Looking forward to seeing your progress as to the cabin in the mountains.

I made my own container home and made my utility room from opening the container doors and welding a floor and roof between them. Very simple, very easy and a little off the ground. You can then easily get into your ceiling. Hope that helps, been watching your progress for years. I love your ingenuity and work ethic.

Top Secret: use black nail polish on screws to paint black once placed. Match any color silver, gold, red or what you need.

Good new plan. You don’t want it generally known your cabin is there. Work at it yourself, at your pace. Make it your own. You’ve been very successful so far!

Nothing wrong with changing plans for a growing family ❤💕

McKenzie’s camera and editing work is getting soooo good!

I have a remote cabin...when kids came we built a separate bunkhouse, as the kids got older what a blessing for them top have their own space, the main cabin became more functional....the main cabin is a 16x24 with bedroom loft, the bunkhouse is 10x20....works out so nice!

It’s remarkable how you both figured out to do all the building. Can’t wait to see how the new container home gets moved up the mountain.

I like Harvey's idea of opening up the container doors and putting a utility room there. Would have room for washer/dryer, water heater, brooms, vacuum, etc and also have windows to let the light in. With a basement, there are moisture and mildew problems that could permeate into your living space and the possible need for a french drain. Seems like much less work/expense to add on above ground.

I’m disabled retired because of a multiple sclerosis diagnosis back in 2002. Your determination has helped me greatly. You help me have something to look forward to with each episode. Keep strong 💪 and I can’t wait to see what happens never!

My husband is a welder. He sprays paints very thing to make it match. Love this family.

with every new change the cabin is looking more and more beautiful

When Spencer said they “sort of expected the pregnancy” I saw Kenz was blushing! ( I just love these two 😍)

As an architect, your design of the cabin looks great. Good job!

I think the bumpout will give the cabin a more aesthetically pleasing shape. Good Job!😃

You can use black nail polish on the screws head for your vent to make it blend better if you really don’t want to think about it. Just a thought. 5:09

You guys work well together. Your thinking for the foundation was on spot. Your children are so precious, Cam peeking in and saying Hi! Was so heart warming. Josh you have excellent problem solving skills. AKA Josh MacGyver LOL! Be blessed with a great week and see you all in the next video.

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You two have just reminded me that dealing with a shipping container, nothing is simple. It all seems to be complicated because of the shape of the walls. This makes it take so must longer to do. Fingers crossed, that most, if not all, work is done before baby is due. (I don't know how much longer to go before your baby is due). You all stay safe, Happy New Year, love from Mike. ❤

You can take a tiny brush and touch up the gray screws lol. I will not be able to rest knowing they do not match.Also just lower the ceiling in the bathroom a little to hide the vent pipe. The project is looking great and hope all keeps on going well for you. And your little ones are absolutely adorable.

I have been watching your videos for years now and it keeps getting better and better keep up your amazing work you're doing I love you guys God bless everyone ❤️

Hey, you two. I love watching. Please be aware that if you are going to do dry wall, or tile before transport to the cabin location; that those things can crack and/or warp while moving it. Love your family.

What about getting a second shipping container and connecting it to make an L shape cabin with decking in between? It would be a lot of work for a vacation cabin but as your kids grow it might be nice to have that little bit extra space for the family. Just an idea.

2 steps forward, one step back! You got this Spencer. So glad to see the progress

Happy New Year to this incredible family. Looking forward to seeing your progress as to the cabin in the mountains.

I like a relatively simple build when in the middle of nowhere. Labor, parts, and equipment breakdowns all exponentially add to your time and costs. Your cabin looks great and you can add a container wing to it when the kids get bigger...

Happy New Year 🎆 It’s remarkable how you both figured out to do all the building. Can’t wait to see how the new container home gets moved up the mountain. You make building together so much fun.

Go with a basement. A well dug and moisture sealed basement will give you lots of options. And being underground the temperature should be fairly stable, so you could store some food items like the fruit from all your trees. Also if you have a garden do some home canning, that will store well in a basement. It may be an expense but worth the money.

The "new" layout makes alot of sense, without sacrificing interior space. Making sure the exterior door is fortified along with the rest of the cabin. Personally, I'd build a small cellar with a trap door to underneath the cabin, for both storage accessible from the inside, and safety when do do happens...lol 😂😅 Love ya'll ❤️ P.S. Q tips and spray paint can recolor screws, no biggie. 😮

As a Grandpa, your children are just adorable. I have a 15 year old Grandson and a 13 year old Granddaughter. I can remember when they were your kids ages. Happy New Year to all of you.

oh my goodness, something new every time, problems presented problems solved! Good on you both for a wonderful job. I can’t wait to see it in the new place. (moving it is going to be another story.) as usual, keep us updated a little bit more of the children please, you’re a little boy is not so little anymore is he? 🇨🇦😘

Bless you two...and those young'uns!

