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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 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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[@edwardandkari1010]

Love seeing all your snow adventures and visit with Callie’s birth mom! I started watching your videos when you were adopting Callie! Time flies! Your girls are so big and beautiful! My news is that I just finished my chemotherapy treatment for Non Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and I am cancer free!!! Praise the Lord!

[@theelusive11]

Praise God and Congratulations!!!!

[@ourtribbletribe]

Praise God! 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽 Glory to Him!

[@kimstanymyr6049]

So pleaded you are winning against cancer!! Congratulations!!

[@Ms_me914]

Congrats! that's great news!

[@monicaplummer9461]

It's amazing to me how much Kinsley looks like Philip and Callie looks like Alex. I love that the birth moms are able to be involved in their lives and the girls know how much they are loved. You are both awesome parents and all of your girls are extremely blessed. God gave you the most precious gifts and you thank Him by raising them to be loving, caring, compassionate and thankful. God bless you all !!! 💙❤️❤️❤️❤️ !!!!!

[@AliesjaFoster]

I live in Nova Scotia. Usually the back country roads get sanded instead of salted. The more urban areas are definitely salted. Salt affects the well water in the country areas. Throwing sand down around your driveway will help with driving and walking.

[@glennaharris2336]

OMG!!! I can't believe how quickly your kids have grown! You are doing a wonderful job raising them. They're great kids!

[@lindagentile2380]

What an Excellent Vlog Phil, Alex, Kinsley, Calle & Cassidy... Thank you for sharing... So SPECIAL to see the girls with their birth mom's every now & then... You both are AMAZING Parents... So excited to see Buttercups Calf... I wonder if she will surprise you again... Hugs & Blessings to you all 🙏❤️💙💖💖💖🤗✝️

[@sheilaurie6563]

Just what my heart needed today....a video from the cutest family!! Here in north Idaho we had minus 17 degrees and 17 inches of snow. Thankfully, the temps have been in the high 30's and 40's this week so the snow has melted enough that we can see the grass. Can't believe how much those adorable girls have grown....I so enjoy their happy giggles.💜

[@Ms_me914]

wow!

[@emmahenderson3496]

thank you for sharing. we just got approved to homeschool our 6 year old son this year. we are loving the connection and journey we are on learning together. thank you for your faith and example.

[@elizabethsetterlund8160]

Oh how the children have grown❤️! Can’t wait to see the little new calf. My life’s been sad lately ,my mother past away and so much to take care of with my father who has some dementia , but misses my mama so much😢. God is good though . 🕊

[@susanm7359]

Beautiful commentary. Brought tears to my eyes. The snow is fantastic. I grew up in Connecticut and loved winter. Enjoy.... wonderful memories. SUE

[@DenahGray]

Hello ya'll Thanks so much for the update. Ive watched the girls grow along with you. They are becoming lovely beautiful little and young girls. I'm so happy to share the snow this year. I believed we had about 20 inches all total for the season so far. Sunless cold days. I only missed one day of church.Yah. I don't like to miss. I still attended Awanis. I help in the kitchen. I'm 63 now :( Its ok though. Remember me in your prayers I'm having a total knee the end of Feb. Love to all Denah

[@cristinweekley2547]

My favorite song and reminds me of my daughter when she was little and I cherished every moment. Let them be little by Amanda Faith! I absolutely love this song. I play it when I look back at her pictures, now she’s 29.🙏🏼🥰

[@karenselogic7742]

I bet both north moms loves when you put out videos so they can watch all three of your girls grow through them.

[@lindabruns6020]

You are loved, too 💖💖💖💖💖. We have missed you and when I saw your video tonight I got so excited!!! This is the first winter you got to experience so much snow and you really had fun in it with the girls making memories. Thought of you from Illinois when cold and snow was forecast for Tennessee. Happy to hear you all survived. Love each of you to pieces. All my love, Linda in Crete, Illinois 💖 Stay safe!

[@justkeepflippingg9662]

A healthy open adoption is great to see. I'm adopted and not everyone can have a great open adoption like this! Different day and age for sure.

[@Ms_me914]

I live in tennesse too! we got 6-8 inches of snow and our pool froze on top. glad you all survived the cold snowy weather. im so ready for spring.

