As a mom of a toddler I appreciated the camera angle of the floor decorated with stickers and crumbs (when you were drinking lemonade). I’m always uplifted and inspired after your videos. Thank you!

I got teary eyed so much!!!!! My god. I love seeing people just live their life to the fullest. You can definitely see by your eyes how grateful and happy you are. Sending love to your family

Living rural is the best. I grew up like this and then lived many of my adult years in the suburbs. I longed for nature and finally have it again, living in a forest on a lake. It’s pure heaven. And I can tell that your little slice of paradise is heaven for you too. 🌸🌸🌸

I’m also a mom of a two year old, and I live in an intentional community in a very different setting - but I so relate to your feelings of gratitude for connection with your child and living a good life! It’s amazing to live simply, to invest in relationships and connection, and to live out my values every day. Sending love to you and yours!

I love Max's conversation with you both. It's the sweetest.

I'm all about the shade too Max !!!!!! ♥️👍

What you said around 30:20 I can only confirm! You are lucky starting so young. We began homesteading when I was in my 50ies. The best decision in our lifes

You guys are one beautiful family God bless you 🙏

It's lovely to see max try to help out with your way of life. You look like a very happy family it's great to see that Frayer is free to do her own thing bless you all xx

THIS is one of my FAVORITE of your videos, dears!! It is SO SPECIAL, heartwarming, calming and inspiring!! We're almost finished "raising" our 5 kids (17-25), but I have a few years left of running a home-based daycare. I sure would enjoy meeting you all someday!! Hugs, thanks, and blessings to you from Ohio❣️🤗

Listening to you talk about your appreciation for life reminds me of all the big ideas, hopes and dreams that fuelled my thirst for life growing up. Things we all forget to appreciate and to nurture because "life gets in the way". Thank you for reminding me that happiness is still possible, if we can let go of fear and stay true to the things that truly matter in life. Much love from Toronto, Canada 🍁

😂 the sudden shift from the heartfelt reflections to 🥒 “we get to make mounds!” Just had me cracking up.. so cute 10:07

Happy Father's Day! Yahoo's

This is so beautiful and true. Take time to enjoy your sweet boy and family. It goes by so fast and each moment and memory are so sweet!💕

I love your little family! Thanks for the video!

Good job, Mama. One thing I wish I had done more when my babies were actual babies is slowing down and enjoying them at each age, making more special memories and being intentional and present. It was very chaotic for my husband and me during those first 2 decades, and since we barely knew each other (met, pregnant, and married in 3 months), there was a lot of conflict that unfolded when we went through those times that ALL couples and families go through. We were raised so differently, in literally every aspect of life, so coming together was difficult: I recently found out that I am on the spectrum, which is also an explanation of why there was some conflict. However, for those who have stories like mine and wish they had stories like yours, there is hope! My husband and I are more in love than any other time in our lives, and even though we LOVE every moment that our adult children spend with us, we are loving our empty nest. We bought our first home 2 years ago, and we actually learned from this channel what we wanted to do on our land, all .67 acres of it! This year, we built raised garden boxes, and I single-handedly built a fence for it. And we are nurturing it together, enjoying the literal fruits of our labor, together, forever. ❤❤ PS....Max is so darn cute! To think, it wasn't that long ago when we all watched you tell Lou the good news, and we watched as you told your families and friends, and we watched your belly grow, and now, we get to watch him grow before our eyes, much like your garden babies!! ❤❤❤

Gorgeous 💗 thank you 🌻 💛

Absolutely beautiful as always

Dana LOVE seeing you living your best life! Enjoy every second! BTW I am like you and prefer one on one connections! Maxx is growing up SO FAST! Great video, SO beautiful! xo

Love these types of videos ❤❤

Thanks for sharing,Dana. I'm a person who is scared of trying new things.

Max is such a little man! He has such good communication skills. I love seeing clips of the garden 🪴 ❤ and the playground is amazing!! Lou is Superman!

I like the core memories example

Blessed with BLISS! “These are the days of miracles and wonder” ❤

Enjoying the fruits of your labour in the cool of the evening. Brilliant good fortune in the bounty of life. Thanks for that.

This is beautiful. Thank you for sharing glimpses of your life and Max's development :)

Love this.

❤❤❤❤❤ Love you guys. Looking forward to the new 6 minute meditation. Beautiful video 💖

I’m so glad you showed the mushrooms! I/ve been wondering about them!! Also, love Max’s curls! So cute!

I love that concept of making core memories for your future self 🙌

You have a beautiful life Dana!❤🎉

Gosh what a precious piece of life in this vlog. Wishing you all the best!!

So beautiful! Just love your energy. Love your videos! It is such a good feeling watching. Thank you, Love ya! ❤

Great video! Mahalo!

Beautiful video! Love your homestead acreage and that you can be free to live~~!💙💚💛💗

I missed your videos! I’ve been waiting for it today

What beautiful, heart-full content and what a great reminder about cherishing each moment! So much love and appreciation for your sharing! Blessings to you!

When im camping in the pacfic northwest and listen to the frogs crickets wind and fire crackling i feel the same way like were meant to be out here.✌️ great video great family godbless.

