 sleeping in his own bed in his own room you have a good night oh it's gonna be a good day such a good day yeah I wanted to show you our plans for our countertop now I've shown you those panels are those pieces that I bought already right the 370 inch pieces of butcher block we're gonna be putting new counters in here sometime this summer I have an uncle who did this for a living as a career and he's going to hopefully be able to make sure that I don't mess it up he already gave me some really good pointers so I think I know what I'm doing already I have to go and get them cut I want to get them cut by a professional who cuts countertops regularly so that I do it right you don't want to mess up those cuts because if you mess that up the whole thing's garbage right our countertops are gonna be starting from here so we're gonna shave this off just a little bit there because this is just a piece coming out the cupboard actually ends right here so we don't need this piece the reason I want to do that is so that we can move this fridge in a little bit closer to this and because it sticks out on this side the countertops will go from here around here sorry you guys who have kids know there's always dishes speaking of dishes I do have the dishwasher installed I did it myself pretty proud of myself actually I had never installed a dishwasher before now I know how to install a dishwasher and it works great so the countertops are gonna extend past here to the stove here and then what we're thinking of it this is just our pantry right we're thinking of building cabinets below here and up above here and then using the rest of our countertops because I think we'll have enough to put another counter in here we'll see we also have the window right here too right so it may just be like a smaller little countertop on the corner that's just about as deep as that that's the plan anyways so small house it's it gets cluttered very easily that's why we have plans to buy a bigger house but we're trying to be smart about it and make sure we save up a massive down payment so that we won't be broke after buying a house so we can afford to furnish it and live and still going vacations sometimes maybe Disney World once every year two or three you know so that we have money to do fun stuff and not just every single dollar we have goes into our mortgage payment right interest rates are going crazy right now inflation's going crazy if you're watching this far in the future this is 2023 I don't know what the future holds maybe it'll get better maybe it'll get worse we're just sort of holding tight right now and saving all the money we can so eventually we'll have a bigger house right that'll be in a couple of years for now we're making do with what we have this is a very small very affordable house right very affordable house right now it's cheaper than rent and we own it so there's no reason to move we don't need the extra space right now we want it once we have another child or two there's gonna come a point where we need it I want to be prepared for that point yeah the countertops are gonna extend over this what I did was I like I've told you past videos I secured this dishwasher to the floor to the subfloor so that we can still use it right so it's operational I just need to put the countertop over here and it'll be nice butcher block all the way around we'll keep the same sink that's fine I would like to have a unless if unless if we find something nicer and we want to spend the money into it I want to be careful what money we do spend into this house course we're already doing our bathtub in our bathroom our next no this month actually in a couple of weeks shoot yeah we're getting that redone so pick and choose where we invest money into it because we know we're only gonna be here for another couple of years so anyway yeah that's the plan this is all just baby stuff all just baby drying rack dirty baby bottles and stuff that need to be washed yet this actually needs to go to the baby I was just warming that up he's hungry at least he was five minutes ago it's nice and warm but not too warm good speaking of the baby Theo Theo look what I got oh are you telling me you're hungry because you were a second ago what do you think yeah just looking in amazement and wonder okay let's get your bib on let's feed you Britt is still sleeping when I'm at home I'm on baby duty and that's her chance to just relax and take it easy so I'll let her sleep as long as she wants to we went to bed pretty late already so she's probably awake already just you know relaxing in the bedroom I'm pretty sure she's probably wake already but that's okay let's take care of business out here can you see it right behind that pole says on terrible I mean sorry no I read it wrong says Ontario welcome to Ontario welcome to Ontario and we're in a personal vehicle it feels so weird driving down this road in a personal vehicle and not in a truck we're going to Brits mom's boyfriend's cabin we're gonna go check it out he has a cabin in the canora area there and we're taking Theo with us to go see it Brits just inside it taking a rest break a little man is sleeping he