[Matt Roloff] Previously, on Little People Big World...
All right, let me see.
It is beautiful.
[Caryn] Thank you.
I asked Caryn to marry me and...
she said yes.
Did you tell all your kids?
Yup.
You know, I made sure I texted all the kids.
Everybody seemed excited.
I don't think I heard anything from Zack.
As a father, you got to, kind of, accept that
they're on their own
and they got to accept that--
You know, inversely,
they got to accept the fact that
you're on your own too.
But it doesn't change the fact that,
you know, you love them and you're still... you know, family.
We're gonna do things completely different.
We're gonna invite you guys.
It was okay that you mentioned...
that to Chris that they could come to the wedding.
But...
-We hadn't talked about it. -Yeah.
I think out of respect for the kids and stuff,
no, I don't think I'd go to the wedding.
And look at how the water's all green.
[Chris] Actually I told Matt that I wouldn't mind going to his bachelor party though.
Wedding, probably not.
-But the bachelor party would be fine. -You're just so funny.
Chris has this sarcastic humor.
And so I'm thinking,
"He's not serious, is he?"
You wouldn't hold it against me, would you?
I would encourage you probably not to go.
I mean, why?
It's a party.
[Zack yelling] Jackson, you open.
Jackson?
Jackson's, you know, getting to the age,
where the size differences are becoming more obvious.
-[Tori] Are you okay? -[Jackson] Yes.
You're just over here at the sideline?
[Zack] Some of the opposing kids
pointed out that he's different
and he's starting to hear that for the first time.
Birthday season has definitely hit the Roloff household.
So from April 30th to May 12th,
everyone in our family has a birthday
except for Lilah.
-[store attendant] Hi, guys. -Hi.
[store attendant] Welcome to Piccolo Mondo.
[Tori] Josiah kicks off the birthday craziness.
So then it's my birthday, Zack's birthday, Jackson's birthday.
And so today Lilah and I are going shopping
for birthday presents.
Who're we here for?
What?
What is that?
A scooter?
Okay, we got to look for presents.
Zack and I are not doing anything for our birthday's this year.
But, Josiah's turning one
and we're having a birthday party for just...
close friends and family.
You wanna get all that stuff for Si-Si?
I don't know if my pocket can afford that.
And then two weeks after Josiah turns one,
Jackson turns six
and he's having his first drop-off party with a bunch of his friends.
So it's definitely been pretty exhausting.
Okay, wouldn't that be good for Jackson?
No?
No, thank you.
Mom.
Look at me. Hey, don't yell at me.
What are you thinking?
That puzzle?
Okay, Lilah, look at all this.
Whatever you wanna get Josiah,
you have to pick it out, okay.
Remember, look at this.
Remember, you put all the stuff in there?
That could be, kind of, cool.
You like that?
Are you sure?
What's this?
Bucket?
Okay.
Is that what you wanna get Si-Si?
Okay.
Lilah, did we go shopping?
For what, what did we go shopping for?
Did we get toys?
For who?
Did you like shopping?
Tiny?
Aw!
I don't know what that means.
[store attendant] All right, you guys ready?
I think so.
[store attendant] All right.
So silly.
[Tori] Okay.
Awesome, thank you so much.
Thank you guys for coming.
-Have a great birthday. -You want me carry you?
You wanna help me carry?
Bye, Lilah.
See you next time.
-[Tori] All right. -[store attendant] Bye, guys.
[Tori] Good job, sister.
We're going to be on this rollercoaster ride again?
Well, let's not get too excited.
I mean, it's...
Oh, I'm not excited.
-I'm-- -You're not excited?
Uh... I'm worried that this...
house will roll out of our budget.
But... it's good to look at it...
-Yeah. -... to see.
I think the first step is to...
see if we like it.
And then if we do, then...
work out how we pay for it.
Chris and I were, kind of, looking for another house.
[Chris] Seeing Matt get so far along on his dream house,
you know, reminds us that
we're not in our dream house yet.
So we're actively watching.
And, you know, it would be nice to find that home before we retire.
[Amy] The house we live in is a good house.
It's a good neighborhood.
But, you know, I'm used to having a little more space.
An acre would be nice.
I would eventually like, you know, a home that...
you know, master on the main and everything
and we'd love a three-car garage.
So we're about to go see a...
house that we thought may be interesting
and... it's worth taking a look at.
Well, so the thing that intrigues me about that
is, uh, you know, the...
the master bedroom on the main level.
