My daughter used her same backpack all six years of college, and I’m still using it 35 years later! Jansport!!

Just love how you included Addison with all of the choices. You could give the "extras" to the place that helps Foster Care Placement Children. They are always looking for backpacks.

Great way for them to pick their backpacks, and a little competition between you both. Nice the result was a draw. Well done Mindy on the backpack choices. Blessings to you all.

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Love the back packs. I thought for sure one of the little boys would pick lego bag. Hugs to you all.

Just love how helpful and kind and sweet Jacob is. He helped with setting up and cleaning up and he helped with Addison on the phone.

Just an idea: you could make some permanent 'names in a hat' system, such as a cup full of Popsicle sticks with the names in permanent marker. We've used that in our classroom for years and it makes it easy to choose a random child without any prep-work.

Loved this video. Seeing what backpacks the kids picked and both the parents reactions was priceless..... I think I can tell why Shelly has trouble throwing.... Her demonstration of throwing was a dead give away. She was talking about throwing and she moved her "hand only" forward as she said she couldn't throw through the doorway. When throwing you have to move your whole arm as well as your hand towards the target....Practice makes perfect ...You can do it!

Aww cute little Braxton can't decide. So relatable 😆 also I love how much Aubrey has embraced the shark theme 😄

You are the best family. These parents always make sure all of the kids are treated fairly and have so much fun with everything they do! Love all of you!

Love how they picked there backpacks for school. I'm glad Addison feels better. I can't wait for the back to school shopping videos.

I love this precious family . You always show so much love and support for each other . God bless you all ❤️🙏🏻

I love how Aubrey was keeping Addison updated and showing her everyone’s back packs my siblings would of hung up on me, the such a good family😊 such a great foster family

All the kids are so sweet and supportive of each other. None act entitled or insist upon super duper expensive. You have raised them to be normal kids!!!! Plus you teach them all skills as the come along. Look how Trey went the other day and got the air blower to clean trampoline! Love!!! You guys💕🦋

That was really fun to watch and see their styles and what they picked out. Shelly and Jared you did a great job of knowing what each child would of picked out!!

I love how you guys put time into what you do with the kids! And also thank you for being so honest about quarantine and how she’ll be allowed out tomorrow Etc you didn’t have to tell us that you could’ve said that she was clear and she’s finished quarantine so I hope you don’t get any backlash of any kind for it , you did what we would have done under such Circumstances and the child’s age!

Should have brought Mindy's son in for the possible tie braker! I am sure there is one there he would have loved. Great choices by all!!

This back to school video is by far my favorite one I’ve seen this year ! What an amazing idea to let the kids shop for their backpacks. They are so grateful for the bags, and not wanting that pricy on brand bag. Like nobody chose the Jordan one, until the last one. Lucky Jacob. It must be very stressful seeing the bag he wanted, and had to wait till last.

Great, family fun selecting backpack choices! Happy to hear Addison will be joining the family tomorrow. Hoping you donate backpacks to children's charity, as they could use the help.

So many good choices!! I think my favorites are the striped one that Addison got, Brinleys pink one, and Kasons space one. I'd use any of them! Also the multi colored Adidas and the one with stars all over it were really cute. And the red one with hearts all over! And the very cutesy one with the rainbow and everything. Guess it's a good think I'm not having to pick a backpack, since I would not be able to make a decision! What did surprise me a little though was that none of the kids seemed to look at the layout of the backpack. When I got school backpacks I usually wanted as many different pockets as possible, and I knew what kind of pockets I needed.

Loveeeeee the way you did a fun contest for such a simple thing (picking a backpack). I was excited to see the kid' picks and to know who won the contest!!

Glad Annavaeh stuck with the fast food one, she's getting older and doesn't need the pink girly one every year. You know no one else will have one!

I loved this. Great job everyone. Mindy chose well and all the young people did too. Hope that everyone has a blessed school year.

It's really sweet that they know exactly their kids preferences.

It was so much fun watching them pick their backpacks. You make the simplest things so fun. Thank you.

Love watching you all ❤️♥️❤️

i literally have the sameee exact backpack Addison picked I got it 2 years ago from Amazon

Braxton is me when I’m trying to make a choice and I have so many options 😂😂

I would donate the extra backpacks and supplies to foster kids.

love how the kids get all excited when someone brings in their backpack

Fun vlog! The one Kasen picked would have been my pick if I was a kid in elementary school.

Loved it, it was so fun seeing you playing and choosing! You guys are sooo funny. I am glad everybody liked their backpacks.

That was so fun! Throwing in the competition made it more exciting!! 😄

I had the exact same backpack Addison picked when I was in middle school haha. It's been like 8 years or so, crazy. I still use it from time to time, it's really durable

That was great fun🥰love how you make everything exciting, I was willing anaveah to pick that pink one you chose 🥰

Hooray backpack day can’t wait to see which one each of them pick. Have a great and blessed day

Just love how much you can tell you all love each other

My son would have picked the red one for sure. What a fun way to shop for backpacks.

yes like that look around at all the bags before picking

Shelly and Jared... Your family is AWESOME! I can cook, clean, do laundry, babysit, and I'm in my 50's.... Can you please adopt me? LoL seriously tho... Love the way you run your family. You guys are always so fair and definitely show true love you have for each one of your kids! You both ROCK 👍👍👍 God Bless You All

Love y’all, y’all are amazing, give everyone a hugs for me . I hope Addison is feeling better soon .

What a nice idea, I just love the way you organize things for them. This a great tip for parents with multiple kids.

