-[knocking] -Oh, my God.
[Jonah] Previously on "7 Little Johnstons."
I just see a man in a cop uniform.
-Oh, my God. -[squealing]
Oh, dear God, don't take her clothes off.
Whoo-hoo!
[Alex] What's all this, Mom?
Making, like, a care package for Nana.
[Trent] Nana was diagnosed with metastatic cancer.
She is in a nursing home under hospice care.
And at the hospital, Nana said
that she does not want to treat it.
[Trent] We hope and pray and wish for comfort for Nana.
That's all we can do.
Apparently, my dress has been pushed further out.
-What's the date now? -Like, middle of October.
OK, well, that will not work.
Our wedding is the first week of November,
which is definitely not enough time for me to be able to get
alterations done on the dress. So yeah, I'm freaking out.
♪ Love, love, L-O-V-E, yeah ♪
♪ Love ♪
We're only a yard or two away from the goal.
[Elizabeth] Boppa, you got fat erasers?
What are you doing?
My wedding guest sign for people to sign.
This is like our guest book.
We're about a month away from the wedding, and there are
a lot of projects going on.
I am working on our wedding guest book.
I thought it would be cool for us
to have something to hang.
Why not? I'm kind of an artiste.
[Trent] I got a project for us to do here in a little bit.
It's an activity that I saw on social media.
-Is it a fun activity? -Yeah.
Not long ago, I was scrolling through social media,
and I see these, uh, little videos of couples...
doing portraits of one another.
Oh, wow, you're, like, all for real about this.
[Trent] And I thought, you know what,
Elizabeth's working on her guest book,
and she's very artistic.
So this is a great time to test out our artistic abilities.
-Come on, guys. -[Alex] One second.
Alex and I both lack artistic ability,
so we knew that we're just gonna be the team players,
and we're gonna give it our best shot
because we know we both suck.
Me and Mom are going to paint each other.
Jonah and Alex are gonna paint each other.
Brice and Elizabeth are gonna paint a mural of each other.
And then Emma is gonna paint a mural of Leighton.
I am a little sad no one's doing me.
-Oh well. -We'll have to wait until Leighton gets older
to see her artistic abilities. -Alright.
Everybody have fun.
There's no such thing as messing up.
["Autumn, I. Allegro" by Vivaldi playing]
Now, all my sun blisters on my lips,
you don't have to paint those.
Don't be telling me what I need to be painting
and what I don't.
I had to put that.
It was -- it was in the moment.
[Vivaldi's remix playing]
See, I'm more of a draftsman or a pencil sketcher.
I am not a painter.
I can paint some walls.
I don't get anxiety, but for some reason, I get,
like, a major anxiety.
Like, I can't botch this, and I can't ruin this.
I saw Jonah over there, just like...
whoosh, whoosh!
And then I see Amber over there, like...
And Alex, he's, like, backfisting a paintbrush.
I just couldn't have fun with it -- I don't know why.
This is my activity, and I wanted to have
a good time, but it is hard.
So the wedding dress, we are gonna go pick it up
from the shop... -[Elizabeth] Mm-hmm.
...and take it to the seamstress.
[Elizabeth] Yes.
Since the dress I ordered is delayed for another month,
we decided to just buy the floor model.
But I'm still pretty nervous about getting alterations done
since we only have about a month left for the wedding.
-Alright, is everybody finished? -[all] Yes.
Hold your canvas and lower your easel.
We don't wanna knock over easels or wake up the baby.
[Alex] No, I think, do we go one at a time, or?
-[Elizabeth] One at a time, y'all. -[Jonah] Oh, yeah.
-[Trent] One, two, three. Oh, my god. -[chuckles]
-[Amber] Trent, you didn't even. -[Brice] Good god.
-[Emma] Is mom just white? -I got stuck.
-[Emma] Hair's perfect, though. -[Trent] I didn't wanna -- I didn't wanna botch it up.
And you gave me my sore lips.
[laughing]
Jonah and Alex.
One, two, three.
[laughing]
[Amber] What happened to the nose?
[Emma] Could it really be Jonah?
I rolled in dirt.
Wow, that's pretty good, Jonah.
-[Emma] The hair looks really good. -[Trent] I love that.
I just painted blue over it. It softens everything up.
I think this looks like a pretty good portrait of me.
Like, all the details are there, and I like how he did
the brushed pattern with it.
So yeah, I would say this just looks -- this is -- this looks really good.
-Let's see Leighton. -I didn't finish it.
-[Trent] OK, let's see. -It's OK.
[Amber] Let's start it.
So I had a photo on my phone, and it was her in the bathtub.
And there's bubbles on her head and bubbles around her.