-Well, yeah, yeah, definitely. -Six-car garage
and a shop.
Ah!
-[Amy] Well, does it-- -[Chris] Looks like it might have a view.
We've got an acre.
-[Amy] Yeah. -[Chris] So there's space around it.
I didn't quite realize
how big this house was.
-It escaped you that it's 10,000 square feet? -Yeah.
I'm not going to apolo--
I, kind of, missed that in the beginning.
So it'll be interesting.
That's one of the first things I look at.
[Amy] 10,000 square foot home is big.
I think the big house at the farm is
about 5,000 or a little over 5,000 square feet.
And I thought that farmhouse was, you know...
plenty of space as well, so.
I think if it registered with me from the very beginning,
I probably would've said,
"You know, we probably don't need a 10,000 square foot home."
I mean, what are we gonna do?
If it doesn't have any income possibilities,
there's no way that we would
need or even want a 10,000 square foot house.
[Chris] The house is a little out of our price range.
And it's bigger than we want.
But the idea is
that maybe we'd be able to do special events like weddings.
-So... that's what we're looking at. -Yeah.
I'm looking at.
If we like it, if it's a maybe,
I'm looking forward to talking to Matt tonight
when we meet up to talk about fundraiser
and see what they think the possibilities or income potential.
Yeah, we'll see. [sighs]
-You know. -Yeah, I mean, that's how I was looking at it.
Do we wanna work until we're 85?
I really don't think that would be much work.
I am, kind of, a little hopeful than Amy is
about the one that we're taking a look at.
Living on the property for a lot of my adult life,
you know, I've been through a lot of these different scenarios
and stuff like that.
So I don't mind doing something
or having another business or...
you know, generating some income.
I...
I guess I just don't wanna have to be dependent
on it in order to live there in my later years.
[Chris] So far, I like this area.
-Long driveway, isn't it? -Yeah.
It's pretty though. I mean, they put a lot of landscape in here.
It has a lot of space around it, some acres.
It's not too big, 6 and a half acres.
It's about-- You know, that's a great size.
Um... I knew it had a long driveway,
but I had no idea
that there was so much, um...
you know, almost exotic landscaping involved.
Just the maintenance, would require a lot of landscape maintenance.
[Amy] Wow, this is a lot.
We would need somebody.
There's no way, I don't see
just the two of us being able to
... the driveway.
[Amy] Oh, there it is.
-It's nice. -[Chris] That is nice.
[Amy] Hmm.
I like the entrance.
Yeah.
[Chris] So this is basically 13 minutes from our house.
[Amy] That's not far.
[Chris] Big entry.
[Amy] Yeah, it's nice.
[Chris] Oh, look at that view.
On a clear day, we'd be looking at the coast range.
Wow.
[Chris] I think it looks better than the pictures.
[Amy] Yeah.
I mean, I'd probably change out the brass.
-Yeah, I would too. -It would be something there.
The brass is outdated.
And I'm liking this space.
[Chris] The house is built in the late 70s.
So there's still some of that element there.
But they've had some significant remodels
over the years since then.
-Yeah. -I, I...
Theoretically, we could move right in.
So it shows really well right from the get-go.
Nice built-in
and this is big enough for our table.
Oh, yeah, yeah. No, definitely.
[Amy] I think, Chris and I, we're still learning about each other.
You know, this will be the first time
that we're really making some really major decisions together.
So I think this is, kind of, fun.
It's, kind of, exciting to see,
you know, how we work together.
And hopefully, you know, I think we'll do well.
But I also am a realist
and I'm sure there will be a little "ew," "eh," "oh," "no."
-[Chris] Oh, okay. -[Amy] Oh, yeah, this is the kitchen.
[Chris] Now, the important room.
Now, keep in mind,
any kitchen that we look at
we're gonna have to redo the island.
I know, but look at how nice this island is.
[Chris] Yeah, I like the cabinets too.
[Amy] Okay.
You know, my first impression was,
wow, this is a pretty cool house.
-Wow. -Oh, my Gosh.
It's huge.
[Amy laughs] We'll get lost.
[Chris] Wow!
[Amy] Woah!
This massive bedroom was huge.
This is like a small apartment.
I think I'm a little overwhelmed.
I'm thinking, "This is great, how can I capitalize on this space."
"What can I do with it."
Oh, yeah, they had this whole movie thing, right Chris?
Oh, my Gosh.