[@susanmyers3831]

Snow ice cream brings back some fond memories of my growing up in the late 50"s and 60"s. I did not know anyone else who made it. Thanks for the memory.

[@kimmyrich5678]

Phillip, your words about the girls helping you are so beautiful ❤️ you almost made me cry! 😭

[@lilianemaganti8462]

I am glad you guys made it through the storm ok. So sweet to see everyone, Kingsley is so precious and mature and growing up!! I loved hearing her talk. And Callie always a precious soul. And Cassidy is really funny :) Thank you for being such an encouragement!

[@hollypietrobono1676]

Nice new style of video. Kids have really grown a lot and Cassidy’s really talking so much. Beautiful family!

[@susanthormodson908]

You got our Minnesota winter. So glad you got to enjoy the sledding experience that we are missing this year

[@malveenbiddle1356]

You are such a lovely man, Phil. So thoughtful, non judgemental and kind

[@sheriturner6118]

Oh my goodness old friends are back with a video. It's ok that it has been awhile, I understand that doing life is more important than entertaining the masses. The love you both have for your girls is so much like the Heavenly Father, but the love you pour into their birth Momma's is amazingly God breathed. Thank you for showing the love of Christ in all you do. The SNOW!!!! WOW how exciting. That last two times Cassidy coming down the hill, she was smoking 😂. God bless you all!!! It was really great seeing yall again. Take care until next time.

[@shelleymander7294]

I loved how you did this video. Your voice is so calming, and I really enjoyed hearing about what is going on in your family. May God keep blessing your family❤

[@agnesskibicka]

​@@shelleymander7294blessings from Poland 🇵🇱 and mindful life by Agnes 😀-channel and countryside 🏡🐕!

[@kathleenjbazan5563]

Beautiful video, I wish I had your guidance many years ago raising my sons. They are wonderful young men now, but I didn’t give them chores to gain the confidence I think would have helped them more in life. I heard about all the snow in Tennessee and thought of you guys, praying you are all safe and animals survived such cold weather.

[@robyn905]

I lik this kind of video format with the voice over and daily events. So precious!

[@crystallawmaster8508]

Love the way you guys are just so patient with those beautiful girls, I gain so much parenting inspiration and encouragement watching your sweet family. 😊

[@Christinecampbellbaker]

So much fun! The girls will remember those days forever

[@peggylowery8062]

I miss y'all. So happy to see your beautiful faces. Love you guys ❤️🙏💞

[@melissadriver2869]

My heart needed this today - thank you for sharing, especially the parenting guidance.

[@karenmccabe2371]

You two amaze me!! Look how far you’ve come since your condo in CA!!! The girls are getting so so big and I ❤ you all! Can’t wait to see Buttercups new calf! ❤❤❤

[@Sarah-nd2gy]

So glad Callie's birth mum got to come out and see you all, and that you managed to dodge the worst of the weather for that. You snow days looked so much fun. I honestly cant remember the last time in snowed here deep enough to go sledging. I hope all the animals are getting through the cold ok

[@susan5301]

You made me smile! We had 23 inches of snow last week and -29 degrees temperature! Not good at all!

[@graskeygirls3850]

We got 10 inches here is Wisconsin. My 15 yr old daughter and I were just sorting our seeds. Miss you all. The girls are precious

[@morena162]

5 feet here in Norway.That is an ongoing interresting ordeal...

[@judyhoffman7290]

So nice pictures playing kin the snow! Good to hear from you! God bless you all!

[@annjose3642]

Wow..! Beautiful commentary ..! Listening to your vlog having a cup of coffee watching the snow outside gives me goosebumps..! Great work guys.. Thanks for sharing a beautiful part of your life. Really enjoyed watching 3 precious angels🎉Love From Canada.

[@annabelladowie8349]

Cassidy is a little lady, ❤ love how the girls help each other stay safe and warm.

[@stacylein2448]

I live in Wisconsin and this is the first time in 50 years we have never had snow and the weather isn'the 40s and 50s. It is unbelievable all the states like yours seems to be getting all of Ours The world is screwed up but I love it. I hate snow.