[Trent] It looks like she's -- she's spread her legs like
taking a poop or something. -[Amber] She's in the bath.
[Amber] It's bubbles.
Oh, I thought it was like angels.
[Brice] I really didn't know what to say.
I just didn't see Leighton at all.
[Elizabeth] She was obviously missing the water in the bathtub,
so it looks like my child is taking
pretty much a turd in heaven.
[angelic music plays]
I went a different route 'cause I cannot paint people.
[Trent] You didn't paint Brice?
[Elizabeth] I can't paint people, and I painted the next
best thing. -[Brice] Hey, I mean, I love deer.
-[Elizabeth] No. -[Alex] No, it's sunglasses.
Her painting I love because it was a deer,
and I love deer hunting. Even though it wasn't me.
-[Elizabeth] It was, it had your hat and glasses on. -[Brice] No.
Yeah, I'm saying even though, like, it wasn't my face,
it -- it was me.
I'm a damn Lego
with some fat-ass, Kim Kardashian lips.
-Was this fun, everybody? -[Amber] Yes.
It was.
[Trent] This turned out to be a really fun activity for the family.
It definitely did give us a break from wedding planning,
but we still have a lot of work to do
in a short amount of time.
Alright, everybody, pass your paints.
[Elizabeth] Emma's painting would definitely give Leighton nightmares.
[laughs]
♪ They say that comeback is stronger than the setback ♪
♪ Were they correct I speak the truth and I spit facts ♪
♪ Big racks what I stack ain’t no chit chat ♪
♪ I’m on the move making moves till my hip snaps ♪
♪ Arthritis probably from all-nighters ♪
♪ Kicking nothing but fire...♪
Ooh, you going for that 100-yard mark,
or are you going for the cart?
I was trying to hit the cart guy.
-[Trent] How are you? -It's good to see you.
-Good to see you. -[Rance] I'm well, how about yourself?
-Look what I got. -[Rance] Ooh!
-Presents. -Presents.
They came in the other day.
Today, I'm meeting my friend, Rance.
And he is a competitive golfer in the Adaptive Golf League.
Rance has played golf with Jonah and I
and our other group of little people
that meet up every year in Myrtle Beach,
and he has seen many of us play golf with clubs
that I have modified and adapted for little people.
-[Rance] I like this branding. -[Trent] Oh, you like that?
-[Rance] Yeah, that's nice. -It's getting --
Boppa's Golf is getting a little bit of traction.
Yeah, yeah.
For maybe five years now, I have been building golf clubs
and adapting golf clubs for little people.
I started my Boppa Golf business about two years ago.
Jonah said, "Dad, no pun intended, but what we're doing
"for little people is a very small market.
We need to be doing this for everybody in our community."
And I said, "You know, that's a great idea."
And that's how we started.
How long have you had these?
[blows raspberry] About 15 years.
-[Trent] Are you serious? -Yeah.
So the clubs I play with are about 15 years old.
I got them when I was in high school.
But they are kids clubs, which are essentially clubs
made for kids and then cut down to my size.
They're actually not conforming...
um, for the PGA. -They're not allowing them?
They're so old, they're like, actually outdated.
[Trent] So where do you play in the tour?
So when I was in the tournament
for the USGA qualifier,
I played with some ladies' clubs.
-That's not good. -Yeah, that didn't go so well.
-Let me see you hit that. -Yeah.
[Trent] How does that weight feel?
[Rance] It's a little light, 'cause literally
I didn't do anything to 'em,
they're just junior clubs, got them cut.
This was the length that was comfortable for me.
What are you pushing, 110, 115?
[Rance] Uh, yeah, about 115.
So the thing about kids clubs, they're made for kids.
And yes, I am about the size of a 12-year-old.
However, my build, my muscles, my physique are not childlike.
Now, you see, you're getting a little whipped
'cause you're not as straight right now.
After seeing Rance hit, I have a really good idea
of what he's looking for.
I really hope Rance will be happy
with these clubs that I recommended.
Ta-da!
♪ Gotta real good feeling ♪
Ready for Uncle Alex to take your pictures, Ladybug?
So I'm taking a photography class this semester,
and one of my assignments is to take portraits.
-[Elizabeth] Yeah, Bubba, you just... -Yep, I'm ready --
...set it up, and then you just hit the button
whenever you need. -Yeah, no, I'm ready.
This is my first time taking portraits with my camera.
And the main things I like taking pictures of are just,
like, really inanimate objects.
They're just very easy to take pictures of
because they stand still.
Hey, Leighton, you wanna come see the flowers?
-Look at the flowers. -Flowers!
I decided to pick Leighton to be the subject of my portraits
because Leighton is about to turn two.
