- Welcome to today's video, which is a celebration,
because we've reached one million subscribers
on this channel. (Bailey and Parker gasp)
- [Kids] Yay!
- I'm so excited!
We did it!
(Chris and Jessica laugh)
- We wanna thank you so much for being a part of our family,
for helping us share these wonderful moments.
We're so happy that we've got these videos
of these amazing moments in our life.
(inspiring music)
(Parker laughs)
What are you doin'?
Oh, now you're just being silly.
(Jessica laughs)
Now you're just being silly.
Parker.
(Parker laughs)
Yeah.
(mumbles) (Jacob laughing)
Those were some good steps.
(thud)
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- Today I'm gonna talk about the book, (mumbles).
And I really like this book.
It's funny, funny, funny, and you will love to read it.
(paper ripping)
(Jessica laughs)
A computer!
- [Jessica] You have been such an incredibly,
hardworking writer and typist this year
that I thought this was the perfect gift for you.
- And today, I'm going to share with you
my summer reading list.
- [Man] What is it, Jacob?
- It's a drum set.
(drumming)
- Can I open this right now?
- [Jessica] Not yet.
(drumming)
(Jacob singing nonsense)
(drumming to a White Stripes song)
- [Chris] What is that?
- Uh...
Uh...
Duncan.
- [Chris] Duncan?
(inspiring music)
(kids and Jessica laughing)
(Duncan crying)
- [Woman] Oh, what's his name, sir?
- [Chris] Duncan.
- You like your first flight?
Big smile.
Yeah.
- [Bailey] Eat.
- [Jessica] Oh, he's having his first food!
- [Chris] What do ya think of that?
That's new.
What do you think?
Is it good?
You want more?
Oh.
(Jessica laughs)
(inspiring music)
- One video that we posted was July 31st, 2014.
So almost exactly four years ago.
That video was when Daddy lost his job.
You guys remember?
- Yeah.
- I got laid off from my job
that I've been working at for seven years.
And it's okay, I'm gonna try and do YouTube
and performing for live shows
as a way to support myself and my family.
That was kinda my plan originally,
but I wasn't quite ready to make that leap yet.
So we're being kind of forced into it, which is fine.
It's gonna be a lot of fun,
and we're gonna take you guys along with us,
and you get to see, you know, how we deal.
- That was an incredible, life-changing time for us.
And to think we went from there,
where we didn't even know
how we were gonna get money for food,
we were only eating out of our pantry,
we weren't shopping for anything,
we were using every coupon we had in order to get by,
and now we are able to enroll the kids
in, like, the classes that they dream of.
We're able to go to amazing places
and meet so many people.
We wanted to take a moment
to look at where this channel started
and how far we've all come as a family.
(thoughtful music)
- So we wanted to do something special to celebrate,
and a few years ago,
we started to support a little boy.
His name is Pat-Pat,
and we've been helping him with his education,
and learning skills, and getting him supplies that he needs
so that he can help support himself and his family
in the future.
- We found out about Pat-Pat through a program
called Compassion International,
and there's a vlog called Teaching Kids about Compassion.
And that's where we discovered Pat-Pat.
He lives in the Philippines,
and they have a ton of kids on Compassion International
that you can also sponsor.
And we were just trying to figure out how we could celebrate
being at this one million-subscriber point.
We've been able to do so much for our own children
because of YouTube,
and then we found out about Pat-Pat,
and we've been able to help him for years.
And we were thinking it would be really special
if we found a little girl,
since we have a little boy that we sponsor, to sponsor.
- And so this is Sylvia.
- Aww.
- You guys haven't seen her yet,
but there she is.
She's from Rwanda.
She was actually born the very day
that we started this channel.
- Oh, she's my age.
- Yeah, she's your age, baby.
Anytime we hit a million milestone,
we decided that we're going to have another child
that we support that lives somewhere else in this world
and who really needs the help.
- Once again, we wanna say thank you so much
for being a part of our lives and for supporting us
and for helping us to support these kids
from around the world.
Thank you, thank you, thank you,
and we will see ya next time.
- Bye!
- Bye! - Bye.
- Subscribe!
(Jessica laughs)
(thoughtful music)