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00:00Go on to the left side, left side.
00:02The left side, OK.
00:04Previously on Seven Little Jostas.
00:06Yes!
00:07We're ahead.
00:09The entire family is doing a scavenger hunt.
00:12Hurry up.
00:14We are all super competitive, and us two do not like to lose.
00:18No.
00:18We're terrible losers.
00:20We are.
00:20We're great cheaters.
00:22I'll give you 10 bucks if you do me a favor.
00:24All right.
00:24That white Mercedes, let him go after me.
00:27Dad's probably cheating.
00:28Yes.
00:29Hee hee.
00:30Damn, dude, you're giving me my $10 back.
00:35What do you think of this place?
00:38We got to look in it.
00:39It's thick.
00:40Today, Bryce and I, and of course, my dad,
00:43are going to look at a plot of land
00:45for a possible build of our home.
00:49So on this lot right here, here's reality.
00:52Before you swung the first hammer,
00:54put up the first piece of wood, you're $100,000 in.
00:58I believe it.
00:59That's not included in buying the lot.
01:00I think they're still more better out there.
01:04Keep looking.
01:06Tonight, I am having dinner with Alex and Emma.
01:08So I guess you've been real busy since you missed Emma's graduation.
01:11I guess you've been real busy.
01:14Not real busy, it's just, I mean.
01:16What's the deal?
01:17Like, why haven't you been around, like, us and the family?
01:19Within about 10 minutes of having dinner with them,
01:21I knew that it was not going to go how I was expecting.
01:26I'm not here to argue about that kind of stuff.
01:30This is just a catch-up.
01:31I just don't know where this whole thing started.
01:33I don't know where this whole thing started.
01:34I'll walk out.
01:36So I mean, what's the deal?
01:41Like, why haven't you been around, like, us and the family?
01:43Like, where have you been?
01:44So today we're out here eating dinner with Anna just to hopefully see what's going on with
02:04her and mom and dad and just see if we can get to the root of the problem.
02:07I mean, it's not just one side.
02:10I mean, between mom and dad, it's stuff that they're apparently mad for us.
02:16And I mean, I get it.
02:17My thing is, like, why are you taking, like, all the anger out on me and then, like, Liz and Jonah?
02:21Like, if it's a problem towards mom and dad, why couldn't I just stay between mom and dad?
02:25Like, why are you aiming it towards us?
02:27I understand, like, I haven't came to certain important events.
02:32Y'all's graduation, and I understand that, and I am very sorry about that.
02:39And, yeah, am I going to live with regret of that?
02:42Yes.
02:43I mean, that's not on y'all.
02:45When Anna said she did regret not coming to our graduation, I mean, she, that was, like,
02:50the first time in, like, months that she has apologized, I guess, apologized to us.
02:55Just hearing that she regretted it, like, yeah, I hope that you did regret it, because it sucked
03:01that you weren't there for us.
03:03There was no communication with the family, and I know I could have just came.
03:06I mean, but you could have been the one to reach out to us, and you could have, and no,
03:10it's not just the graduation.
03:11It's, like, you're missing, like, Leighton's early childhood.
03:13Like, you could still be around and be an aunt.
03:15Like, you could still come around, and we're more than one to patch things up with you.
03:18It's just, you need to be the one to start coming around more.
03:21Okay, okay.
03:22And, yeah, I understand that.
03:23But dad and I got into his favorite match, and that didn't end well.
03:27A lot of the hate and the disgruntledness and things that have gone on is from your actions.
03:34And you know if it wasn't from your family on it, you would not be here.
03:37So is that why you came into her just to fuss at me?
03:40And it's not that easy after I get yelled at.
03:43Parents can come to my house and storm out and yell at me and be rude as ,
03:49but I'm supposed to show up to my parents' house acting like nothing happened.
03:52Okay, that's between you and dad.
03:54It's between dad and I.
03:55But, like, all you guys live under mom and dad's roof.
03:58I definitely feel kind of in the middle of all this,
04:02because Ana not wanting to patch things up with my parents,
04:06because I guess she's angry and frustrated with what's going on with my parents.
04:12And it's definitely hard with that situation,
04:16and then us siblings having to deal with that.
04:18It's definitely just, yeah, tough.
04:21I mean, Emma and I want you around.
04:23I mean, you're still our sister at the end of the day.
04:24Like, we want them to come and start coming around.
04:26Okay, and yes.
04:27Yes, okay.
04:28And that, and I'm slowly getting that, like,
04:30said yes to having dinner with y'all.
04:32Yeah, but what about the other siblings?
04:33I mean, yeah, like, the other siblings still, like, deserve to see me.
04:35You don't want to talk to your other siblings?
04:37With Elizabeth's situation, Elizabeth was out of attitude and didn't really talk to me when I came to do the tree plant,
04:46and mom was mad at me for taking the graduation gown and barely talked to me.
04:52I don't, I mean, you were all kind of distant.
04:54Like, you didn't help us plant the tree at all.
04:56Like, it was me and Emma busting her ass.