I could go ahead and take her two-year-old photos
for this assignment, but I know Mom and Liz are definitely gonna
have a lot of opinions about my pictures,
so I'm a little nervous.
-Alright, that's OK. -[Leighton cries]
-What's the matter, Ladybug? -See the pumpkins?
Last year, we stripped Leighton naked and put her in a pumpkin.
Leighton! Oh, this is so sad.
-Yay! -[Leighton cries]
[Elizabeth] That was a fail.
She absolutely hated it.
So this year, she will be fully clothed, and she's older
and understands, you know, what it means
to have her picture taken.
[Amber] Ladybug! There she is!
-[Emma] Are you gonna take her paci out? -I'm working on it.
I think the best way to make a toddler smile for a photo is,
like, do something that the toddler likes
to make them smile.
Yeah, do the sneezing.
Ah, ah, achoo!
Leighton, she's been obsessed with us just sneezing.
Alright, sneeze, do it, do it.
Ah, ah, achoo!
[babbles]
Ah, achoo!
I guess I could just sneeze all day for Leighton.
You wanna hold that?
It's pretty crazy that we will have a two-year-old
being our little flower girl
walking down the aisle for our wedding day.
Alex, you come this way.
-Alright, sneeze, Emma. -Achoo!
-Let's jump -- jump.
Alex, try to zoom in close. You gotta get close.
Or no, you can get there, but just zoom in.
There, Leighton.
[Elizabeth] Keep going. Just keep going.
[Amber] Keep doing it. Keep doing it.
There's a lot of opinions and "help" coming my way,
but in the end, I'm just gonna do what I need to do
to get these pictures right.
[Elizabeth] She's just walking.
-[Alex] Leighton! -[Amber] Go towards her.
Leighton!
-[Emma] Leighton. -[Amber] Do it, do it.
[Alex] OK, she's moving quick.
-[Amber] Leighton! -[Leighton whimpers]
[music plays]
[Trent] Ta-da.
These are sick.
-Yeah. -[chuckles]
Alright, let's stay with what you've been hitting.
-There's your seven iron. -Yeah.
Rance is a mutual friend of mine and Jonah's,
and he is an extremely good golfer.
But Rance is still playing
the same set of junior golf clubs
that he's had for a little over 15 years.
And I am confident that I can improve Rance's golf game
with a new set of clubs.
[Rance] Ooh, man.
I'm hyped about these. I know they're a little long.
They're four to five inches too long.
[Rance] It's crazy, Trent, because I've been going
to the tailor all my life,
but I never went to the tailor for my golf clubs.
All my life, I've had to adapt,
whether it's going to the tailor,
pedal extenders for my car,
step ladders around my apartment.
And so I'm super excited to be fitted with a new set
just for me, tailored down to my specifications
to play my best golf.
[upbeat music playing]
-With this length? -[Trent] That -- that length club right now.
It's a little tricky.
[Trent] When Rance started swinging those full-size clubs,
it's taking more energy out of him to swing this club
to make it work.
And if you're having to do that while you're competing
in a tour match...
I mean, by the 10th or 11th hole, you're gassed.
I think with these clubs...
getting them fitted for me, that'll shave
five strokes off my handicap.
Whether we're playing with little people
or we're playing with our average-sized friends,
we wanna be equal.
And playing golf as a little person
with average-sized clubs, it's just...
it's not a level playing field.
I've built a lot of clubs for little people, but I wanna
build clubs for you to watch you advance your game.
Thank you. I'm excited.
[Trent] I'm really thankful that I have earned Rance's business.
But modifying and adapting these clubs for Rance
will take some time.
And in the meantime, I still have other things
that I have to do at home to get ready for this wedding.
My brother.
-[Trent] Good to see you. -Thank you.
Let me try to do my magic, man.
-[Amber] Leighton. -[Emma] Leighton.
[Alex] OK, she's moving quick.
[Amber] She's going to mom.
Alex is breaking a sweat over here.
[Alex] I'm taking a photography class.
And for my assignment, I have to practice taking portraits,
and I figured Leighton would be a really good model.
-There we go. -[Amber] Leighton!
[Amber] Get it kind of close in, Alex.
You wanna come a little more in front?
-Alright, get ready, Alex. -[Alex] I'm ready.
-[Amber] Get ready, Emma, fast. -Ah, ah, achoo!
[Amber] When you're taking pictures of a baby or a toddler,
you have just got to stay on the person and your finger
on the button to just keep going, keep going.
-[Alex] Yeah, OK. -Yay, go ahead and get it.
-[Alex] Well, she's turning her head, so... -[Amber] Ladybug!