It's kind of insane.
I don't think it's insane.
I think it's a dream house.
It seems like this would be a good venue for weddings.
Not a lot of people around.
You know, it's a beautiful farmland.
And if we're able to do enough events there
that we could pay someone else to maintain the property for us,
then I see there's a real possibility.
All right.
Let's go take a look. I wanna look out back there.
-See if I can envision... -I don't know what to think of this.
... doing something out there.
I think we need to look at more homes.
I think Chris is getting excited over this.
'Cause, you know, he's had several of his own businesses.
And even though he's working for a real estate company or whatever,
you're kind of self-employed in a lot of ways.
So this is just an extension of what he's done in the past
trying to, you know, come up and see what another business he can do.
The potential to host weddings on this property is there.
But if we have to host them
and we need to host so many of them
in order to cover a lot more expenses that I would've anticipated in my later years,
then that's where I hesitate.
'Cause I don't know if I have that kind of fight at this age.
[Amy] What is this?
[Chris] Oh, I bet it was a nursery.
[Amy] Greenhouse.
[Chris] A greenhouse, yeah.
We could build a pickleball court.
This would be perfect.
We're looking at a 10,000 square feet home.
People retiring are looking, like, to downsize.
Downsizing, I know. [laughs]
[Chris] This would be upsizing like no one's business.
I've, kind of, had an entrepreneurial spirit forever.
And...
even though, you know, we're getting closer to retirement,
I wanna travel,
you know, you get these ideas
and, you know, you want to put into work
or at least see if it's feasible.
Uh, it's one of the reasons that Matt and I click,
you know, we're both idea people, I think.
But Amy picked up right away
that the property's too much work
for a couple that's trying to retire
and live off of retirement funds.
But, so far, she's not telling me, "No, you can't do it."
So Amy will let me make my case.
You wanna walk around and take a look at the grounds?
This way, hon.
Yeah, this is high maintenance, man.
[Amy] I will admit,
sometimes I'm not as visionary.
You know, Matt always had grandiose ideas.
And my opinion really didn't matter a whole lot.
Because Matt had already decided what he was doing.
And so a lot of times I would just say no.
Because it's going way too fast.
You've already made your decision.
What is happening?
But seeing this house,
I didn't wanna be so quick to say no.
Because I've already been here,
I've already done this with Matt,
you know, Roloff farms and everything.
Oh, can you see somebody doing a wedding there?
[Amy] Could be, yeah.
Chris really hasn't had, kind of, that opportunity.
And so I just felt like I wanted to give him that space
and that time to dream a little bit,
knowing, "Oh, he's gonna go and investigate."
"He's gonna research this, he's gonna find out."
"And I'm gonna be right."
Well, very interesting.
[Chris] Mm-hmm.
Then we got a lot to ponder here.
[Amy scoffs] It's overwhelming.
[Amy] Coming up...
We don't go to the farm at all as a family anymore.
And Jackson loves our backyard,
so I don't think he misses it.
I didn't reply, I don't wanna talk about it.
Oh, let's see the ring.
Uh-oh.
Oh, boy.
[Matt] Pulling in my garage for the first time.
[Caryn] Yeah.
[Matt] This will be my garage, you get the big one.
We're getting there, Caryn.
[Caryn] I know...
[Matt] Things with the house build,
the progress of the house build is moving very quickly now.
[Matt grunts]
So this is a...
[Caryn] This will be no step.
We had a big, major fu pa...
Fu pa?
-Faux pas. -Faux pas.
The trucks were running late.
A truck holds up the roof.
It delayed the roof build about a week.
Now that we're beyond that,
we were able to frame the roof on.
Rough plumbing all is in.
So it is going pretty quick.
It's going quicker than Caryn and I make decisions,
I'll tell you that.
Look at that view.
That is just the gem of this whole operation.
I think being engaged to Matt has brought...
some new excitement and clarity to the house project.
I was already really committed and envisioning us together.
But now we'll get to maybe...
You know, he'll carry me over the threshold...
[whispering] No, maybe not.
But maybe he could scooter over the threshold.
I don't know.
But, uh...
Yeah, it just adds more excitement to it.
And the truth is...
something that I really thought I didn't need or want
was that ring.
When he presented to me so unexpectedly,
a puzzle piece fell into place
that I didn't know I was wanting.
[Caryn] So I felt really good about that.
So the big house is rented almost
all the way through now until pumpkin season.
[Matt] New people come in today.
