7 Families Who Can't Stop Having Kids | MY EXTRAORDINARY FAMILY

I have 10 children and I became a grandma at 36 years old

My daughter is younger than her nephew. She was born an aunt. This is my normal

All I know is chaos and shenanigans. Would you like to have any more kids? We have 18 children

We don't know when we've ever had the house along to ourselves. When I go shopping, I spend between $250 to $500 every shopping trip

People are upset that we're having more children and overpopulating the world

I have 11 children. So I color code my kids. I mean, their clothes, their toys, their bed sheets, everything

I receive a lot of negative comments. They'll say things like, you know, all the same, dad

My sister doesn't think I should have any more kids. How would you feel if she had more children

I think it would drive me crazy. We have 12 children, and we're the number one dance family in the world

The negative comments bother me. A lot. Are they all yours? Is it the same mother and father

Is it a daycare? is with a class. People think our family is a cult

We're parents with 10 children. And do you like colour coordinating with your family

We would like to have more children. Okay, look, I thought I'd give you some good news

Oh my God. I have eight beautiful boys expecting another. They're never alone, they're always together

and I think that's one thing that they all enjoy, they love it. So when we bring up having more children

they're always excited and happy. Today we're going to do a gender reveal

We're trying to go for a girl. So we're gonna figure out what baby number nine is

You guys ready? Yeah! Go! We're doing French toast. Someone did want pancakes, so if I feel like this at the end

I might make four or five pancakes as well. Don't want to, but I will

Usually I try to cook at least three times a week. Breakfast is usually more like a weekend thing

That depends. For breakfast, everybody's usually good with eggs, pancakes, grits, bacon, the typical breakfast

Dinner is when things get a little interesting because not a lot of dinner things come in big enough sizes for everybody

My name is Ashley Cousins, and I'm 38 years old. I'm Jerry Cousins Jr., and I'm 40

The cousins dozen, yes, because there's two of us. I'm 10 of them, so that's 12, and we are a dozen

We have 10 kids total. I think they all were surprises along the way. I personally thought I was going to be the next Britney Spears or in the WNBA

so I'm not sure what happened here. We have six girls total. Alexis, she's 21

Ashlyn is 19. Ava is 15. Adeya is almost 11. Isla is 9, and our baby Amora is 1

We also have four boys. the oldest being Jerry Cousins III, we call him Trey

And we have Jersey, Jet, and what's that little boy? His name's Drew

Drew, the little guy, little guy. Drew, yeah. We spent a ton of money on just eating out alone

and I feel like for me, that's the best way to go. I've seen my eating out bill be $1,300, $1,400 per month

Groceries, probably about the same. It should just stop. We got to figure out what's going on with that. Okay

All right? Yep, I got you. You get that taken care of, okay? Got you

You want some eggies? You want fruit, strawberries, bacon, grits? All right, great

You guys can get it how you get it. Do you have any responsibilities as a second oldest

Do I have a lot of responsibilities as a second oldest? See, look, see, she, yeah

Yes, I do. I have a lot of responsibilities. What are they

Really safe. Everything. Everything. We're very close as a family. They all support each other from the oldest to the youngest

Whenever anyone has an activity outside or inside, they're their number one fans

How would you describe your parenting style? I'm the hammer. Yeah, he's way more strict

Our parenting style, he's way more strict than I am. Let's bring it in, y'all. Can I give them kids some tea

Okay. I'm kind of like, okay, if they want a popsicle at 8 a.m., for the love of God, give them a popsicle at 8 a.m

Bless you. Would you tell us how you broke up, then you got back together? In 2016, we separated for a few years, and as time went by, we just kind of started re-acting like we were together

So yeah, we had two more kids very quickly after that, and then we actually just recently got married two months ago in June

How did you feel when Alexis told you she was pregnant? When I found out that my oldest was pregnant, there was a split second there that I was taken back

Like, oh my gosh, why would she do this to me? But that quickly went away and we jumped in as Mama Bear and Papa Bear to help her be the best mom that she could be

How old were you when you became grandparents? When we became grandparents, I was 36