[@lsivtsov]

Here your neighbor from Minnesota also enjoying no snow and 52 degrees weather. It's awesome! Hopefully it won't cause drought this year.

[@stacylein2448]

@@lsivtsov I know the summer is going to be kind of scary. Hopefully nothing bad happens there

[@agnesskibicka]

​@@lsivtsovhello 👋 from Poland 🇵🇱 and mindful life by Agnes 😀, - channel, and countryside 🏡🐕

[@juliajohnson6022]

I live in middle Tennessee and loved getting the snow a couple of weeks ago. Hope we get more.⛄️💕

[@RVthereyetmemaw]

Hi, have you see the water dish in an old tire with some spray foam to keep it from freezing! It isn’t perfect but it helps

[@elizabethcabrera5718]

Hello Phil and Alex I have missed you all , I am so happy buttercup has her new baby 😊❤ your snow days look like so much fun ! I live in Texas it was very cold 12 degrees but because it didn’t rain we didn’t get snow just ice from the dew in the morning.

[@nikoletastavropoulou5515]

What a beautiful family. God bless you. 🥰🇬🇷

[@melissastark3003]

Love the white backsplash….and love seeing your snow adventures! ❤️

[@alicerice8506]

This snow storm was crazy. It’s not like this every winter 🥶. I was blessed in that my husband could get me to work in a4 wheel drive truck The hospital where I work in the kitchen paid us an extra $100 a day if we could make it in Plus I got an overtime day on top of that. This was a huge blessing that we really needed. God will supply our needs in ways we could never imagine ❤

[@LisaGoddard117]

Lovely to see how you’re getting on xxx

[@Cherish..2]

Cassidy is sure growing. Those were nice intro narrative thoughts Phil.

[@lisamcgrath3132]

Always love seeing a new video up from y’all❤ Phil your voice is so calming doing the voice over.

[@dilinagaddis5430]

I love watching you guys in all of your adventures. I was born and raised in Kentucky. It truly is a lot of hard work in the winter…but well worth it. I live in Florida now. I would love to have your sour dough starter recipe and the sour dough cookie recipe. Thanks in advance.

[@cortneycynefin8009]

I love the chickens just roaming around!!!!

[@TheNikki5449]

What a beautiful video. Been following Phil & Alex for quite some time now. This is by farup there with the best. Wonderful to see a family thriving. Love, hugs & much joy ❤ 🇬🇧

[@carolynhall1302]

How absolutely wonderful!

[@LP-kh7bk]

The girls have grown so fast ♥️

[@ZoeForeverReading]

Such a lovely vlog. Callie and Cassidy are looking more and more a like as they grow ❤️

[@EricaWagner46]

We got a ton of snow a few weeks ago in Nebraska as well. Work for me was called off 3 days in one week! I made chili and finished a paint by numbers during my time off. I had to make a few grocery store trips and luckily I live just 1 block from a Target and a grocery store so I bundled up and walked there instead of driving. I think I walk to the store more in the winter months than the warm months 😂

[@emerald_rabbit]

I loved all of Cassidy's big goofy giggles!! It's so fun to have that glimpse at her personality. Kinsley and Callie are looking so grown up, too!! We just finished reading Little House in the Big Woods after I remembered your girls raving about it, and it was a big hit! We also started The Good and the Beautiful homeschool curriculum to prep for officially starting Kindergarten this fall.

[@karenschumm416]

Love your beautiful family. Black ice is not fun. I fell and broke my wrist on it. I live in Virginia and we don't get a lot of snow. So thankful that Callie got to see her birth mom.

[@TheRealMcNeals]

What an adventure! We had a really cold blast for over a week. You guys are the best at making daily life fun with your girls. Love your family!

