WE BOUGHT A NEW HOUSE!!!

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we're Trenton alley and we live for the

adventure whether it's traveling across

the world in a van renovating an old

camp trailer or building our Dream Home

in the mountains it's our first time

believe it or not this is our first

pandemic we've had highs lows and

everything in between this year has been

full of both but I still keep expecting

her to walk in with groceries ready to

cook dinner one thing we've learned is

that Adventure is what you make it the

journey means so much more than the

destination and the people you share it

with are what make it all

worthwhile so cheers to new adventures

and a brand new

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Journey well guys we did something crazy

you guys have probably already seen by

the title of this video so what we're

doing is we're actually going to scrap

this entire project we're going to sell

this house as it stands I quit we're

moving sorry it's

over now uh that does sound attractive

to be completely honest because I'm so

overwhelmed with construction but that

is not what we're doing this last year

has been wild for us so much has

happened our family is growing um and

changing my mom isn't here anymore there

have been so many ups and downs uh the

house is coming together really well but

we are not where we expected we would be

uh by this time in my pregnancy there's

just so many variables and so many

factors that haven't gone as planned and

that's fine that's life uh it's also

really made us um re-evaluate kind of

our priorities in life and especially

after losing my mom trying to create a

space for my dad we've really solidified

how important and valuable our family

and friends are and we want to be closer

to them my dad loves the room that we

built for him but it's very remote up

here if you haven't realized that from

our videos and he does not love how hard

it is to get up here with the roads and

how um isolated it can be yeah to be

completely honest it can be really

isolating up here and when Ali and I

were living in the van and we bought

this property and we were going to build

a little cabin in the mountains up here

that was kind of what we wanted we

wanted to be isolated up in the

mountains you know on our own doing our

own thing and we still really strive for

that adventure and we really appreciate

that challenge but now when kids start

to come into the mix it does kind of

change the perspective a little bit yeah

and I feel like the way that we're

explaining this right now makes it seem

like we are abandoning this place up

here and we're not going to continue

construction and that could not be

further from the truth this is our home

this will always be our home home and we

want to continue to have this be our

home so we are not abandoning this

project in any way shape or form but we

have some upcoming projects on this

house that we've talked about um that

will make it very difficult to live in

the house while we are working on it and

make it very difficult with a newborn

the biggest issue is that like not only

are we going to be trying to finish the

addition we're going to be building the

roof that goes over the deck which means

we're moving all the windows on the

front of the house I don't know if I've

mentioned this but the sun room we have

to remove like half of the roof it's

going to be absolutely crazy so living

here fulltime will be very stressful I

think we'll probably still be spending

at least half of our nights up here but

we did have this amazing opportunity

come up where there was this house that

was a really cool house that needs a lot

of work and so me being the project guy

I was like we could buy this house we

could turn it into a project this could

be our next project and you know per

Trenton alley style before we finish one

project we're moving on to the next we

are going to have basically an auxiliary

place that's down in the valley that's

really close to our friends that's

really close to our family a lot of

people have been asking about Joel uh

yeah Joel does not want to drive up here

ever I don't blame him every time I ask

him like come on up let's have a movie

night let's have a sleep over let's hang

out come up to the house he always has

an excuse so we always go down to him

it's it's not a big deal we we really

value seeing him and having him in our

lives so whenever we get together it's

normally down in Salt Lake City um as

and that goes the same for my dad for

Trent's mom for Trent's grandparents uh

for all of our friends pretty much it's

very difficult for people to come up

here and um it was really difficult for

me postpartum with Leo after I gave

birth to him to be up here in such an

isolated remote environment um kind of

without the support of a real Community

around me and that's something that I

have been really craving with this

pregnancy yeah and then there's also the

aspect of it being difficult up here

through winter and winter is 9 months

long like that's the that's the problem

is most people that have been watching

this channel for a while you guys have

