So Close, Yet So Far

[@bobwilliams5506]

EVERYTHING I see you do is for the betterment of your family! THAT is the quality of a great man! LOve the vids. Keep them coming.

[@liztosh740]

Amen!

[@deborahparnell8862]

Great job on the skirting!!!..Love y'all sooooo much..ty..xoxo ❤

[@judyschmidt4547]

Buggy is always giving dad moral support. So sweet.

[@TXNLaurenMcN]

That girl loves to be with her daddy! But then, so do the younger two boys. Soaking up the skills! Great bunch of kids.

[@eastafrica1020]

One tough cookie. 😊

[@danatomlinson2216]

You know it's cold when the Hollar kiddos are wearing shoes😂. The skirting looks great. I live about 4 hours from you guys. Pretty cool here today, too

[@grannyhebert2262]

I thought the same thing. 😂

[@deecooper1567]

OMGOSH I needed a great chuckle today 🦶🧦🥾🥶👵🏻👩‍🌾❣️

[@jeangurnee]

"Living in perpetual summer is exhausting..." YES! We moved to a four season state and I finally feel alive.

[@vswild7005]

YES, so true. Its been 14 years and I'm literally so tired of hot, bright and sweaty. We're finally moving north next spring 🎉

[@lindabates4739]

Good evening Hollar family! The skirting looks fantastic. You guys are the best!☺💕

[@TheHarold2nd]

Love your video's and most of all I love seeing you all around the supper table with your heads bowed thanking and praising God.

[@marthareedy]

We do too what a fine example of good parenting in all they do !! God Bless you all what a fine family !!!

[@marywells1197]

Ben and Meg. you have some great kids! They are so helpful around the homestead!

[@sovereigns1grace]

Ben & Meg, you've come so far since the beginning of your channel. I do love that moment of reflection by Ben about the seasons. Sometimes, we gripe about a moment of discomfort. It takes a rare person to stop and realize what they are truly grateful for. Good job (on the skirting, too!). Mmmmm hot pockets. That sounds just divine!

[@kimkramarski-smith774]

Don't worry Ben. In a few years your body will do all your complaining for you when it comes to cold weather. lol. The homestead looks fabulous !

[@OMGaNEWBIE]

Yep, by then, like all old people, he'll be looking to relocate back to the one season warmer states. lolol.

[@kindness5130]

LOL! "Trade winds" with the neighbors outdoor furniture. Too funny. Blessings.

[@l.m.4014]

Makes me wonder just what 'their Neighbors' Find from them in their yard.....?

[@susiet2150]

It was good to hear Ben voice his gratefulness for the seasons.

[@1PaJoe]

Got a question - do you need to provide a door so you can crawl under the house to do repair work if needed

[@TXNLaurenMcN]

Stepping out of bed onto a floor that's not freezing is going to make it all worth it. Great work ethic, Dad!

[@Elynis1196]

As someone who still lives in Southern California, parts of 2022 and 2023 were a breath of fresh air. We had a fall, winter, and spring. I got to watch the land go to sleep. We got rain, hail, and snow even in the lower elevations. I got to see snow on the mountains on my drive. For people who don't experience constant and perpetual BROWN as your landscape day in and day out, year after year, I cannot begin to explain how mentally healing it was to see snow. Then, when everything melted, and it started to warm, we had green everywhere and wildflowers on the sides of the freeways that hadn't had color since I was a teenager, and I'm in my mid 30s now. Having all four seasons is a blessing. Do cold winters suck? Yeah, they do, but I'll take the temporary discomfort of winter over summer and slightly cooler summer as my only options any day.

[@laurakay709]

I'm glad to see Buggie wearing foot gear today!

[@SagebrushRambles]

The kids rarely wear shoes even in terrible weather yet both parents are always wearing shoes or boots. Plus with all the trash and construction material laying around I always cringe when I see the kids barefoot.

[@clarencewiles963]

@@SagebrushRambles I was thinking about shoes 👟 are for school 😂

[@kashasulea9605]

No worries, i did same thing when i was a kid n my parents yelling at me all the time... At 80 yrs. Old i still do, BUT NOW MY KIDS YELL AT ME... lol... im the ONLY one who never gets sick.. GO FIGURE, 😮😊

[@perijetton9275]

I grew up barefoot and so did my kids. We are all healthy and well.

[@eastafrica1020]

We used to ski barefoot on the frosted lawn until my mother found out.