Leighton!
My mom definitely has years upon years of experience.
Um, I've grown up with, uh,
family portraits, pictures.
[Amber] Sit back a little bit, Trent.
Jonah, scoot over just a little and up some.
Now, like, soften the smiles just natural,
like you just farted.
She definitely knows what works, and she doesn't wanna spend
all day trying to catch a good shot.
So the way that she does it seems to work out pretty well.
-[Elizabeth] Leighton! -[Emma] Leighton!
-Achoo! -Achoo!
[Amber] She's over the sneezing.
[Elizabeth] Yeah, I think she's just done.
[Amber] Well, you wanna do mine?
[Alex] Yeah, we can do yours.
So taking portraits of like older people
is definitely easier.
You don't have to like sneeze
to make the, like, older person laugh.
They can just smile on command, and like they can sit still.
Versus Leighton's kinda like all over the place, and you kind
of have to make her like giggle in order to get her to smile.
I mean, I'm all set in terms of my project,
'cause I mean, he only said I needed,
I think, 24, and I got plenty of those.
So I think the photo shoot went pretty well overall,
but I am kind of nervous to see how the photos turned out.
I hope I got some good ones, but I will find out soon.
I hope you get extra points for how cute your niece is.
[Alex] I'll try.
♪ Ooh, ooh ♪
[gentle music playing]
-[Trent] Babe. -[Amber] Oh, my lord.
[Trent] Where can we hang these funny things?
We're not hanging them anywhere.
They need to be able to be put away.
I look terrifying. Why do we wanna look at that?
I'll put you over here.
Leighton's gonna come in here and be like, "Aw."
[laughing]
I definitely don't think that the portraits set
a sexy, romantic mood.
But you know, if you can't laugh with each other,
what can you do?
[Trent] At least I gave you good hair.
[Amber] Em was talking to me.
She didn't wanna be the maid of honor
'cause she didn't wanna have to give a speech.
But what she does want to do for her
is give her a surprise bridal shower.
Earlier this week, Em and I discussed
having a surprise bridal shower for Elizabeth.
First thing we need to do.
-Invitations. -[Amber] Invitations.
-What are you thinking for food? -Probably finger foods.
[Amber] Emma wants to have it at Honeywood Farms.
So the theme is she's off the market,
and it's got, you know, like floral, market-y type thing,
but bringing in the bridal twist to it
that she's getting married.
And then the flower bar.
-We have a lot to do. -Yeah.
-And... -So she didn't want all that other stuff,
but she's gonna plan a bridal shower?
Well, it's -- that's smaller, it's just...
Is it really a surprise, or is Elizabeth gonna know
on the side? -Hopefully it's a surprise.
Emma hasn't always been great at keeping secrets,
but hopefully she can this time,
so Elizabeth doesn't find out about it.
So upcoming wedding projects that, you know,
we've kind of... -We have a list.
-We just haven't started our list. -We haven't put off
but we've waited, which is flagstones
at the pavilion, grading...
the ground area where the ceremony's gonna be,
grass seeds, sod...
Trent has this ever-growing list
of things that have to get done.
And it's not that he has dropped the ball,
but, you know, I am afraid that he's gonna run out of time,
uh, to complete everything on the list.
I'm gonna need probably at least three or four Saturdays
where all of us, Brice, not all day long,
but we get down there for a good four or five hours
and try to bang out some of that work. -Yeah.
My goal still is to get everything ready, ready to go
two weeks before the wedding. -Yeah.
[Trent] That sure is a big wedding list
I have to do just for some people
that's already been down here and been around this house.
Well, you keep expanding the list.
What did I expand?
Flagstones was not a Elizabeth thing.
It was not an Amber thing. -[Trent] I know it was in my area.
[Amber] It was a -- you want it to look more fancier and...
Not more fancy, I want it to be nice.
Yeah. Alright, let's go to bed.
-OK, good night, love you. -[Amber] Good night, love you.
[Trent] That kiss came from that guy right there.
[Amber] Just luckily, he doesn't look as horrifying.
[laughs]
[upbeat music playing]
[phone buzzing]
Hello?
-[Trent] Hey. -Hey.
[Trent speaking]
[Alex] We're just working on schoolwork
and just checking up on our grades and all that.
[Trent speaking]
OK.
Oh, gosh.
[Trent speaking]
OK, we will. Bye.
Are we getting more chickens?
I don't think Mom would be too happy if we got more chickens,
but do -- do you wanna go get the ladder?
Yeah, I will.
I have no idea why Dad wants us to meet him
down by the chicken coop.
Dad hated the idea of getting chickens.
We are thinking about getting chickens.