[@shelleymccain6762]

We weathered same storms in kcmo. Stay warm

[@melissakelley2578]

Y'all!!! The girls are precious xoxo been watching for years, started back when I was a foster mom. I do not comment really, but just know I am here praying you guys through xoxo

[@patriciawilliamsn9605]

What a wonderful video! Enjoyed every minute of it. You guys are also loved

[@dogcatfint5671]

A. thanks for sharing about birth mom!! (just hearing the fact that there's still a special connection!) also if possible please mention that February is CHD (congenital heart defect/disease month) - as both Cassidy and Phil have CHD! (as well as 1/100 babies are born with CHD and CHD requires life long care/follow up)

[@sarahwithanH22]

So nice to see you all ! I must have missed a lot , who is the black dog and buttercup is having another baby ?!? Looks like a wonderful time in the snow. We had about 4 inches here in PA a couple weeks ago 😊❄️

[@nicolasleep1358]

Sending your family so much love ❤

[@janvan4424]

Kinsley looks adorable in her glasses 😊

[@paulinemcallister9855]

No snow were i live wee island in Scotland the salt kills it we had mild winter but windy gales rain feery s were off some daysxblessings hope new baby this year as your the best parents 🙏💕😂🐢🐉🦕👸🧚🧚🌟🌞😉🍪🫖☕😉

[@Reddington073]

Been waiting to see and hear about buttercups baby!!! Can’t wait !

[@jessisjourney9915]

You should do foster to adopt. You guys would be an amazing foster family

[@verashular3116]

I live in East Tennessee. Knoxville to be exact. Where we live in the county we got about 9 in of snow and then the cold hit with ice on top of the snow. The news said about eight people died here in Knoxville during that snow storm. Quite a few of them froze to death because they had no heat.

[@jaclyndeboer7912]

Was just thinking about you guys this week. Miss seeing your videos. Looks like you made so many special memories! ❤

[@kerahbearah]

I got iced in here in Texas for about 2.5 days. There was still ice on the roads when I went back to work but it wasn't as bad. I definitely got stir crazy because I didn't have much to do. I was happy to see that y'all got to visit Callie's birth mom. I don't remember seeing many visits from her through out the years, so I can imagine that it was a very special time together.

[@colleenstott3002]

I loved seeing your snow video! I live in Central Alberta Canada, 2.5 weeks ago we had a polar vortex(cold air stream from the north pole) come though. We had 3 days at -46C(-58.6F). We also live in the country on an acreage and we were out doing chicken and farm chores as well as hauling wood for the wood burning stoves. It was so cold our propane gelled causing our central heat furnace to go out. 2.5 weeks later we at at+12C(53.F) and it feels like spring! Frosty eyelashes are something I am very familiar with and remember fondly from childhood.

[@lisacottrell3773]

Great to see you all... Isn't being annoyed in a wonderful family affair with bonding and eating wonderfully home cooked food... My hometown of Lund Nevada 350 people, the power would go out for a few days and we'd start a fire and close the door ways with blankets to hold in the heat.. Play games with family and laugh and drink hot chocolate.. So fun. Tubing in snow is so fun too. Just like all of you did. 🎉❤🎉

[@mags102755]

It's been pretty cold and a bit snowy up here in Massachusetts. Of course, we're used to the snow as we get it a lot. But for most of January, it's been unseasonably warm. Has to do with climate change I think. My daughter lives with me and is all grown up now. I enjoy watching your girls grow. Lots of love.

[@anniebutton7453]

Thank you for sharing your beautiful family with us, my ♥️misses a beat when I see you have posted a vlogg, cos I really miss you seeing each of you💗💗💗💗💙You are a truly amazing wonderful family, Sending love & blessings to each of you from your friend Annie 🇬🇧 🤗❤️🤗❤️🤗❤️🤗❤️🤗

[@rodmacdonald9148]

Snow ice crewm is awesome! Im Canadian and love it!

[@louisesproul8493]

I am staying warm!! Unfortuantely for you, you got the snow and I didnt!! This has been a very unusual winter for Michigans Eastern U.P.!! I had 9 inches total this winter. Im enjoying the less snow situation and praying I can move down south soon. Im praying about Tennessee or Ken....but i dont want to go father down. Florida is too hot and humid!!! But the Lord provided 2 different people to plow me out. February is looking to be warmer than January!! I had -10 when you were so cold.

