Come along for a real day in the life with 8 kids as we tackle chiropractor appointments, a Costco run, BJ’s pickup, and dinner at Tacos 4 Life.
This vlog includes: Large family errand day Costco haul (a few favorite finds) Grocery organization system at checkout Big family logistics Family dinner out Real-life moments (and a little chaos)
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What's up friends, we're heading to Costco, chiropractor, just kind of doing some typical
things that we do around here, and we're also doing a pickup order from BJ's, that's something
we've kind of re-introduced.
We used to do BJ's back when we lived back in the Raleigh area, then we stopped, and
then we've kind of picked back up again because we do like some things they have there that
Costco either doesn't, or that Costco doesn't.
But we get to do it with only a couple kids, see the blessing and beauty of having a older
children now who are teenagers, and B, grandparents who live right next door to us, is that we
can leave more kids home, they can kind of watch over themselves, but there's also people
right next door if they are needed.
So right now we are taking Cohen, Everly, and I think Maren's coming too, and we are
heading out.
Let's do this!
Daddy, can you open the door all the way?
Yeah.
I'm just kidding!
Let's go!
Stop!
Let's go!
There's my bro.
What are you eating, bro?
The beef stick.
The beef stick?
Yeah.
You got $50 in your pocket?
Oop!
You okay?
Yes.
My butt!
I'm sorry.
That sounded scary.
I want to get somebody's stuff.
Okay.
My hand?
You don't want my hand?
Let's go.
Chiropractor, here we come.
Cohen!
I need someone to hold my hand.
Your legs are too short.
Yeah, they're really too short.
Me, Suprene.
Do you have a vitamin D already?
I do have that, and I do take B-flavor.
Okay.
You already?
Okay.
Omegas?
Um, I don't have omegas.
Okay, then all we need is omegas today.
Oh, thank you for my seat right here.
Alright.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Let's pick a color.
You want to go first?
Yeah.
Alright, let's go.
I'll sit.
You're going first?
I'm sitting.
Alright, bro.
You ready?
Alright.
Alright, here we go.
Here we go.
Alright, let's go.
Flip on over on your back for me, please.
Here I go.
Keep going, Cohen.
Ready.
Good job.
Did you hear all that popcorn in there?
I did.
Alright.
Come on up.
There we go.
I guess so, huh?
Oh!
Crunchy.
Perfect.
Come on up for me.
I got the double whammy.
The double whammy, yeah, yeah.
Alright, we're done here.
Let's go.
Cobra likes to do things himself.
I wanted to mention that.
He doesn't like people to help him.
So whenever you saw him fall out of his seat and he thought I was just not, you know, helping
him get down and that's why he fell, no, he doesn't like us to do that.
I try to let him be independent.
And look, now he's climbing.
Where are you going?
In your seat.
Cohen!
Maren, you have to get in your seat.
Maren, get back in the seat.
You don't actually have time for that.
Oh, we gotta go.
Let's go.
We're at Costco.
We're gonna get these.
No, we're probably not, but I'm gonna look at them for a minute.
That does look delicious.
It sure does.
I think it has gluten in it, so you can't have it, but.
It does contain wheat, so you probably shouldn't get it either.
Yeah, it's gluten-free.
It's got these vitamins, synthetic bee vitamins in it, so I also don't want that.
We're at Costco.
We gotta get the bare minimum today, but here I am wandering the aisles of not bare minimum.
The aisles of deliciousness.
I need to know about this Dubai chocolate fascination with, like, that everybody's all
about because I want to try it, but it just also looks weird, the M&Ms.
Oh, they're colorful, alright.
I just saw a post about these and how the stuff that's inside them isn't actually, like,
chocolate.
It's, like, really processed oils and, like, not actually food.
It's just, like, fat that they, anyway.
It was depressing.
That's not good.
I was like, well, I like that, but I'm in a stage of life where I don't want to eat
fake food.
Oh, why?
Like, I don't want chemicals.
I just want real food, which I should probably just get out of this.
Yeah, as we walk down the aisle full of fakeness.
To be fair, these are, like, good for the kids in their little treat boxes.
Like, everyone...
Okay, it's 90-10.
Like, 10%?
Yes, you can have little treats.
But the bulk of what we eat, I'd like it to be...
Not little treats.
Okay, this is actually, like, a treasure.
If you're gonna go to Costco, then you're as happy as you get them.
There's 32 for $12.99, which I feel like is, for, like, a treat, that's a pretty good price.