04:58I had the wrong clothes on, and that was my fault for not looking at the weather that morning.
05:03Sheely?
05:04Alex, just pay attention, okay?
05:06All it's going to do is hit the tree.
05:08I'm not sure.
05:09Yeah, I guess she does.
05:13Oh, if you don't come with the sandals and short cleave t-shirt and shorts, do this.
05:19I guess my big thing at the end, or Emma and I suppose, big thing is, like, forget the graduation, forget the tree.
05:24My big thing is, like, why haven't you, like, just at least make an effort and start coming around to see not only us, but Leighton.
05:30Like, Leighton needs to see her aunt and needs to see her sister.
05:32Oh, she's done pretty big.
05:33Yeah, that's another thing that hurts me is not seeing Leighton.
05:36But her mother, Elizabeth, started getting mad at me because mom was getting mad at me, which that's been my whole life,
05:43is if mom's mad at me, Elizabeth's going to be mad at me.
05:46Is it hard seeing Leighton grow up through social media?
05:49Yeah, that's hard.
05:50Is it hard not coming to y'all and talk to y'all, like, you know, about school, you know, about work, whatever?
05:55Yeah, it's hard.
05:56It's still hard to come around the family when I have a dad that is mad at me and walked out of my house like that and yelled at me like that.
06:04Yes, I get it, there's other siblings, but it would be different if, like, Elizabeth lived on her own still, Jonah lived on his own, and I came to see them.
06:12That's y'all's house.
06:14No matter what, I'm going to want to be okay with dad, too, if I'm walking up into his house.
06:19That's the hardest thing about all of this is all the siblings live under my parents' roof and I can't come see them because I got my parents there because that's my parents' house.
06:32And I'm not going to walk in there and not speak to them and do that, you know?
06:38I wish, so wish, that, like, another sibling had a house, you know?
06:42I mean, I guess my thing is that, like, why didn't you, like, try to, like, invite us out for lunch more often or so try and, like, talk to us?
06:50I could ask y'all the same thing.
06:53Why don't y'all have a phone?
06:56Not fair whatsoever for her to put that on me and Emma when she was the one that instigated this whole conflict.
07:02Like, that was not right whatsoever.
07:04This is always put on me.
07:06It's always looked out.
07:07I'm the bad person.
07:08I'm the bad person.
07:09Y'all have a phone.
07:11Y'all can text me.
07:12Y'all can talk to me.
07:13Y'all are always welcome to my house if y'all shoot me a text and be like, hey, you want to come to my house?
07:18Hey, can I come over?
07:19It's not always me coming to mom and dad's house.
07:24Like, it's not, why is it always looked at as...
07:27I mean, I guess it's kind of hard for us to try and make that relationship if you're not willing to make it back towards us.
07:31I guess that's my big thing.
07:32But it's two-way.
07:33It's, for something to work in a relationship, friendship, not anything, it's got to work two ways.
07:41Not, it's not all put on me, not looked at me the bad person.
07:47Nobody's coming to me.
07:48Nobody's calling me.
07:49Nobody's texting me.
07:50You can't say that y'all don't go to people's, y'all don't go to siblings.
07:53Y'all don't go to siblings' houses because y'all went to Elizabeth's house plenty of times.
07:56Mom went to Elizabeth's house plenty of times.
07:59I'm just trying to figure out a way, like, you and mom and dad can just bury the hatchet.
08:02Like, I mean, like, that's my big thing.
08:03Forget all this and hopefully you can...
08:04And just forget all this and move on so we can all be a family again.
08:06Like, yes.
08:07I don't think...
08:08I understand that, too.
08:09Y'all want that, too.
08:11But you can't forgive mom and dad and then us forgive you and then, oh, we should hang out.
08:16Dad can't forgive me either.
08:19Yelling and clutch at me and walking out of my house.
08:22Because of those things that you did and made him pissed off and...
08:25I mean, it's pretty understandable why he was pissed off.
08:27I mean...
08:28The underage drinking incident definitely upset me because Ana didn't take accountability
08:32for her actions for the incident.
08:35And she's been separating herself from the family when we didn't even do anything to her.
08:40Why is it always a one-way sign?
08:42Are y'all shooting and texting and being like, hey, you want to come to dinner?
08:45Hey, do you want...
08:46I mean, it's kind of hard for us to reach this relationship.
08:48We can because we're mad at you for the things you haven't been doing.
08:51I'm definitely upset of just the things she's been doing.
08:56Definitely not her coming to our graduation and then just not participating in other things
09:03that we were doing for other people like Poppy's tree.
09:06That was very upsetting and, yeah.
09:10To end this conversation, I'll come around.
09:13I'm not doing this back-and-forth argument stuff.
09:15I love you guys, but I'm not...
09:19I'm tired of this...to end this conversation.
09:21I'll come around.
09:23With me ending the conversation with, like,
09:25if you want me to come around, I'll come around,
09:27that's just because I was trying to end the conversation
09:29because it was just going in circles, going in circles,
09:31and what I didn't want is an argument like Dad and I had
09:34because when we're going in circles as a family, it doesn't end good.
