[Matt] Previously on Little People, Big World...
Are you ready for three against one?
I'm going on a three-night trip to California.
-[Jackson] Papa. -I know, hang on. I'm trying to wipe the poop.
[Zach] Jackson, are you ready to roll?
Lilah, find your shoes.
It is like, okay, you know, you're diving in for three days of, like, who knows what.
[Lilah crying and screaming]
Hey, hey, hey.
Nice. Let's go.
[Matt] And that's just our bedroom door.
[Caryn] Aren't you supposed to, like,
-carry me across the threshold or something? -[Matt laughing] Yeah.
[Caryn] The house is the next step in our relationship.
So I'm excited about it.
[Matt] Look at the view.
[Caryn] I think I'm gonna cry! That is so beautiful!
-Are you? -Yeah, I'm, I'm very excited about that, yes.
Anywho, charity event.
[Amy] Chris and I were thinking about putting on
a small little charity function
and Matt offered the farm up
to, uh, host the event.
We can always have music from like 7:00 to 9:00.
I don't wanna get into having to get lights, though.
Be better if it wrapped before dark.
That is the longest day.
Okay, let's just do it.
Amy, she can cross that line
from micro-manager to dictator
and you just fasten your seat belt.
That's his farm now.
-Who's gonna be in charge? -Me. Me.
[upbeat instrumental music playing]
[motor whirring]
[Amy] What are you doing?
It always loses-- The tires lose air over the winter,
so that's the first thing I have to do
and walked around, checked nuts and bolts, everything seems to be okay.
So nice enough to ride, you think?
I think so. For a short ride, maybe up to the farm.
All right.
It's just about warm enough to take the bike out.
Still a lot to do at the fundraiser, but we're gonna take a break.
And just go to the farm and, uh, check out
the latest progress on Matt's house.
Okay, I'll get the key fob
and then, uh, see if she starts up and if so, let's...
-Hey, am I ready for this? -...go for a cruise.
[Amy] I don't really have a need or a desire
to check out the house
that Matt's building on the farm.
For him to wanna go over and see the house,
it's interesting to Chris.
Okay. To me, it's pretty bland.
I am pretty much just going for the ride and for him.
Thought I had the key on me, but I...
Key for what?
Uh... the bike, I thought...
I thought it was in here but...
-...it's not. -Oh, dear.
You may not be able to...
[cackles] If you lost the key...
I didn't lose it.
It's in the house somewhere.
-[chuckles] -Oh, dear.
[Amy] I don't know. Chris can't find the key to the motorcycle.
So someone who's very organized...
See, that would be an Amy moment, not a Chris.
So, it is best that I say nothing to him.
I'm sure if it happened to me, he would say stuff.
"Well, you know, that's what happens. You're not organized.
Look at your office."
We'll see. Maybe I should go help.
But see, he likes being in his moment, you know.
I don't know.
That's a tricky one with him.
Do you think in your office anywhere?
I just checked, dear.
[Amy] Oh, dear!
Well, obviously, I looked there.
You know, see, he doesn't say thank you!
He just goes like, "What a... what a moron!"
But...
-I know what he's thinking. -Well, hey, I never... I never say that out loud.
This is all my stuff in here.
I am running out of places.
That is so weird.
It was kind of fun to see him
'cause he, he got kind of flustered.
-[Amy] And frustrated. -And I don't like being in that position.
Oh!
My riding pants.
-Could be in my riding-- -See?
That's why you keep saying things 'cause you never know what'll spark!
I don't know where, where those are at.
Do you have any idea where those are it?
-Where did you put all that-- -Possibly this big bin that says 'MC' on it.
For 'motorcycle'.
Ha!
What do you mean 'ha'? I told you to look everywhere.
[Chris chuckles]
-Oh, gee, mothers. -Ah!
-I helped a lot. -You did.
-Because we would not have been able to go on this ride
-if I didn't get your brain... -All right.
...thinking in a different direction.
I would be lost without you.
I know, see? Isn't that the truth?
All right, let's get our gear. We can do this.
[Amy] Okay.
[upbeat instrumental music playing]
[Caryn] I actually like this look better.
That's perfect.
[Chris] I was surprised that they got
all of the walls up so quick.
Just a few days ago, there was just the foundation.
He's obviously had some good contractors working on it
and it should go quickly.
-[Chris] Knock knock, who's that? -[Matt] Hey, there they are!
-[Caryn] Hey, guys! -[Chris] How you doin'?
It's gonna be fun to watch the process from here on out.
-You guys are on the bike? -[Amy] Yeah.
-[Chris] Yeah, well... -Oh, great day for it!
-[Chris] How's your day going? -Terrible.
-[Caryn chuckles] -[Chris] Why?
There's so many decisions
that it's drivin' us-- me, absolutely bonkers.
She's a good decision-maker. But I don't like the decisions she comes up with.
[Chris, Caryn and Matt laughing]
Been there, done that.
[Matt] And Jim here is like
saying you've got to decide
because he's building the house faster than we're able to...
-[Chris] Make decisions? -...I'm able-- Yeah.
-[Chris laughs] -Are they your worst
nightmare for a home?