Don't say this too loud. I was 38. Yeah, it's crazy. So this is Cash's clothes

He has two huge buckets of clothes. I like to do yellow

I think we're doing yellow today to match with these cute shoes

So, Cash is my two-year-old son. That's my wuggie. That's my everything

Yeah, it's like my happiness in a bundle. He's a good boy. Like, he's very sweet

I got pregnant with Cash when I was 18, but I ended up actually having him when I was 19

How did you feel telling your parents that you were pregnant? Parents aren't like, they're more on the chill side, I guess you'd say

Like obviously growing up I had what I think was strict parents, but by the time I was 18 out the house, it wasn't like super scary to tell them

Yeah, I think my mom, like being a teen mom too, she definitely had some sort of understanding with me

Did you experience any judgment around that time, kind of becoming a mom at 19

I feel like the only judgment would probably be on social media

And I'm not going to say I condone, you know, having kids young. Honestly, I would say it's not easy

Like, I'm not promoting that by any means, but I think we do a really good job at it

We've definitely received some judgment about our daughter having her son. Basically saying, oh, you're just repeating the cycle

You had her at 17. She was a teen mom, you know. What kind of example are you setting for her type thing

My daughter is younger than her nephew. She was born an aunt. I love being a young grandparent, man

I get to enjoy the little dude. I get to hang out and play with him and stuff. I really don't feel like a grandparent to him a lot of the times

He just is like just one of one of the other kids. He actually calls me mom

That's only because, you know, everyone else is calling me mom. He knows I'm not his mom. Stuff I like doing with my family is I like to draw with them, play basketball, of course, football, you know, and just anything really

Because, you know, when I'm just with them, it's like cool, I guess. But yeah, mostly outside

I like going outside with them. Ready? One, two, three. How did you decide to start sharing your experiences on social media

It kind of became for me like a little competition thing and I just started sharing

Once I put on there that I had eight kids, then nine kids, then ten kids, that people

were just like whoa and they just tune in for sure. People love it man

It's entertaining for me to see how it's entertaining to people. So it just everyday life to me I feel like when we do share some personal things the majority of it is great feedback People are excited they happy for us you know but then there are a lot of people some people who are more negative and controversial trolling if you will

Some negativity I've received was that I've been accused of receiving a lot of money from the government

because we have so many children that I'm just having children to receive money from the government

Another negative feedback I received was that I'm like a hoochie mama

They would think I have a bunch of boyfriends, ex-boyfriends, baby daddies, etc. When I only have just one

Not that I'm knocking other women, but I only have just one. Some things people have said to me, they said I'm like a dog

Like a breeder. And also most recently, like a week ago, someone told me that having this many kids is like a form of child abuse

They said I'm contributing to overpopulation. And also like, stop opening your legs

Like, oh, she's going to be pregnant within a year. It's exhausting. Stop having kids. It's disgusting. The list goes on and on

What I would tell people that have judged my family is they don't know what it's like, you know, to walk a day in my shoes

And this, to me, is normal. This is my normal. All I know is chaos and shenanigans

Yeah, I don't. The judgment doesn't bother me at all. What people have to say really don't matter

They catch it down here. They bring it up. I love playing sports with my family. I do it all the time. Every day

Oh, he put that up there for real. If I had to describe my family in one word, I would probably

I want to say extraordinary to be, you know, cliche. Definitely extraordinary

We're great. Like, I really think we're elite, if you will. We're just great

What I see in the future for my family is not hoped. I'm going to go ahead and speak into existence, success, family, togetherness

A lot of smiles and good times. I agree. Would you like to have any more kids

I personally do not want any more kids. I think 10 is plenty enough

I want more kids. No, I'm kidding. I don't want any more kids. I don't want any more kids. No more kids

I love them all. I have like all five little girls. And then I have the middle girls

And then I have the boys. Then I go on to my teenagers. Malachi, Braden, Kaden, Mikayla

And mom. Oops. And dad. When I met my wife I had eight children

And I had three. And together we've had seven. When I cook for the children, it usually takes me anywhere between one to three hours

depending on what I'm making for the day. I can usually kind of get everything ready

Like, I'm going to pull out the hamburger for dinner tonight, after I pretty much get breakfast rolling

but I can do a lot of stuff at the same time. A typical day for us is pretty much go time

I'm like, okay, put the laundry in right now, and then I'm going to go start the breakfast