Yeah.
Has everybody been behaving?
Yeah, so far...
I mean, the last group was a bachelor party,
and it was about... I don't know, six or eight guys,
and never saw them.
They went to the naked girls,
the naked girls didn't come to the farm?
Oh, the strip--
Strippers? Yeah, yeah.
-No, we didn't get-- -Could you imagine
us looking out and there's like...
-No request of-- -...a van of strippers pulls up.
No, guys rummaging around in my pipe
for a pole, my pole pile.
This was the best idea instead of a courtyard.
And let's so much light in the house,
bet you, this time of the day.
[Caryn] Perfect place for a little wedding.
-All right, I mean-- -Everybody, I mean, the word is out.
Now it's not our little...
our little secret anymore.
Not our little secret anymore.
We kept it quiet for a couple of hours.
Yes, it's kind of nice.
Some people are surprised.
Some people are, "Not always waiting for that forever."
But, of course, now we're getting the questions like,
"When's the wedding?" and...
-kind of, just not sure. -Yeah.
Yeah, I haven't heard from all my kids yet, but...
you know, that's okay.
I don't have any expectation around that.
I mean, even though my kids are all adults,
it doesn't mean that they're not gonna have feelings about this.
But I haven't got any negativity
directly, no.
And, you know, if any of my kids,
you know, wanted to discuss our engagement,
you know, I'd be way open to that.
People seem to be more curious about
where than when.
Yeah.
-I would agree. -Right, is it at the farm?
Is it in Arizona?
-Is it somewhere else? -Yeah.
Vegas.
No...
Not Vegas.
-So, I think, we've kind of ruled out the farm? -Yeah.
-We'll decide that one when we need to decide it. -Yeah.
-We don't need to decide that now. -Exactly.
We need to get this monster moved along.
[Matt] Anyway, um...
-So we have that dinner coming up at Amy's -Oh, right.
I'm okay.
Have you given any thought to the fundraiser?
[laughs] Not particularly.
-I didn't think so. -I only have
one thought on the whole fundraiser.
I just wanna make sure that
all the proceeds go
to the charity.
I mean, I don't-- Amy has run charity, she knows.
[Matt] You know, I was glad when Amy approached us
about the possibility of doing a fundraiser.
DAAA, the Dwarf Athletic Association
played a big role, you know...
Amy and my life.
And I met Amy... because of it.
I was at one event when I met Amy.
So I think that this little fundraiser
that Amy is planning
is super important.
[Caryn] Working on this with them,
you know, it'll be a little challenging, but I think it'll be fun.
She's done a lot of fundraisers, so...
Yeah.
There's a lot of complexities in different relationships.
I mean, here we are,
sitting down with my ex-wife
and my fiance
and my ex-wife's new husband,
planning an event together.
I mean, it's a little bit like
a setup for a sitcom.
I don't think they would've approached it a few years ago with us.
But, over time,
it's gotten so much better
and it's easy and...
I don't know it just kind of made sense
when they brought to our attention.
We haven't really seen Amy since the engagement.
-So... -Yeah, it will be good to see her.
You know, I don't...
I don't know what her feelings are, but...
I spoke with her on the phone
and she seemed genuinely... happy, you know.
I don't think... is any ill will.
And feels like it's all good.
So...
Good.
[Caryn] We'll see how it goes.
[Zack] Tori, Tori...
Oh. [Tori laughs]
[Zack] As the kids are getting older,
our backyard is seeing a lot more action.
From, like, playing, you know, with the water table
to, like, scooters,
to now we're on battery-powered jeeps.
And so I feel like the next thing is probably gonna be
some sort of quad or...
gas-powered go-cart.
-[Tori] Jackson. -[Zack] Jackson is so bright.
He's the polar opposite of what I was.
[Tori] He's so reckless though.
Jackson Kyle,
Jackson freaking Kyle.
[laughs nervously]
I'm so stressed out right now.
[Zack] This is how the farm was with quads though.
We would all be whipping around.
We don't go to the farm as a family anymore.
And, um...
Jackson loves our backyard.
So I don't think he misses it, you know.
We obviously want grandpa to be in our kids' lives.
Yeah, all the grandparents are always invited up here.
I didn't reply, I don't wanna talk about it.
I just don't wanna talk about my Dad's engagement.
Tori, do you think Josiah's gonna be walking soon?
[Tori] I think so.
I don't know, I don't know.