At this rate, we're gonna go from an eight-month build to two years.
[Chris] Oh, yeah?
[Amy] Matt has a lot of great ideas.
But the process of working with him or being with him
can be very exhausting, you know.
He's often made changes,
switched it up, last-minute, you know, you're all...
gung-ho to do something or go here
or whatever, this way, and then,
you gotta radically shift.
I think that's the frustrating thing, so yeah,
been there, done that.
Amy, I gotta show you the kitchen plan.
-Do you, now? -Yeah.
Tell me what you'd do different. There's our kitchen.
-[Caryn sighs] -Yeah, that's not a bad idea.
-Yeah, because... -[Chris] 'Cause we're gonna have to remodel
whatever kitchen we get.
Why would I wanna look at this?
I don't know, because we're trying
-to make decisions, yeah. -What for?
[Chris] Fair.
Amy, what's interesting about this house
is it has a double kitchen.
What the hell do you need such a big kitchen for?
[Matt chuckles]
What the hell do we need such a big, giant house for?
[Amy] I mean, do you like to cook?
-[Matt] No. -[Caryn] No!
-[Amy] And you're not. -[Caryn] We're hoping to cook in the kitchen
just to get a view.
So why such a big kitchen?
[Matt] The small kitchen, see, this is all low here--
But you're never cooking in here.
[Matt] Maybe.
[Caryn] No, the oven, he's...
he's getting the oven basically on the floor.
[Amy] Well, when Matt asked me to look at the model,
that is just like opening up a can of worms.
It's like, this is your house, this is yours and Caryn's house.
Caryn should happy-- be having this input.
I, being the ex, no.
I'm not getting myself involved in that.
-I mean, wanna see the house? -Yeah.
-Let's see it real quick. -[Matt] Yeah, come check this out real quick.
It'll give you some ideas if you guys ever build.
When Amy is a little salty and a little gruff,
I don't even notice it anymore.
She's not gonna come out and pat me on the back, say,
"Hey, Matt, good, you finally built the house you wanted," you know.
-You know. -I thought she was just fine.
-She was genuine. She was Amy. She didn't do anything wrong. -Yeah.
She went along better than expected that
-she actually came and saw it, so good for her. -Yeah.
[Chris] Just kind of watch where you walk.
Sometimes, with so many construction sites on this farm.
Yeah, I bet you have.
Amy, I'll give you a quick little tour.
[Amy] Not the stuff that I went through.
Seeing the construction site now,
there's less stress because, you know, we had little kids.
And we're living in half a house, it's not even a house.
It's bare walls or studs or whatever it is,
and we're freezing half the time, and, you know, night and day,
I look at what's happening now, this is so much easier.
'Cause you're still living someplace else
and you can come, "Oh yeah, let's do this, let's do that."
[Caryn] The dining room had a bar
that wrapped around the corner.
How many times have I changed that, Jim?
And I wanted to wall it in.
At least five.
-Yeah. -[Jim and Matt chuckle]
"We're doing the wall." "No, we're not."
What are we doing?
[Matt] We're not doing the wall.
-Right, Caryn? -Whatever you want.
-[Jim laughing] -So, wait a minute. How is it working with him?
You are a saint to still be here.
I am, yeah.
-Focused. -Yes. Yeah.
[Matt laughs]
-Nope. -Hasn't changed.
[Amy] He and Caryn will get the house
that, you know, they kind of want, or Matt wants,
and Caryn is, you know, definitely being a part of it and everything.
But, uh, if I never walked through the house,
I would be okay, too.
It's not like I desired and wanted to.
But I pretty much went along with, you know, with Chris.
I'm glad you guys aren't throwing blows, you know.
Oh, that's all just starting.
[Amy] That's all she can handle.
She came to rescue me from Jim.
-[Matt and Chris chuckle] -[Chris] Right.
He wants me to pick the bathtub, so I got my work cut out for me.
Oh! Well, you know he's going to change it. Don't have to--
-[Caryn] Right. -[Matt] Yeah.
[upbeat instrumental music playing]
[Tori] Lilah, get outta there.
Can it be like summertime already
and just, everyone wears dresses all the time?
[Zach] Next week, it's gonna be 72.
Seventy-two?
Yeah, Jackson goes to school everyday, kindergarten,
'cause there's more time to spend with Josiah and Lilah.
-We've only had one soccer practice. -[Tori] I know.
-This weather keeps cancelling them. -He's got one-and-a-half.
We-- No, wasn't even a half, Tori.
-It's like five minutes. -[Tori chuckles]
[Zach] Torrential downpour.
You can get out.
[Zach] I am coaching Jackson's soccer team this spring.
And I'm excited.
Uh, soccer's my favorite sport.
What I obsessed over
in my childhood years and adolescence.
-Soccer's-- -And even now.
Yeah, soccer's my favorite sport.
Now he just obsesses about Jackson's soccer.
Yeah.
I'm trying to resist so hard not to take it too seriously.
-It does-- -It's not working.
What do you mean it's not working?
Babe, you talk about it everyday.
You're thinking about, like, "Where am I gonna play these kids?"
"How am I gonna make my kid look good?"