And then while I do that, I'm going to have them hop in the shower, and then I'm going to get the lunch ready right now, and then I'm going to clean up

So I kind of keep things in order. How did you both meet

My daughter had been in an accident. I was in a place where I could not communicate with her

or I didn't have all the information. She knew all the information

I didn't know her at the time. It started over just telephone, us talking

and I started calling her every day. And then in July, I came back to Spokane

and we got married 28 days later. We actually had conversations prior to getting married

and it was, I kind of like laid out some things of where I still wanted to have a big family

It wasn't intimidating. It seemed like my whole life, my whole childhood

I was like preparing to be all their moms. How did you react when you found out that your two families were going to merge

I was excited at the time, but kind of nervous. I had two other brothers

It was just the three of us. And then having a ton of more people come in in my life was just like a little weird

but it was fun. I actually met my stepmom before the wedding, so I knew her

but I didn't know her kids and I actually didn't meet them until I believe a day before. So it's kind of a little bit like, whoa

When I first thought about that we were going to have a blended family

it was kind of like a mixed feeling. We didn't know we were going to have this much sibling at this time

It was like, oh, it's not going to be that many. But then after years, it's kind of like, wow

We ended up having to get two SUVs very quickly. Actually, we had a truck

A truck. a truck with six and an SUV, but then it's over the years, you know, it's been one by one added on

The SUVs get bigger and bigger. Yeah. What are the difficulties of having such a big family

Keeping things clean and organized and everybody else on track. Those are my biggest difficulties

Do people have any misconceptions about what it's like to have a big family

Negative comments. People are upset that we're having more children and overpopulating the world

And so that's kind of one where we're like, well, hold on a minute here. We're not raising people with entitlement issues

We're raising people who are going to put into society and into the world and be more of an asset than a liability

There's a huge misconception. I think that they believe it's chaos. I think when they see a big family like, oh, my God, that must be chaotic

Oh, that must be so much work. It is work, obviously, but I think any home comes with work

So it's a matter of what order you put that work in and how efficient that machine runs, right

When I go shopping, I usually buy like four to five gallons of milk at a time

So we're on our last bit. We just use all of our eggs, which go right here

I think we use like a 24 pack. I spend like really between $250 to $500 every shopping trip

So I'm like ordering from Costco, delivery, you know, Instacart. While I'm cooking, I'm like, oh, I need this

And so I'll usually put an order together like that. And how often do you make those grocery trips

Usually at least once a week, if not more. What's Christmas like

Christmas is, I say it's fun, but it's work. It is work

Yeah, we're going to drop 10K on Christmas. Yeah. That's what that looks like

So I sleep here with Heavenly and Ellie. They're both one and two on the king size

And on the queen size, we have our five-year-old Lily. And then a six-year-old Isabella

And a seven-year-old Krista. So that's all that sleeps in this room

I do have siblings that I get on my nerves. If they get in my stuff, or get in my makeup, or my nail stuff, it really ticks me off

This is where Andrew sleeps, and Andrew is nine. I'm eight. Oh, he's eight. Andrew's eight

I'm five of my eight. And then this is Christopher's bed. I think he's four

He's five. You need a G-pop. And then this is Donnie's bed. Donnie's the same age as Andrew

and apparently he eight So this is a little boy room Some of these things do get on my nerves quite often mainly the younger ones because they still trying to understand boundaries Why can I do this Why can I do that

This is my parents' room. So the baby, Embrylla, sleeps in here with my mom and my dad

And some of them just like to chill in here. Do you ever feel lonely in this house

Lonely? No. You want to be lonely in this house? Do you ever get the house to y'all selves

No. No. I don't know when we've ever had the house along to ourselves

I don't think we ever have. No. Impossible. What do you think it would be like if y'all have the house to y'all selves

It'd be clean. If I had the house to myself, it would be clean

I would take a nap. That's what I would do. What I love most about raising a huge family is really the end goal

We're molding people, so it's a huge responsibility. Our hope, right, is that we're raising world changers

People who are going to come in and show the same grace and mercy they were raised with

and make the world a better place. What I like about having so many siblings is you're never alone

and there's always something to do. because there's always somebody to do something with. I like that there's a lot of different personalities in the mix

I think everybody in our family knows what their part and their role and their position is

And they know how to move when they're called on it. And that's something that I think we do well

As far as a team goes, we make a great baseball team. We're not planning on having any more, but..

