Answering Your Assumptions and Questions | WRAP PRESENTS WITH ME AND THE BOYS
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- Wrap presents with me and the boys as we answer your assumptions and questions about us. We are grateful you're here to continue to celebrate the holidays with us!
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Bennett looks so much like his Dad… I never realized how much until this video. Hunter looks just like you.
Bennett does look exactly like Mark and Hunter looks a lot like me. Weston is a perfect mixture of the two of us. We will see who Everett favors as he gets older but I think he might look a lot like Hunter!
@@ThisAlaskaLife beautiful children regardless Lauren. I love watching you all interact together. Definitely a family who love and respect each other.
I always lose my scissors, tape, or pen to write on the gift tags when I wrap presents. Half the time I wrap on my bed, and they fall on the floor and under the bed where I finally find them. Cousins gifts are a great idea. It is nice to have that extended family so close.
The scissors, tape and pen really have a way of running off during wrapping! Thank you so much for watching!!
At 11:48 “what I would like to happen is that I Would have twin girls so they would have each other!”
LAUREN, ask and you shall receive!!!! Yes & AMEN! I was like oh my gosh I have to comment this!!!! lol 😂❤😂❤😂❤
“We’d probably have 5 kids by now if Covid didn’t happen”. I get that statement so much. We found out we were pregnant in January of 2020 and it was about 6 months earlier than we had planned. But if it didn’t happen then we probably wouldn’t have tried because of Covid. We know Heavenly Father made that decision for us because he knew we had to do it then or not at all.
Thank goodness God stepped in! Crazy to look back on how things fall into place
I love that your kids have such great palates. Its nice to see kids trying new things
They really are good eaters. Not sure what we did right for that to happen but we do give them lots of opportunities to eat good food from a very young age. Happy New Year Colleen!
I’ve been binge watching your channel since I found it, it’s easy to see you all are down to earth. It’s also easy to see that you all truly love each other. You’re a wonderful mother and wife and Mark seems to be a wonderful father and husband.
Hi Hunter, dream big young man, being a Pilot can be an awesome career and take you on many adventures. So glad you like getting presents and cards from us viewer's and we have loved making Friends with you also. Thankyou for allowing Mum to be in her office and for understanding that it does take time away from you. I also loved Social Studies at school but Math not so much. Thankyou for sharing 🙂
I will make sure to pass on the sentiments to Hunter! Fun to listen to his dreams!
Yes to all things organization! How was it adapting back to the cold after the warmth of Hawaii? Thanks for making such fun videos. You Alaskan's certainly keep things interesting! Kudos to Hunter! What a sweet kid, with such a great outlook. He looks so much like you.
Hello! Coming back to the cold was fine, the dark was a bit shocking after so much sun. We have been so busy since the moment we got home I have hardly been outside or even stopped to take a breath. Such is life sometimes! Thanks for being here!
I'm watching this for the first time now.....what a prediction Lauren!
We love your present wrapping with each of the boys. 😊
How sweet you predicted in this video that you would like to have twin girls!! 👯♂️
Hi Lauren and family thank you for opening your heart to us thank you for sharing your light your life and your adventures as you kno im disabled and your Costco Hauls enable me to see the magic that happens their
Denise, we are so grateful you're here and enjoy our videos. Happy New Year friend!
@@ThisAlaskaLife Happy knew year Lauren and family I do hope this year brings everything you hoped for and much more
My rabbits Watsitt and Cocoa send their love as well
I haven't had to wrap any presents in a few years, but boy, this made me tired just watching you wrap all of yours. Enjoyed hearing all the answers from the kids and yourself.
I'm not sure what happened, my Christmas card never made it to you or yours never made it to me? My heart and my prayers were with you on Christmas Eve & Christmas Day. Looking forward to seeing the Hamm family Celebrate Christmas, the birth of baby Jesus.
Great vlog today, thank you!!! 🌼
Yours made it but didn’t have a return address, just your name and state. Can you email me at thisalaskalifefamily@gmail.com with your address so I can get one out to you!! I have a message to you in a future video asking for your address but I don’t know if I will ever get through all the footage I have waiting!!
You have such a great family! I hope you all had a merry Christmas. Can't wait to see what the kids got this year (including Luna).