I'm not volunteering my time for free.
This is all about making Jackson look good.
[laughs]
How do I highlight his strengths and hide his shortcomings?
-Get it? [laughs] -Shortcomings? Pun intended.
[Zach] I want Jackson to be on a very good team,
and by coaching him, also I'm able to, you know, put him
in the best positions for him to succeed.
'Cause, like, Jackson's a good player.
He's our third-top goal-scorer.
But physically, he had some physical limitations that, me as a coach,
I was able to kind of help.
I do that with all the kids though, too, like,
there are certain kids that have strong points and weak points.
You wanna put everyone in positions
that they can feel good and succeed.
-Jackson's always gotta have a mindset. -[Lilah screams]
-Just gotta do the best he can do. -[Tori] Yeah.
[Zach] That's how I did it.
-[Lilah] Daddy... -Are you sure you don't wanna play soccer?
Lilah, do you want to get hit in the face with a soccer ball?
-That would hurt, huh? -Yeah.
-Ouch. -Hey, should we have a little team party?
Or we can just get some, like, snacks and like...
No, babe.
Think of how many parties you go to and there's snacks.
And then you're like, "Dang, I wish there was, like, actual food here."
You're gonna have people over, you gotta feed 'em.
We're gonna have a couple of Jackson's soccer friends over and their parents.
I think I'm gonna set up a soccer field for them and yeah,
when the kids come, you know, they can jump outside, play.
That's how friendships start for your kids.
If you want your kids to make friends,
you have to make friends.
Yeah. Yeah, Jackson and me will go pick up some food.
-[Zach] We'll do this party. -Okay.
-We'll do hamburgers, water, cheese, maybe some juice. -[Tori to Lilah] Too much now.
But if I'm cooking it though,
I don't really want you shopping.
Do you remember Jackson's first birthday party?
Do you recall?
I do recall.
Apparently we ran out of food. Hopefully everyone ate.
-Did you guys eat? -We ran out?
I brought 30 burgers and 30 hot dogs, and they're gone.
-[woman] This is the last of it. -[Zach] Oh.
-Tori hasn't eaten. Your mum hasn't eaten. -Oh, crap.
Chris hasn't eaten.
Tori's mum hasn't eaten.
[Tori] You gotta have a lot of food 'cause there's a lot of people there.
Okay, Jackson's party was a mistake. It was a mistake, okay?
I still don't think if you're having 12 people,
you don't need 36 hamburgers.
I don't like wasting.
-I think that's ridiculous. -I agree. But you need more than 12.
Yeah, you need more than 12.
-Okay! -[instrument chiming]
[Zach] Hey, Lilah.
Could we go bring this toy back in your room?
Yeah, it's just so loud.
[Lilah] This?
-[Zach] Yeah. -"Me?"
Thank you, Lilah.
[narrator] Coming up...
-Wait, we gotta tell people? -Slow down!
We don't have to tell people.
-You got emotional. -I got emotional.
I got caught up in the moment.
-[Matt] And later... - [Zach] Here he comes!
Here he comes!
Hey! Hey! Come on, Jackson!
Some of the opposing kids
point out that he's different,
and he's starting to hear that for the first time.
Are you okay?
[upbeat instrumental music playing]
-[Caryn] Thank you so much. -[server] You're welcome.
-Popcorn chips should be right out. -[Caryn] Thank you.
-Well, Ty and Shelly should be here any minute. Cheers. -Yeah, yeah.
Um, you need-- It's polite to take a drink after you toast.
-Oh! Sorry. -Try again.
Okay.
-Cheers! -Cheers.
[Matt] Caryn and I will be meeting our friends Ty and Shelly for dinner.
We have some really exciting news to share with them.
I, I asked Caryn to marry me,
and, um, she said yes.
[Caryn] You said to me,
"I've thought about this a lot for a long time
and I want to grow old with you."
-That's what he said. Then I started to cry. -Yeah.
[Matt] Yeah.
Thought about this a lot. That is exactly it...
I had no idea.
Come to find out, he's got, you know,
my parents on the hook and my friends on the hook and...
-It was a tight circle that knew about it. -Right, right.
It was my closest people but nobody gave me
any hints at all.
-Hi! -[Shelly] Hi!
-Oh, my God! -Hey, folks!
-Congratulations! -[Ty laughing]
-Congrats. -Thank you.
[Shelly] Hey, Matt!
[Shelly] Congratulations!
Can you believe it?
-[Ty] I can't believe it! -[Shelly] Aw!
-[Matt] I thought you were gonna say, "It's about time." -[Ty] Just a couple weeks ago,
-It is about time. -at our guy's night, he was all nervous.
-We're in our backyard in Arizona. -We're in our backyard
-in Arizona. -[Caryn] Like our favorite spot.
The sun had set, so the ambience was just really
cosy vibes and nice and...
I went into the room.
I'd fished the ring out of my bag
and put it in my pocket.
And then I just said, "You know what? I should just go for it."
And I pulled the box out at the exact time
that I said, "Will you marry me?"
And she looked at the box, looked at me,
and then, she had that
feeling like, "What's this?" You know?
But she opened the box.