I don't touch the chickens. I don't touch --
I don't touch anything.
But you are gonna help build the coop.
No.
And he wasn't happy a couple weeks ago
with all the wedding planning going on.
We got four chickens anyways.
[Trent] Wow, he's big.
[Emma] The names of the chickens are Kevin, Betty,
Donnie, and Fizzy.
I was really not on the fence for chickens.
I was actually against the fence.
And then we get the chickens.
Call me soft, call me whatever you want.
I got on board.
Have they -- have they laid any eggs yet or no?
[honking]
Whoa, wow.
[Emma] My gosh.
-[rock music plays] -[vocalizing]
-[Alex] Oh, wow. -[Emma] Oh, my gosh.
I have called Alex and Emma for both of them to meet me
outside at the chicken coop
because I have a surprise for them.
[Alex] Dad got a new coop.
-It's quite the upgrade. -Alot bigger than this.
[Alex] Yeah, no kidding.
[Emma] And it's already built.
[Alex] So we don't have to build it.
Wow.
I think it's funny how dad was, like,
super against the chickens at first.
Now he just decided to go buy a McMansion for them.
So we're able to, like, walk in this coop.
Yeah, and I asked him when he built it if he could make
the egg box lower. I was thinking about you.
And I knew you kind of sort of didn't really like
the cheap coop, so. You wanna unload it?
[Emma] Mm-hmm.
I think it's cool that Dad is opening up
to the idea of us having chickens.
[Trent] One, two, three.
[Alex] I like how you can just walk right into this chicken coop
because it'll make feeding them a lot easier.
[Trent] I thought we would need a ladder to reach in here,
but I don't think we will.
I didn't like Emma's little chicken coop, I didn't.
I'm not like a tree hugger
and I eat oatmeal six times a day
and love every animal on this earth,
but I think this one will be much easier for Emma
and much more comfortable for Kevin and the girls.
[Emma] I hope all of them like this new chicken coop.
[Trent] Do you have a favorite yet?
No, I don't really have a favorite.
[Amber] Wow.
-[Emma] Hell yeah! -Do you like this or?
[Amber] Yeah.
[Trent] Alright, we have one more task.
Now it's time for us to wrangle up
these chickens into the new coop.
-Come on. -[Trent] Emma, squat down.
[screams softly]
[Emma gasps]
I think Kevin is Emma's favorite.
No.
Kevin, go that way.
Oh, God, let's talk about Kevin, that bastard.
Kevin, come here. Y'all get in there.
[Amber] Kevin is the most annoying.
He cock-a-doodle-doos in the middle of the day.
-[Trent] Alex, get closer, get closer. -There we go, there we go.
[Trent] Alright, now shut the door, shut the door,
shut the door. -[Amber] Shut the door.
Kevin is constantly, like, cock-a-doodle-doing
every time I go outside. -[Amber] Keep going this way.
He makes a lot of noise, and he's just not very nice.
[Trent] Look, Kevin, you're home.
[clucking]
[Amber] I think they're happy.
I actually need these chickens
to help me out for an assignment.
So I hope this new coop makes them happy.
[Amber] Alright, let's go eat dinner.
Babe, tuxes are here.
So I just picked up the tuxes from the seamstress.
And the guys definitely need to try them on to make sure
that the lengths that the seamstress took off,
work, and, you know, fit.
What size were your pants?
-You can't fit them? -[Amber] You can't button them?
I can't -- like, that?
Did you guys try these on at the?
-Yes. -[Elizabeth] Yes!
So you know, Trent steps out in the tux,
and it's tight.
Dad definitely looks a little, like, tight in the tux.
Sometimes when you hem the legs, it reduces the waist.
It -- it does not.
-[Alex] Can you button that? -[laughs] It's a little short.
It looks like you're about to, like,
Hulk out, like, "The Incredible Hulk."
What about this?
I got to undo these. Oh, my God.
[Alex] I feel like you can't really move much at all.
If he goes like this, I feel like he's gonna
pop all the buttons in the shirt.
[Amber] I think something just happened between then and now.
I probably put on a little weight.
Yeah, it's...
Maybe if I go pee or take a poop.
These tuxes are not rented.
They are bought, and there is no returning them
because we have had to have them altered to fit us.
[Amber] Yeah, 'cause it's too late
to, like, start the process over.
The only way this tux is gonna fit is for me to lose
some weight and slim down.
If I change my diet and I eat healthy...
I think I can shed the weight quick.
I mean, yeah, knock off my chicken biscuits
or my breakfast burritos.
His goal is to walk me down the aisle, so he needs to fit
in this suit. -Here, I'll get my...
Please have some faith in me that and you can fit yours?