[@mimiohnine]

God, bless the Hollars! Make Your face shine upon them and give them peace!

[@catharinesnow8831]

Looking forward to seeing the long deck on the garden side being built.....:) :))).

[@tubularguynine]

Ryan Hall said since we're going to have the first El Nino Winter in 3 years, instead of La Nina, he's expecting a warmer December this year for most of the country, because the jet stream will keep the colder air nearer Canada. Lookin' good, Ben!

[@michelleweeks2976]

The rest of the sheathing can go around the deck when you build it, it will match the siding nicely 😊

[@mio.giardino]

How nice of y’all to share your yard items with neighbours! The skirting looks perfect.

[@deannawiederhold3326]

Now you need to build a overhang over the trailer home to protect your doors in the Back 😊

[@belle281092]

that cut for the hurricane strap pin was DEEPLY satisfying to watch.

[@debragonser745]

You are gonna find the house so much warmer this winter! But you already knew that! Lol

[@pastorpdsmith]

Absolutely one of the best families on KZbin!

[@bethhubbs9937]

You made a beautiful job of that, Ben. Kudos to you and all of your helpers. A worthwhile project. I think your expressions about the seasons are sweet, thoughtful and grateful.

[@SunraeSkatimunggr]

Fighting that storm coming your way. I love the choice of music...for the voiceless moments!!!

[@mmurphy2317]

Meg has the best music...regularly here!...She really does her family proud! And if Ben wasn't so sappy!...🤣🙃🙂😆🙃🙂🤣 Go Hollars!!!

[@skippyvsamy6768]

I gotta say I usually skip ads. But for the Hollars I watch all the ads. Love you guys 💕

[@jamjar5716]

Same here! Ads, share, like and subscribe!

[@heatherk8931]

Ben, what a great coziness this project will give. It inspires ME to go finish my coop as the weather is getting 30s in the night, highs of low 60s already. I've had an opossum 😮 in my yard (crazy as I live in downtown an hour from Sacramento), and lost 1 chicken already😢😢. Rats are showing themselves and I have lost of stray cats roaming at night. TR11 is on my coop and spare recycled wood along with beautiful 1x12x10 redwood! (it was a playhouse 50 yes ago prior owner) I've been here since 1987, house 1925😊😊.

[@jrsf222]

One daughter and Daddy gets her…it’s beautiful‼️

[@UncleShag]

Great job on the under-pinning, Ben! That makes the mobile home really look sharp and I know from experience what a difference in heating the interior will be. Carry on! Oh and Buggy looked so sweet and warm in her pink get up! Give her a hug from Uncle Shag...

[@terisalund3367]

A secure man (person) is not afraid of expressing vulnerability, feelings / sappy-ness. An insecure man pretends he’s alway tough and always right. And calls feelings sappy crap. Feel the feels. Yours and your family’s nervous systems will be much better for it. ☮️ ❤️

[@l.m.4014]

As long as there's Not... too much 'whining' from either sex. We American's have it pretty damn easy.... compared to the rest of the World. Count your Blessings....it could be worse.

[@SasquatchBioacoustic]

No sweat. We all like to gripe about the cold when it arrives. But without it, we wouldn't appreciate the Spring when things warm up.

[@toniglosser2347]

Looks great, soon time to add on and give Buggie her own room she is growing up so fast and she is very smart and loves to be with her Daddy

[@eringreenberg240]

Amen for seasons!!! Ditto, spent many yrs in CA, very happy to live in MO with the beauty of the seasons!

[@shawnvancuren6936]

Be thankful you don't have to deal with tons of snow lol

[@MrFranKane]

Dont you let your #1 helper getting Buggy blown away, no replacing that beaut!

[@Alpha1Farms]

I have been saying this same message for years and finally I hear someone else expressing the same sentiments. I grew up in Vermont and moved to outskirts of Phoenix in my late 20’s. Loved it… for awhile. The “perpetual summer” does wear on you. You are alway “on”. I recently moved back to Vermont after 12 years and people are amazed… “Why would you move back to such a cold place!?” The thing is, I need a break. Like a day has a morning, daytime, evening and night to give you time to ready yourself, work, wind down and rest, so too should the the seasons. The spring is time to wake up, summer is a time to work hard and fall a time to wind down and prepare for the winter which forces you to rest and recuperate. Winter is essential. It’s a time to slow down, reflect, plan, set goals for the next season, spend time with family, allow your body to rebuild. In the perpetual summer, like ground hog’s day, your head is always down. You are always pushing. Always grinding in the toil. Years disappear and you look up once after a decade and realize the only change that has happened is the lines on your face, the pain in your back and the voices of your children. Then you put your head back down and get back to it. Winter is something you don’t know you need until it’s gone. Embrace this time. The universe has made us and earth to work together and meet each other’s needs with these seasons.