Loved this Video !! Lou needs to put. you a chair on top and stairs to get up there and you can watch the sun go down behind the trees in the evening :) Hope y'all have a great week!! xoxo

it seems like you have the life you didn't know you wanted and didn’t know you needed. you are very lucky

Not sure if you guys are already aware of this but be very cautious with letting Freya eat and drink immediately after activity in the heat. Because she is a big breed, she’s more susceptible to GDV aka bloat. Let her rest for at least an hour after activity before giving her water or food or letting her near your pond !

I cannot believe how big baby boy has gotten. what!! My, how time flies

I would love the visualizations to be whispered like you described them!

The potatoes are no where near ready to pull Once the first leaves emerge, the plants really start taking off. The above-ground foliage will grow nice and big. This is when you can begin hilling your plants. Take some finished compost and push it around the base of your potato plants to form little mounds. Cover up most of the foliage (perhaps 6 inches or so), leaving just the top part sticking up.Hilling helps to protect the growing tubers and encourages more growth. You don't want the tubers exposed to sunlight, or they'll turn green and bitter. And no one wants to eat green potatoes. I usually hill my potatoes up at least one more time as we move toward summer. The foliage will get pretty tall, about 18 to 24 inches tall, I'd say. You might see pretty little purplish or white flowers forming on your plants. Potato flowers are a good sign that your spuds are getting closer to harvest time. You just have to be patient for a little bit longer. It's still not time to harvest yet.Potato harvest time is about 90 days after planting. It varies based on the type you're growing. The potatoes I plant in April are typically ready to harvest in July. Wait to harvest until your plant starts looking scraggly. The foliage will begin to die off as the plant sends all its energy toward the tubers. So don't worry when you see those leaves turning brown. Even though everything looks terrible up top, good stuff is happening underground.Wait about two weeks after the foliage starts dying to harvest. I look at my plants and say, "Do you have potatoes for me yet?" and then I just follow my heart. My heart says different things depending on how patient I've had to be for these potatoes to grow. Some years I get impatient and dig up one plant to see what's happening. If the potatoes underground don't look ready, I'll leave the rest of the plants to keep on growing for another couple of weeks. When it's time to harvest, pull up the plants at the base of the stem. The soil in your raised beds should be nice and loose, which makes harvesting a bit easier. You should see lots of little potatoes on the roots. How many potatoes depends on the potato variety you're growing. Fingerlings will give you a lot more potatoes per plant cuz they're so little. I typically expect about 15 spuds per plant with fingerlings. Make sure to dig around in the soil a bit to make sure you didn't miss any little potato presents. It's like digging for buried treasure.You can eat some of your potatoes immediately, but any spuds you plan on storing will need to be cured first. Curing lets the skin toughen up so that you can keep your potatoes in your pantry for months. Shake the dirt off your potatoes before curing them. Don't wash them at this point. All you have to do is spread out your potatoes on some type of screen somewhere indoors that's warm and dry. The screen allows the tubers to still have some air flow. Let your potatoes cure for two weeks. Then they're ready to go. I find my homegrown potatoes stay fresh in my pantry much longer than the ones from the grocery store.

…peace 2 u & ur family‼️ 💛🙏🏾💜

Add a sun shade and mosquito net over sandpit.even more fun with lights too. Sunset sandcastles❤

God (our Creator) is Good all the time: He changes not. ❤️🙏🏼👋

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Are your meditation videos available? You have such great energy!

I absolutely detest sand! I don’t know why. For my son and then my grands I used pea gravel.

Gorgeous! Why dont you get sunsets? Where are you x

Is that the dog that was afraid to go into the sea? 🌊

…& shout out 2 LOU‼️ 💜💪🏾💛

What happened to your Canon A1?

You always look beautiful Dana. I just saw your video of cold showers and I can't believe it that it has been 4years already. You just looked great. I'm sure it was cold in the shower lol muah ❤❤❤❤❤

Completely off topic, but has Lou tried Fluff now that y'all aren't vegan anymore? Just curious, love you guys!

I watched cold showers video back when it was a new video 4 years ago. I don't know if you will ever try something like that again.lol ❤❤❤❤❤

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You need a kitchen table and chairs in your kitchen. And you need a den with a comfortable couch.

Get another container and put a sectional couch and a kitchen table and chairs in that container.

You need a den. You need a place with a couch and a TV where you can sit down comfortably and rest or watch a movie or something, You also need a table that you can sit down and have family meals together.

You kitchen is awkwardly laid out you need a kitchen booth or table and chairs at the end of the kitchen where the window is.

Your bedroom is awkwardly arranged. You need a real bed and Max needs his own bed.

This is not an passive agressive question I'm simply curious about it, I was wondering if you are trying to educate Max in a genderless way like could he plays with a barbie for example ?

Lou is becoming a real "Maschine" ! I wish that I had some of his DNA. 🥲 Great Video!

Finally found your channel again 🥹, I was curious to see how you guys were doing and how much the little ones have grown 🤍!

🛝 ☀️ Is there anything you can do to keep the metal slides from getting super hot in the summer sun?

So lovely❗️ ……✨💫🫶🏻