Papa Doug is Coming to Town ║ Large Family Vlog │ Summer Break Week 9

This week Papa Doug (Tom's step dad) is coming all the way from California for a visit! He's sleeping in the girls' room, so all 8 kids are bunking up in the boys' room for the week. Papa Gary came over to eat with us every night while Papa Doug was visiting so we had lots of fun together. Papa Doug and Papa Gary have birthdays two days apart in the beginning of September so we ended Papa Doug's visit with a double birthday party. While Papa Doug was here he helped Tom put up some shelves in the bike shed, we went out to eat at China King Buffet, we went bowling, plus our usual trip to see Grandma Fern and Story Hour at the library. We got our van back from the repair shop after nearly a week; the second air conditioning repair cost $650 after the original $1,200 repair! We're back on the road, though, and nobody's baking in the back seat.
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[@terimack2810]

thank you for doing these blogs, you're my virtual family,! I have no family of my own, I'm 61 and was an only child, I never married and don't have kids, all my kin has passed on, not even any cousins. so again thanks for sharing

[@TheMillsFamilyVlog]

Teri, I'm so glad we can be a part of your life...

[@cynthiathomas2188]

Teri Mack i have family but never married so no children either. I love the kids and the activity. I would rock those babies anytime

[@Juniper687]

You do a great job teaching the kids appreciation and respect for others.

[@Katie-fv6ej]

Papa Doug had an ingenious plan. Supply the chocolate chips, get cookies!!!

[@Kitkat-bk8pe]

How do you have the energy!?!?!? I've got one two year old and I feel overwhelmed at times. You're a true Warrior. Please teach me your patience!!

[@mandivia3735]

I read one of your comments to another subscriber, My Dad is my "Daddy" too since I was 2 & I have no contact with my bio father. My Dad's name is Gary 💜💜💜 how lucky are we to have these precious men to be our Dad's when they didn't have to?!?

[@dreamygal7221]

Love that both of your dad and Andrea’s dad are so close!

[@lindapearson9692]

That is so wonderful how you are teaching your children to appreciate the fact that Papa Frank is driving so far, alone! Wish I would of taught my children that!

[@LifeByJen]

Omg yes! This is the best surprise ever - a late night Mills family vlog. Insomnia has its perks! Lol

[@mercedesvillaruz7097]

Solomon reaction when he said.."we're sleeping in the attic."..😂😂 What a great relationship Tom has with his stepdad. Papa Doug and Papa Gary are pretty awesome❤️

[@malina1239]

Been having a really hard time lately.. so today I had to watch a Andrea vlog. Her soothing voice and lovely caring personality are like ointment for my soul. I miss her so much, can’t even imagine how much Tom and the kids miss her💔 Thank you Andrea for leaving us these videos. You reached so many people in need. You accomplished your mission, but we selfishly would like you to have stayed on for 40 more years😔

[@pearsonfam6]

I enjoyed being with the family.Your children are so nice to each other. thanks for sharing the fun!

[@bonjour00001]

Just a little word of advise from an avid camper. If you leave your sleeping bags out in the shed over the winter, I recommend putting them in garbage bags. Or else you might get mould or mice in them.

[@evem4876]

All the kids are so excited how sweet..... Tyfs

[@itsjustmetamz3102]

Great vlog and *waves* hey papa Doug great to see you again :-)

[@notyourgrammascrafts]

Andrea you have such good boys I'm so proud of your big boys they are so helpful !

[@poppycopper1]

Thank you for another wonderful video. Xxx

[@dotnovea7574]

Great video Andrea as always, love love love your family :) love to all the mills family & papa gary & papa doug. love from the UK

[@mayjune7314]

Dear Andrea, I love your videos, thanks for sharing your wonderful family life with us. I am German but have lived in California for 6 months now and I miss my family very much.It is such a joy to see all your activities, you are such a sweet family.God bless.

[@Naamy19X9]

Trying to catch up on some of the vlogs that I missed. As usual, the kids were entertaining and I feel inspired. Thousand hugs from Cape Town.