Such a great video to get to know you all better. I chuckled when your son (I think it was Hunter)said that one of the negatives of filming is being quiet because of his three brothers and then he pointed to Everett needing some assistance from Mom. 😊💕. Your boys are very mature and understand a lot. Of course, they are still rambunctious boys too which is great. Boy mom here too. You are so much more patient than I was when my sons were little (youngest is 16 now). Just think of what your Costco bill will be with teens. It’s all good though! It’s all fun stages and you have hunters and fishermen so you’ll be good with proteins. Love your channel!
Thank you Pamela! I am not always patient with them but I try my best! They are 100% boys and I try to enjoy all the crazy along with their sweetness! The Costco bill is going to be quite large I imagine as they continue to grow and eat more and more! Thanks you so much for being part of this community!
That lil Everett can eat😂😂😂😂
Everett and all his energy!! Does he just crash when he’s tired. Being the littlest he has a lot to say and talk about.
He does have so much energy. I am grateful that after a few books and songs he is out at night. Thanks for watching!!
Hi Everett, we love your Mum so much also, she is a very special Mum and no one would ever replace her. We also like you going to Costco with Mum you are a wonderful helper. I think you would make an excellent Dr, the world has so much waiting for you to see, explore and learn so grab life with all that energy you have little man. Thankyou for sharing ❤
Hi Lauren, Weston, Bennett, Everette, Hunter & Mark, This Alaska Life! I'm glad you and Mark made it back home safe! I enjoyed watching this video! Another great video!
Thanks Bernice! It is nice to be home! Happy New Year!
@@ThisAlaskaLife You're welcome, Lauren! Happy New Year!
Thank you very much, Lauren!
How fun! Love the balloon waterfall! Love your huge island! I would love to have it for baking. I love how you displayed the food! And I loved the game selections! I loved it all! What a great idea❤️💖
happy holidays and happy new year!!! to Lauren and fam!!! love you!!❤ hugs and kisses!!!
Happy new year!! Love from Alaska!
Loved this video. I watched it a few days after you posted but I always enjoy every one of you videos. No matter what the content, every video is amazing. Happy New Year and all the best to you in 2022 🤗
Thank you so much! That means a lot! We are grateful you’re here! Happy New Year!
Wow what a video. I’m so glad I know you guys a bit better now💜
It was a lot! I am glad you enjoyed getting to know us a bit!
Why is it when your wrapping presents the scissors always walk across the room. I can't believe you held it together wrapping and answering questions. This was so much fun. I bet you learned a lot. I always think that in answering a question about yourself you have a clearer vision of what's important. It pays to be flexible because things change. I think FAITH is a good foundation. Having a means to check in with who you are is a great practice. Thanks for sharing. Can't Wait to see Weston play Chess. That is a great camping activity
Thanks Marcella! The boys are ALL loving the new chess set. It has been a fun addition to our Christmas break, that and trying to solve Rubix cubes. Having to answer questions is a good way to check in and reflect. I love looking back and seeing God's hand in it all!
I really love how you said that, watching God's hand in it all. You said that in the video, thanks for reminding me. I don't know how many times I fall and that comes to my mind. But when I hear someone else say it , it reminds me how much I love to hear those words. That would be a great quote on a sign. So humbling
Hi I loved this, you have such a warming voice, the boys are so lovely joining in, hope you all the bestest Christmas 🤶🏻🥰😊👍
Thank you! Thanks for being here and Happy New Year!!
Hello Lauren and family i so enjoy watching your video
Thanks so much! I am glad you enjoyed spending time with us!
Hi Weston, l bet you are really good at ice skating and snow boarding, recess, play time and making friends is awesome, l was never very good at Math so l never liked it very much at school and much preferred PE! You are doing so good at reading. Keep on being you and enjoy all those fun outside activities. Thankyou for sharing.
I loved hearing the story of how you and Mark met 🙂 also enjoyed hearing the kids answer all the questions. They seemed to really enjoy it
Glad you enjoyed it! We had a nice time! Thanks for being here!
Hoping you all had a Very Mery Christmas. Stay safe and will be waiting for the next volg.
Thank you! Happy New Year!
Y’all are awesome. Everett is the best blog videographer 😉😊
I had 5 boys. I always wished I had one more so the baby would have a close in age sibling. I think the boys would love to have one or two more siblings. Thanks for sharing y’all’s lives with us. Hope all is well.