You know, she's smart. She knew...
-and I was... I know... -I didn't. I don't remember.
There's good things in this box.
Of course, after he asked,
I was so shocked, and then,
we took a minute, we didn't, we just sat for a few minutes and just...
-chatted and I was very excited and I cried. -Yeah, we--
And he's like, "Don't you wanna go in the light and look at it?"
And I'm like, "No, I just wanna sit here for a minute and absorb this moment."
'Cause it just...
it just felt right.
It felt natural. It felt like it was always meant to be.
All right! Let me see!
-[gasps] Oh, my gosh! That is beautiful! -[Caryn] He did good.
-[Caryn] Thank you! -[Ty] Well done, man.
-[Shelly] Nice! You did good! -He did that!
About time.
[Matt] I had been looking around for a ring.
I saw the right diamond at the right time
and I ordered the ring.
It arrived about a week before I went to Arizona.
But I thought it still doesn't mean we're gonna get married.
Then I put it in my little bag
that I wore and went down to Arizona.
Then I got kinda nervous about, you know,
"I wonder if she's gonna actually like this thing or..."
I'm glad she said yes.
-So where'd you do it at? -Hey!
-We gotta hear details. -[Caryn] Arizona.
-[Ty] Arizona? -He was acting really weird all day.
-Yeah? -First he said,
"If I ever ask you to marry me, do I have to get down on one knee?"
And I said, "No! Of course not! That's hard for you."
And then he's like, [imitating Matt] "Well, then in that case..."
[all laughing]
[in normal voice] And then, and then he was very sweet and he said,
"I want to spend the rest of my life with you.
I wanna grow old with you."
And then, all I had seen at that point was the box.
So I was kind of like...
-Yeah, standard stuff. -[Ty] Did you cry?
-I... I... -[Caryn] He did not cry.
-[Caryn] I cried. I cried. -He did not cry?
I cried of just complete and total surprise.
And then I'm like, "Oh, my gosh! Who are we gonna tell?"
And he's like, "Whoa, hey! Whoa! Hey!
-I'm just coming down off of this asking here." -[Shelly laughing]
Wait, we gotta tell people?
"Slow down!"
We don't have to tell people.
He's like, "I'm just, I'm just relieved that this is over.
I've been working on this for a long time." So he just wanted to, like,
put on some music and have a drink and relax.
And I'm like... [babbling] I was all charged.
I thought you were just gonna give her a ring and say, "Hey, we're friends forever."
[Caryn and Shelly laughing]
-"Friends Forever"? -[Ty] "Friends Forever," yeah.
-Friends forever. -Yeah.
-[Ty] That's what I thought. -That was the plan.
-You got emotional. -Got emotional.
I got emotional.
I got caught up in the moment.
-[Caryn] Do you wanna rescind? -No!
-I got... -Too late!
-I got a very clear 'yes' from her. -I think it's been used now.
-Yeah. -You can't send it back.
We talked about a promise ring or something years ago.
A lot of people, you know, you get divorced,
you know, after being with somebody, I was with Amy for 30 years
or, or close to it.
You kind of say, "I don't ever wanna go through that again."
Marriage is, is tough and, um,
it's, it's hard and so, Caryn and I were thinking
that we had such a good thing going,
why would we wanna ruin it?
A commitment ring sounds kind of cool and kind of like a good idea.
You know, like, "Hey, I'm committed and here is something to prove it."
And whatever
ceremony or paperwork we had
was a different issue. I wanted her to have a ring.
So we don't have any big plans.
No big wedding?
-No big wedding. -No. No!
-We might... -Cabo.
-[Ty] Cabo? -...elope in Cabo.
I might go to Cabo and just get married on the beach.
[Caryn] That's kinda, yeah.
-[Shelly] Cabo? Oh, yeah! -We might do something in Arizona.
Second marriage, we have both been married previously.
And we are thinking very intimate, very small.
We haven't ruled anybody in or anybody out.
Maybe we'll just do it the two of us.
Um, but we haven't really nailed anything down yet.
I may or may not have browsed wedding dresses just for fun.
Wow! This is moving fast.
Did you talk this over with Chris?
-[Ty and Shelly laughing] -Oh, my God.
Not really. He was taken aback but I did let him know.
-You let Amy know? -I didn't want Amy to hear it from the kids, you know.
[Shelly] That was right.
She kicked it right back and said, "Congratulations"
or something very sincere and pleasant.
So did you tell all your kids?
Yep. Let all the kids know.
You know, I made sure I texted all the kids
and, um, everybody seemed excited.
I don't think I heard anything from Zach, um, you know.
Which doesn't surprise me. They're raising three kids,
and he's kind of in his own life up there in Battleground.
I didn't take it personally.
No, I'm-- One thing you need to know about me is I have very thick skin.
-Toast. Yay! -Yay!
-[Ty and Shelly] Congratulations! -Thank you, I appreciate it.
[all whooping]
[Ty and Shelly] Congratulations!
-[Caryn] Coming up... -[Chris] Congratulations.
-Oh, thanks. -Oh!
We're gonna do things completely different.
We're gonna invite you guys.
We don't even know if we're inviting our best friends.