[@gailbrault9251]

I live in a 4 season state and near lake Michigan. I love it. Holidays are upon us and its my favorite time of year. Your skirting looks so darn good! 😊

[@evalinawarne1337]

Gail, I'm down in S.E.MICHIGAN. I love U.P. Some where extra special. Except for the short summer. BLESSED CHRISTMAS. We went looking at light's in a couple cities. Main St. is full of beautiful light's. Roof tops to ground. We enjoyed it. 🛐✝️💖

[@sandyoklahomatransient8557]

Gail, I loved the season in Michigan. Born, and lived up in the U.P., in Marquette.

[@sandyoklahomatransient8557]

I hear you on the cold. I think we could tolerate the cold better if that wind coming from the north would calm a bit. Installing skirting around the bottom of your trailer will help with the cold, and electric bill if you have electric heat.

[@auntiepam5649]

I live in the Eastern UP Winter is upon us, stoke up the wood stove have a cup of coffee and watch Hollars

[@garysilver718]

I get it. I spent 30 days in the Sahara desert, time in California and in Florida. I came back to Michigan and never left. I’m 83 and still love the seasons.

[@LisaTheMad]

You have a beautiful family, home, and farm. I have watched from the beginning and I'm so happy you are thriving. 💜💜💜

[@gaylewatkins4685]

Ben, your family is extremely lucky to have you. There is nothing finer than being a loving husband and father. If there were more men committed to their family and their faith the world would be a better place. You are awesome. 🙏🤗♥️

[@milliewilkie1969]

it will be so much warmer this winter plus it looks much nicer too more like a home ..well done

[@greenbankreptiles]

My favourite pub as a kid was the "Trade winds" my folks took us there every Sunday after Sunday school..Good old days..much love and respect to you all

[@belieftransformation]

The skirting looks fabulous & you’ll be so glad you did it. Great cooking, Meg, & organizing. It’s cold here in Central Alberta, Canada but reasonably warm for us this fall. Very little snow & I think our low tonight is around -12 Celsius which is way colder than your weather. I love the change of seasons & really appreciate spring! Blessings to everyone 🤗💗🇨🇦

[@annduffy1356]

Curious if you need a sealant where the wood meets the cement blocks? Seems the rain would wick up the wood panels. I thought your home looked just fine the way it was but boy, the panels took it to a new level!

[@janetwithers7427]

The house skirt looks fantastic. Hate working on a cold wind tho. Buggy has a cute snow suit. 💞🎄💞

[@PureTruth1970]

Us East coaster's are glad to have people with the mentality you guys have, finding home here! Simply respecting the seasons is something a lot of people cant bring themselves down to understand what it could be like in a perpetual cycle! Understanding nature its self and what we have here in the Appalachian mountains when it comes to seasons is a beautiful thing, even when its all brown and dead looking outside!

[@petebartlett2229]

Great vlog as always. Your hard work is paying off. You live an incredible blessed life with your land home and family.

[@patriciakoester1580]

Such a great man & women raising a Beautiful Family 🙏♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️🙏 Patricia (Daniel)

[@storytime9617]

I lived in CA for 25 years. I felt the exact same way. I was born and lived in the northeast so I knew the seasons. Having no seasons really messed with my mind and soul. Now Im in NC also and it is beautiful!. We a re blessed to live in such a beautiful state. Good job on the siding!

[@christinedehn3257]

They say "There's no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing." That being said, I love having 4 seasons, but the older I get the less likely I am to venture out when cold, heat, or bugs, are at there worst.

[@debragonser745]

I can see a future deck with wrap around benches around the trees so they are part of the deck!!!!! Lol

[@craigcarlson627]

Now you can start on the wrap around deck . Go pass the trees two different heights.

[@roxannaboykin1935]

The skirting is looking great. With it up you can put up stairs to the back doors. Yay!

[@Peachy08]

Probably a good thing you got this done now. I think we are going to have a really colder than usual winter. It looks good!

[@tambo92]

Michigan a lil too cold for me. Skirting looks great Ben! Lovely Home!