[Alex] I should be able to.
I don't think I've gained any weight.
I've been the constant...
If you don't, y'all are all going in sweatsuits,
a sauna, a something. -[Trent] Oh, I could do a sweatsuit.
So we all got a little bit nervous about my tux
because we were scared that it's gonna run small on me.
But when I put on my tux, the shirt fit perfect.
The pants were perfect.
Everything just fit me perfectly.
Oh, yeah, Liz, I have to show you
the pictures that I took, at, um,
at the pumpkin patch of Leighton. -Oh.
Yeah, and I have a pic portrait of you too, Ma.
[Amber] Oh, wow.
So I looked at all the pictures that we took
at the pumpkin patch,
and they all came out really good.
So I had some portraits put on some canvases.
-[Alex] So here's Leighton. -Aww.
[Amber] See, that was my favorite one.
Leighton looks beautiful. Alex did a wonderful job.
It was a great two-year-old photo.
I was very happy.
-[Alex] Y'all can hang that up in your house. - Yeah.
-That is so cute. -It's adorable.
[Alex] And here's your portrait, Mom.
[Amber] Alex did a great job.
He really was very patient with Leighton, especially,
because it took her a while to warm up.
And then here and there, he would be, you know,
taking some pictures of me.
-That looks nice. -Oh, who is that?
[Elizabeth] Ladybug, look!
-Oh, my goodness. -Is that a baby?
[Amber] That looks good.
[Alex] Oh, perfect that you're in here.
I have one more to show y'all.
-I got this made, too. -[Emma] That's pretty sexy.
[Amber] That can go on your dating app.
I was very surprised that I got a portrait,
I totally forgot that I did that.
I mean, that is how Emma typically looks.
So I mean, why not have it on a canvas?
-[Amber] You did very good, Alex. -[Alex] Thank you.
[Elizabeth] They're all very good.
[Amber] I'm glad we got to see what you look like in your suit.
At least Alex's tux fits him, but I have about a month to try
to slim down to fit mine.
[Elizabeth] Dad, good luck to you.
[Trent] I can't believe that thing is that tight on me!
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ Oh ♪
♪ Oh, hello ♪
[Emma] I'm taking a psychology class,
and I have a project on animal behavior.
I've been working with the chickens, observing them,
and trying to train them on different things.
Look!
Now put your other leg on there.
-[clucking] -[blows raspberry]
I've made some progress, and I'm gonna show
the family how they do, and they better step it up.
So what have you been able to get the chickens to do?
Um, to come to me to eat out of my hands.
-Show us. -[Emma] Yeah.
[suspenseful music playing]
So having the chicken eat out of your hand, that's good,
but very entry-level.
Oh, did you get him to do the xylophone?
[Emma] Yeah.
Now, playing the xylophone, that's a trick.
And I would give Emma props
if she were to have them learn that.
[dings]
[Amber] Look at that.
[dings]
It's playing the xylophone.
Have it use the restroom in a specific area, so that way,
poop is not everywhere.
I'm not really gonna make it do anything crazy.
Just eat the mosquitoes so I don't get bit.
Catching fish...
with his beak.
-Yeah. -Train the chicken to talk.
Because everybody loves, like, when birds talk.
It'd be pretty cool if I -- every time I go down the hill,
Kevin would shout out, "What's up, Trent?"
-Yeah. -[clucking]
Brice, let's see your mad chicken whisperer skills.
-Yeah, Mr. Animal Lover. -[Emma] Yeah.
[Amber] I think you can catch one.
Come on.
[Brice] I will grab a chicken
just to show everybody I can do it.
I'll probably catch all four of them.
[Emma] Get it!
[Trent] Look at him, he's looking at you like, "That's all you got, dog?"
Come on, deer hunter.
[grunts]
[Jonah] Chickens are hard to catch, and if they're not
familiar with you, you're at a severe disadvantage.
[Amber] But Brice, too, typically is a pretty cautious individual.
I know from watching Emma,
you can't be real cautious. You just...
[Trent] Can you hunt chickens like you do turkeys?
[grunts]
[Brice] Alright, I'm done.
You're blaming your shoes, really?
Alright.
Nice job, Emma.
-I mean, they played the xylophone... -Yeah.
-...so that's one thing. -That's an -- that's an improvement.
-First time ever. -And they eat out of your hand.
[Emma] It's hard working with chickens,
so hopefully I get a good grade,
but I don't think I'm gonna be training
these chickens anymore.
I mean, they need a break, and I need a break, for sure.
Yeah, they're done. Peace, bye, bye.
[music plays]
-Hi. -Hi.
-Did you just get home? -Yes.
I heard you're making coffee.