So for him to throw that out there was like, "Uh-oh!"
-Well, you are gonna need a best man. -Yeah.
-Oh, yeah, right, right. -[Caryn] No...
[Caryn] That might be a little...
I think that might be a little weird.
-Come on, Chris! -Scratch.
[upbeat instrumental music playing]
I would love to wrap these so I counted
these corners here
because I think it looks really good to have those jambs wrapped in stone.
So the new house is now... flying.
Today is the day that the trusses arrive.
A truss holds up the roof. It's your rafters on your house.
-[Chris] Hey, guys. -Hey!
-[Caryn] Hi, Chris! -Hi!
-[Matt] You know Jim. -[Jim] Hey, Chris.
[Jim] Sorry, I'll just give you...
-[Chris] Well, congratulations! -Oh, thanks.
[Chris] Yeah.
Well, Amy's out running around on an errand
and I just, uh, I got a quick note from Matt
that, uh, the trusses were coming for the house.
So I'm running over real quick to take a look.
I asked him to let me know because
you know, kind of one of those fun projects to watch.
Plus, Matt and Caryn just got engaged just a couple days ago.
This'll be my chance to congratulate him in person.
I know, first thing, you know, the...
Oh, that's beautiful.
[Matt] Chris said, you know, he said, "Tell me the story, you know."
I hardly ever feel awkward talking to Chris
about pretty much anything.
Maybe he felt awkward. I don't know. Have to ask him.
I was, I was quite surprised.
I'm a little miffed that it's so much bigger than the one I gave Amy.
[Caryn] Aww!
It's at least twice the size as the one that I gave to Amy.
You know, it kind of made me feel a little bit bad
but fortunately for me, Amy already told me ahead of time
that she didn't want
a big, gaudy ring that, you know, would hang up on things.
She has small fingers and it's still big enough, you see it.
It's just not near as big as Caryn's.
[Caryn chuckles]
Well, I kind of got the impression from guys' night
that you'd wait till the house was done.
So did we!
Well, if the house wasn't in progress, you know, but...
-I knew it had to happen sometime... -Yeah.
...between when we poured the foundation and when we finished.
But that didn't matter to me.
[Caryn] Back in the day,
I never envisioned myself living on a farm,
engaged to Matt.
If we're finding ways to advertise the farm,
the Starlight Parade is more family-orientated.
I've never been a parade person. I'm not gonna start now.
There's probably around 400,000 people that go to that.
-What? -[Caryn] Yeah.
But life has a funny way of working out.
Things have evolved and I'm blessed and happy to be here
and I love Matt and there was a lot of discussion where
you know, would I ever live in the big house?
And that just never felt comfortable to me.
There's a lot of history there and I try to respect that, if I can.
And I know that Matt had one more build in him.
He'd talked about this house for ever and ever and ever
and so the fact that he's finally getting to do it,
I'm glad that I'm, you know, hopping along on the journey with him for that.
Well, we were honored to get the text, you know.
-So thank you for that. -Oh, right. You guys were one of the first, I did think,
-that I wanted Amy to know before anybody else. -Yeah.
Because I didn't want the kids to be calling her, you know.
-And I didn't want her to hear that way. -Mm-hmm.
But we're gonna do things completely different. We're gonna invite you guys!
I was okay that you mentioned that to Chris
that they could come to the wedding but--
-We hadn't talked about it. -Yeah.
[Caryn] We haven't made a guestlist yet.
We don't even know if we're inviting our, our best friends.
So for him to throw that out there was like, "Uh-oh!" [chuckles]
What was the response you got from your kids?
I mean, I haven't talked to any of them so I don't know.
You know-- Most of them, Molly called immediately. I texted and she called.
Oh, Amy was probably up there.
Yeah, and Jacob and Izzy were very happy.
And even Jeremy--
I think everybody was happy and great, felt settled about it.
I haven't heard much from Zach. I know they were busy with Easter.
-But I don't think anybody was surprised, you know. -Yeah.
Oh, now, they might expect to be invited to your wedding too, you know.
-Yeah, yeah. -[Chris laughs]
We have to cross all that--
-[Chris] That's tough. -Yeah, we have bridges to cross on that.
As a father, you know, you never stop trying to build bridges
and, you know, mend hurt feelings and, um, you know,
it's one of those things that's just, it's kind of a constant thing, you know.
And as a father, you gotta kind of accept that they're on their own
and then they gotta accept it.
You know, inversely, they gotta accept the fact that you're on your own too, so.
But, doesn't change the fact that
you know, you love 'em and you're still, you're still you know, family.
-Well, you are gonna need a best man. -Yeah.
Oh, yeah. Right, right.
-[Caryn] Yeah, that might be a little... -I think that might be
-a little weird. -[Caryn] Scratch.
-Come on, Chris! -Scratch.
[Chris] Oh, that was obviously a joke
when Matt said something about me being best man.
Part of what made it funny is that...
knowing that it probably wasn't as funny to other people I guess.
I guess that's kinda mean. Mm.
I'm feeling another guys' night coming on.
-[Chris laughing] -I need to update the troops.
[Caryn groaning] Not a bachelor party!
