Road Trip │Hang Out with This Homeschool Mom of 8 ║ School Week 25

This week we take a field trip to Rapid City. We also have a "Secret Service Agent" challenge, a big spring snowstorm, and a nice visit with Grandma Fern in which we get some interesting stories from yesteryear. Judah and Justus each have special orders arriving from China this week, too. We're just beginning to get some sort of a bug sweeping the family. Justus, Eden and Claudia are the first to come down with it.
Our son Thomas is in 9th grade. Asher is 7th grade, Judah is 6th grade, Justus is 4th grade, Eden is 2nd grade and 4-year-old Solomon is in Kindergarten. Sophia is 3 years old and Claudia is 19 months. We've used ACE Curriculum with some Charlotte Mason-style electives for all of our years of homeschooling. (We've homeschooled all of our children from the beginning.)
www.andreamills.tv
Mills Family
P.O. Box 323
Moorcroft, Wyoming 82721

[@patriciaorsborn7165]

I love the "Secret Service Agent" idea, this would be a delightful family to have as neighbors! It's a great way to raise great people, and as a retired teacher, i think this family is doing great things!

[@pjl2963]

Thank you for letting us "sit at Grandma Fern's knee" with you...she is so sweet! Love her stories : )

[@TheMillsFamilyVlog]

Starting at 1:09:50 is my favorite part of this whole video. I had to watch our playtime at the mall several times when I was editing!

[@jcfreeman5921]

Andrea Mills Do you make your kids do fitness grams yearly. We do them for our school once a year. It is where you run a timed mile,see how many pushups and situps you can do,measure height weight etc

[@TheMillsFamilyVlog]

We don't do it every year, but we've had many fitness checkups doing just that. The kids always have fun showing me what they can do.

[@justmeblomberg8940]

Andrea Mills I literally laughed out loud at Solomon "diving" down the slide. haha

[@mitzicurry]

Andrea Mills 🖐💋

[@justmeblomberg8940]

Claudia flipping the pages of the notebook was precious. Bless her heart,her little forehead. Kids are a lot tougher than we know. lol

[@blessedhomeschoolmommy1453]

I love Claudia standing in the table hitting people on the head with a flag and then Andrea asking where she got it no one knew. That sounds like a day in my house too. I love this family!

[@123mintjelly]

I hope we get to hear more Grandma Fern stories. She is a delight. I am 65, and never had children, so I don't have anyone to tell my stories to. I am sure it is as much fun for her as it is you (and now us, your viewers).

[@TheMillsFamilyVlog]

I was thinking I should try to make sure I have plenty of battery and storage space when we visit her so I can record her stories. I know they'll be precious to us someday.

[@thewatergal5770]

Start a youtube channel. There are many younger folks that love hearing old stories. Not saying that you are old of course.

[@kathleenl4387]

the water gal That's exactly what I was thinking that you should think about doing, Anne. I've never really seen a KZbin artist do only that, but I'm sure that would be very interesting. 😊

[@SuperBamamama]

Precious grandma Fern, I so enjoyed her stories

[@brandimonahan4721]

I LOVE how pumped they were to do the Secret Service Agent challenge!! You are an inspiration to this soon to be Momma!! :D

[@indigoblue4791]

So relaxing to watch you all. I needed that today, sending a big thank you! I look forward to every video, you're a super, awesome family! Sending Love. ❤❤❤

[@josettwatters2217]

you guys are absolutely amazing. I wish everyone could be more like you guys.what a different world it would be. God bless from Ohio

[@bethanydunnum1505]

My husband is a truck driver and used to go back and forth from Wisconsin to California. I rode with several times. I loved riding through South Dakota and Wyoming. It may be "boring" to some, but I really enjoyed the scenery. Thanks for sharing your "road footage." It makes me miss those long trips.

[@dawncasto]

Love your video! I flew by myself at 5yrs to visit my grandmother who was terminally ill with cancer. I can't imagine sending 4 year old alone now!

[@qianahawkins3436]

when your youngest son fell off the bench... I cried laughing... my 7yo does the same thing... FALLS AND THEN YELLS "I'M OKAY". hilarious

[@TheMillsFamilyVlog]

That part cracked me up, too!

[@KarenReep]

I love these HS vlogs! 😃

[@NatalieWarren13]

I seriously sit here and watch these videos when I should be doing homework 😂 I love your family. Seriously Andrea you have no idea what kind of joy you guys bring to so many people, me for example who desperately wanted a family like this growing up with lots of siblings and fun and good times!!! 🤗❤️ still waiting for baby Hannah to make an appearance! 😊

[@pj-ec4gb]

That stress ball smiley face thing Justus has at the mall- I used to have them when I was little! My first exploded all over my granny's study when I stretched it too far! That's super nostalgic for me

[@TheMillsFamilyVlog]

Yikes! :)

[@justmeblomberg8940]

I absolutely enjoy your videos and really look forward to them. I saw 2 videos over an hour each....WOOOOHOOOOO! I wish I had your patience and calmness......