09:37But I knew at the end of the conversation that I'm not going to win,
09:40so it's just better to say something and just be done.
09:44We all didn't need him.
09:49Mm-hmm.
09:50Yeah, we pay up front, so I'll pay up front.
09:53Okay, thanks.
09:54We didn't get, like, the solution that we came here to get.
09:57I mean, it was just nice at the end of the day that we could express our thoughts to Hannah.
10:01Like, we could...it's like she could hear our side of it
10:04and not just Mom and Dad's side of it.
10:06Hm.
10:14Oh.
10:16Oh.
10:17Oh.
10:18Oh.
10:20Lee-ho, here we go, gonna take a job home.
10:23Layton and I are having a mommy-daughter day.
10:27Since Layton has started daycare, the day is that it's just Layton and I.
10:31Leighton and I, I have been trying to find fun and creative ways, you know, to spending
10:35more time with her, doing some fun activities together to bring our relationship closer.
10:41This is Leighton.
10:42Hello, hi, I'm Kaylee.
10:43And that right there is Christina, she's the co-owner.
10:45I'm Elizabeth, or Liz.
10:46Nice to meet you.
10:47This is Leighton.
10:47Nice to meet you, welcome.
10:49Hey, how old?
10:5011 months.
10:51Almost one.
10:52You're so precious.
10:53So thank you.
10:54She kind of woke up, fell asleep the last 10 minutes.
10:56Hey, she's like, where am I?
10:58Not the car now.
10:59Not the car now.
10:59It's okay, yeah.
11:01So iStroll is a workout program primarily for moms, because we're really passionate
11:05about providing an outlet for moms where you can bring your kids with you and get a nice
11:09sweat in.
11:10So the first one we're going to do is called a banded jack.
11:13We're going to put it around our knees right here, and we're just going to do kind of like
11:18a jumping jack move.
11:18We'll do that for 50 seconds, and then we'll switch it up.
11:21So seeing these two moms, you know, they're pretty much stay-at-home moms, and this workout
11:25class is their business.
11:27And I would want to be a stay-at-home mom, but me, I feel like I need to work to provide
11:34for my daughter, because I don't want him to work too much, too many jobs like my dad
11:39did, because my dad was there.
11:41He was a great dad, but there are some things he missed out on simply because he had to
11:45work.
11:46All right, everybody, ready?
11:47We will start our banded jacks in three, two, one, start.
11:59You're in your own little world, huh?
12:01Definitely since having a C-section, certain movements kind of, I guess, turn the stomach
12:06like burpees, a little, when it's working the abdominal muscles, when we're going up and
12:11down, you can feel it a little bit for sure, some twinges, because all the nerve endings
12:16are not fully back together from being cut open.
12:19All right, Amelia's going to start us off.
12:21She's going to grab a weight, pass it to your neighbor like a Russian twist.
12:25Good job, y'all.
12:28That was it?
12:29All right, when you're done passing them, you can take a break.
12:31Yay!
12:32Yay!
12:33We've never had a little person participate.
12:35Today was the first time.
12:37So at iStroll, we really pride ourselves on being able to modify our workouts for moms of
12:40any life stage, so whether it's pregnancy, whether you're dealing with injuries, especially
12:45after birth.
12:46So we really pride ourselves on being able to modify all of our exercises, and I think
12:49that applies to her, too.
12:51She starts kicking when you work out.
12:57Yes.
12:59I kid you not, my last two weeks, we thought she flipped.
13:02But it was her hiney up here in this rib cage.
13:05And at night, oh boy.
13:07Did that hurt?
13:08Oh boy, oh yeah.
13:09Heartburn.
13:10I had to sleep elevated.
13:12Oh jeez.
13:13Doing these workouts with the moms, it was great, because in some kind of a sense, we're
13:18all on the same path of being a mom.
13:20Some have more kids than others.
13:22Some are just about to start having their firstborn, and they're with babies.
13:26And I was just really happy to see how comfortable Layton was in that environment.
13:31Is that a move?
13:31I appreciate you guys.
13:32I'm going to have to dip, because she's starting to get really hot.
13:34Okay, it was nice to meet you.
13:35But thank y'all.
13:36And I'm going to definitely tell you my friends about this.
13:38We're going to be back.
13:39Yeah, awesome.
13:40Have a good night.
13:40Have y'all.
13:41Bye-bye.
13:42Say, let's go.
13:43She's so cute.
13:43Let's go.
13:45All right.
13:45You know, between now and the next two days, we have to do this like twice a day.
14:03Really?
14:04So Alex and Nelma were talking to Amber and I and telling us about how their talk went
14:08with Ana.
14:09My perception is they didn't make much progress.
14:12It didn't go very far.
14:13However, right now, we're going to table this, and we're going to focus and work on this
14:19fall festival that we are hosting this weekend at our home.
14:22This is going to be great.
14:24Can't wait.
14:25What's that?
14:26So before we close down the pool for the season, we want to enjoy one last pool day
14:31and do a little plank trivia before it becomes polar trivia.
14:38I came up with this idea.