I don't mind, you know,
-not being invited to the wedding. -Yes!
-But, hey, please invite me to the bachelor party. -Yeah, well, there you go.
-That's a no-brainer. -[Chris] Okay.
[Matt] We all got a kick out of the fact that Amy was gonna flip.
But what would be even more hilarious...
than Chris being my best man
would be if, um, Amy became Caryn's bridesmaid.
That would be even more hysterical.
[Amy] Coming up...
[Zach] Jackson's having his friends over, Lilah.
[Tori] I'm gonna order a pizza right now.
You're ordering pizza?
I'm ordering pizza.
It's never my party. Tori doesn't let it be my party.
You invited a bunch of moms. It's your fault.
You moms will just make things so complicating.
-[Matt] And later... -No, I don't think I'd go to the wedding.
I think out of respect to the kids and stuff,
I think it'd be too weird.
We did not invite Matt and Caryn to our wedding.
And I don't expect to go.
Actually, I told Matt that I wouldn't mind going to his bachelor party, though.
[Amy] Oh.
Wedding, probably not. But the bachelor party.
This is so funny!
[upbeat instrumental music playing]
[Zach] Jackson's having his friends over, Lilah.
Do you wanna go outside and watch them play soccer?
Do you wanna play soccer?
-[Zach] Jackson play soccer. Good idea. -Yeah.
[Tori] Um, I gonna order a pizza right now.
-You're ordering pizza? -I'm ordering pizza.
We are switching from burgers to pizza. I guess pizza's easier.
It's never my party. Tori doesn't let it be my party.
[Tori] You have a bunch of moms coming over. It's my party.
-Tori found out that other moms were coming to the house. -There are times it's working.
So then she took over. And it wasn't just... a hangout.
Turned into like a formal, manicured... play date.
You can't have people over at 5:30 and not feed them.
That's just silly talk.
It's not what, what was on my menu.
This was on your menu.
That was your menu right there.
Those are super good cookies.
-Those are-- -And they... they were open.
-So they're probably stale by now. -I didn't open them.
Do you want pizza?
What kind of pizza do you want?
-Um... -Like, cheese pizza?
Two fruit snacks?
For everyone?
[Tori] Okay.
[Zach] Not taking Lilah shopping.
Not taking either one of you shopping.
Good job, girl.
Name one party
that your mother ran out of food at.
Name one hangout that she couldn't whip something together
for all of you hungry boys.
Name it, I'm waiting.
-She never ran out of food. -See?
[Zach] Now, my mum always had playdates.
Either going to friends' houses or having friends come over to our house.
[all laughing]
Burgers are out on the grill, guys.
Buns are in here. Ketchup, mustard, relish.
Have fun, boys. Be careful.
[Zach] With us living out where we were,
not having kids to play with in like a neighborhood setting,
she was pretty big on make sure kids come to our house.
And us have that social interaction.
Well, I think Zach has just been taken care of his whole life.
I say that in the nicest way.
But when it comes to food, he's always had a woman there...
-My mom. -...to make sure he's fed and taken care of.
-It's not about running out of food. -We just have to prepare.
This is being made into way bigger of a deal
than it needs to be. This is a hangout.
But, like, a hangout with pizza is very simple still.
Seems complicating.
It's just like, sometimes you just make things such a big deal when--
-You invited a bunch of moms! -You moms just make things so complicating!
Just come over and play soccer!
When hangouts happen and the moms are involved,
there's a certain standard.
I show up to a hangout,
I would be annoyed if I was then had to go home and cook dinner.
-How annoying. -I would have gone to talk about afterwards.
Right? And that's what happens
and then you feel guilty as parents
-because you're like, "Oh, I just thought..." -I would not feel guilty.
I would not.
All right, Tori, I'm gonna go outside and set up this field.
Tell your friends not to stress.
[Tori to Lilah] You're gonna go night-night. Okay?
Because you gotta rest up for all these boys.
[imitating Lilah] Otay.
[upbeat instrumental music playing]
[Amy] I feel like a kid going skiing.
Like, help me. Can you just lift me up and just plop me on the bike?
[engine whirring]
[Amy groans]
You're welcome.
-[Chris] Okay. You good? -Yeah.
Well, Amy and I are gonna go on a ride.
I think I remember a waterfall back behind the fish hatchery
and it's only about 40 minutes away from the house.
I think. It's been a while.
We're gonna go check it out.
This is a place that Chris really wanted to show me
and, you know, I didn't think I'd ever been there.
All right, I am ready for a break.
I'm stiff, babe.
[groans]
This is what the northwest forest is all about. All the...
-The moss? Yeah. -Yeah.
[Amy] Wow.
-Isn't that pretty? -I-- Gorgeous!
-[Amy] And look at how the water's all green. -Yeah.
-Hey, babe! -[Chris laughs]
[Amy] How are you?
-Boy, this is really nice. -Yeah.
[Amy] One thing I really like about Chris
is he really likes new experiences and adventures
and it can be the simplest thing or it can be a really great, big, huge experience
or adventure or something like that.
I like that about him because I think it's...
kind of makes life a little interesting.
He's, he's good. He's good for me.