You can do it Spencer you got the ability to figure things out, and it will look great. Give Beau and Cam a big hug for me and tell Bear and Io I said Hi. God bless you all.

You may want to consider using ICF for a full basement foundation. You would have to hire out the hole dig, erect the ICF and rear yourselves, then pour the concrete. Fully insulated and ready to go in one step. No forms.

I like the design you came up with. I think it is gonna look great. Thanks for sharing with all of us.

Great to see how flexible you two are!! God bless and Happy New Year!!

I think that’s an awesome plan! So much smarter than building a basement for a cabin, although you do still have to build a storm shelter, but better to have that at home, I guess. Duh!! I’m just super excited that you are finally fully working on the cabin again. Who knew it would take so long to prepare the site! It’s magnificent now, though! I’m so excited for the future! Much love from Oregon ♥️ Jessica

Congratulations for the next baby. Happy New Years 2024 🎉 God bless you and your beautiful family ❤🎉🙏🏼❤

Oh gosh so much work so little time yet both of you manage to persevere because of a shared dream bless everything you do this year and the new family member 😊 ❤

Love your spirit and ability to shift and change as needed!

I feel the bumpout addition is the best alternative and approach to meet your needs. It is well thought out, functional in design and will serve you well. Working together and thinking it through like you do always pays off in the end IMO. Well done you guys. Larry, Central Valley, Ca.

Great ideas!!! Thank goodness you have two tiny helpers on the project!!! 🥰❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏🎶🎶🎶🏡🇨🇦

love the new layout that's a really practical design for the cabin I can't wait for y'all to get it up on the mountain .... happy new year y'all.....many blessings in 2024 ~ a getaway cabin in the woods and a new lil one on the way ✨💖✨

I love your solution of the bump out! So smart.

You guys are so cool how are you can work together in whatever situation you come up against you always find a way out, awesome work, awesome family

Why not just add another small 20’ container to the location you are planning? If distance between windows is too small, Mount the smaller container perpendicular to your cabin. Additional space could be partitioned into a tool room and storage. Wishing you and your family a blessed new year, filled with good health, happiness, joy and safety. Peace

Happy New Plans Year to you and the kids. Look forward to all the changes that may happen this year.

🦋 Nice to see things are moving along. Sending much love and many blessings to you and the children for the happiest and most productive new year thus far.

You two really have this new challenge covered. Way to go.

Great to see everybody after the busy holiday season. Happy New Year, can't wait for all the good things to come.

I like the wrap around porch! It will provide more protection from the sun/rain and a place for the rocking chairs. It also reminds me of a Frank Lloyd Wright design.

Look what happened to start the new year! A video from my favorite family! Always enjoyable!

I think you should wait until you have the cabin on the property before doing your new update. You two are really awesome in how you work things out. Congratulations on your one to come, keep the great videos coming. David B.,Utah. 🐕🐕🇺🇸🇺🇸❤❤❤.

I think you two have thought it out and have come up with the best option. Great job. 😃❤️ love to all of you and I hope your holiday we’re blessed.

Can't wait to see how everything turns out with the new cabin. God Bless You Guys.

It's amazing how you figure out how to do everything yourself. Good time management. Looking great.

So just curious, this bump out, wood construction? Have you considered a mini container like they use in storage companies ?, same materials as the main and they come in 6' 8' and 10' sizes. But yes a basement on a mountain not good, you'd end up having to get some dynamite to blast out the rock lol but that could be fun in itself haha...I think your making the right choice by doing the extension. Thank you for sharing your journey with us.

These videos are such memories for yourselves and the kids when they grow up, happy new year to you all and yes Spencer does have lovely eyes which have been spilled through to your children, you all are beautiful

Here in Canada we can get smaller like a 10x10ft shed container which if its possible where you are placing your cabin you could dig out on the end and place the 10x10 container in the ground and put the cabin on top with concrete block foundation for the rest kinda like a walk out basement idea. You could then run all your wiring and water up into the container inside the wall. Its still quite a hole but if its open like a walk out basement you should be able to accomplish this with your current tractor equipment.

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Happy new year to you and your beautiful family❤❤one love.

Loving all the transformations ❤

My wife and I love your videos - keep up the great work! Everyone has a suggestion, so here is mine. I would recommend a 20 ft container connected off the back with either a hallway (advantage would be you could put two bedrooms in it), and put all the utilities back in the original container with the expanded barn-door area. The advantage here would be you are only running electrical into the new container. Alternatively, you could tee the container between the windows, but this would only allow for one bedroom, because of the narrow containers and the need for a hallway. All utilities would need to be run through the container. Happy New Year!

I like the new design with covered roof and add on. Glad things are going great for you. Happy New Year to you and your family.

Thanks for the update. Your videos make my day. I understand changing plans...my husband and I will leave the house for dinner and change our plans 2 or 3 times.