I'm absolutely 100% not planning on having any more children. I love the numbers that we have right now

Where's mum? I'm the first one in the kitchen today. There you are

All right, what have you got for breakfast? What would you like? Pancakes. Pancakes

All right, pancakes it is. My name is Mitch and I'm 62

My name is Chella and I'm 40. We have 10 children. The oldest are twins, Oriel and Sheena

they're 16, Chalice she's 15, Shayla is 13, Orion is 12, Orison is 10, Renee is 8

Shale is 6, Shandell is 4 and Azrael is 2. We all eat the same foods, we don't

cook different meals really unless someone doesn't particularly really like something but that's not often so. How much do you spend on groceries a month? About $3,000 to $4,000

yeah. Do you usually make breakfast for your family? Yeah but everyone kind of like helps

How did you two meet? Oh it goes back many years. I was singing at a restaurant and

she requested a song. Yeah the rest unfolded later on. Did you always want a big family

Well, it just happened, you know. I just went with the flow

Twins came first and after that, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, just the ball kept rolling and I just kept on bowling

How do you make time together as a couple or do you make time together as a couple

As you can hear in the background, it's very hard. I think there's no time for us, but..

There'll be plenty of time later, hopefully. Taste that! Taste that! It's actually going to give me a taste

It's really good with the maple syrup. So we got the time there when you go shopping or to the beach or to the park

We're all together. Always all together. You all want to go and have a look? Purple? Purple? You like the shirt

So we're wearing purple tomorrow. Do you want to wear a skirt with that

We like colour coordinating as a family because when we go to the store, we all see this top

and we all like it and want to get it. Colour coordinating is an everyday thing for us, so yeah, we enjoy it

Why do you colour coordinate as a family? The colour coordinating started, well, with the twins

They used to dress them the same and then Chalice came along and she wanted to wear the same outfit as the twins did

But it just looks so good, you know? I mean, it's like an entourage

Whenever we go to a shopping centre or something like that and everyone just looks and..

It's not that we want the attention, but that's what happens. How much do you spend on clothes a month

Probably $300 to $500 on clothes, depending on the month and whose birthday it is

What's it like having nine siblings? Crazy and fun. Yeah, you always got someone to play with, so..

Yeah, you're never lonely or anything. There's always screaming or something. Yeah

Who's the eldest? I am. I have some responsibilities as making sure

that no one gets lost in the shops. I always kind of do that

Yeah, we all kind of do that. We all watch them. You want me to sit in the front

How many can you fit into your car? and now we've got one and it seats 14

14 people. All right, let's go to the park. The challenges with having a big family

are probably more the outside people. You get treated different. So some of the comments we got online are

I feel bad for them. Two parents could never give 10 kids the amount of attention

they really need. I don't know why they would say this. They go wherever they want

Yeah, we're always with them. Yeah, plenty of attention. Too much, I think

Too much attention. Why do you always dress them alike? They need to have their own style

I think they dressed us alike. They don't want to have their own style. They just want to have everyone the same

Why didn't you give them normal names? Normal names? We've given them beautiful names

but to somebody else's opinion, it's... Yeah, I'm happy with their names

They're happy with their names. They're happy. They look like their own cult. Even the doctors, when you were having the last child

you were in the hospital. Are you guys a cult? Well, when you go to school, you all dress alike

and you belong to that community, yeah. Even when you go to work, you all have to dress the same

Same. I guess we're all a cult. At the end of the day. In one way or another

In one way or another. Would you like to have more children? Yeah, we would like to have more children

Yes, definitely. We're definitely trying. and just a matter of time. We did try to have another one, but that ended up in a miscarriage

Miscarriage last year. What do your friends and family think of you having another baby

They just say, you're crazy. Why would you want to do that? Yeah

And I haven't told her mum yet, but I think that's what she's going to say

Yes Susie hi Hi how are you Had a good day Yes really good Alright Okay look I thought I give you some good news

What's that? The good news is Chela and I, we're trying for a baby. Oh boy, are you crazy