Hey, that's pretty good!
-Are you impressed? -I am!
This is what we did on Lake Michigan all the time.
Oh, did I tell you I went and saw Matt and Caryn yesterday?
Uh... no. What for?
They're supposed to be setting trusses
-on Matt's house, but... -Uh-huh?
They got delayed on the trusses, so they weren't there
but I got a chance to talk with Matt and Caryn
-and congratulate them on their engagement -Oh yeah.
and all that.
Chris is like a neutral party.
He's not involved in anything and so, I'm not surprised that
he happened to be there
and, you know, Matt and Caryn shared, you know,
that news or whatever with him.
I'm all good with it.
Nice ring. Big rock.
Don't compare size, babe. [chuckles]
-Matt doesn't do anything little. -Yeah.
-But it's a beautiful ring. Yeah. -Oh, that's nice.
Yeah, kind of talked a little bit on, you know, how he proposed
and where and all that.
-Kind of interesting to compare stories, you know. -How did he do it?
Uh, in Arizona, at their home.
-You know? Yeah. -Oh, okay.
I was thrilled that, you know, Matt at least let us know and everything.
Um, but, there's no reason why wouldn't I be happy that someone got married?
I mean, you know, we're all moving on
in whatever way that, you know, we think best for ourselves
and our families.
And, um, yeah, I'm happy for him.
Haven't set a date.
They don't know when.
Or where or how or... but, you know, got lots of time to figure it out.
Well, yeah. I mean, there's no hurry, really.
-No, I don't think there is. -You know.
I didn't think he was gonna propose this soon, either, so who knows.
They just might decide to go and elope one day.
You know, you keep 'em guessing, that's what Matt does.
-Yeah? -Keep them on the edge of their seat.
-I like to keep you guessing. Yeah. -Like you.
Yeah.
Actually, I told Matt that I wouldn't mind going to his bachelor party, though.
[Amy chuckles]
[Chris] Wedding, probably not, but the bachelor party would be fun.
[Amy] You're just so funny.
Well, do you have a problem with me going to the bachelor party?
Well, it's just like...
"Oh, if it's an adventure, if it's an experience,
-if it's a party! Who cares? I'll be there!" -That's right.
-It's all about new experiences, babe. -Oh, brother.
Like you haven't gone to a bachelor party before.
Well, again, it's a way of comparing.
-It's like, compare his bachelor party. -But why?
Well, bachelor parties are always fun.
[Amy] I mean, I didn't take it seriously
but Chris has this sarcastic humor
and so, I'm thinking, he's not serious, is he?
I won't be flying to Arizona to go to a bachelor party, hun'.
Oh, well, gee, aren't I lucky?
But if it's local, and I'm invited,
you wouldn't hold it against me, would you?
I would encourage you probably not to go. I mean, why?
It's a party.
Amy knows I like new experiences.
[both laugh]
Sometimes she rolls her eyes
but usually you let me go along with it, right?
Well, I don't know about that one.
No, I don't think I'd go to the wedding.
I think out of respect to the kids and stuff.
I think it'd be too weird and awkward for them.
That was exactly what I told Matt and Caryn too.
We did not invite Matt and, uh, Caryn to our wedding.
And I don't expect to go.
This is something, you know, just for them.
And if the kids go, and that's fine too.
I mean, the main reason that we didn't invite Matt and Caryn to our wedding
is we thought it would be awkward for the kids.
Um, so, you know, I'm kind of expecting
the same thing with Matt and Caryn's wedding.
It would probably be kind of weird for us to be there.
But I know one thing I won't be doing is spying.
Now see,
if he set up a camera, I would watch.
-Okay, I'm beginning to wonder, who are you? -[chuckles]
-[Tori] Coming up... -[Zach] Jackson, you're open! Jackson!
[Tori] Jackson stopped in the middle of the game
and told me on the sideline like,
"Hey, they're saying I'm too short to play soccer."
Jackson, do you want to play a game?
It's not really gonna stop.
[upbeat instrumental music playing]
-[Zach] Hey! Hey, hey, stop, stop. -[kids chattering]
You'll have something break. Go into Jackson's room and do this.
Jackson's play date's going really well.
The moms are here. The kids brought all their gear.
And some older siblings came, too.
And, uh, yeah, with this many kids,
we can definitely get some work done.
[kids chattering]
Hey, guys! Guys! Hey!
Let's get-- Let's go outside, okay?
We have a soccer field set up down there.
Everyone get your soccer shoes on.
Hey, if you don't have them, that's okay.
Let's go out to the back door, get your soccer shoes and soccer ball.
Jackson, your soccer shoes are right here.
[Zach] Yes.
Everyone else is wearing them.
And then you gotta show your friends how to set up these goals.
I already have them set up, but you gotta position them.
Is Daddy a good coach?
All right, go Jackson.
Gotta be a one-touch goal.
Good cross, bud.
There you go, one-touch! Yeah.
Can Josiah stand with you for a minute?
I'm gonna go check on the pizza.
Let's play 3v3!
Hey, you're on our team.
Beck's on our team. Robert, Beckett and Cody.
I think he likes soccer.