[@ZuzanaWalsh]

Your energy is so calm and loving. You are so inspirational. You inspired us to change our life and I am so grateful for that. All the best ❤

[@bobwilliams5506]

We came home from a 10 day vacation in the Caribbean to 19 Degree weather in mid-MO last month. IT was a shock to the soul!

[@tropicalfoodgarden3668]

Waving from the tropics... you're not wrong. I miss autumn and winter snow so much. But, I just get on a plane and go to the snow, and I can grow pineapples and passion fruit and we have citrus year-round. Today is so hot we're just hiding in the aircon until about 4pm when we have to get a pig-sty snake-proofed for the baby turkeys we got this morning. It will be like this for a month at least, then months of storms and torrential rain. But we don't have to can or preserve, that's cool, I like fresh from the garden. And we have the Great Barrier Reef to go swim on. So it's swings and roundabouts, it's different, and I like that I've experienced living in many climates and countries. I don't think I could ever pick one "best" climate or country to live in. But I'd take cold over hot any day for just existing.

[@terryhenderson424]

You need to start looking for nylon rain gear type wear. Something thin which blocks the wind and over sized. To test for wind, put the garment up to your mouth and blow through it with a hand behind. Get jackets plenty over sized with elastic, velcro wrsp,, or draw string at the wrists. Youll want it to zip reasonably snug at the neck with the tuoemkf wind uounhave and a,so have a draw string at the waist. Draw the draw string pretty tight at the waist and let the rest of the jacket blouse over the draw string. Either tuck the hems of pants in your boots or elastic at the bottom of the legs. Draw string at the waist of the pants. In the wind, you want the type of fabric that doesn't breath. This set up over warm clothes works in the snow too.

[@l.m.4014]

Yes.....great advice..... Just block the WIND....and you will stay warm!

[@carlportland]

In the winter ----- It Has To Warm Up To Rain - - - 48 tomorrow - counting my blessings

[@dwighthires3163]

I like that definition of trade winds. Never heard that one before.

[@sweetcandubandu]

Thank you Ben for the comment about the cold weather. Im sitting here in 18 degree Illinois weather feeling negative and grumpy. What you said about it being time to rest and reset is what I needed to hear. Thank you!

[@jerrybrady9103]

Ben, I am very impressed with your skirting job. Now I want to do mine that way😂😊😅

[@nicolette6327]

I love the skirting! It’s gonna make such a huge difference this winter! You all work so hard! It’s very inspiring!

[@terelhutto8604]

Made good time for an 8 squirrel project. (A trip to Lowes for 3 2x4's might just count as one) Make sure Millie Kitty is out before putting on the last pannel! love your work, Be Blessed

[@shirleyhall1924]

There was a movie back in 1965 called Shenandoah. It starred Jimmy Stewart. There is a scene in the movie where the family gathers around the dinner table, bows their head, and Jimmy Stewart, being the Patriarch of the family, prays. The prayer would make your hair stand on end. It was so arrogant. May you all always be thankful, grateful, blessed, with strength, ability, and hearts that understand where that comes from. God is always the giver of good gifts. Love your family.

[@tinatippin5705]

You two are doing great. Look how far your land and family have come. The skirting looks so good. You have really brought a once loved property back to life again.

[@irisf.9355]

Totally agree with Ben about the seasons. I lived for a few years in a place without the four seasons and totally disliked it. Was so glad to move to somewhere with a fall and winter again. Skirting sure looks nice.

[@tracyzabelle]

Buggy is one tough lil gal supporting dad all the way!!

[@colleenallen3382]

That Buggy is a 🎶 “Hot Pocket 🎶😊

[@sharonhaas8503]

💝 Thought Buggy would show us how children are really resilient little people and have those boots off in a second. 🙃 Great job Ben. Looks so nice and being warm sure is wonderful. 🙂 Take care. Stay nice and warm! ❇❇❇

[@frrapp2366]

an upgrade trick for your sheetrock square -- you can screw a small metal tab on the long side of the cross bar that will hold that side for twisting (especially if you are up off the ground) , if it is going to be in the way you can just rotate it back over the cross bar all you need is a 1/4 in wide and 1in long piece of tin to make it works great!!!!

[@jenniferwilliams545]

Ben looked tired. Hope he's getting some rest and not getting sick again. Sending warm thoughts.

[@allonesame6467]

Reflection is essential work to being a good human being. Blessings.