But you've got 10 lovely children already, why do you need more? Why not

You heard it from your daughter Why not? More the merrier Oh my god

I really thought that maybe the 10 was enough And you're both pretty worn out anyway

You're getting on And by the time that baby's 20 You're going to be an old man

Sorry, say that again? I don't look old and I don't plan to age

I'm a little bit disappointed really at, you know, you don't agree with Chela and I

All we needed was a little bit of family support and you're not being rude, you've let us down

It doesn't mean that I'm not going to support you. Of course I will

You're entitled to your opinion. Yes. We're entitled to ours and I guess we have to agree to disagree

And by the way, I'm still young, Susie. I'm not an old man

I don't have any grey hairs. Not today. There's no grey hairs on me at all

Susie, even though you don't agree with us, we still love you

And, yeah, we're going to have to love you and leave you and goodbye for now

Yeah. I love you too. And I will always go along with you

Thank you very much. Goodbye. Bye. Have a good night. See ya

What we hope the future holds our family is more kids. One word to describe the family

Fun. Fun, loving. Yeah, live entertainment. I have 11 children

I've spent probably about eight and a half years of my life pregnant

So this is Victoria, Andrew, Adam, Mara, Dash, Darla, Marvelous, Marto, Yemili, Delilah, and Donovan

Like it's very hectic sometimes. Living in a large family like this, it's like pretty loud

They, especially since some of their sleep schedules is off, so it's kind of loud all the time

How do your friends react when they come over? I usually like bring them into my room so it's not as much of all the little kids trying to climb on them and stuff

It's like being at a party but without music. The color coding system is incorporated into almost everything

Anything that I can find in their color, I'll buy. Their clothes, their toys, their sheets, towels, toothbrushes

Did I say cups and plates? I don't know. Just everything. And it's almost obsessive

When I first started having kids, obviously I only had one, and it was Victoria. And because she was a girl, I just bought her a lot of pink, you know

When I had a boy, well, you know, boys wear a lot of blues. And then when I had Adam, he really loved frogs and turtles and alligators

So like there's green. He loved green. That was when I realized that I really liked the color coding

That was, what, 13 years ago. The kids love the color coding

And they always say that they just feel like it suits them so perfectly

We're going to go to the park to meet with my sister. The last visit was very brief and I hadn't seen her in years

Well, my sister's name is Diana. She was the only sister I had growing up

My mom only had two kids. And so she always tries to give me advice that I don't listen to

Honestly, she told me that I should stop having kids a long time ago and I just, I couldn't

I mean, I just love growing my family. Oh my goodness, I receive a lot of negative comments

regarding my family. They'll say things like, you know, all the same dad

Do you know what causes that? Or, do you own a TV

Stop sucking your thumb. When people question my parenting, I kinda wanna hand them a mirror

so that they can look at themselves because I don't think anyone's a perfect parent

I feel like when people see us in public, a lot of times they start counting

So for me, social media is in a way it's like an outlet

I really like sharing my family. I think that it's good in a way to raise awareness

Because there are so many people who think all these negative things, like there's no way you can meet

the emotional needs of 11 kids, but I can. Let me show you

Okay, so I'm going to be 100% honest here, and I cannot point out every single one and

name them. That's the honest truth. So, Victoria, Andrew, Adam, Mara, Dash, and then that's when it starts getting confusing

But I think I lose track of them as they get smaller because we've been apart these last

five years. and all these ones are within the last five, six years

It's hard living in different states with pretty much the only family I have

She loves the kids, but she has said many times that I should stop having them

What do you think about your sister having this many children? Oh my goodness

Okay, so first, first it was like, you know, only a couple

And I was like, okay, that's enough. You know, I was like, okay, I think we're done. Three is good

And she was like, well, maybe. I'm like no don't do it, don't do it, don't do it, don't do it. And she did it

I did it. She did it. Do you worry about Veronica's health or finances with this many children

Or any future children she might want to have? Healthy, yes. Very concerned about her health

Just recently she had to have surgery and get one of her kidneys removed

Um, that kind of stuff is important to kind of keep your body in shape to bear children, you know

How would you feel if she had more children? I think I'd, I'd, it would drive me crazy

But, um, but I honestly, I love my nieces and nephews, so I mean the more the merrier