seen it snows here earlier than it snows

in the far reaches of Canada and the

snow stays here later than the snow

stays on the tops of the mountains in

most of the states in the United States

which is really cool I appreciate that I

love the snow it does make things more

challenging more difficult we didn't

really cover too much of it because it

was a little bit dramatic and a little

bit scary but Ally had a pretty bad

crash a few weeks ago and if I was to

play out what happened for you most of

you would probably say you should scrap

that house and not be driving on those

roads ever again because Ally almost

rolled our truck and probably could have

killed herself and Leo which is very

very scary and very very dangerous we

have spent many times coming up and down

these roads where they're in really

gnarly conditions and it's really scary

and we've always pretty much made it

home and we've always made it down the

mountain whenever we've needed to but

now having kids and having a family it

just puts these like added

considerations that like maybe the

adventure isn't as necessary

24/7 and so there's risks you're willing

to take when you don't have kids and

those that level of risk changes I think

a lot when you have other people that

you're responsible for so when there's

nights where you know there's a couple

feet of snow on the road and it's really

gnarly we might not make it home we'll

just be able to go to this other house

and spend the night there and then we

can come up when the roads are better

things like that it just kind of gives

us like a plan B and kind of solves some

problems where we get to spend more time

with friends and more time with family

but let me get back to the project okay

this house was built 30 years ago go

it's never been updated it's never been

maintained it has some pretty massive

structural settling problems so I'm

going to have to like do some beam

replacement stuff and he's excited about

this I'm excited about the project

aspect but but we're not going to start

working on it until we're done with this

house because I really want to finish

this project but we do have this

opportunity so we jumped on it and I

think it like checks a lot of boxes for

us it's it's going to be amazing and

it's going to be hard to not do any big

projects until we're done on this house

because there's so many things that

we're just like oh we could do this we

could do that this is going to be

amazing um but I think the majority of

the purpose of that house right now is

it's going to be an amazing postpartum

nest for me after giving birth to baby

brother just so that I can be closer to

friends and family closer to my dad

closer to our support system it really

takes a village to raise a child or to

support a mother after having given

birth and that is something I did not

plan for when we had Leo and I have

mentioned it before on this channel but

I struggled severely with postpartum

depression and I'm trying to do a lot of

things this pregnancy to change that

trajectory and not experience that

postpartum environment the way I did

with Leo and I think being around people

who care about us who can help support

us is going to make a huge difference so

right now I want anybody who's on a

computer or phone or anywhere where you

guys cannect actually leave a comment

I'd love for you guys to jump down into

the comments and tell us are you excited

about this can you not wait to see the

new house are you like absolutely no

don't do that I can't believe you are

you like ready to start the next project

and abandon like just let us know what

you guys are thinking because I would

love to know what your guys's opinion is

so jump down in there and leave us a

comment and with that do you guys want

to see it I guess let's hit the road

and just like that we are now standing

in the middle of the new house oh my

gosh I cannot believe this is real it's

very overwhelming and uh to be

completely honest taking on a project

this size after we're done with our

house is also just as daunting and

overwhelming as like building our house

but I'm very excited because it's a

completely different type of project and

right now we're actually getting ready

for something huge yeah we are having a

very very big party here it's my mom's

birthday we're also celebrating Mother's

Day Joel is coming my grandparents are

coming my mom both my sisters all of

their kids we are so excited to be able

to have a space like this to host

everybody to let everybody come together

and hang out and be together we haven't

had our family up to our house in the

mountain in like over a year because

everyone is scared to try to come up

there so this feels

like so comforting so Soul nourishing

it's really it's closer and more

centrally located to everyone and it's

not you know in the North Pole so we're

not going to give you guys like a full

tour and go through the entire house

right now but when we start renovating

this place it is going to be a massive

massive project

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so this house was built in 1991 and you