Really enjoyed your two videos for back to school. I also love the fact that the boys don’t have their hair in their face. Keep up the good work Shelly and Jarod

Love you crazy middles family Jared Shelly thank you for sharing this video as the backpacks came in for the kids go back to school and I’m very happy that you included Addison I’m still praying for her that she’ll feel better soon love watching it love you all the all have a wonderful and blessed evening

They are so cute. Looks like they had fun. Hope she feels better soon. Big helpers. God bless.

Broke my heart when Braxton didn't get the soccer backpack he wanted because he felt too much pressure to make his parents happy and do the right thing

I hope Braxton is happy with his! I hope he doesn't think he needs to get a plain one, he can always have a bright backpack!!

I really enjoyed the video.it was lovely seeing children pick out there backpack.

Yes! I work in a hospital and they won't let us retest when we go back to work after testing positive and quarantine because you can test positive up to 3-4 months after your initial positive test.

You guys are a especially awesome family I love how you cheer each other on and I think it's really cool that nobody said wait that's my backpack and then fight over it the kids are so awesome and they encourage each other and are there for each other I hope Maddie feels better soon

Great shopping idea! No stress, no store, no second trip!

You may want to hang on to a couple in case someone loses theirs or it wears out! Fun video!!! I’m SO happy for Jacob…it is tough going last!

Y'all are so cool I wish I could meet yall

She can use the shark for her dog like when you take trips it will match with her dogs blanket lol

I love in how they are with all of the kids. and they are such loving with others also ❤️😻

Love all the choices that the kids made!! And how all the lit up when they went to chosen their backpack! Have the same backpack that Addison chose! Hope all the kids have a good school year! ❤

Jansport is the best! I have black one with leather bottom I bought in 1992 for college after I got out of the military and now use it as my carry-on when I travel, I will not fly without it. My lucky pack. Lol

You always make everything so fun for the family. That was awesome to watch.

I’m loving jacobs recording skills!!!!

ooo!!! really excited to watch this video!! :D

Love the way they got to pick as it can be pressuring to have to choose in the store where there’s lots of people and other distractions.. they got the time to look and see what they wanted..

I’m using my same backpack I’m used and bought last year for freshman year of college. Need to fix a few things but other wise still looks brand new!!

❤️ THIS VLOG! My youngest son is now 16. I can't to wait to take him shopping!

Great fun! I like the way you did this much better then in the store craziness!

It was really fun to play along with Shelly and Jared with my own guesses -- I managed to get a few points too lol!

They get so happy. So fun to see them enjoy

Can you do a video of what grade each kid is and if they are doing public school or online?

My summer break started today, it’s crazy to see you prepping for back to school already, but I love the videos!

That muticolor Adidas one was so cute, how did none of the girls pick it??

At my work we have to test every 2 weeks. But if we get it, we don’t test for 90 days afterwards because it’s very common to have a false positive during that time.

I love the extra backpack Aubrey chose😂

I ABSOLUTELY LOVED THE VIDEO AND THE KIDS HAD SO MUCH FUN IT MAKES ME SO HAPPY 😊 I REALLY LOVE ADDISONS BACKPACK MY FAV.

My grand boys all had LLBean backpacks all the way through high school and 2 of them through college!!!

If $ isn’t a huge concern it would be pretty cool to donate the bags to either local schools or a foster care program….maybe toss in a few supplies as well. Every kid wants to start a new year off with some new things.

lol the way they all hyped eachother up no matter which backpack they picked

i really like how positive this family is

This was great fun I agree. I was picking too xx

Love watching your channel it brightens up my day 😀 😄 👍 😊

Tell Addison I am still praying for her , and hi rest of the family. Wish I could visit to see what a great foster family is .I been In foster care since 12 year old until 2o. It wasn't that good. But kind of ok. But ya family is really beautiful and great.

Jansport is a good brand. I had it when I was in grade school till middle school then switch to a hawk bag from high school till today that I am working. Sending love from Philippines. 🥰❤️❤️

What happen to last year's backpacks? My kids when in school used the same backpacks for at least two years. This was fun.

I love the way you let them pick their backpacks. I was playing with you guys. I picked some of the same ones as you did.

You guys are killing me!!!! I am trying to clean but can’t put you down!!!❤️❤️❤️🥰🥰🥰

It's fine you should do that every year I think the kids really enjoyed it.

I love how they know all of their kids so well!

A just love how they just love respect each other love all the bags hard choice there

I WAS just waiting for another back to school shopping! Omg

You gave them such a great variety! I lucked out and my daughter wanted to use the Mickey Mouse backpack we got from Disney World 6 years ago! One of those if you spend so much you get to buy it! This is the second time she’s used it! I think she used it is 4th grade and now 7th! I had gotten a cool Trans by Jansport tye dye one from goodwill for $4.99 in really good shape I thought she would like it but nope!

I’d have picked the same one Addison picked. It looks Awsome even though it’s not my favourite colour.

That video was so entertaining 😍 loved the energy and the guessing was so much fun! 🎉🎊

Good morning everyone happy Saturday morning and I just wanted to say that your vlogs is amazing I'm proud to all of you guys and I loved your channel always

Love watching you all .

Another awesome way to home shop.👍🏻🤗

I LOVE 💙💙♥️♥️ the way you all did school supplies this yr

Awesome way to do back to school shopping. And prevent the spread of illness ❤️🧡💙

First!!! omggg I love your videos!!!

So MUCH BETTER than going to the store!!! 😊❤️❤️❤️🎶🎶🎶👏👏👏🇨🇦

Haha this is cute. I'm rooting for Jared 👨🏻‍🍳

This was so good I was guessing with you guys lol, I got every one apart from Carson. Love watching xx

I used the same backpack for two years and then got a new because they got worn out. Sometimes people taste change as they grow and they don't want the old one any more and that is ok also.