Um, but I would object to any more health for health reasons only

I love you I would say it's a bit crazy here sometimes

And, you know, I recognize that color coding and, you know, having a big family like this is a little crazy

So I just want people to know that just because I have a lot of kids doesn't mean that, you know, I have some weird motive like wanting assistance or something like that

Do you have plans for any more kids? I shouldn't. I shouldn't

I'm really on the fence. part of me is like, you're done, you're good

And then the other part of me is like, no, no, no, there's three more, no six more, six more, no, I don't need any more, no six more, six more

no more. So I feel like, I'm just going to sort of see what happens and let nature decide

Do you want some more kids on the bed? How many kids can we put on this bed? Cool

One, two, three, and four. So, Mom, explain the sleeping situation. The boys usually have triple bunks up

So it's like 3 to a room, and then of course the baby sleeps in the co-sleeper in the room with us

And in the mornings, everybody jump out of bed, normal routine, brush teeth, get dressed

It's usually pretty smooth sailing. Can you run through your children by name

Okay, Jamel. Michael. Angelo. Gimani. Armani. Sincere. Kazza. And the expecting baby

We always wanted ten kids. I grew up in a house with four sisters, so I always wanted a big family

Yes, and I'm the oldest of seven children, so I'm used to the big family life

They're never alone. They're always together, and I think that's one thing that they all enjoy

They love it. So when we bring up having more children, they're always excited and happy

I'm so hungry. So in the mornings, we usually do a dozen of eggs

and they eat some pancake sausages, and that's what the younger kids eat because they're picky

Believe it or not, I only go to the grocery store once a week, and we usually spend about $400 a week

My biggest challenge is managing all the extra laundry and the housework

That's the biggest challenge for me, I would say. You want the eggs too long

I want eggs too. I want eggs too. I want the A

But especially as they get older, it's like it gets easier. And they become great helpers, too

I don't have to ask them or bag them. They voluntarily do it, and it's just been amazing

They're awesome. I do believe them having that family togetherness helps a lot

If money and your health wasn't a problem, how many kids would you have

20. Me, I would. Yeah, if money and health wasn't an issue, he would have 20 kids

He really would. He loved children. I mean, I'm great with the ideal of 10 to 12 kids as long as my health is great

Oh, yeah, I agree. I do not like being pregnant. Yeah, I get severely sick

I puke nonstop all day long. It doesn't stop, last a whole nine months until you actually push the baby out

If he could carry babies, I would surely let him finish off carrying the rest of the babies

So that would be awesome. Do they know what a gender reveal is

We actually have did a few in the past, so yeah, they do know. They know

Why do you want a boy? So if we keep going up with our brothers and stuff

So we help each other and stuff more. I think they just don't know what to expect if it was a girl

I think I don't know what I would expect either, but yeah, I think it's just like the unexpected

for them so they're like, oh, let's have another boy. I want a boy

I want a boy. I want a girl. I want a girl

I want a girl. Today we're going to do a gender review

We're trying to go for a girl. If I was going to Las Vegas, I'd be betting on blue for sure

Okay, you guys, so we're finna figure out what baby number nine is

Okay, so we're going to count to three and on three we're gonna pop up and see

You can look. Look, Chulo. Two, one, go. Look at the boy

It's a boy. It's a baby boy. So are you just going to keep going until you get the daughters

That's how I want it. I mean, I'm not going to be able to keep having children

It's all within my health. Yeah. So, yeah. Baby boy. You got baby boy coming

You're not going to be the little baby no more. You gotta be a big brother

Yeah, hi. Yeah, hi. Hi. I love having a big family, though

I would trade for the world. Literally, it's never a dull moment. And everywhere we go, we get great behavior, compliments

They're great children. I do believe them having that family togetherness helps a lot

I'm very excited. I never thought that this would be the life that I actually met

We have 12 children and we're the number one dance family in the world

Malachi Junior Jani Trinity Messiah Josiah Love Seven Michael Royal Heavenly and Hope Did you always want to have 12 children No I didn always want to have 12 children I always wanted children of my own because I had a tough life growing up

and I wanted to, you know, just give someone a better life than what I had

When I got to child number eight, I was like, oh, that's a lot now. But then I didn't consider my wife wanting more

That's how we got to 12. We met at a party. It was a house party in Brooklyn, New York