can kind of tell from the accents the

wood and the finishing touches

everywhere in the house there so much

oak wood which was really popular at

that time probably my favorite feature

of the house is this checker board

that's up here on the ceiling there's

like an oak checker board built into the

living room ceiling I think it's called

a coffer ceiling or something like that

it looks really cool but again it's a

lot of Oak which basically this whole

house we should just call this the oak

house because there is a lot of Oak but

we did get a couple pieces of furniture

uh we have a bed upstairs that we got we

have a table and we've this couch we

found a bunch of this stuff on Facebook

Marketplace for super cheap and it was

just kind of some stuff that we threw in

here because once we renovate this we

don't really know what our style is

going to be or if pieces of furniture

are going to work with the style after

it's renovated so we've just got some

placeholders that we're going to use for

probably the next year or two until we

actually start to like dive into this

place and change it up one of the only

updates that we're very aware of is that

about 15 years ago the previous owners

did make some changes to the kitchen I

don't think these are the original

countertops when the house was built um

but they only changed about like 50% of

it and even 15 years ago things are a

little bit out of date for example they

changed up the countertops but they left

the original appliances and I kind of

love this actually it's an analog oven

and it works it works perfectly fine um

maybe we'll keep it cuz it's kind of

cool I don't know it does have a double

oven which is something I have never

experienced before and it's going to

come so in handy when we have a bunch of

people over because if you haven't been

able to tell Trent's family is enormous

like I don't know this oven probably

looks familiar to some of you guys does

anybody remember this like analog clock

with the timer that you set by like

twisting the knob this thing looks like

what was in my grandparents house and my

grandparents house the old one that they

used to live in when I was a little kid

and I think it was built in like the 60s

or something like that so this house

being built in the '90s this seems older

than the house so I don't know if you

guys have a general electric oven that

you guys have seen or that you remember

that looks like this let us know in the

comments this house is really cool and I

am so excited to put some of our own

personal touches and modern updates on

it but my favorite part of the house

that I don't even know if we're going to

change is the backyard cuz I've always

been told that things will unfold if you

keep on waiting but then you came along

and prove me a wrong I was so mistaken

cuz you glue all the pieces back

together

one thing we will never take for granted

ever again is having a lawn with grass

it's amazing for the dogs and it's so

nice for Leo there's actually an old

playground here that he loves um

probably needs a little bit of updating

but is perfect for our growing family

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I was

sock kep playing myed to give it was

changing but with you it's so clear and

now that you're here I hold your hand

okay one

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2ar nice job I just give slide you went

down the

slide on your bum unfortunately this is

one of those slides that everyone

probably has a memory of as a child as

being extremely hot in the summertime

when the sun is beating down on it and

getting Burns while you're trying to

slide down it but right now it's

probably the most fun that Leo has ever

had on a slide what do you think good

good can I come in

hi can I come inside no so Joel is on

his way over right now and once he gets

here we are going to start getting ready

for this

party feel so free I'm a sweet

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baby so one thing that we're really

excited about is obviously spending more

time with Joel but now that we have this

space we're actually going to be able to

give Joel a bedroom so that when we are

down here he'll have a place to sleep

because when he comes up to our house

he's usually sleeping on the couch and

that's not cool but right now we're

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feel that love is

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deal

working hey Facebook Marketplace for the

win a little bit wared a little bit used

and um loved it's been well loved but we

got it to work

today Grandma's

birthday oh my goodness look at

you what are these they're so beautiful

hello no come on in how are you good how

are

you good how are you yeah this is like 2

miles from where I am really that's so

funny nice this is awesome guys hi guys

you look so cute thanks come on in

hello hello hello

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normally if I'm up this early I'm at

work and when I don't have work I sleep

until I want I wish I could sleep until

one can't do that

anymore yeah you got 18 more years and

then I can sleep in until one you can

sleep in again how would you even fit a

turkey in there I know smaller your mini

mini

oven well we don't have a rooster now so

that won't happen oh yeah I don't think

we have a whist use

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[Applause]