[@laurac56]

I love all of your family, but Sophia has been a little ball of fire this summer! So much personality! (And quite the talker too😁)

[@LonestarHomeschoolMama]

Love seeing your family gatherings. We are military so we don't to get around all our family that often. I like that you reminded everyone that Papa Doug was traveling a good distance to see them. I always remind my kids as well. It is definitely a time to unplug from electronics and spend quality time with family.

[@Souerdike7]

So much to love about this video, not the least of which that you have these two wonderful Papas who choose to be a part of your family. What a picture of our heavenly Father's love.

[@hearsthewater]

Happy belated birthday Gary. Happy belated birthday Doug!

[@kimmmunsey4184]

FAMILY BLAST ❣️❣️

[@djterry1218]

I love the realness of your videos! Papa Doug is a bowler!!! I was cheering out loud for Judah to get that spare!!!!! Eden beat the boys in the first game! 👍🏼

[@lruss5050]

You sure are getting good at editing videos! I think we're all learning a little something abt the process! Love the music!

[@mcg267]

Omg every time y'all have that pizza I drool.

[@LifeByJen]

Lmao I loved Sophia's face when she was watching the boys eat the cookie dough. It was a half look of confusion and half of....how could you do such a thing? :)

[@theoriginaledi]

I'm with her: You have to make them! :D I know I'm in the minority, but I cannot understand eating cookie dough. Those of you who like it are more than welcome to it, but I'll just be a traditionalist on this point and bake mine, thanks. :-)

[@drummerlovesbookworm9738]

So lucky to have the love of extended family. xxooj

[@lruss5050]

I Love watching all the children but Claudia is really growing up before our eyes!

[@courtascot]

Your cookies look delicious.love edens pink dress - very cute

[@justlisa5611]

Now Gary is your dad? He seems like someone my husband would know! Lol My husbands hair is well past his rear end. He's a preacher!! You should see the look on peoples faces when they find out! Lol I always add you into my nightly prayers, praying that God gives you as many more children as you can fit in your home! We raised our 3 in a 1 bedroom!! We turned our attic into 2 bedrooms. So glad you had a great visit!!!

[@TheMillsFamilyVlog]

Yes, he's my dad. He came over tonight and watched this video with us and enjoyed reading your comment. :)

[@djterry1218]

I hope field mice don't chew on the sleeping bags in the shed. Good job Tom that is a nice shed!!!! Was Judah using his birthday shovel? He is such a worker! I'm sure he loves getting tools and takes pride in ownership. 👍🏼👏🏼

[@TheMillsFamilyVlog]

Yes, he was. He loves his shovel!

[@souldawn2187]

Does anybody notice that the bread sticks look like mozzarella cheese 🧀!!! 👀 so yummy 😋

[@maryminlionica4599]

I would love to send you all a Box of stuff for you and the family.... what are some of the kids favorite candy and your and Tom favorite too ... Hope to talk to you soon...

[@TheMillsFamilyVlog]

We'd love to hear from you! The kids like just about anything so I don't think you can go wrong. It might be fun for you to send us _your_ favorites.

[@djterry1218]

Save some cookie dough for the baking!

[@MegaHistorygirl]

Most outside sheds we have had in the past has at some point been visited by mice. You might want to store your sleeping bags in the coolers or an aluminum trash can. Hate to see your money literally be ruined.

[@indeebee5401]

I can't get enough of your vids!! :) Your family is awesome. It was so funny to see Judah in the bushes with the pup. Is Knuckles sick? Just curious, as I noticed he's moving a bit slow and seems to have some discoloration / redness to his skin. I hope and pray all is well. I know how special family pets can be.

[@TheMillsFamilyVlog]

Knuckles is an old dog these days and he's got mange. For several years we thought he had allergies, but eventually we figured out it's a difficult kind of mange. I've lost count of the treatments we've tried on him and as he ages it just gets worse. He seems like such a sad dog sometimes! Tom just heard of some new miracle treatment a few days ago so he ordered it. We'll see if it helps; we can always hope!

[@indeebee5401]

Bless his heart. Well, I know he is wonderfully cared for. Y'all are such a loving family.

[@moonglow7710]

How in the world did you get that close up bowling ball shot as the ball went down the lane? Cool!