I think that's helped him with his confidence, same like me.
Here he comes. Here he comes!
Our team was very good growing up.
And so I think I felt myself as being good.
And so that definitely gave me confidence on the soccer field.
I was very timid off the field.
But on the field, I was very chatty
and kind of forget who I am a little bit.
Get your head up. Get your head up!
-Oh! -[Zach] Oh!
[Zach] Keep going, Jackson, come on!
Don't feel bad. It's toughening him up. Builds character.
[Zach] Jackson's super-focused as a soccer player.
He's very coachable. He pays attention, runs hard.
He's just not the best player. Yeah, some of it's dwarfism.
Jackson, you're open. Jackson!
But he's pretty aware of his skillset.
He's picked up pretty quick he can't out-run people,
so he controls the ball really well.
Don't let it pass you, bud. Go, shoot it!
There we go!
Hey! What is he doing?
What are you doing?
Put your... Are you gonna go play soccer?
All right. You gonna play soccer out there?
You gonna go?
[Paige] We're just saying, like, that I think it's like the second brother thing.
-Like when they're chasing older brothers. -Oh, right.
-Older, yeah. They gotta keep up. -And just like...
-Yeah, for sure. -Keep up, get sick of getting beat all the time.
-[ladies chuckle] -That's so funny.
Robert, the whole tank.
He loves it! He's like, "I can't wait! I want to go to soccer!"
I love that!
Why is he here, though?
-[Zach] I think he's just tired. -Are you tired?
Did you nap? Did you go night-night? Did you nap? Are you tired?
-[Jackson] No! -All your friends are here.
You're just over here on the sideline?
What are you doing?
Jackson's, you know, getting to the age where
the size differences are becoming more obvious.
And he's not catching up.
Some of the opposing kids,
you know, point out that he's different.
And he's starting to hear that for the first time.
Are you okay?
-[giggles] -[giggling]
The first game that it happened at,
Jackson stopped in the middle of the game
and told me on the sideline like, "Hey, they're saying I'm too short to play soccer."
Beckett, you do it. This is one-on-one touches, guys. Yeah, go.
All three of our kids, you know, we just hope that they find friends,
will find families that, you know,
can just see them for who they are,
and they'll see Jackson for Jackson, Lilah for Lilah, Josiah for Josiah.
I definitely don't want anyone being friends with them
because they feel bad for them or anything like that.
Right now, it's starting, and like, kids will say, like,
come up to him, "Why are you so short?"
Like, stare at him.
Like, in his face.
It doesn't really register with them that, like,
he's never gonna be as tall as them.
Right now, he's still young enough that his feelings aren't hurt yet.
Like, we need to be very aware how we respond
when these things happen.
For me, it's not making a huge deal out of it.
Jackson! You wanna play a game?
I over-react, he's gonna over-react, and that's not healthy, either.
Because it's just, it's never gonna stop.
-Jackson? -Yeah.
All right, come out. Come out and play.
Right there, right there, right there.
He's gonna cross it to you, Jackson!
And then, turn.
Now you gotta shoot it! Shoot it!
[chuckling] Good job, bud.
Hey! Guys, you guys want pizza?
Let's take a lunch break!
-[Tori] Thank God we had pizza. -Yes.
Tori was right. Tori got the pizza
-and made the party that much better. -I'm always ready.
Thank you, sir. All right, there you go.
Here you go, bud.
Oh, wait, you wanted cheese. Here, sorry.
Here you go.
[kids laughing]
-[Tori] Love ya. -[Zach] Love ya.
[Zach] Good party.
It's not a party, it's a hangout.
-Good hangout? -It was a hangout.
Good job with the pizza.
It was good, right?
-Pizza was a hit. -It was a good thing that we did that.
[chatter]
[laughs]
[Zach] Jackson, I think our friends are leaving, bud.
One more time, Jackson.
[all laughing]
-No? -[Paige] Oh! [chuckles]
[Caryn] Next on Little People, Big World...
-Si-Si is one. -It's crazy that Josiah is already one.
Si-Si, what is that?
[all laughing]
[Tori] There's moments you wish it would slow down
and there's moments you wish it would speed up.
But I think overall, it's fun watching him grow.
Chris and I, we're kind of looking for another house.
The house we live in is a good house
but, you know, I'm used to having a little more space. An acre would be nice.
Yeah, I'm liking this space.
[Amy] It's kind of insane.
[Chris] The house is a little out of our price range, and it's bigger than we want.
But the idea is that maybe be able to do
special events, like weddings.
-I wanna look out back there and see if I can... --Yeah, I don't know
-what to think of it. -...envision doing something out there.
I think we need to look at more homes.
I've already done this.
I don't know if I have that kind of fight at this age.
[Caryn] Everybody seems really excited.
Lots of little congratulations.
My side weren't surprised or upset or, you know, and--
-Well, you haven't heard from all of them! -Damn right, yeah.
Zach and Tori are still, you know, very much keeping to themselves.
I think they must have made some kind of pact
and they're being very, you know, strict about it.
You get to a certain point, it's like,
-"Hey, that's our life," you know? -Right.
I didn't reply. I don't wanna talk about it.