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work who w w don't make a mess you

already you were the one that spilled I

put that there to stop your I have not

spilled cleaned up your spillage because

you did

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[Laughter]

never having a party again oh

no he you just light in it's going to

spill you can't do you can't do that

it'll grease

everywhere what have we

done where's the other rack for the

bottom of it yeah they sure have at

least another one we have to put yours

in the microwave it it it'll be okay we

can just stick it it just the toaster

oven it'll stay warm in there okay let's

okay is that hot

[Laughter]

no I don't know you're going look like

poey cooking in this kitchen

forarm like break the gear is though is

that a I'm trying to set the

time okay this is the time this is the

timer way to go okay I'm I Got 5

Hour this is why grandmas were

strong hello how are you Happy

Birthday and Happy Mother's Day was the

right house I'm good how are

you this is this is the Gathering Place

for the

family this

is you like it oh it's wonderful I'm not

sitting on that

never get out that's your chair

yeah we have a big bean bag that's over

here in the

corner my grandma doesn't want to sit on

it of blue

blue nobody can figure out this sum just

use

serious water orange

juice is this I think I need a strong

the strong stuff whatever you

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God you guys

match every I see miserable

people doing things they hate fit

in I know it's easier to get along

peacefully but have you ever about you

don't know why I keep on doing what I'm

told to do the rules of made up by

someone we never knew baby wipe your

tears and hear me up we don't

need to feel all

right the street

on love you

foration all right we'll see you soon

it's really nice that Joel could just

kind of come over here and have

breakfast with us even though Joel works

today so Joel is actually late for work

right now that's why he took the rest of

his French toast with him and he hit the

road it's just nice because at our house

he would never be able to do this so

it's nice that we have this place where

we can actually have more time with

Joel

Jo

always when you try to see the

I'm afraid to know what this is going to

say no way awesome are you

doing you guys oh my

God you want it upstairs you didn't have

to do

all did you know about this I have no

idea what's going on right now it's so

nice thank

you these are

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perfect look what a

rock brother and Mama do you want to get

changed on there you do you can change

your diaper and a rocking chair these

are the two things I still need for the

baby thank you take him

upstairs oh my goodness want to have a

try on it I do look how perfect that

is

should is

excellent

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so Leo this for baby geek

whoa this is perfect guys thank you so

much oh my gosh I love it has a little

diaper Paddy and everything you can

unhook it from there and put it wherever

you want you didn't want to go this is

amazing you ready my feet up have the

baby

tomorrow stay in there stay in there

we're not

ready then open up my

eyes if you're gone I'll take it as a

sign but if you stay then baby home me

time and send me off with the words of a

l

[Applause]

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the words

of

youer way come that with two of

you you to we're so proud at you oh

if I didn't known that when that was

babysitting I wouldn't spank you so

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me happy

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birthday me off with the words of

a I have so many memories of cooking and

baking with my mom my entire child hood

and like my aunts and just like having

big meals for lots of family and that's

something I miss so much and I'm

so just in shock that I'm so lucky to

have found that in Trent family and

having everybody here today and me and

Jill and Jennifer and Gloria are all

cooking together in the kitchen and just

like laughing and just like so regular

but so special to me and I'm so excited

to be able to do that more often in this

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house we've only had this house for

about 2 weeks and to be honest we don't

even really know what our long-term

plans are here whether we're going to

like flip this house after we renovate

it or what we're going to do with it but

while we have it we are going to use it

baby for right now our video content

isn't really going to change that much

since we're not going to start working

on this for probably another year or so

it's true but this house is going to

give us a really nice rest from being up

in the mountains and I think make us

more excited and rejuvenated for while

we are working up there because the

burnout can get very very real and when

we remove the Windows if the bedrooms

aren't done and there's nowhere to sleep

where it's not like contained from the

outside we may be sleeping down here

during that time period so who knows but

uh we just want to bring you guys up to

speed we want to let you guys know that

we love you thank you guys so much for

watching please jump down in the

comments and let us know what you think

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