[@poppycopper1]

Yet another amazing video, thank you xx

[@thapaneechaiyasing7914]

Justus!! The most humble character!! Yayyy! Couldn't agree more!! Love your videos

[@ruteneves2682]

Loved that your kids called their dad "pai", that literary means dad in portuguese Kisses from Portugal

[@LizzieQueen18]

Claudia is so cute and it's so sweet to see all of the older children play with her and teach her things!

[@hettydejong9635]

Thank you

[@2plus2by2]

Oh Claudia's goose egg at the beginning, that was a big one! Your joke at the end about a 3 month old baby only flying on its own if you throw it... must've been a long week, cause I thought it was funny.

[@19merah19]

i love Asher and Judah they're so funny!!

[@courtascot]

Did solomon want to jog around the block w the big kids or no ? Good to see tom outside playing with the kids.i love that shows he cares .i think i see Judah's smile in solly .you are lucky to still have grandma fern.my great grandma died at 96 years old.although we were lucky to have her that long i miss her a lot .why did asher spend the night in the hospital?

[@condorgig]

Hi Andrea, I love your videos and I am ever so grateful for you not having ads. It really impresses me how much work you put into it without making money out of it. I just had a question I was curious about. I know you cut your own children's hair. If one of the boys wanted to grow their hair long or if the girls wanted it short, what would you do?

[@brittneyclancy4701]

I love your videos!

[@thewatergal5770]

Wow, that was long. You sure were dedicated this week. TFS!!! Great job!

[@TheMillsFamilyVlog]

Normally I make our field trip a separate video, but I left it as part of the school week vlog this time so it was pretty long!

[@ktm10593]

You should make slime with the kids all you need is baking soda glue and some contact solution they would probably love it

[@5littlewrestlers]

👍👍 great video 😀 😀 have a bless day 😇

[@CookieCrumbFun]

My first car was a Camero also. LOL I just don't remember what year. It was old. I loved that car!!!

[@ggandbb1702]

that's what I call an act of service when judah gave his shirt to claudia :) so sweet. poor claudia, we had a upset day with penny yesterday. sickness or teething. so sweet they always look after each other in your home. the boys are hilarious in front of the camera :) BTW this is genevieve carton. I just changed my youtube name so if u spot my comments you know I'm the same person :)

[@TheMillsFamilyVlog]

Hi Genevieve! Thank you for telling me so I'll still recognize you!

[@justmeblomberg8940]

You know....if we all took part in the "SECRET SERVICE AGENT ACTIVITIES" we would help everyone feel blessed daily and giving without expecting anything in return!

[@jenjenb1209]

thats an adorable purse. I'm impressed. Would you be able to do a video to make another one or maybe two (for Sophia and Claudia)?

[@brielynn]

Tom is so right, so many kids books now are not really books.

[@qianahawkins3436]

I love long vlogs.

[@justmeblomberg8940]

Claudia's bye bye to daddy. precious. Tell daddy..."THE SMALLER IS THE FELLAR" MEANING,YOU SMELL,YOU CHANGE THE DIAPER!

[@jesscatley4383]

An extra long Mills video, the best birthday present I have received today.

[@rueivy]

Asher reminds me a lot of my husband at that age (We have known each other since we were children). The dry sense of humor and how he often looks grumpy buy I can just see he is doing it because he thinks it's funny! Are people sometimes unsure if he is joking or serious with his humor? Even now many years later people still get caught out with my husband's dry humor.

[@TheMillsFamilyVlog]

Yes, especially here on KZbin. A lot of times people think he's sad or something, but it's just him being him! I really enjoy his sense of humor. He and Judah are both really funny, but in completely different ways.

[@rueivy]

Andrea Mills, they both do seem very witty but, like you said, in different ways! laughter and humor bring a whole lot of joy to a home.

[@JaamieMaarie]

Sophia and Claudia's little red dresses are so cute!! Did you make them?

[@TheMillsFamilyVlog]

No, they're from Walmart. I'd planned to sew new red dresses for them last fall, but I hadn't got around to it. I saw these when I was shopping and really liked them.

[@catherinegipson4204]

they are so funny

[@alisonv6805]

Great deal at hobby lobby

[@aranzamonserratito]

Love the video! Are you going to do the clothing video haul?

[@TheMillsFamilyVlog]

That's my plan. This coming Wednesday is my shopping day so hopefully I'll have the video up by next weekend. We shall see!

[@aranzamonserratito]

Andrea Mills yay!!! Can't wait!!