14:39I saw this on social media.
14:40I'm scared I won't play this.
14:41Plank trivia.
14:42We start right here at the pool.
14:46Someone's got to stand on the end.
14:48That could be your job, because I know you don't want to get water in your face, so you'll
14:52be the permanent anchor.
14:54Joan, ask us a question.
14:55You better stand.
14:55If you get it right, step back.
14:58You step back.
14:59You go back to the end of the line.
15:01So how this game works is each person, you know, steps onto the plank.
15:06They have to answer a trivia question.
15:08If they get the question right the first time, they step off the plank, go to the back of the
15:13line, and the next person goes.
15:15If they get the question wrong, they have to take a step forward, and they have to answer
15:20another question.
15:21Three wrong questions, you jump ship.
15:24You're wet.
15:26What's the name of the Greek god of the sea?
15:33Isn't Zeus lightning?
15:34Yes.
15:36I'll take a step on this one.
15:37The Greek god of the sea, was that, like, Odysseus, or?
15:43No.
15:44Poseidon.
15:47Who's the first U.S. president?
15:48Oh, George Washington.
15:49Yeah.
15:50I step off now, right?
15:51Yes.
15:52Easy.
15:53I did not like the feeling of being over the water on this plank of wood, because it does
15:57flex a lot, and I did hear some creaking, so I was a little nervous.
16:02Who played the lead role in the 2019 movie Joker?
16:06I don't know.
16:08Don't say it.
16:09Which company is known for creating the humanoid robot named Asimo?
16:13I don't know.
16:15What do you call a person who prepares and serves coffee?
16:18I go to Starbucks every week.
16:19You should know this.
16:21The, um...
16:23The waiter.
16:25Waitress.
16:26Yeah.
16:27Oh, barista.
16:32Love you.
16:32Love you.
16:33Bye.
16:33Who wrote the play Romeo and Juliet?
16:41So easy.
16:42Oh, my gosh.
16:44Ugh.
16:45Leonardo.
16:45Step up.
16:46L.A.?
16:46Oh, my God.
16:48I wrote this book to you.
16:48It was like Shakespeare?
16:49Yeah.
16:51Good job.
16:51William Shakespeare?
16:53Hey.
16:54Which band released Abbey Road?
16:57Abbey Road?
16:58Uh...
16:58Buh-buh-buh-buh-buh-buh-buh-buh.
17:00Guns or Roses?
17:01Nope.
17:02The Beatles.
17:03Who founded Microsoft?
17:08Uh...
17:09You might as well just jump in.
17:10I don't know.
17:11Who founded Microsoft?
17:13Bill Gates?
17:14Bill Gates.
17:17Oh, God. Her head's...
17:18Oh, crap!
17:19Some of the questions, I guess you could say,
17:21were mom blonde moments.
17:23What is the largest organ in the human body?
17:26Penis!
17:28No.
17:29Is it the brain?
17:31No.
17:32Or the liver?
17:33Nope.
17:34The heart?
17:35Nope.
17:36Okay, you can't be guessing.
17:37Is it the scan?
17:40Hey.
17:41How'd you know?
17:42What is the most downloaded app of all time as of 2023?
17:45Amazon.
17:47Which economic principle is known as the invisible hand?
17:50Oh, yes.
17:53I don't know that.
17:54Which economic principle is known as the invisible hand?
18:00Supply and demand?
18:01Here you go.
18:04I didn't know we could do a graceful slide.
18:07Yeah.
18:08I am standing right here.
18:09I wanted to slide in.
18:10I was very abruptly shoved in.
18:23I heard lovely Alex.
18:25All people, she thought, I don't trust my children, I only trust Alex.
18:28And who?
18:29Because I'm sure he was coerced.
18:31It wouldn't have happened.
18:32All you have to do is get one right by default to get off the board.
18:37Go out to the end.
18:39You're on the end.
18:40Who painted the Mona Lisa?
18:44Leonardo da Vinci?
18:46Right.
18:48Thank God.
18:49This was a fun game, but I think it was more fun because of the fact I won and I didn't have to jump in the water.
18:56Thank God.
18:57This was a great way to, and a memorable way, to end the pool season.
19:03Now we can clean up.
19:04Yes, I know I'm leaking.
19:06Now we can clean up.
19:08It smells a little bit like swamp water.
19:10We can clean up and get ready for the fall fest.
19:16See, you really wanted to get in.
19:18All I really wanted to do was beat Emma, and I did that.
19:21I just went after Emma.
19:22I really can't believe I messed up on a Beatles song.
19:24You look like you want to talk all night, and I'm over here like throwing lungs on the floor.
19:46Fall festival is tomorrow, and after the fall festival, we have an exciting surprise for Bryce and Elizabeth.
19:51So when are we going to go take Bryce and Elizabeth over to show them that lot?
19:56I mean, we just got to find the right moment, the right time to...
20:00When they're both home for more.
20:01When they're both home, when you and I are both home.
20:03And Emma can watch the baby for a little bit.
20:04And Emma can watch the baby for a little bit.