Add another short container at right angles to your main container - cut out the door in both units, this will allow you to fit out your extension in the short container completely before you move it to the mountain in 2 pieces and then assemble them together there! Totally modular…,

Love your videos guys. Spencer you can do just about anything or any challenge. Good luck for the New Year!! 👍👍❤️❤️🇨🇦

Subject to change! That's true of ALL of us! 🤗🤗

I love how you guys work as a team IV been watching your channel for a long time and you always amaze me with your imagination happy new year and god bless 🌹🥰

Sounds like a plan. Those screws I could see them from my house. Just spray a little into the cap and use a small paint brush, easy peasie! Have a good week and happy new year 2024, and God bless amen.

I think your new idea seems great. It looks like a verandah all around the container where the kids can play when the weather is awful and it gives character to the container and looks less like a box on the ground. It will also keep and protect the cabin from the the elements.

Hello miss you all , doing a great job keep going your getty there one day at time Happy new year 2024.

Weld some 1/2" studs to the side of the container to attach the shed walls, that way you can finish the inside now. Run an empty 3/4" conduit from the elec pnl and stick it out for the shed, this will allow future access and options later. If you only dug a small basement (say 8x10) for the utilities they would stay warmer in the winter because they are underground...could put the washer and dryer down there as well. If you raise the container up about 2' the bsmt would only need to be about 5" deep. Could double as a safe room as well. The dirt removed could be used to level up the front yard or stock pile to fill in pot holes...you can always use extra dirt! Happy New Year!

Plain as day. Ya’ll are just fun to watch. Love changes of minds, love laughter, mistakes and successes. 💖🙏

Excellent solution. I like the outdoor covered patio. Great cabin!

HAPPY NEW YEAR 🎉, wishing you all an amazing 2024, the Year of the Wood Dragon 🐉 will kick into play on February 10th and represents Courage, Creativity and Innovation- OK Spencer & McKenzie THATS TOTALLY YOU TWO!!!!!!!!!! Plus it will bring prosperity and good fortune. A time to reflect, revive, renew and reboot. CONGRATULATIONS on your pregnancy 🎉🥂🍾 🙏🏻🥰🙋🏻‍♀️🇦🇺

The new plan sounds great to me. I love the overhanging shed roof and walking surface around the perimeter.

Best wishes for the new year to your all family :) . Cheers From Belgium

Sounds like a good plan. I am sure it will all work out for you 😊 Good luck with it. Have a great new year and God bless you and your family

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Crazy it seems like it was last week Spencer was practicing welding on scraps as you sat in the old car in the snow wondering what you had gotten yourself into…. And many years, containers, and now little ones you two are absolutely killing it! Keep up the great work and as always thanks for taking us along on your journey! ❤ Congrats on the next little helper❤

Best laid plans of mice and men... Change sometimes looks daunting, but when it's done, you are surprised at how it all works out. Good to think things through, and also to have someone to support your ideas.

🙋‍♀️❤️. Sounds like a good plan! Once you get everything up the mountain, you can tweek it from there! Happy New Year!🎉

Looking great y'all, sounds like y'all have a great plan.

The new plan is very exciting. The wrap around porch looks Great and the utility room attaches nicely.

Bump out with roof has a nice design to it. Don't forget we are in high rapture watch. Living in amazing times for the ones saved by Grace.

Happy New Year to you all!

Great watching your planning and problem solving process. I also follow The Newbys, making a hillside life with their young children in the middle of Portugal. You're approaches are quite different, but I think you would get on. Happy New Year.

Great idea. The new plan sounds like the best option. The finished version of your drawing should turn out fantastic both function and looks...of course having a creative and master construction folks on hand, ie you two to make it happen

Happy New Year Seem's like just yesterday you guys were doing the sonotube footings on your first house... Time fly's when you're having fun, and having kid's too.. Lol. Congrat's on the new family member, and the cabin in the mountain's as well. ✌️❤️😁

thank you for allowing me to see your progress I've been watching you folks from the beginning. me and computers don't get along to well so now i've taken the time to say thanks i think what your doing is great

1 Peter 1:13 King James Version 13 Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; Happy new year Gods blessing over you .

I always click instantly when I get alerts from y'all! 🌸✌️💜

I thought you were building a basement. I think I heard a quick mention about it a while back. Ya’ know….thinking about more room now for your growing kids is a wise idea to think about. It may be worth the expense now to build the basement. When your kids become teenagers you will be SO happy you did. Enjoy your videos and laughter and building SO much. God bless you!!❤

I like the change to the container. I think it will be better for all of you in the long run.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Thanks for the update guys. Love the way you just work through the problem and make it happen. Love me some SketchUp!!! Have a great year!

Thee kids are growing so fast. They are both so beautiful!

"Life is what happens while you're making other plans." - John Lennon ✌🏻

I love how the new plan looks! So excited for you all. Great blessings to you as you get the job done!