sleeps just like any other baby on road trips but if he realizes we're stopped he gets very mad he likes to be driving he's my kid he likes the sound of the tires humming down the road so we're just going up for the day cottage country out here is just two hours from where we live so it's not too long of a trek we're talking about it you know we would love to have a cabin out here one day we're thinking like distant future right now we're focusing on buying a new house and once we get a house you know pay it off and let the kids grow up a bit then maybe one day for lucky we can have a cabin out here that'd be so nice just to be able to just have somewhere to go on the weekends have a boat go fishing until then we can always rent you know there's lots of Airbnb cabins around here you go on Airbnb you can rent a whole cabin for however long we might start doing that next summer once he's a little bit bigger that should be fun for now I'm just looking forward to getting in the water I haven't been in the water this year yet you can see them all dressed up for the occasion I got the palm trees out and everything I'm ready to get in the water this rest area we're at right now we've stopped here many times on the other side with the trucks park this is the car side I've never been on the side before actually feel kind of special we stopped here all the time we're just inside of Ontario from Manitoba so we got about another half hour to go or so to the Canora area there and it's all two lane highway but the four lane is coming along just well here very well here we're gonna have a four lane highway all up to the Manitoba border and then it's Manitoba's turn to four lane it it's probably about maybe a 10 mile stretch from the Ontario border to where it's already four lane and we'll have a four lane highway all the way from like Winnipeg actually the four lane goes all the way to BC then but anyways from us where we live four lane all the way to cottage country that'll be nice because this two lane road gets so busy in summertime so many people from Winnipeg have their cabins out here it's sort of sort of like you know Wisconsin in the summertime all the people from Illinois coming into Wisconsin plugging up all the highways it's the same thing here all the people from Manitoba coming into Ontario plugging up all the roads so it's a good thing that they're widening it they needed a lot of traffic and when you're driving a truck and you're trying to make good time like I do during the week it's very annoying because everybody's on vacation like we are right now no rush you know having a good time meanwhile the truckers are like we want to go Ontario is like Blue Lake I think maybe slightly further but I guess Knorr, because Knorr is not very far in. It's two days of driving down this little big civilization. Provinces are much bigger than states. Thankfully it's not too busy going into cottage country right now because it's it's a Tuesday it's busy coming out though as you can see people are all going home. Suckers. Well we're kind of the suckers we we don't get stay the night or anything it's just a day thing I wish we could but you know puppies you carry four so okay the more I bring her out here the more she talks about how we should have a cottage. Well it was within five minutes across in the border honey. I know. It didn't take much convincing. For a drive in Ontario. I love Ontario we always when I was a kid we always went camping at West Hawk which is still on the Manitoba side right yeah and just at the border though kind of and then Blue Lake where our main camping spots pretty much grew up there in the summers so I'm really really wanting Theo and whatever future children we have as well to grow up doing lots of camping and hiking and swimming and building those core memories like I have. True Manitoba childhood. Yep. Winters are brutal but summers are camping cottages, lakes, fishing. That's what you do when you're Manitoba. Absolutely. I mean the West side is a little different. Yeah. This is life here it's just like that's why I say we're so similar to Minnesota even Wisconsin. Very similar. Summers are all about lakes and swimming. Yeah. Yeah. We will do everything in our power to make sure that Theo gets a taste of that at least even if it's just renting cabbets and just pulling our little trailer to spots we'll do it. For the first time today Trekker Josh drove a jet ski on his first boat ride. Yeah. He slept through 75% of it. Chill baby. She's like yeah I'm cool. Just hanging out on relaxation. Relaxation. Better than a day at the spa. Yeah. Cheaper too. Well for us not for the people who own it or they're at their winter homes or at their other summer homes. Anybody who's anybody around Winnipeg like whether it be any child players or big business tycoons or just rich people or wealthy people in general that's where they go for their leisure time. They have cabbets on Lake of the Woods and Cottage Country. We're here in like Falcon Lake but they go in this general area so there's a lot of very influential people in the area. You all thought you knew who number one mom was. No now you know.