The other day, if you would've asked,
two days ago, I would've said no.
But I don't know, I feel like all of the sudden
he'll just wake up and, like, know how to do stuff.
So I feel like maybe he will.
[Zack] Josiah's hitting all of his milestones.
He's growing.
-[Tori] He's gonna walk any day now. -Yeah,
Teeth are walking in, physically he's great.
"Teeth are walking in?"
Oh, teeth are coming in.
[Zack] He wants-- Like, he want's to walk.
-[Tori] He can hear just fine. -[Zack] Yeah.
-He's just-- -Our baby's growing up.
Yeah, he's hitting all his milestones.
Did we have, like, Si-Si's "First word moment?"
Third kid, you don't even know what they said first.
[Zack] I don't know.
-I don't think his first-- -You don't know what they said first.
You don't know when, to who, about what.
I feel bad for number three.
Like, I could tell you the hour
that Jackson said something,
the day he walked.
Jackson's stuff happened six years ago.
-Josiah's stuff's just happening... -Oh, yeah.
-...we can't remember it. -We can't remember it...
Si-Si, where are you going?
[Zack] Ah, the kids are growing up fast, Tori.
They are.
Every weekend somebody points out that you and him are short.
Yeah, it's so normal to me. That's the thing.
Jackson's going through that time where...
kids are starting to pointing out that he's different.
He's gonna have to handle that.
He came up to Tori in the last game.
He was like, "They keep pointing it out."
It's tough because at this age, kids are curious.
No one's being mean.
It's a curiosity.
It's a...
"You're, like, different."
"I've never seen anyone like you," you know.
I feel like we're just trying to teach Jackson
it's just a fact.
-We're like, "We're not gonna lie to you." -But we can't--
-We won't say, "No, you're not." -But we can't make it--
We can't make a big deal.
Because then he'd--
If we give him a reaction,
he's like "Oh,"
and then tell us all the time.
-That's like we got to now-- -I think he's already
-kind of what he's doing. -We got to now transition into life,
"Okay, yeah, whatever, it is what it is."
[Zack] I think sometimes too many parents,
specifically with dwarf kids,
uh, they'll search for something.
You know, something that's not there yet, you know.
Because that makes them feel better,
that... justifies their thoughts, concerns.
So I'm not apprehensive to having those conversions.
But I'm not gonna invite them
without him inviting it first.
Once it does come to him,
I'll help guide him through that,
but I don't wanna emphasize anything
that's not naturally emphasized.
-Mom, mom. -Lilah,
what did I say if you were gonna do that again?
-No more chalk. -I said, I would take it away.
Do I need to take all of that chalk away?
We don't break the chalk.
[Zack] Um...
She's me though.
-She is me. -I know.
Lilah's identical to you.
Sassy and emotional in personality.
-[Tori] I'm not emotional. -Stubborn.
[Tori] I'm stubborn.
[Tori] You can stand up.
[Tori giggles] Hi!
[Amy] Coming up...
So when you take a look at Caryn's ring,
please don't put yours up next to her.
I'm not sure why Chris really wanted to...
prepare me
that the ring that I will see on
Caryn's finger,
you know, the diamonds gonna be bigger.
How much bigger?
I don't get into all that stuff.
Okay.
You hold this.
[Zack] Si-Si is one.
It's crazy that Josiah's already one.
[Zack] Josiah's birthday went great.
We had a lot of people couple of days ago.
My Mom and my Dad, other family, Chris.
A lot of friends from up here.
But it was good. It was a good one-year-old party.
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 just, you know.
It's fun watching them grow.
[Zack] Jackson, get behind Mumma and
get Si-Si to look at you.
[Tori] Fix his hat, it got turned.
There you go, keep going, keep going. Oh, Gosh.
One.
[Tori] Si-Si,
Josiah, how old are you?
Can you say one?
[cooing]
[Zack] Jackson, get that white stool over here.
You know, I think that first birthday is gonna be a lot of pressure.
Giving them cake for the first time
in front of a bunch of people doesn't always go well.
So yeah, we're doing a cake smash today.
'Cause I had a cute idea of me wanted to photograph him
eating cake and having fun with it.
Okay.
-[Tori] Okay, J, come stand behind me. -Jackson, go stand by Mumma.
Ready?
[Jackson] Si-Si.
[Tori laughs] Oh, yes.
Yes, he's going for it.
He's like, "See you later, guys."
[Zack and Tori laughing]
I put the cake in front of Josiah
and he just... he went for it.