[@theoriginaledi]

Here's a question I never thought about before. (Solomon's "shot" picture actually brought it to mind.) Do you have your children vaccinated? What's your thinking on that? Also, I love that you explained one particular item for your trip by sharing that there's definitely no baby on the way yet. As much as I hope you get your baby soon, that did make me smile. It's a very sweet way of thinking of things. :-)

[@TheMillsFamilyVlog]

Our first 4 kids were vaccinated because we just got put on the birth assembly line like everyone else and I never questioned it. Once I started researching for myself, I decided there's really no benefit and it's potentially harmful, so we stopped doing it. I know it's a controversial topic, but it's only that way because it's beneficial for those in power to make it that way. (Of course, they trot out fake epidemics every once in awhile to get people scared and get them to keep taking them. One of the first things I heard when "ebola" was breaking out was that 2 different companies were working on bringing ebola vaccines to market. Why, I wondered, would they [the US] have spent all that time and money making a vaccine for a disease we'd never had? They had to have been working on it for years before the "epidemic." I guess enough people are catching on that they had to come up with some horrifying disease to get everyone on board for getting a shot again. I'm not sure what the real purpose for vaccines it, but it's not disease prevention. Bill Gates said we'd achieve a reduced population through vaccines. At least twice I've read about vaccines being used to covertly sterilize people in Africa.) I'm not worried one way or the other about it. We live in a world where everything's potentially harmful. And when everything's harmful, nothing is... if that makes sense. I'm not worried about harm coming to my kids from their vaccines and I'm not worried about harm for my kids that haven't had vaccines. I don't believe a word of the conventional wisdom on most any topic. (The book Dissolving Illusions gives all sorts of historical documentation on what was going on surrounding the original small pox vaccinations. It's all a bunch of smoke and mirrors and drama just like it is today. The powerful intelligentsia of the world are sheep dressed in wolves' clothing dressed in sheeps' clothing. :) They only have knowledge and power because we believe they do! )

[@theoriginaledi]

Wow, thanks for the nice long, thoughtful response! I personally do believe that vaccines are beneficial, but I also absolutely respect your intelligence, the hard work and thought you've put into the matter, and of course your right to raise your children in the way you find to be right for them. I'm happy to disagree respectfully and, as far as I'm concerned, we're friends either way. :-)

[@TheMillsFamilyVlog]

I get asked about this a lot and I usually don't respond because it really doesn't matter to me what someone else does and I don't care to get into a big thing over it. I figured you've been friends with me long enough to be okay with what I had to say whether you agree or not and I was right! Thank you for that!

[@justmeblomberg8940]

Andrea Mills You're exactly right about the "newest" outbreak. I remember just about 20 or so yrs ago,they were causing people to get antibiotics and hoard them for no reason. Do you remember when they said "White Bread" was causing Cancer? People have been eating White Bread(sandwich bread) how many years? Some of the things that come up or out to cause fear and panic. My daddy has always joked that the weather people on tv have a contract with local stores. SCARE THE VIEWERS ENOUGH TO MAKE THEM RUN OUT IN FEAR AND BUY STUFF THEY'LL NOT NEED! HAHA

[@joannlaneking8725]

I do notice that in rual areas vaccination is less I am currently in California and with many people who venture in and out of our state we had a measles outbreak at Disneyland that killed 25 people (children and elderly included) Any thoughts on if rural vs population play a part in the vaccination annexation

[@justmeblomberg8940]

Andrea,may I ask how old your grandma Fern is? She's such a sweetheart. I love hearing elderly tell stories! Sorry for so many "comments".

[@TheMillsFamilyVlog]

She's 82. I don't mind lots of comments!

[@justmeblomberg8940]

Andrea Mills Thanks Andrea! ❤

[@justmeblomberg8940]

She's such a sweetheart. Like I said,I love hearing stories from our Grandparents. Hope all of the kids are feeling better. Xo

[@TheMillsFamilyVlog]

They're mostly better. Asher still says food doesn't taste right, but we're getting through it. About half an hour ago Solomon told me his mouth hurt so now I'm wondering if he's going to make it through untouched after all. We'll see!

[@justmeblomberg8940]

Andrea Mills I'm still trying to get over Pneumonia. I lost my sense of taste & smell. But it didn't stop me from eating. Haha. My taste & smell finally came back mid-week. Yay.

[@hannahb2551]

Claudia whacking everyone with that flag in the beginning is so funny!

[@catherinegipson4204]

my husband was born in new castle to

[@kristielagasse3127]

Can you share your throat spray recipe please? I really enjoy your videos.

[@TheMillsFamilyVlog]

I copied an Herb Pharm formula using Echinacea, Bee Propolis, Hyssop, Sage and St. John's Wort.

[@drummerlovesbookworm9738]

Garden info! www.almanac.com/gardening/planting-dates/WY/Moorcroft

[@drummerlovesbookworm9738]

Andrea, you are laughing your way through this whole video. It cracked ME up to listen to you! Thanks, Mills Kids!

[@volition51]

DrummerlovesBookworm The gardening guide can be changed to any location - thank you!

[@TheMillsFamilyVlog]

I checked it out and added the chart to the garden map we made today. Apparently, there's no good time to plant watermelon, cantaloupe, pumpkins and corn here in Wyoming, but we're going to anyway. :)