[Amber] Working on Nana's stuff?
[Trent] Yeah, in order to start the Medicaid process,
we have to have a QIT, which is
a Qualified Income Trust fund.
Nana's health is declining quickly.
And on top of everything that we have going on at home
and all the projects that I have in my to do list,
um, I still have Nana to take care of.
I have to get the trust set up.
And I'm reading right now, if we can do it before we go
hiring an attorney. -You know...
Well, right now, I'm the power of attorney, so anything that
may be mistakenly done, unwilling...
-Yeah, will fall on you. -[Trent]...come back on me.
I am doing my best to oversee all of her affairs.
And at times, it's overwhelming.
At times, it's a lot.
Maybe not physically, but mentally.
And there are times when I have to pause and just reset
in order to be successful and to do things the right way.
As it stands right now, your mom,
five months into the nursing home,
she is not eating because of the pain
and things like that.
[Trent] As much as you're able to prepare
for a terminal illness like Nana's,
it's still hard to watch your mom, your Nana,
go through this process.
Smile, pretty.
[Nana] Any time they come is wonderful.
That's my life in there, you know.
[all singing] Happy birthday to you.
These final days are -- they're challenging.
Between trying to do this, trying to get ready
for the wedding, trying to keep good spirits for the wedding...
it's just stressful right now.
As much as I want Elizabeth's wedding...
to happen and play out just as she has wished,
I just need to step back, focus on Nana,
handle some of her affairs.
That way I could get back to my to-do list for the wedding.
We're figuring it out.
The best I can.
♪ Riding through the city with my girl now ♪
♪ I’m gonna take her around town with the windows down ♪
♪ Speakers up loud can you hear that sound ♪
♪ Got the rearview shaking and the windows down ♪
There is an incredible amount of work to get done
down in the field before the wedding.
And we are finally getting started on that process.
Right now, we are a quarter of the way through.
This is 24 feet long by 20 feet wide.
We're gonna do another 24 by 20 out there.
We have a list of about six...
big projects that we have to do.
The biggest project and probably the longest
time-consuming project is the flagstones at the pavilion.
And just 'cause it don't go there perfect, you can --
might have to turn one of these others to...
-Good job, that looks good. -Oh, yeah, that's a good one.
For the wedding, the pavilion is gonna be
where all the food is.
So we really paid a lot of attention to make sure
we didn't have too many small pieces in an area,
but used the larger pieces to cover that ground
and to make more of a level spot.
[indistinct background chatter]
[music plays]
It has been quite a while since everyone in the family
has come together to work on a project.
Come on, Dad. You're wasting time
with that one little screw.
-[Amber] My butt is not stuck. -[Trent] What are you doing?
I had to get over to this part.
Her butt's stuck.
[Trent] Whatever you do, don't let it go through that window.
-[gasps] Ooh! -[Trent] Oh!
We're not -- we're not doing this, we're not.
[Trent] When we have these major projects going on,
sometimes it can turn into a -- a crap show, honestly.
You have to look out here and find a spot,
and then look up here and find a stone.
And don't always grab the small piece.
[Elizabeth] This is just another big project.
And of course, when we have Dad,
some of us are gonna get yelled at.
Walk step-by-step on how we're gonna do this.
We're not winging it, what’s gonna happen when we crank?
So that means you have to stop talking.
These six posts will turn into something by the time
Thanksgiving hits. -Something that we can use?
[Trent] It could turn into a joyful family Thanksgiving,
or it could turn into a divorce.
[Elizabeth] I really might rather shoveling now...
[Trent] Well, it would be me sit here shoveling.
...especially if we're gonna be standing on stools doing this
on not-level ground.
There's nowhere on that machine that it says,
"Do not stand on stools."
[Elizabeth] It's called common sense.
Since this project is for our wedding, I'm just gonna
keep my mouth shut and keep working.
Boppa's coming in with another one -- watch out.
My belly's gonna be orange after this carry right here.
[Amber] There you go, go on there.
Y'all should have seen my t-shirt this morning.
-For real? -Yeah.
It just used to be my belly.
But now my boobs have gotten in.
[Elizabeth] Like a damn orangutan.
It's almost like that.
[Jonah] No.
I would have to disagree with Elizabeth.
That's a false strategy.
He knows how to decipher BS from real work.
We're gonna need about three more loads of dirt.
[Amber] You're dumping three more loads of sand?
I ain't hanging for that.
I am all for working on the flagstones,
but I have things that I have to get done,
and so Trent's on his own with this one.
[Trent] Do y'all know what the theme of this project is?
[Elizabeth] Huh?
They better live happily ever after.
[Elizabeth] Yes, yes, yes.