[@ambreaull7218]

This was beautiful ❤

[@annettemaddalone4297]

lol 23 thats a heat wave for us here in colorado i was out walking my dog when it was 6 outside stay warm cook some of that yummy sourdough bread wish i could make it like you do

[@shainaknapp7050]

I am so curious on your home school routine and how you got into it? The school systems are so broken and it’s hard for me to send my boys to school anymore. 😢

[@luciamancini9518]

Omg long time no see or hear missed everyone so happy you are all back ❤❤

[@Dan5819]

Love Kinsley reminding Callie that "We have to do it first" regarding emptying the dish washer before getting to lick the beaters for the cookies. LOL! Such a great big sister.

[@mandogrogurescuedogs]

Thank you for sharing!

[@kathrynhall7021]

🥰SO GOOD TO SEE YOU🥰

[@TheoriginalANGEK439]

Does your log fire kick out loads of heat ? I love a nice log fire or burner. So cosy and atmospheric. It adds a lovely ambiance to a house..👍❤️👍

[@PhilandAlex]

Yes it does! We were very thankful for our fireplace this week

[@christinem9280]

Seeing an upload from you guys made my day!!

[@wendywright3914]

You can get heated waterers for animals

[@mirandahutchinson1817]

So beautiful heart warming

[@wilmazyla6680]

Yea, a video from my friend 😊

[@katiedodge7394]

It is crazy to me that far south you guys got that much snow.... I'm in southern Ontario, granted I live near lake Ontario which I'm sure makes a big difference but we haven't seen that much at once so far this year and currently we have zero snow and it's +4 degrees here (39-40F)

[@ThriveMarket]

💚

[@meganpepper787]

Now that is some good parenting ❤

[@pnmdsz6]

Great narration job Phil. With your background as a pastor, you should think about starting a sermon style podcast. (As if you aren't already busy enough! 😜) I would totally listen to your podcast though if you had one!

[@melissagreen1117]

Good to see you guys❤

[@lorikean3405]

Love watching you guys.

[@christyemmons7279]

Great Job ❤ I Love Y'all All So Much

[@dittoditto11]

We had 80” here in suburb of Buffalo.

[@daphtahquette9242]

Glad you stayed safe. Last week we had fog, and rain that turned to sleat and snow. That made the road I live on 6 inches of sludge with ice under it. Ended up with a car in the river beside our home. Took the tow truck about 30 mins to get him out during this time someone side swiped our apple tree. Plows went by but it was coming down faster then they could make passes from stop sign to stop sign about 5 miles. Also it was foggy still so it was great fun trying to drive at 3:30am. Oh yeah someone lost a shoe in the mud when the car accident happened. It hasn't been cold enough to freeze the ground yet

[@tammiefisher9333]

I have miss u all n your vlogs can’t wait see the new calf

[@AliceStanley-i5w]

Philipp you could great a reading kids audio books ❤

[@rhianevans7189]

Hi Phil and Alex Wow it’s nice to see the snow. We haven’t had snow but have had black ice and that is treacherous to drive on. I never forget going to work in the 1980s and we had a blizzard and the drifts were about 5ft where I live, bit in the country it was much higher. We worked about 16 night shifts and was glad to go home to our own abode and to sleep in our own bed. Indeed the hospital looked after us well and we had a cooked breakfast and a meal before we started work also were left sandwiches crisps and trifle for us overnight. But you have children to entertain and animals to look after. Am looking forward to seeing the new addition to Buttercup bless her Lots of live and respect from across the pond in Uk x

[@frankiecarrel9794]

It was so good to see you all I enjoyed it. Your oldest daughter has glasses. Now I forgot her name all of the sudden Cali Cassidy cassidy and I forgot arrow, this thought her. I'm sorry I don't remember her name.😊😊😊

[@janvan4424]

It's Kinsley 😊

[@thrivingexjw2061]

We live in Oregon & when an ice storm hit us hard a few weeks ago, no one was prepared for what was to come😢. We hardly ever get snow or ice.. just tons of rain. Trees fill on power lines, homes & cars.. every few minutes it sounded like an explosion when a tree would fall! Very few people in a city of 200,000 had power & some people still have no electricity & contaminated water. EVERYTHING shut down. Our area was declared a state of emergency.. it looks like a war zone, literally. They say clean up will take a year.. ugh Preparedness is everything!!! 🥶