And I guess I was dancing pretty well because he came over and we battled

When we battled the first time, I won. That's natural. I'm making oatmeal for breakfast this morning

There must be a cryo to take 14 people. The children cook, and they love to cook

Honestly, I really don't have an issue with, like, cooking all the time because they always want to cook

I thank you for the food, in Jesus' name. Amen. Hallelujah. We spend $500 each week on groceries, roughly, give or take

Every other day, we'll go to the grocery store to buy groceries

We're going to be rehearsing the TikTok dance right now. So before we do it, we practice it a couple of times

and then we record it. I started posting TikToks with my family in 2021 in January

And we went viral, I would say, like, around April of 2021

My background in dancing is hip hop. Awesome dancer, he's a champion

How often do you dance together? In the range of a week, maybe like three days out of the week

Five, six, seven, eight, let me go, let me go, again. I'm too soft

No, you're doing too much, there's only two steps. One, two. We probably get at least one good rehearsal in, and then the next day we record

I would dance and I would be preparing for battles and things like that and the kids would

mimic my rounds. We started teaching our children footwork around three. Right out the womb, to be honest

I was just about to say. I would stand them up and I would, I would like move their feet. Yes

If I'm holding the baby, the baby's gonna dance. Next up, we got Heavenly

Go Heavenly! Go Heavenly, John! The reason why I like dancing is because

I like making people happy. It brings me to a happy place, and I like dancing a lot

The reason why I like dancing is because we have more dance movements

and I can learn more flex and bond breaks. I can learn new moves and new dance skills, and that's just a part of my heart

Every time we're on stage dancing, everyone cheers, and everyone is excited to see us

because we're a great family. The reason why I love dancing is because people call me cute

and I am. What are the kinds of comments that you guys get on social media videos

Well, some of the comments that we get is, wow such a large family are they all yours is it the same mother and father

um is it a daycare is it a class we definitely get a lot of stares when we're out in public

i was at a grocery store and i had a woman come up to me and tell me oh are you married

And I said yes and I was pregnant too And I like yes well and she says well I hope he doesn leave you because I have six and my husband left me

The negative comments bother me a little. A lot. No, depending on what it says

Like, it's not possible for you to give attention to the kids

And that bothers me because, you know, I'm intentional with each and every one of them

and even raising them. We definitely get a whole lot of, I love you guys, you guys make me smile

Can I live with you guys? And consistently coming back saying, can you adopt me, can you adopt me

Come on, you gotta fly. Come on. How does it feel to be the oldest

Um, I don't think it's great, you know? We got some great kids

What's the type of, oh no. But yeah, it's just really fun. What's your least favorite part about being older brother

It's when he actually gave me a job for no reason. It feels like a lot of responsibility

And a great talent comes with great responsibility. That's what's up. I thought it was going to be bad because there was so many people around me

and I thought Yasu wouldn't be able to get to each and every one of us

and know us personally, but I did a good job with that. So you're a part of the Storm family, huh

Yeah. What's your favorite thing about that? My brothers and sisters. Okay, what's your least favorite

Eating kale. Eating kale. What is the best thing about dance? It keeps us together

It keeps us moving at one beat. The ultimate dream and goal for us as a family of 14 who loves to dance is to travel the world

In our 15-passenger van, we do a lot of meet and greets

that perform for everyone. We actors, we're dancers, we're models. I want to do a whole production with just the Storm family

All over the world have the biggest arenas everywhere. Hey, Lily, come on, bring your clothes in here

Thank you. Thank you. Introduce us to each of your children's names and ages

Okay, I'm going to let you take that one. Go run it, champ. So our oldest is Skylar, who's 22

And then Gavin, who's 22. Brayden, who's 20. Malachi, who's 19. Kayla, who's 18

Caden, who's 17. Soraya, who's 14. Jaden, who's 14. Bonnie and Chevelle, who are twins, and they're both 11

Andrew, who's 11. Krista, who's 9. Isabella, who's 8. Christopher, who's 7

Lily, who's 6. Heavenly, who's 5. Ellie, who's 4. Briella, 2. Then we had Zeke, who's like 19 months right now