[@karenladwig]

I love the skirting! I have seen many types of skirting and yours is the best! You will really appreciate your hard work this winter. Would you ever consider building a deck? You can make anything and it is a skill the boys can learn.

[@pinkythechihuahua3156]

I lived in the cold dreary winter weather of Chicago for 24 years. Couldn't take it anymore, so I moved to Southern California, then to the CA desert.I needed sunlight which Chicago lacked (SAD, seasonal disorder). Speaking of wind. I live in the windy cpart of the Coachella Valley. We dont have vegitration in our yard, just our backyard garden, yet we get loads of palm tree wood blow in. Alright by me because it becomes fire in our fire pit. Hey ya gotta go with the flow. Ths being an El Ní Nino year, expect the unexpected. Lowes ❤ you! Lol.

[@skyburner1]

“Trade winds “, I can so relate!

[@idahohoosier8989]

Love watching y'all amazing folks. Blessings, julie

[@higheriam]

😊Love the feeling of Yielding to the dinner. prayer. 🙏🏼 Thank You.

[@jayneward6649]

I have woken up to -3 this morning hear in English, I live in the Chiltern Hills, the only good thing about this, is it looks absolutely beautiful, but cold ❄ 💙

[@Anitas955]

Colder than a well diggers butt, up here on the Mogollon Rim, Az but my favorite time of year.!! There's that nice first crisp breath of fresh air and to me it's good for one's Spirit. 😊

[@ladydragon3648]

Wow glad you got done what you did on the house. I hope your cats have a really worm place to go in to stay safe all night. & on the really cold below zero nights & days You will let them stay in the house.

[@debbiebeckstead9268]

I knew it would make a difference on your home to get the skirting on, we lived in a mobile home for Ten years and skirting makes a difference!

[@tigar0485]

I live in the middle of the midwest and it always makes me laugh as well as triggers perspective when you say it's cold. Anything 32F or above is chilly but still sweater weather. 😂 You guys are great!

[@davidjenkins1958]

The parts of the videos that I see with Buggie reminds me so much of when my oldest daughter was buggies age. She was always with me, she is now 42 with 2 girls of her own. Be careful Ben, they grow up before you know it.

[@nancyseery2213]

We still get all four seasons here in TN. We grew up in Nebraska and I hated it when most of the year was just fifty shades of brown. In TN we get snow, but USUALLY the grass stays green. Not this year, it is way to dry. God bless y'all and keep growing!

[@michaelkay3945]

If you wanted more warmth you could glue some foam insulation panels on the inside of the skirting

[@jacquethirlkel3001]

Another great family video! God bless!

[@elainehinton2860]

Looking good! I am also very thankful for 4 seasons! The saying around here is if you don’t like the weather, just wait a little bit, it’ll change!

[@Userxyz-z2d]

I lived in the hot Valley in SoCal but had a cabin at 6500ft. It had 4 seasons. Sometimes we got 5ft of snow overnight & it would shut the mtn down for 3 weeks lol. Be thankful you dont hav to deal with that nonsense! Youre enjoying life! 👍👍👍

[@kcrot2566]

My favourite homesteader’s ❤

[@monamorgan9452]

That looks SO very good and you will be able to feel the difference😊👍🏻

[@redmapleleaf4617]

I'm Canadian. I would love to live in "perpetual summer". I hate winter!!!

[@TheFamilyFarmstead]

Just had this conversation with friends about how folks in Ca are always going. Like hamsters in a wheel. Never experiencing the down time. I can say this because I’m still here. We split our time between San Diego and the Ozark’s. I look forward to hunkering down for winter. Heck I look forward to all if the seasons. Can’t wait to be there full time. Your skirting looks fantastic.

[@StoneKathryn]

It looks great! Thanks for showing you doing this Ben. I sure hopes it makes you all warmer this winter. I hope it helps keep any critters out too. Thanks for this video Hollar family!

[@deborahtofflemire7727]

You worked fast and hard enough to keep worm.great job.

[@kimberlyschiele1117]

Wow you guys are doing awesome you got a thousand views in the first nine minutes of your video this is the first time I've ever seen your numbers just start scrolling the way they've been doing that's awesome❤

[@janetleeharrison]

Looks Fantastic! Should be a *cozy* Christmas this year at your house. Followed by a much lower energy bill, yay!👍🔥

[@nancyrasmussen2016]

Looking good on the mobile home. Nancy from nebraska