♪ Jump right in, baby, let's go, let's go ♪
♪ Drop some bass on the radio ♪
[Elizabeth] Alright.
-[Elizabeth] I go in the dressing room? -[Amber] Yeah.
I got this part. You don't have to...
-[Amber] I'm gonna have to help you. -I know.
I was gonna zip 'cause it's long, the thing.
-I don't wanna trip over you. -OK.
[Elizabeth] This wedding dress has been quite a journey.
We found the dress, I ordered the dress.
They said the dress would be here September.
I check on my dress.
They said the dress won't be here 'till middle of October.
So guess what? Floor model.
And here we are now to get it altered.
[Amber] The eye hook, that's kinda...
bent so it doesn't hold.
[Elizabeth] That's great.
[Amber] Probably 'cause it's been stretched on a lot of people.
[Elizabeth] Being in the dress again,
I am still very happy with my choice.
I am glad that the floor model did not sell, or we would be
looking for a completely different dress,
or moving our wedding date
just to wait for my dress to come in.
-[Amy] OK, so ready for me? -[Elizabeth] Yeah.
She's just putting the shoes on.
-[Amber] Yeah, the shoes. -[Amy] That's a nice dress.
[Elizabeth] Thank you.
-Might be a lot of work for you, Miss Amy. -[Amy] Yes.
[Elizabeth] We, of course, are seeing the one and only Amy,
who has been doing all of our clothes since I was
in my mother's uterus. -[Amber] She does all of our clothes,
she does all of our formal wear.
-[Amber] She does... -[Elizabeth] Prom dresses.
[Amber] Prom dresses. She does all of it.
So now this is our first wedding dress with her.
So our biggest thing, you know, obviously this will be
the easy part. -Mm-hmm.
But down here, how do we keep this?
[Amber] The tricky part with Elizabeth's dress is that
all the way around the dress is a cut-out lace.
So it's not just a straight line.
We wanna keep that.
We wanna keep the -- the overall style of the dress.
Even if we made a cut here and we brought up, like,
how you do my jeans, and we brought up...
Yeah.
If we did that, what do you think?
[Amber] Yeah.
[Amy speaking]
Basically, what she was telling me is she doesn't want
to see a line at Elizabeth's knee.
And I understand, but at the same time,
for Elizabeth, it was important to keep the cut-out lace
all the way around. -Just because I feel like it will flow.
I felt like it would be more noticeable if we were missing
that piece than just seeing a little faded line.
[Amy speaking]
-[Amber] Yeah, if we just cut and... -[Amy] Cut it here.
[Amber] What do -- you have to speak about this.
[Elizabeth] No, I'm just sitting here thinking.
Amy is great, but it's not like a prom dress
or a simple shirt or a pair of pants.
It is my wedding dress.
And I'm a little nervous
about our communication with Miss Amy.
[Amber] This underneath is straight.
So this, you wouldn't have to cut through.
[Amber] But it'll, it'll...
[Amber] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
[Amy] Alright.
[Amber] Elizabeth's kind of relying on me to...
communicate with Amy.
It's a little bit of pressure in the sense
I just wanna make sure that I am communicating exactly
what Elizabeth's looking for.
But I'm not 100% sure that we are all on the same page.
OK.
-[Amber] Yeah. -Yeah, OK.
This dress is a dress that really is supposed to be
the showstopper for a wedding.
The tension is there on, you know, hoping and making
sure that Amy understood what we are wanting for this dress.
[Amber] How long do you need?
[Amber] Three weeks?
[Elizabeth] Since we're only a month away from the wedding,
and it'll take about three weeks for the alterations
to be done, that only gives me just a week before the wedding
to hope and pray that this dress works out perfectly
because, you know, there's not a backup dress.
So there's a lot riding on this dress
and these alterations.
Thank you very much. Bye-bye.
[Emma] Next time on "7 Little Johnsons."
-[person #1] It's a surprise, right? -[Emma] Yes, it is.
-OK, OK. -There's lots of others involved.
I don't think I said anything.
[Emma] So hopefully the secret has been kept secret.
I think I see her.
[Trent] Holy crap!
Golly, I'm out of shape!
Doing something this strenuous probably is not the best idea,
but this work has to be done because the wedding's not
gonna be put on hold.
Chest is just tight.
[Amber] Do you have heart palpitations?
-[Trent] Bad. -[Elizabeth] Do you need to go to the ER?
[Amber] Is he about to pass out?
[phone chiming]
Hello?
The social worker wanted me to come home quick,
so I made it to Nana's room.
[Trent] Nana just passed away about three, four minutes ago.
Alex and I watched her take her last few breaths.