Before we met, I had 3 children, and he had 8 children

And we have had 8 children. So 17 children live with us in the home

On the regular, I do two loads of laundry per day just to keep up with it

Saturday is probably like an extra like 10 loads. Do the children help out with the household chores

Yes. Yes, they do. Although I have to follow up and make sure they finish them

I had one that skipped last night. So she's doing them right now

How would you describe your family? We actually described our family before as organized chaos

It's very organized, though. How would you describe your parenting style? My parenting style is really like I watch over everything

So I'm kind of like a hawk. My parenting skill is a little bit more relaxed

Nobody's dying. Nothing's breaking. Like, you know, enjoy yourself. This is horrible

Does anybody know he's up here? What? Is he? Yeah, is he up here by himself

He's just chilling. Who brought him up here? What has been happening since we last filmed with you

I'm absolutely 100% not planning on having more children. We actually had one more baby since you last seen me

and he is 19 months now. We had one more, then we had two miscarriages in between, but I am pregnant again

And we waited until we were 16 weeks to announce to social media

Baby number 20 is on the way. Baby number 20 is due May 21st of 2025 This is good for a girl or a boy right You know what gender they are

Funny thing is, we have a gender reveal. So, well known then

We have nine boys together and then we have 10 girls, so we're really hoping for a boy

That way it's, because it's 20, it's even, you know, 10 and 10

Have you received much negativity as a growing family of 20? We had some really nice comments. People were very, very excited

And then we've had people comment things like, I just want to know how the heck that's affordable

That's actually a really good question. So I sell roofs. We started posting about three and a half, maybe four years ago

I feel like most of it's been positive, but man, there are some toxic people out there

There's some people who just, for whatever reason, just do not love families

What types of videos or subject matter has had the biggest response

Announcements. Of the hospital. They love hearing that you're having another baby

So funny. Or they don't like it. Or they don't. Oh, wow

They say things like. You're overpopulating the world. Yeah, that's a huge one

People are like. They're actually frantic about that. Tell me you live off the taxpayers without telling me

Boy, I wish. This should be illegal. There's absolutely zero way of all those kids receive the empathy and quality one-on-one time they deserve

We have an open-door policy at our house. So when you need time, you get time

When you want time, there is time. I like this one. Y'all need to find another hobby

Damn. To me, that's the funniest one. I typically like to respond to comments negative or good

I'm usually really polite and discerning of like, maybe this person is just a little upset

Or, you know, they didn't grow up with the same viewpoints. How do you describe day-to-day life as a family of 20

Fun. Do you guys know anyone that has a family just as big as yours

No. What do you think life as an only child would be like

Lonely, quiet, kind of boring. Peaceful. Some of the best things about having a big family is there's never a dull moment

You know, you're never lonely. Like, everything is a big event for us

The little ones growing up is my favorite. Just watching them figure themselves out, figure out their surroundings

So it's just like, for me, it's like constant entertainment. What are some of the challenges of having a big family

Ooh, challenges. These are like therapy sessions sometimes, you know what I mean

Some of the biggest challenges of big family is the providing part

You know, just constantly making sure it's enough. Enough food, you know, power, water

I think most of them think we're crazy. Hey, dude, what's up

Me and this guy, we're inseparable. What's it like being an uncle of 19 children

Sometimes it stresses me out like they're my kids. You know what I mean

No, I absolutely love it. I got three kids myself and I think that's plenty

You know, I told the two oldest, I said, you guys are lucky you were born first

The first year, I didn't sleep for a year. And these two just kept coming in my mind

I was just like, they do this every year for a decade

I haven't had that in 10 years. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. How did you really feel when I think he told you that we were pregnant again

Why? A lot. You know, the good news is if the apocalypse ever does happen, you guys got a whole team

We're locked in. We're locked in. Battle right. So big question. Yeah. Like everybody else

Do you think we're crazy for having this many children? No, crazy people don't know what they're doing

You guys are nuts. I'm going to be honest with you. I'm winging it

Yeah. I'm winging it every day. It's the pizza man. We have to get at least six pizzas to feed our entire family

And that's like going light. I hope the future holds very positive, fulfilled, giving, unselfish people to offer the world

That's what I feel like. What do you hope the future holds for you as a couple

Retirement. Retirement. If I could describe our family in one word, it'd be blessed