s just something so beautiful about it. Everything looks beautiful. Love from Louisiana.

[@shesforgivennfree]

My first thought when you guys cut down that it looked like the Griswold's tree. Its really pretty with the lights on it.

[@anniebutton7453]

Just LOVE our🎄 tree & fammmilllleeee!!!! I feel so blessed that you share your highs & lows with your insta family, thank you both. Sending so much 💞love 💞to you all & all your loved ones, Love from Annie🤗😘🤗

[@katiehicks1348]

Lol! That tree! 😂😄😂 It turned out beautiful! What a memory!

[@mac-ju5ot]

A trick to get the carrot seeds to sprout is to pour hot water from the kettle over them if u start the carrots fro. Seeds Alex.. My dad grew up working g on a farm picking carrots to survive the great depressions .

[@chelseamarie6122]

You guys are the best. I just love watching your beautiful family. Thank you for your videos. And I LOVE the tree!!!

[@Bindi111]

Oh wow!!!!! Now that’s a tree 😍😍😍 it looks beautiful. Love your decor

[@genjoce]

I’m Canadian and maple 🍁 season depends on the weather last season was no good at all …. But fingers crossed it’s better this year!

[@agirl5931]

When I was little we always had a cedar tree. I lived on land that was covered with them. Merry Christmas 🎄🎁

[@bevjkennedy]

They are from gophers. Ground hogs are much bigger and live in the ground in their homes but come up out of their hole. They love gardens and used to eat our cantaloupe when it was green before we could get it ripe to eat.

[@nadineduncan8903]

Oh my gosh I loved it when Philip stood up and looked back at the Christmas tree to hear him crack up laughing I tell u what it just made me laugh so hard he has the best laugh 😂 I think I’ve ever Hurd in my life and ur tree when it was touching ur roof funny and then to see all the lights going it was so very beautiful great decorating Alex and memma it’s just stunning the house is all decked out now well done to u all for chipping in together to make a very blessed afternoon to spend time with the family to build more memory’s together. I have to put my tree up very soon I’m running so far behind it should of been up 5 days ago open but it will hopefully get done this week some time lol cross ur fingers me please. All of u are beautiful loving caring people god bless u for been together at this special time of year xx😘💜💜

[@tinyTears]

Your Christmas tree looks beautiful reminds me of queen Victoria’s when they had there’s in the place . You can see lots of images of this on line . Your room looks lovely to with the Snow scene and Railway running through it . Can’t wait to see it all finished. 🎄🚂🚂

[@Punkypurplechaos]

I laughed so hard when Phil almost ran Callie over with the tree and Alex taking the decorations off the banister 🤣🤣🤣 I teared up a bit when you said “Christmas on the farm” 🥺 So happy for you guys and can I just say, how awesome is it having comments again? 🥳

[@kelleer]

would be cool to get a tree in a bucket and just roll it in and out each year and you can watch it grow with the girls.

[@valeriestroud7178]

Absolutely hilarious!! One to remember for the rest of your lives. Love it!! Thanks so much for sharing.

[@sweetpeabutterfly11]

This video is one of my top 5 from you guys. I absolutely love Philip's laugh it makes me laugh so much.😂😂😂 Your family makes me smile. I have one question though would you adopt me and my family? Lol...You guys are truly the greatest. My favorite family on youtube and I never miss one of your videos. 🎄❤🎄 🎄Merry Christmas!🎄

[@baileyoliver2365]

Such a beautiful tree!!! And Alex taking off the beads the girls hung had me CRACKING up

[@ga6589]

We call your type of Christmas tree a juniper. (Not sure if that's correct or not, but I think cedars have more flat foliage and stringy bark.). We have quite a few growing on our property and they have small bluish colored berries. Anyway, they are VERY prickly and can leave behind tiny slivers on your hands if you don't wear gloves- I learned that the hard way!

[@Denisehorselover]

I think you need make a cook book. I would for sure buy it.

[@valthepals1726]

hahah Alex that is literarly me undoing my childrens "beautiful decorations' sometimes ahahhaha i am daying from laughter

[@Louisianamomma13]

Omgosh I laughed so hard through most of this video. The sneaky Mom moves were priceless Alex. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@bethkelly5833]

That first ornament is one I decorated and used for each of my children many years ago, still have them all these years later.😊

[@bonniemarietownsend4169]

I would literally watch your videos if they were a full 24 hours.....like constant vlogging (even though that's an unreasonable and far fetched wish lol) I just love your videos so much, I get so happy when you post 🤗🤗 Lots of love from London Ontario Canada ❤️❤️ (P.S) One thing I don't get is why our maple syrup is so expensive in stores, especially since we make so much of it ; although I do have to consider the time it takes to make it lol)

[@robinoberst6955]

"Little full, lot of sap." 😂 -Christmas Vacation

[@laurenhowell1347]

We did this a couple years ago. Wear gloves and a thick jacket to decorate it and take it down.

[@susiedavis9002]

Your tree is beautiful! It reminds me of Christmas long ago and I love it.

[@macook987]

That is a beautiful tree and decorated just the way it needed to be. Less is more. Very farm house

[@leadavis494]

Love you all! Happiest Holidays!

[@jocelynh1603]

We live in Canada and we tapped our two trees at our house and are still using it ! Even if you don't have loads of property tap the trees you have definitely worth it ☺️

[@marciawoods3270]

Beautiful day to cut your tree. Living your dream. Beautiful home. Beautiful Family. So happy for you all. Alex I’m cracking up your being so sneaky lol. Everything is absolutely beautiful. Merry Christmas 🎄

[@jacquieanderson6251]

You could tap walnut trees too for a nutty flavored syrup.

[@tmaug1974]

That sounds amazing!

[@kathyherbert2423]

Look a wonderful thanks for sharing your time and love 💕 thanks 😊 Kathy from Australia

[@peacepoppy3809]

Beautiful - heartwarming xx blessings to you all x

[@marybaker9401]

WOW!!!! I laughed out loud from this video!!! Alex taking down what the girls put up OMG LOL Your house and tree look SO BEAUTIFUL!! YES!! I would totally subscribe to Mimi's interior design channel if she had one. So good to see Phil's parents in your videos. Love you all!!

[@adalahi]

Oh gosh I started laughing when you took out the kids decorate fro the banister 🤣

[@Kaytee16]

Reminds me of when my dad cut down a pine tree 😂😂😂😂 the neighborhood kids laughed when they came to our house. It was overflowing with gifts that year though 🙊

[@shadegarden7375]

If you have grubs, you have moles…. Beautiful property!! The tree!! Cheerful decorations all over the room, love it!

[@cindygambrel9267]

That really turned out to be a pretty tree!! Nice decorations on the tree and everywhere.