[@TheMillsFamilyVlog]

Tom did that; he asked the people if he could walk down their little service walkway along the side of the lane so he could get the shot. I thought it turned out great!

[@langsircoklat]

grandma kitty is tom's mom, right? so what was the relationship between grandma kitty and grandpa doug?

[@TheMillsFamilyVlog]

When Tom was 10, his dad died. Kitty then married Doug. Shortly after Tom and I were married, Grandma Kitty divorced Doug and married another man who has since passed away. We've remained very close with Papa Doug even though he returned to California. The summer before my mom died, Doug married Donna. My parents always went with us to California and the trip out there for Doug and Donna's wedding was our last vacation together.

[@kristieannmurray6250]

Your cookie dough recipe looks so good! Do you mind sharing your recipe?

[@TheMillsFamilyVlog]

We just used the recipe on the bag with the exception that instead of using brown sugar we used regular sugar and molasses. We also don't use nuts because I don't like nuts. They were perfect! allrecipes.com/recipe/174864/original-nestle-toll-house-chocolate-chip-cookies/

[@kristieannmurray6250]

Andrea Mills perfect! Thank you!

[@joysmith8245]

I love watching your family . Is papa Doug your dad Andrea x

[@TheMillsFamilyVlog]

He's Tom's step dad (Grandma Kitty's 2nd husband.) When Tom was 10, his dad died. Then Grandma Kitty married Doug. When I was pregnant with Thomas, she divorced Doug and married another man who has since died. About 8 years ago, Doug married Donna. Papa Gary is my dad, though not biologically. (I didn't meet my biological dad until I was pregnant with Thomas. We wrote letters for a time, but he ended that because his step daughter didn't like me being in his life.) Papa Gary has raised me since I was 2. It's all a bit convoluted!

[@djterry1218]

What major restaurants are in your area? Besides Applebee's.

[@TheMillsFamilyVlog]

In our little town we have a Subway and a diner (which was actually built by my grandparents when my mom was an infant.) The town 30 miles from us where Applebee's is also has Old Chicago, Ruby Tuesday, Sonic, Perkins, Buffalo Wild Wings, Pizza Hut, Little Ceasar's, Domino's, Subway, Qdoba, Taco John's, Taco Bell, KFC, Burger King, McDonald's, Quiznos, Wendy's, Arby's, Jimmy John's, Hardee's, Dairy Queen, A & W, Long John Silver's and lots of local places. Now that I've listed these all out it's re-inspired me to make a list for Tom and I. We'd planned to do that once so we could try to go someplace different on our date nights.

[@kathleenl4387]

Andrea Mills Will you tell us which ones you and Tom like the best?

[@maryphillips203]

Papa Doug was married to gramma kitty, toms stepfather his dad passed away, they’re divorced right?

[@brendaguerrero3146]

Andrea how does Sophia like Hannah? She doesnt seem to get close to her. Who is Sophias buddy?

[@rose281396]

Andrea now that you are expecting another baby are you guys consider expanding your house? It seems that you have the room on your property.

[@TheMillsFamilyVlog]

We've had plans for a long time on what we'd like to do to add onto the house, but we don't want to borrow money to do it which is why we've never done the work. At this point, it's not happening. I'd love to find time to start writing and selling books as a way to finance the building project, but so far I haven't quite figured out how to make it happen. Some day!

[@rose281396]

Andrea Mills I think that would be an awesome thing to do. And I can't imagine you have any free time, but as we all know the Lord does things his way and everything always works out. I am so excited for the new baby journey.

[@hibella1528]

Andrea, I wish you would monetize your vids. It would be a little extra income for you and your family. You have a lot of followers so you would do pretty well. I love how humble you are, but why not make money while you share your life with us? Much Love!!

[@Naamy19X9]

JustBeingBellz I agree and I aready thought that she was monetizing them

[@katr3110]

RECIPES PLEASE! For everythihg. All of it.

[@leithagrover9116]

Kat R yes!!!!!