I kind of gauge things on our kids' chores charts, and they earn points on the hearth display.
That's what we use.
They earn points, and then they can cash it in for rewards.
And one of the rewards is a treat box, and so that's filled with, like, sweet treats.
And then they have a snack box, which is filled with other snacks that aren't necessarily
super sugary, but also things that we don't give them all the time.
Anyway, these I bought, and I think the price is great.
For how many you get, they're amazing.
It literally is like cookie dough with the texture of...
Like, the flavor is cookie dough.
100%.
It's just, like, a little...
In a bar.
A bar.
It's, like, chewy, gummy-ish.
Like, it's like a...
Right?
It's kind of gummy, but kind of chewy.
But it tastes just like cookie dough, so...
We get our favorite grass-fed butter here, which is just wild, because we have a cow,
and we...
But we do share a lot of the milk.
I could probably skim cream, make butter, but it wouldn't be enough.
Because we go through a lot.
Because we're a family of 10.
So, this is our favorite butter to get.
It's soft.
It's like a doggy.
It's something in here.
It's what?
It smells like something.
They're smelling manure.
Or potting mix with compost.
That's probably what it is.
I made a video where it was a snowstorm, and it was, like, crazy lines.
And someone tried to tell me that that was, like, a normal day at Costco.
And that I was crazy or something.
This is actually a little less than normal.
But look how...
This is, like, you know, the evening.
What is it?
5 o'clock?
4 o'clock?
5 o'clock?
5.30?
At Costco.
Yeah, we gotta get out of here.
But, I'm just saying, there ain't nobody.
This is normal, you know?
Maybe a little busier.
But this is, like, what I would say is normal.
What are you doing?
I'm laying on...
You're laying on the box?
Yeah.
You're crazy.
See my head?
Your head?
Can I see my head?
I see your head.
And then I do that.
Good job.
Ready?
Boom.
Yeah.
Big bro.
Actually, little bro.
Get this woman a job at Costco.
Watch this.
Well, you can hear...
What?
You can hear that the woman said,
that's the way they wanted them.
Oh.
Like, I'd rather put all this in this cart now
and just take one cart.
It's fine.
I put the chicken meatballs in that other box
and he literally took them out.
Look, Danielle has a system
and whenever someone messes with that system
she doesn't like it a lot.
But her systems are good.
So, the guy was
kind of forcing his system
onto her, so
that's always funny to watch.
And she's like, oh, I got it.
And they're like, well, let me help you.
And then they go and start taking stuff.
She puts like the cold stuff
with the cold stuff.
And the not cold stuff with the not cold stuff.
But they'll just kind of throw it all together.
So, anyways, we're done here at Costco.
Now we're heading to pick up BJ's
and then dinner and then head home.
Just so we're clear,
if I wasn't parked right next to this
thing, I would be putting all of it
in one cart before I came out.
No, you're laughing 100%.
The only reason I didn't
put it all in one cart, dude.
Well, I didn't realize you had it in
or you were next to the cart.
Oh, I knew.
You're smart. You're smart.
Wanna get in the car? You cold?
Let's do it.
Let's go, big bro.
Or little bro.
Tacos for life.
There's a car coming. Everly, quick.
The best place ever.
For every meal you buy,
a meal is donated to a child
in need.
Well, I better buy some meals then, huh?
I saw the fire truck!
Wee-oo, wee-oo, wee-oo.
They are busy. They're in full on.
We're a little busy, but people are already sitting in and eating.
We're good to go.
Y'all keep going.
You can do it now.
Thank you.
So, I was like, it's probably not gonna take that long.
Let's just run in real quick and grab it.
While they were having a Make-A-Wish
foundation
donations evening
and they had this thing
so it's like a double whammy
dinner time and they were doing
this event in there
so it took a little bit longer than we hoped
but that's okay
because it's totally worth it.
But the kids are waiting for us at home so we gotta get
to BJ's and then get home.
Alright guys, well, we got home and it got crazy.
We couldn't find one of our bags from tacos for life
and we're like, I know we had four bags
and we're looking all over the place
looking back in the car, looking in the house
like checking all around the house
because maybe one of the kids left it
on the porch or something
and then Danielle's like, oh wait
I put it in our armrest thing
and I'm like, are you kidding me this whole time?
You didn't think about that?
Anyway, so it just got crazy.
Everybody's in bed. I'm going to bed
and on that note
we love you guys and we will see y'all later.
Bye.