[Tori] Oh, yeah, get in there.
Oh, he got to the berries.
[camera shutter clicking]
Dude, there's so much...
[Tori] This party that we had for Josiah for his first birthday,
-is the last party we're throwing. We're done. -This is the last party.
[Tori] From here on out,
it's friends only.
And then like a family dinner or something like that.
Jackson's party's gonna have, um...
-we're gonna do-- -No, no...
adults allowed.
-[Zack] Yeah, we're gonna do-- -[Tori] Only his little friends.
He's gonna run around in the property,
and catch frogs and...
go down the slip and slide.
[Tori] Everyone loves kids.
We love our friends' kids,
they love our kids.
No one likes going to a kid's birthday party.
[singing "Lion King Song"]
Bath time?
I don't even know what to do with this?
-[Lilah] Mom! -Come on.
I'll leave the door open, okay?
[Amy] Hey, let me dress up this desert a little bit.
Oh, yeah. Look at this.
Look at this. These are my tools.
-Isn't that nice? -[Chris] That's nice.
Seems like when we had them over before,
-Matt doesn't usually eat desert, does he? -No.
I cut some...
guac to put on top of that enchilada.
So Matt and Caryn are coming over for dinner,
so Chris and I and four of us can talk about the fundraiser.
Might do a...
Might do a little tomatoes.
Now, this will be your first time seeing them since...
the engagement announcement, right?
Oh, yeah.
I haven't seen them and all.
So when you take a look at Caryn's ring,
please don't put yours up next to it.
Should I say, uh...
"Gosh, I know what I want for my second anniversary."
Is that what I should say?
Now, you told me before
you didn't want a diamond that big
because it gets in the way.
A big diamond is okay,
you just don't want it, like, standing.
Well, if it's a big diamond, it's gonna stick up.
I would've managed.
-See, this ring tells a story. -Yeah.
-And I like that. -Okay.
[Amy] Caryn and Matt have known each other for a long time.
So I'm happy for them that,
you know, they're choosing to make that step for each other.
That's what they wanna do.
Uh, but...
I'm not sure why Chris really wanted to
prepare me
that the ring that I will see on Caryn's finger,
you know, the diamonds gonna be bigger.
I'm like, "Okay... how much bigger?"
I mean, you make it sound like it's...
it's a rock that covers her whole hand or something.
I don't get into all that stuff.
Well, as long as you're happy with it, that's what counts.
Of course, I'm happy.
Come on, fiance.
[doorbell rings]
-Hey, guys. Welcome! -[Caryn] Hi, how are you?
-[Matt] Chris. -[Chris] Oh, you don't need to bring over gifts
-every time you come over. -Oh, well.
You know, you guys do.
That's very nice.
But, seriously, Chris is right. You don't have to.
Well, you're serving us a wonderful dinner.
I can smell it.
Even though I've told Amy, I haven't seen Amy
since Caryn and I were engaged.
So I think it's gonna be fine,
but I hope she's...
You know, I hope Amy...
She sounded great on the phone when I talked and we texted and stuff.
But, you know, to see her actually to see her,
I don't know if she's gonna make things awkward or she's okay with it.
But we're gonna find out here in a few minutes.
[Chris] Okay.
Oh, let's see the ring.
Uh-oh!
Oh, boy.
Oh, let's see the ring.
Uh-oh.
Oh, boy, um...
Oh, yeah. That's very pretty.
Wow.
[Caryn] When Amy asked to see the ring,
I would say I was a little apprehensive.
You know, who wants to do that?
You know, the moment was just fine.
I think she's okay that we're engaged.
Probably expected it at some and...
yeah, she had been really nice about it.
Jeez, I guess second half of life is better, huh?
Hey, you always had some good ones.
[Amy] I does feel a little funny to me, you know,
Matt's my ex.
But, you know, I'll be okay.
As long we don't get nitty gritty and...
personal.
Like, I would never talk to Caryn about Matt.
And I'm glad she's not, "Oh, yeah, we're doing this together, Amy,
you know, did you guys did.?"
I mean, it's...
It would not happen.
-Congrats on your engagement. -Yeah.
Cheers, you were one of the first people to know,
I'll tell you that.
-Right? -[Chris] Yeah, we appreciate it.
[Caryn] Oh, how was the house?
Um, the house is really great.
Six-car garage?
[Chris] Oh, beautiful garage.
And another shop space.