Everett really loves talking to his friends on the camera! Time will tell if we have any other siblings, I am number 6 in my family and I feel like I might be missing out we don't have at least one more
Yes I would like to see purge and re-organize please 😊
Yes I would love to see you organize and purge your house
Good to know! I cannot wait to get some projects going!
I always enjoy watching your sweet boys. Happy new year.
Happy new year! Thank you so much for being here!
I truly enjoyed how y'all meet each other 🥰 and I enjoyed the question you and the boys answered, you have amazing family ❤❤❤❤🌲🌲🎁🎁❄❄☃️☃️☃️ All your kids are sweet but Everett blowing kisses is precious 💖
Thank you Tarra! So glad you enjoyed spending time with us. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Lauren, I feel like I can be honest with you,I am in need of prayer in a really bad way.My husband died very sudden and unexpectedly on December 23 at age 51.I feel sooo lost.I know I will get through this I just need a little extra strength.Prayer is powerful and you can never have enough. Thank you for being out there for all of us that watch you faithfully. God Bless you and your wonderful family.
Oh Robin, my heart break for you. I will pray for you, thank you for reaching out. I am so sorry for his sudden death, I am sure you are in shock. My deepest condolences and sympathy to you and your family. Much love and prayers from Alaska ❤️
Robin l deeply saddened for the sudden loss of your Husband, l hope that you may feel the love and prayers coming from Australia to you at this horrible time, please be kind to yourself and take things minute by minute, hour by hour and day by day as you grieve 🙏
@@brilliantbutblue Thank you so much for the kind words,love and prayers.It is so hard right now but knowing that I have support out there makes me feel not so alone.Thanks again
Merry Christmas Lauren and family!
Thanks Jackie! We're grateful you're here.
Fast forward a year and you said twin girls. ❤ and now you're almost to the end of your pregnancy with your sweet baby girl. ❤
What a nice video. It was nice getting to know you all better🙋
Also I am glad to know that we are not the only ones to wrap a gift for the cat 😆
Yes, didn't want to leave Luna out! Glad you enjoyed spending time with us!
We wrap gifts for our Bunny Benjamin, every time he sees a gift for someone's Birthday or Christmas he thinks it's for him lol. Pets are totally part of the family!
Love watching the family
Thanks Vicki! Glad you enjoyed it!
Happy Holidays! Very informative...
Happy New Year! Thanks for being here!
Ha ha… such similar stories. Do you want to come see my hockey game? Yeah my Dad loves hockey!!!🤣🤣🤣🤦🏻♀️. Guess we’re Daddy’s girls through and through!
It's the truth! AND they need to get along with Dad or we would have a problem!! HAHAHA
Take us along for your purging and organizing maybe it would give me some ideas
kisses to your fam!! Lauren!
Thank you for the love Andrea!
Are you comfortable in a t shirt in your home. Fun activity. Long bus ride. Good job Grandma with the gifts.
Interesting questions. What does ark do. It would. E nice to have a doctor in the family. Your are kind hearted people.
11:35 and you're getting your twin girls, how amazing is that!
I love your channel. Your boys seem so well behaved. And i love that you are Christians. Im 60 and i think You and Mark are super Cool..lol
Thanks for being so supportive! They are 100% normal kids with good and bad behavior but we try to focus on the good. I love them so much! Thanks for watching!!
I just went to my Costco in Canada and saw a few things from your video. I like your reviews on products
Hi Lauren I love the story on how you and Mark meet. You never had a honeymoon? Also you are wrapping presents but I didn’t see you put any names on the gifts?
Our honeymoon was driving from Utah to Alaska after my student teaching. We drove the California coast and took the Ferry from Canada to Alaska. It was great! I used different paper for each kid and made piles, later I put their names on them!
Hi from Michigan love your shows I'm Lin
I love Everett and Hunter but don't feel like I have gotten to know the middle kids...Love your videos...Thanks for all of your work! I am so sorry about your brother Hugs!!! You are amazing...Can you speak on why hot chocolate (caffeine) is ok as opposed to coffee? Everett brightens my days :)
Thanks for watching! I will try and make sure we see all the kids throughout the year! Thanks for your kind words about my brother. His death and funeral are some of my first vivid memories as a child. They left a big impression on me, even at such a young age. Tea and coffee are what are specified in the Word of Wisdom ( the revelation to our church on what foods to avoid) because of their addictive properties. You can read more about it here if you are interested www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/true-to-the-faith/word-of-wisdom?lang=eng Thank you so much for being here.