20:07Several weeks ago, Amber and I came across an amazing deal on a home lot that was available.
20:13This building lot is in the same neighborhood as we are in and Bryce's mom and dad are in as well.
20:19You know, Elizabeth and Bryce definitely, I think, have the thoughts that they want to move farther away from both us and Bryce's parents.
20:31So we don't want them to feel pressured that they have to take this lot.
20:35We just want them to know that it's available if they would choose to build on it.
20:40But, you know, if not, we totally understand.
20:43So I think when we tell, when we offer the lot to Elizabeth and Bryce, you know, I don't, I think we need to make sure that it's not like we're forcing it.
20:53Like, this is what you have to do.
20:54No.
20:55This is a gift and it's an offer.
20:56I mean, there were different times in Trent and I's lives that both of our parents, you know, assisted us in different ways.
21:06And therefore, Trent and I want to be able to do the same.
21:09And something that we wanted to do is be able to assist them in, you know, purchasing their first home.
21:17It's not a gift hoping you guys do this.
21:19It's a gift that we would love for you to.
21:22If not, we understand.
21:24And there's no loss.
21:27You know, we would love for Elizabeth and Bryce and Layton to live nearby.
21:31But obviously, it is up to them.
21:33And, you know, we'll just wait and see what they decide.
21:36And we will support whatever they decide.
21:40Here.
21:41I love you.
21:42I love you.
21:43Oh, you came back for another one.
21:44I can tell.
21:45I know this.
21:46After 30 years.
21:47Yeah, if I do like this.
21:48Oh, God, that's the sign.
21:49Oh, Lord.
21:50Oh, Lord.
21:51I'm so getting laid tonight.
21:52I'm so...
21:53Turn off your light.
21:57Give me a night kiss.
21:59Yeah, I'm feeling real sweet, cause life's alright.
22:04And I feel like nothing's gonna break my stride.
22:08Got my mind on the mission, get my eye on the ball.
22:12So who all's coming?
22:13We have Ryan and Sean and his family, and their family.
22:17Yep.
22:18That's five.
22:19We have Emma's friend Luz.
22:20We have Daisy.
22:21Six, seven.
22:22We have Heidi and Ella.
22:23Eight, nine.
22:24We have Bryce's parents.
22:27So we're having a fall gathering with friends and family.
22:30Jonah and Alex put black tablecloths across that island, these two.
22:34And, you know, to kind of kick off the season, the holiday season.
22:39Since things did not go well with Alex and Emma and Anna during their talk,
22:45we felt like it would be best to not invite Anna or inform Anna of the fall festival that we're hosting.
22:53Who's that?
22:54Daisy.
22:55So, Daisy is a good LP friend of mine.
22:58And we met at a convention years ago in Florida.
23:01And we have been friends now going on for eight years.
23:04We gotta set up games.
23:06So that's what help us.
23:07How many games do we play?
23:09We have bobbing for apples, so we need the big...
23:13Oh, I gotta go get that tote.
23:15Get that.
23:16Bobbing for apples.
23:17That's the last time we did that.
23:18That was so cold.
23:19Keep your hands to yourself.
23:21She gargled underwater.
23:26I'll never forget how cold the cranberry sauce was at Thanksgiving.
23:29Oh, yeah.
23:30God, I forgot about that.
23:31That was some of the coldest stuff I've been in.
23:33That was awful.
23:34The last time Daisy came down for a holiday was Thanksgiving a couple years ago.
23:40And our last competition was us dressing up as these inflatable turkeys.
23:44And my dad thought, you know, to amp it up, we should wrestle in cranberry applesauce.
23:51My strategy getting in was just, like, I wanted to win.
23:54And there was no rules, so she was going down one way or the other.
23:57After we made, you know, Daisy do that, and especially Carol, too, making them do these kind of events,
24:02that's why I selected them to be my friends.
24:05Because I knew they would always come back.
24:07Okay.
24:08Let's head out.
24:09Damn.
24:10And we will set up games.
24:12I have a question.
24:15What?
24:16What's the question?
24:17Do you know why we're filling this up for water?
24:19Bobbing for apples.
24:20We're bobbing for apples.
24:22Bobbing for apples.
24:23What is that?
24:24Oh, my gosh.
24:25You've got to bite it with your teeth.
24:27And see how many apples you can get.
24:29He's definitely never done a fall fest.
24:31I already know what game I'm not playing.
24:34I've never even heard of this game until we played it this year.
24:38Everybody's spitting their slobber in all that water.
24:41I'm not putting my face in that.
24:48Hey.
24:49Mr. Chuck.
24:50Oh, hello.
24:51Sorry.
24:52That ain't Mr. Chuck.
24:54That's popping GT.
24:56Layton is still sleeping good.
24:58Happy photo.
25:00What?
25:01What?
25:02What?
25:03We got some twins going on?
25:04We didn't even plan this.
25:05Do you know if Anna's showing up?
25:06We still haven't heard from her.
25:07So she doesn't ever come over?
25:08Ever.
25:09Florida.
25:10I see the stuff that she posts.