[@maryphillips203]

We need a family tree to short who's who

[@Naamy19X9]

Mary Phillips i second this motion haha

[@theoriginaledi]

I'm SO late getting to these lately! I guess that's what happens once I go back to work. In any case, two questions: What were the books that the Papas got for their birthdays? I tried to see the title but I couldn't quite make it out. And is Papa Gary a leftie? I'd never noticed before but I saw that his fork was in his left hand at 20:20 and it made me wonder. All the BEST people are lefties, you know. ;-)

[@TheMillsFamilyVlog]

My sister got those books for Dad and Papa Doug so I'm not sure of the titles, but they were some sort of devotional. Yes, Papa Gary is a lefty. Both of my parents were, though all of us kids are right-handed. Papa Doug is a lefty, too, and so is Tom's grandma Jane and my grandma Lois.

[@jsma5503]

Now I want to eat cookie dough

[@annespana]

How many kids you have

[@TheMillsFamilyVlog]

We are expecting our 9th child.

[@djterry1218]

Too bad the air conditioning problem wasn't discovered the first time it went in for repairs. That's a lot of money to spend. Let's pray that it's fixed for good.

[@tinafisher8179]

boy did i miss judge you...

[@jennk7987]

Tina Fisher What were you judging?

[@maryphillips203]

Your kids must have feet like shoe leather

[@susanhoward5479]

Who is papa Doug?

[@christinag7971]

Andrea said in the description of the video that he is Tom's step dad

[@susanhoward5479]

Christina G why thankyou so much for pointing that out.

[@kafo9263]

Do you have a very low (zero) crime rate in your area?

[@TheMillsFamilyVlog]

Yes, I hadn't really thought about it but here's a chart on our town for 2001-2015. There was one murder (which actually happened a block from our house). There's some petty theft and bar fights, generally, but nothing ever very exciting. :) www.city-data.com/crime/crime-Moorcroft-Wyoming.html

[@kafo9263]

Andrea Mills I believe we have low crime and lots of people here don't lock their houses or cars BUT there is no way our bikes would still be in a bike shed like what you have out the front of your house. A week after we moved here (our town has a population of 1900 people) there was a murder over the main road from us and before then (and after then) I don't think there have been any acts of violence and we have no bars but two bottle shops. Congratulations again on the baby. Have you been feeling sick at all?

[@tinafisher8179]

NEVER MIND..SORRY I ASK THAT ..I GOOGLED IT..I HAD NO IDEA THATS WHAT IT IS..

[@TheMillsFamilyVlog]

I've never heard of blanket training as a form of punishment. The only thing I ever heard of (and did) was have a toddler sit for a minute or two using a timer and they got a treat when time was up. As far as I knew from the Duggars, that's what they meant by it, too. It seems weird to me that the google search shows a swaddled baby (which is a normal thing for parents to do) next to a blurb about using blanket training as a form of corporal punishment. I think someone is trying to make something seem nefarious by mixing two harmless ideas (swaddling and teaching toddlers to sit still) and saying it's abuse.

[@tinafisher8179]

not a dig but did you use blanket training

[@TheMillsFamilyVlog]

Do you mean blanket training like teaching the kids to sit still on a blanket? (I feel silly asking, but I want to make sure I'm following your question. :) )

[@tinafisher8179]

yes ..they are very well behaved..and i do not mean this disrespectfully..im curious because even your little ones are well behaved...and i also would like to add ..I AM VERY SORRY..

[@tinafisher8179]

i had never heard of blanket training until recently..im not real sure how it works

[@TheMillsFamilyVlog]

We tried that method a little with Justus and Eden using a pillow. Really, though, I think just using the highchair works. Back in the 1800s, Charlotte Mason discussed how children need to be trained in the habit of attention. I've felt like just putting the kids in their highchair and letting them watch what's going on with the family or having a small toy to play with is helpful. They get practice just being still for awhile. I think it also helps that we don't have a lot of toys available to them at any given time so they sit and play with one thing longer than when there are toys everywhere. The final part is that the more kids you have, the more the little ones just fall into line because there are so many big kids setting a good example. You create a family culture and you don't have to start from scratch with each child.

[@tinafisher8179]

my children are grown but i used the high chair also..you definitely have to start teaching young.have a good night