Found your channel 2 days ago...... and I'm hooked,, can't stop watching....your Costco shopping hauls interest me because in my small country St. Vincent & the Grenadines, West Indies, a similar store was recently opened (first of it's kind), so I'm quite curious to see the items and costs. You're a virtuous woman with a lovely family, love you Everett ❤ ......Btw, your house is absolutely beautiful!!
Welcome!! So glad you found us. Happy shopping in your new store. Happy New Year!
My mom worked really hard for retirement. She wanted to travel after retirement. She got hurt on the job just a few years before retirement. She is severely and permanently disabled. She can't go anywhere she wanted to. She wasted her whole life working toward something she could never enjoy.
My husband got injured on the job at the age of 31 (just 4 years after my mom) and became totally disabled. Thankfully we were able to travel with his work. But our life is very limited with his disability.
Through this God has really brought to light the verse that says do not put off for tomorrow what you can do today. Or don't say tomorrow I will go, for you do not know what tomorrow holds.
Since this I have met many people who worked their whole life and never made it and were so full of regret. I always tell people to live for today. Because tomorrow isn't promised
Watching you wrap reminds me of myself 🤣🤣🤣
Nothing fancy but I got the job done!! Thanks for watching!
Lauren l am so sorry for the loss of your brother Brad, what an awful thing to go through at such a young age and a terrible loss for your parents, thankyou for sharing this with us. I can totally relate to the bond with your Dad, my Dad is my entire reason for living and we are both very much alike, he has shaped who l am today through his gentle calm parenting. I treasure every single moment with him as l am sure you do also. Gosh you have dated more guys than l have lol and yet here l am single🤭. I really enjoyed this video and getting to know you and the boys more. Thankyou 🥰
Thank you Vanessa. His passing is my first vivid memory as a child. I actually remember a lot from that time and I hold it close. Moving to Alaska really brought me and my Dad close and I am really grateful for it. He became my best friend when I had none. I know you can relate. I know your kindness and love make your dad proud. Lots of love ❤️
And... I dated 4 guys at college. None of them compared to Mark by a long shot but I learned so much from each of them that I was prepared to meet Mark and recognize how special he was!! Only one was a total jerk so I consider myself lucky! 😂
Hi Bennett, Vanessa says she has seen snow, we had a family winter chalet at Mt Buller and also l have been to Whistler in Canada a few times for a skiing holiday. Thankyou for asking.🙂
We constantly talk about you and Sarah around here as if we are lifelong family. We have confused a lot of people when we talk about our friends from CZcams, we are so grateful!
Do you wrap everything all on the same night?? Or do you do some wrapping off and on for a couple of days ?? Your boys are all so adorable?? 🎄🎅🏼🎁🎅🏼🎄🎁☃️☃️
It just depends. This year I did almost all of it in one night. Mark had a few gifts to wrap another night and i helped the kids wrap one night.
I love your videos
Enjoyed the video ❤
Awesome! Thank you!
I was surprised Everett wants to be a doctor, and not a train or truck driver😂😂 Hope he achieves his dream.❤️
We will see what happens over time! The doctor thing was new to me!!
Aww. That’s the question I was gonna ask... if you will have more children and if you ever wanted a girl... how sweet that would be? But she would have all those big brothers. Lol. Hunter seems so sweet and kind and humble and smart. 🥰
Time will tell. If we do have another kid I would be happy with a boy or girl but a girl could be really fun!
My Daughter was baby number 6 and had 5 big brothers, l can confidently say she adored having those boys looking after her and they have added so much value to her life and truly made her who she is a very confident young lady.
Oh our Costco does sell the Carmel chocolates Macadamias yumo .
Would love some xx
I found the carmels at our checkout lane too. Look into those Gummie Bears she picks up. Those are soft and the flavors are Adult friendly. I put a bag in for Friends who have no Family. And my Priests, a little something to munch on while writing homilies. But they are additive.