25:11See, she has us blocked, so I don't see nothing unless, like, yeah.
25:13Oh, I'll show you.
25:14I don't even know if I want to see.
25:15I'll say I don't even know if I want to see.
25:16My current relationship with Anna is non-existent, and that is simply just by her choice.
25:38She has not wanted to come around the family, do anything with the family.
25:42She doesn't call or check on y'all or...
25:45I haven't gotten a text from her in a long time.
25:48I got nothing from her.
25:51Anna has not reached out to me at any point asking how her niece is doing, how Layton's
25:57doing.
25:58My siblings and I are like, okay, if she's having a hard time of wanting to fix things with
26:03mom and dad, that's her thing.
26:05But if she really wanted to reach out and hang out with her siblings, she could message
26:09us.
26:10She could reach out to us, and we're not even doing that, so.
26:14But all of y'all are blocked.
26:16Mm-hmm.
26:17She's blocked my mom on social media, me, and then as far as, like, our locations, because
26:23we keep track of our locations.
26:25And I told Bryson, I told him, like, I'm blocking her off the locations because she doesn't
26:30need to know where we're at.
26:31For now, I'm just trying to put it out of my mind.
26:38Holdin' on to hope in our soul.
26:42Takin' everything that goes on.
26:45Hello!
26:46There we go!
26:47He went through the hole!
26:48Today we have our fall fest, and we are having friends and family over, and just have fun.
26:53I got your hair.
26:54Don't worry.
26:55All right.
26:56Bobbing for apples would be a fall festival tradition because that is when apples are in
27:03season.
27:04But there's also a theory out there, or a tradition out there, where women would bob
27:11for apples, and the first woman that could bite into an apple either in the water or on
27:16the string would be the next woman selected to marry.
27:21So I just have to take a bite.
27:22Take a bite.
27:23Yeah.
27:24Yeah, just take a bite.
27:25Come on.
27:31I did not do that.
27:32I was holding your hair.
27:34I was holding your hair.
27:35I was holding your hair.
27:36Oh, you cannot bob an apple.
27:37Oh, Ella, you are your arm.
27:43You're dead!
27:44I do not want to bob for apples.
27:46I am good.
27:47I am staying away from it.
27:48I don't want to have my fate lie on whether or not I'm good at bobbing for apples.
27:54I'll just let time do its thing.
27:56So no one's getting married.
27:57There you go.
27:58Yeah.
27:59How's everything?
28:00How's life?
28:01How's being a mom?
28:02Um, it has been definitely an interesting year.
28:16Mm-hmm.
28:17It has been a long year.
28:18Um, but I wouldn't trade it for the world.
28:20Yes.
28:21Layton has definitely been the biggest and best thing that's ever happened to me.
28:26Um, she's definitely made me prioritize her over everything.
28:30Yeah.
28:31My life is Layton.
28:32My brain is Layton, Layton, Layton, Layton.
28:34And unfortunately, sometimes some texts I get from Daisy or Carol or friends of mine,
28:39I either open them and read them and forget to reply to them or I don't reply to them until like three days later.
28:45Or they just call me and they're like, hey, are you okay?
28:47And I'm like, yeah, why?
28:48Well, you opened a message but you never replied.
28:51Sorry.
28:52Busy with Layton.
28:53She's almost one.
28:54And that's crazy.
28:55This time last year, I was super pregnant with her.
28:58That is so crazy that she's almost one.
29:00Time literally flies.
29:01Yeah.
29:02And I am so proud of you because yes, it was unexpected.
29:05Just watching you be a mom has been like, oh, you're gonna make me emotional.
29:08But, um, watching being a mom is like, I'm so proud of you.
29:12Hearing Daisy say all these sweet things, it makes me feel good because it makes me feel like I am doing something right in the end that other people are seeing.
29:20Um, because parenting is definitely a whole different world for sure.
29:25Uh, we have been through a lot in this last year.
29:28We sure have.
29:29So we are going to have a competition because we can't do anything Johnston way without a competition.
29:37So we are going to do hay bale stacking.
29:41Hay bale stacking works this way.
29:43We have two teams of four.
29:45You start off with two of the players at one end, the other two players at the other end.
29:53The two players at the end that have the hay bales, they have, they must carry one hay bale per two people, carry it down, set it at the end where the other two people are.
30:03They have to do that five times, stack five hay bales.
30:06Then the two people at the end where those five hay bales are stacked must do the same thing.
30:12Carry one hay bale together and stack it at the opposite end until they stack five up.
30:18The team that does it the quickest, gets all five stacked up, wins the game.
30:24Emma.
30:25It's not, um, talk about who left who out.
30:28Yeah, okay.
30:29Hi, Daisy.
30:30Wow.
30:31Don't worry, I'll be the last one.
30:32I told you.
30:33So each of our teams had to consist of four people and we had to choose amongst all the guests.
30:39Eeny, meeny, miny, moe.
30:40I'm just going strictly on shoes.
30:42It's not, it's not that I hadn't had this before.
30:44Ella.
30:45Ella.