So there are two bedrooms down below, a full kitchen,
it's got a game room with a pool table.
It has a movie room, theatre setup, you know--
-All downstairs? -Yeah.
[Matt] Sounds like you're sold on it.
I'm trying to figure out a way--
I think if a guy could do 10 to 12 wedding events there,
-that would cover all the expenses for the year. -Yeah.
Wow.
Is doing another, like, business,
is that something that you guys actually want to do?
-[Chris] I do. -[Amy] Not exactly.
She doesn't.
[Matt] Yeah.
Why does this remind me of de-ja-vu?
I mean, you sound like me 30 years ago.
You know, I'm like excited about that and this and so...
-I'm excited about the possibilities. -Yeah, you better do that.
I would be.
-I, you know-- -[Amy] See, what I said?
Thirty years ago.
-Yeah, I know. -Thirty years ago.
Yeah, but he hasn't done it yet.
-So let him-- Yeah, yeah. -[Chris] That's fair.
I mean, he's got...
-I have some catching up to do. -But I have.
I know, I see that's the--
That is-- There lies the challenge.
She's been through the craziness.
[Matt] Amy and I dabbled in the
I dea of a wedding business.
And one summer, we went ahead and opened the Roloff farm
and scheduled, I don't know, four, five, maybe six weddings.
We have a special gift that we're gonna give from the farm.
And while it was fun,
it was a lot of work.
So I had to guess about this big house,
I don't think it's just perfectly right for them
in terms of the scope of work, you know, required at that place.
Well, it looks delightful, Amy.
[Chris] Mm.
[Caryn] Should we talk more about the fundraiser?
The DAAA fundraiser is about a couple of months away.
And there's definitely a lot to do.
The biggest thing is to get the E-vite worded right.
Because you have to get the word out to let people know
that something's coming up.
First of all, the thing is I need to fine-tune this invite.
They'll get two free raffle tickets
including into their fee
plus dinner, plus drinks.
Um, so they let me know that they're coming,
but Amy Roloff Enterprises does not receive any monies.
Then it doesn't have to go through my business
and then I in turn, you know, donate.
This is gonna go directly to DAAA?
The problem is how do I know they actually did it?
Have them write a check.
Make a check out to DAAA
and you mail it to me?
I think that's the best way to do it.
-It keeps you clean. -Because--
Keeps it going straight to them.
I disagree with that.
I think it's, like, way cleaner to have the fee
that people pay, the $75.
That money goes directly into your bank and then--
-That's income for me. -[Caryn] We've already
-discussed this. -No, it's not income from you.
You can completely offset that income
by sending a check to DAAA.
If you have a business, which Amy does.
And you take in income,
but they're not income directly related to expenses,
it should be a wash.
[Caryn] Why would-- If they're gonna write a check?
[Matt] They're not gonna write a check for that.
Yes, they are. That's how they get in.
[Matt] In the past, I always had a little fun.
You know, Amy knows my buttons, I know her buttons, you know.
We poke each other on the side, you know.
[Caryn] When the ambers flair up,
it's just always better
to agree with the ex-wife.
See, I get two on one.
If that happens, Chris inevitably takes my side.
So just to even the score.
People don't wanna write checks anymore.
I just think checks are so out of date.
-[Caryn] Well, they're but if you don't have a checkbook-- -I write checks all the time.
Okay.
Matt had some legitimate concerns, but...
Sometimes you can go down a rabbit hole
and make something really complicated than it really needs to be.
[Matt] Yeah, I thought I'd throw a couple of logical ideas in the mix.
But now I'm letting her steer the ship, you know.
As long as she stays in her lane.
Now, at the event, we'll have some silent auction items
that people can buy raffle tickets.
If they wanna use a credit card for that raffle ticket,
we can input their credit card number
-right into the website. -[Caryn] Yeah, I think that's the best way.
[Amy] I think Matt may have felt a little like,
"I'm not sure how this is all gonna work."
I felt good with it.
Yeah, we accomplished a lot.
You know, we worked out a lot of details.
There's still a lot more to do ahead of time, but
I'm surprised everyone's working well together.
And so I think we're gonna pull it off.
What you say we clear the table
-and go check out those cherry turnovers? -[Caryn] Yeah.
-Dinner was delicious. -We're not gonna stay too late 'cause we're...
I got up at six this morning.
Well, we all did.
Yeah, you did too?
So there's no violin here.
[Caryn] Coming up...