YUM!
Those gummy bears are the best but you are right, they are addictive! So soft and such great flavors. That reminds me, I bought some for Christmas, now where did I put them??? That and the Toberlerone bars never made it out???? Mark gets Russian Christmas off because a lot of the Alaska Natives are Russian Orthodox so we will have to find all the presents I hid and bring them out for that I guess!!
I live in Brisbane Australia love so we don’t have them ,they look so good ,plus not sure what the gummies are love x
i assumed trucks delivered through Canada
I love your hoodie! Where can I get one?
Just found your Chanel and was going through to learn. I was born in Richmond, Virginia and moved when I was 14 and found my husband here in MD. Where in Va are you from?
what gift has Luna liked the most?
Hi, hope you guys are doing well. I have a question, is your son saying, “tikka masala”? The food he doesn’t like. Sending loads of love :)
Hello! We are doing well, thank you. He is saying that he prefers the "tikka masala" with chicken instead of halibut. He loves seafood but doesn't like it when I make the Costco Tikka Masala (we most likely were pronouncing it wrong) with fish. Thanks for watching!
Do you have polar bears there. They are one of my favorite animals.
I'm a boy mom too. People always assumed we wanted a girl. Not so. I always wanted boys. I don't know why people always think this 🤔
Oh my goodness, how do you remember which present is whose without name tags? My husband does all the wrapping, after I put them in a box. Then I add the name tags. That was so funny when Everett said that he didn’t want a girl- he didn’t want another mommy. 🥰 thanks for the chat. Yes Jesus Christ is our Lord and Savior.
I kept them in plies and used specific paper and then I wrote on them as I took them upstairs. I only had a few minutes alone so I decided to not waste time looking for a pen and labels. You never know what is going to come out of the mouth of a 4 year old! Merry Christmas
have you ever been to Barrow?
Q: will you get another cat?
I always put wrapping off until the last possible minute. It’s the only part of Christmas I really dislike
I am terrible at wrapping. And I don't have a huge space or table to wrap on. My Dad would recycle old paper by cutting into smaller pieces so they were ready for next year. He had them labeled small medium and large. He would tell my Mom what they were low on. They store it with the Christmas decorations. They had 14 kids. They had to have a system. And they waited. But my Dad had a workshop in the basement. He took off the week of Christmas. No one went downstairs. He would stay down there for hours listening to Christmas music. The only time he came up was when we were jumping and running so hard, he could see the floor boards shake. He loved that job.
I love that story Marcella!
Would love to know name of other channels.
Awesome video! Did the Holy Ghost teach you how to wrap presents? 🙏🏻 🎁
Nope, the Holy Ghost helps with lots of things but gift wrapping is not one of them. 😏
Just wondering if you got the names mixed up on the presents ? Lol
One more thing ! Was you surprised by some of the answers to the questions?
Children surprise you sometimes !
BE SAFE AND GOD BLESS
I kept everyone’s presents in the same paper and stacked them in a pile and then labeled them before I took them upstairs! Thankfully no mixups.
Don’t you put names on packages when you wrap them. How do you remember who they are for?
I color coded them this year by paper and put them in piles. When I went to put them under the tree I put the names on yhem
@@ThisAlaskaLife I really enjoy your blogs. I live in Pennsylvania
@@cathyleeper1365 thank you so much for being here and watching, we are so grateful.
The difference between you and other CZcamsrs is the fact that your husband did not quit his job and concentrate in making his income on CZcams. People need to take that as an example instead of showing and praising people who only rely on CZcams and then take advantage of their kids to make money off of them. You don’t do that. Also, when there are times when a family is up or down, that is being a real family and not a fake family that a lot of people on CZcams portray. Therefore, you’re doing a great job. As for Everett, he was pure entertainment when it comes to going to that Sam’s or Costco.
i assume that it’s harder to be poor in a cold climate than a warm one
What grade are the kids in
6th , 4th, 2nd, preschool
I don’t see you putting name tags on the gifts. How do you who gets what ?? Sorry for all the ???
I did each kids presents in the same colored paper and stacked them in a pile. Then when I went to take them upstairs I put names on them. I only had a short window to wrap and didn't want to waste if finding a pen and stickers.
11:48 did you realize that you wished for twin girls?
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