30:46It might have been about 40 years ago.
30:48Okay, so you still need one more.
30:49I still need one more.
30:50You need to get a...
30:51I told Jonas to pick.
30:52Heidi.
30:53Heidi.
30:54There is no strategy.
30:55I vowed to pick the worst team I could ever think of possible because when we did pull
30:59out the win, I would feel twice as prideful.
31:02Being that I didn't have a stacked team, we were the clear underdogs, but we persevered and
31:06we won.
31:07Should we be nice?
31:09Hmm.
31:10No, no, no, no.
31:11Oh my God, he's mouthing me nose, so Brett.
31:12I'm good too, Brett.
31:13Yeah, it's alright.
31:14Yeah.
31:15Yeah.
31:16I chose to not be on Elizabeth's team.
31:19Number one, definitely with her being on my team during the scavenger hunt, I felt
31:23like I should switch it up just so we don't get aggravated together.
31:28What are you talking about?
31:29Like, are we okay right now?
31:30No, because you don't know how to go through a car wash.
31:33Go.
31:34Number two, I wanted to be a competition between me and her.
31:40Well, he was a jerk and I should have threw a hay bale at him.
31:44So since this jerk wanted to be on the other side of the team, I chose his brother who's
31:51practically like him physically.
31:53Me and Brett were working great as a team and we were actually ahead of them.
31:57And then I selected Em and Ella because I'm like, they're relatively the same speed and they work together great as a team because I've seen them play sports.
32:04I said, we got this in the bag.
32:05Little did I know that these two little dits did not pay attention on how this race goes.
32:11We'll help you down.
32:12You two go back.
32:13First of all, they didn't remember that they needed the bale of hay.
32:21They're just running.
32:22They just ran up the hill and was like, oh, we forgot the hay.
32:27It's a big one, Heidi.
32:28Oh, they're going to win.
32:29You got it.
32:30You got it.
32:31You got it.
32:32You got it.
32:33You got it.
32:34You got to get it.
32:35There we go.
32:36There we go.
32:37You got to split.
32:38Oh, we got to keep it.
32:39We just split it.
32:40Aw.
32:41There you go.
32:42Yeah, they totally win.
32:43Yeah.
32:44And the winner is Daisy and Bryce's team.
32:49So I should have done a better job explaining to those two girls who I love so much on how
32:59a hay bale race works.
33:01Trent and I will be captain.
33:03I'm going to choose Alex.
33:05I got Ryan.
33:08Sean.
33:09Brett.
33:10No, no, no, no, no, no.
33:12I would say being average height is definitely a big advantage when it comes to hay bale stacking.
33:18Simply because of taller people, you can stack quicker and higher.
33:25Alyssa.
33:26I'm saying he can't be.
33:27Mom, pick Bryce.
33:28Mom, pick Bryce.
33:29Get Bryce.
33:30There's Bryce.
33:31Bryce.
33:32Look at me.
33:33Well, Jonah, I mean, Trent messed this all up.
33:35No, I did not.
33:36Yes, you did.
33:37So when Trent picks his team, I mean, it's clear he's cheating already.
33:41We were only supposed to have one tall person on our team.
33:44He had three.
33:47Ready?
33:48Go.
33:49Y'all helping stack.
33:50We're just going to drop the ball.
33:51That one was going to the bottom.
33:52Go, go, go.
33:53Go, go, go.
33:54Go, go, go.
33:55Go, go, go.
33:56Go, go, go.
33:57Go, go, go, go.
33:58Go, go, go!
33:59Go, go, go, go.
34:00Go, go, go, go.
34:01Go, go, go, go.
34:02Go, go, go.
34:03Go, go, go.
34:04Go, go, go, go, go.
34:05Go, go, go, go.
34:06Go, go, go, go.
34:07Go, go, go.
34:13Go.
34:14But him having three tall people did help him.
34:17One engine on the airplane with two wings.
34:19He lost.
34:20And the winner is, clearly Amber's team.
34:28So, winning both rounds of the hay bale race,
34:32especially knowing how competitive the Johnson family is,
34:36it definitely feels good for me to win.
34:39Damn, that was a lot of exercise.
34:43Overall, this Fall Fest was amazing.
34:46It was great to get to, you know,
34:48catch up with friends and family,
34:50and just, this was, like, fun stuff.
34:52And it kicks off the season.
34:53Nobody wants to go into the holidays being a loser.
34:57You want to be a winner.
35:00The next game, bobbing for apples, Heidi versus Trent.
35:04Oh, I've already been there and done that, sorry.
35:06Me too.
35:08Amber, Trent ain't gonna do it.
35:10Okay, come on, Trent.
35:12Something tells me you're better at this.
35:15Okay.
35:18So, Bryce and I have been looking at land options, you know,
35:30possibilities for us to be able to build a house on.
35:34Today, we are going to show Elizabeth and Bryce
35:36the plot of land that we purchased in our neighborhood.
35:39We have kept this purchase of land a secret from Bryce and Elizabeth
35:44and, of course, the rest of the family.