[Matt] As far as the engagement go,
my side wasn't surprised or upset or, you know.
Well, you haven't heard from all of them.
Zack and Tori, you know, very much keeping to themselves.
I think they've made some kind of pact
and they're being very, you know, strict about it.
I think it's a shame.
[Matt] Scene is beautiful.
-I mean, I'm looking at some gorgeous little country side. -[Caryn] I know.
We're actually sitting in the view of your house.
So you were sitting on your
-back veranda, whatever, we could wave to us. -Why did you say
your house? You say our house.
We're gonna live there together, aren't we?
Oh, I have to get used to that.
If we're sitting in the back of "our house."
It sound so funny.
We got plenty of room.
And we got a killer, killer view.
-Dinner at Amy and Chris was great. -Mm-hmm.
I had a good time over there.
Chris was all into the whole,
"Hey, Matt rolled out 20 years ago."
-Amy was like, "I've done that." -She's like,
"No..."
-He likes projects, it sounds like. -Absolutely.
So she picked the same guy twice.
In a roundabout way.
[Matt] I thought Amy was very gracious
as far as engagement.
I wasn't sure how Amy was gonna take everything.
But she was...
I think she was appreciative that I let her know
early on in the process.
Yeah.
No, she was extremely gracious.
-Yeah, she was gracious. -As we thought she would be.
Yup.
-Everybody seems really excited. -I think so.
Lots of congratulations, you know.
Some people are surprised.
What did Britney say to me, "I'm gonna have step siblings?"
And I'm like...
I hadn't even thought of that.
Right.
When my daughter Britney found out that we were engaged officially,
she was quite surprised.
Because we were both were adamant that we're probably not gonna get married.
But she loves Matt.
And she came around and is excited for us.
It's understandable if any of the kids,
you know, were just not upset
but just feeling maybe cautious or...
confused.
I don't wanna discount anyone's feelings if they have them.
Everybody's entitled to their own feelings, you know.
We get to have ours, they get to have theirs.
You know, I, I...
You know, for best I can tell,
my side wasn't surprised or upset or you know...
Well, you haven't heard from all of them.
Damn, right, yeah.
You get to a certain point, it's like, "Hey, it's our life."
-Right. -We, you know, raised you.
But yeah, I think it all feels...
feels good and healthy, my heart is full.
My heart is full.
I'm looking forward to marrying you, Mister.
Good, me too.
[Caryn] I'm like dreaming of the day where we can
start up the barbeque,
get you out there flipping burgers.
our grandkids are out playing in the distance.
It's been a long since I've had this space to really
properly entertain.
Because it's very tight spatially in the DW.
And, you know, in the new house, I really do see
most of the grandkids anyway.
Zack and Tori are still are very much keeping to themselves up there.
But I keep holding out hope that maybe they would come.
But...
I think they've made some kind of pact
and they're being, you know, very strict about it
that they don't wanna come to the farm.
But if I wanna see Zack and Tori,
I got to go up there,
which I do.
Josiah just had a birthday party and I went up for that.
But I haven't seen him down here
in quite a few months.
I think, um...
I think it's a shame.
And I hope we could change that.
[Matt] Next onLittle People Big World...
Matt and Caryn are engaged.
-[Amy] I know. -Oh, my God.
What the heck!
Was it, um... romantic?
-How did he propose? -I have no idea.
I don't wanna get in. I don't know those details.
But her ring's nice.
I mean, it would be a ring that
-I could see Matt getting. -I wouldn't think of anything less.
[Amy] Mm-hmm.
Should I put your snacks in your backpack?
[Zack] Tonight is Lilah's sleep study.
I'm gonna be the one taking her to her sleep study.
We're not gonna be able to come home until the morning, okay?
Yeah, I'm nervous about it.
I don't see Lilah...
it going well.
Are you gonna be brave?
[Lilah timidly] Yeah.
Look at all those wires they're gonna put on you.
[Lilah] Dad.
[Zack] It's okay.
-If we start with how, Amy, you see a rough itinerary? -[Amy] Yeah.
Do I think I'll see the itinerary prior to the event?
I mean, I got a 50/50 shot.
Caryn's a very list driven
and Amy's a little bit more haphazard.
We can think, okay, where do we want tables,
where do we wanna set the bar?
-[Amy] I will work on that. -Okay.
[Amy] This could go off without a hitch
or we could definitely have a number hiccups
that could make this, you know,
very chaotic.