35:46And mainly because we're not sure how Bryce and Elizabeth
35:49are going to take it.
35:50But either way, we understand their feelings,
35:52whether they love it or they're unsure.
35:55I wanted to show you all this lot.
35:57Look right there, Bryce.
35:58What do you see right here?
35:59This path.
36:00I was gonna say a path, I think.
36:01Yeah.
36:02It's very...
36:03Deer trails.
36:04My parents are taking us to go look at a lot.
36:08And I kind of just thought, like, hmm,
36:11we wouldn't be driving out here and just looking at this property
36:14for no reason at all.
36:16So, almost to the front of my truck to right there.
36:20This is the width of this lot.
36:22We're either about to buy, we did buy,
36:25or you're about to give us an offer a price for Bryce and I to buy.
36:28So, we'll see.
36:31I see the pond by there.
36:32It's a pretty big lot.
36:33Ish.
36:34See the pond by there?
36:35So there's that pond.
36:36It's the cove that comes up in here.
36:38Dad and I were able to get a very good deal on this lot.
36:43When they said we own it,
36:44first thing that came to my mind was, like,
36:46I'm just really surprised that out of all the places that we looked,
36:49of course the piece of property that comes the cheapest and the best deal
36:52happens to be in the same neighborhood as our parents,
36:55which is really funny but doesn't shock me because that would just be our luck.
36:59So now we have a lot that, um,
37:04For a crazy good place.
37:05It's a little over an acre and it's on water, on a pond,
37:09and you and Bryce can build on and be close to both sets of grandparents
37:16but be in your own place.
37:19I was just, like, thinking at first, I'm like,
37:22do we really want to, like,
37:24be in the same neighborhood with our parents, you know?
37:29Um...
37:30Which is very true.
37:31So, I mean, yes, of course.
37:34I mean, yeah, they're our parents.
37:35We love them to death.
37:36But with them being super close, um, it'll still feel like, you know,
37:44I won't say we're still living with them, but we're still, like, seeing them like we used to.
37:50But this is where I argue that we would be in our own home if we say yes and we build.
37:56It's a steep.
37:57It is steep.
37:58It is steep.
37:59But when me and Mom walked this lot last month, I was telling her,
38:03you all can have a really big front yard, but then just mulch up the backyard, leave some of your trees,
38:07but just have pine straw all the way to the water.
38:09Kind of like we did in Barnesville.
38:11So I definitely think with this structure of the lot, it will, uh, be a little more time consuming
38:17because I'm sure the construction, um, people are gonna have to figure out how to make this piece of land work.
38:24So I think a lot of our money will just ultimately be dumped into clearing and grading the land
38:29because for us to start the foundation on our home, we have to have a clear surface, a clean surface to work with.
38:35If y'all want this lot, this is your down payment that we will give y'all towards your home.
38:40Yeah.
38:41You don't have to buy a piece of land.
38:42It's done.
38:43So all your money goes towards a home.
38:46If y'all want it, it's definitely yours.
38:53The biggest advantage of taking the land in my dad's offer is the fact that we'd be saving money and not having to buy land.
38:59Our cons are pretty much we're simply staying in the same neighborhood as our parents.
39:05Um, the land is still sloped, so we would have to put a lot of our construction loan into grading the land.
39:12So we wouldn't really know how much money we would end up out with in order to build the home.
39:17Get pre-approval for a construction loan on how much you guys can comfortably do.
39:22Then go to a builder and say, okay, these are some of the plans we like.
39:27This is our price rate. This is what we are approved for.
39:32So we're not sure that we're going to take this piece of property.
39:35I may feel a little pressured about saying no to Trent about the property because I don't want him to be upset with me for saying that.
39:45Is this lot something that you guys would want to build on and live for the next 15, 20 years?
39:58Next time on Seven Little Johnstons.
40:00Yeah.
40:01All right, let's go shell some corn.
40:02I'm visiting Allie and her family on the farm, and today is the first day of me helping out with harvest.
40:07Oh, he's ready to unload.
40:08Get a little bit closer to me.
40:10This part, you have to concentrate, and it still is nerve wracking, and you don't want to go too fast or too slow.
40:17Yeah, exactly. That's my fear.
40:21Hello.
40:22Hey, guys.
40:23How are you?
40:24Doing well. How are you?
40:25We are going to meet with a builder to give us estimates on, you know, the home that we would like to have.
40:32For a typical, I'm going to say, four bedroom, two bathroom house, how long does that typically take for you guys to build?
40:39Um, six to nine months.
40:40Six to nine months.
40:41Six to nine months.
40:42With the time frame, me and her are a little pressured.
40:45It's important to me to have mine in her own space with Layton.
40:51So have you talked to Emma and Alex about their talk with Anna?
40:56They were quite stressed. It wasn't successful.
40:59That being said, I think you and I should try once more, and we'll meet at a neutral ground, like a coffee shop.
41:08My hope is that she shows up and she can not come in with a strong defense.
41:15Well, I'm just going to leap because if you're coming into a conversation like that, you're not there to make any peace whatsoever.
41:23What so ever.
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