This is where it all started memories , such beautiful memories!! I remember the farm house and you shopping at the dollar tree to get your bread back in the day... This video popped up in my view... And it definitely put a smile in my heart.. I’ve been rocking with you for many, many years now, cheers to many more..♥️♥️♥️
I just go whenever I want something, either a specific item or a routine staple. My husband passed away unexpectedly in his sleep 5 years ago, my daughter is grown and married with 3 kids (from 16 to 1.5) and my youngest is in his 3rd year of college, and I am a disabled vet/retired RN & retired elementary school teacher, living in a very rural area, so no neighbors to visit. It was rough at first but I have become accustomed to it, now I'm enjoying my solitude. I've become the crazy cat lady lol. Not really, but I try to keep an eye on a family of cats, a family of raccoons and a little teacup chihuahua that I "rescued" as a stray. Everyone asks me a lot of TV show programs but the only time my TV is turned on is when my son or grandkids come to visit. As soon as I get up, I make a cup of coffee, and feed the cats, take my meds, and go sit on my porch and drink my coffee and do my devotionals for the day. And that's pretty much my morning. Then I call my best friend, we talk, have fun together then it's lunch time.
In 2020, I started getting everything once a month & honestly I don't want to stop that habit. We save so much in time & not buying random stuff we don't need.
Well for a long time we lived on a farm, so we were producing our own eggs, and a lot of our pork and chicken (Had both laying and meat hens) and we had a garden and we would pack extras and freeze it. I just remember having two large freezers, because we also had to buy in bulk a lot, especially since we also didn't live close to a grocery store. As for meals we ate a lot of grilled cheese sandwiches, shepherd's pie, spaghetti, homemade pizza, mac and cheese and salad. We snacked a lot on yogurt as well, carrots and celery. Easy to make meals generally. She also didn't home school and for a long time was a SAHM so she would do a lot of baking during the day for our snacks. And for reference, not that it makes a lot of difference. I'm from Canada. You don't often hear about large families in Canada, but we existed!
It was a staple lunch! I actually eat completely differently now because I focus more on healthy eating, and from what I've seen you also feed your family healthier than we ate, but of course we all work with the money and resources we have!
+Freckle Finance I grew up with one other sibling and currently it's just me and my husband (no kids YET)...I love watching these huge family hauls! It's totally not something I know about! :p
I recently started freezer "bagging" kind of like freezer cooking but I don't cook anything ahead of time. I just fill each bag with the meat and the rest of the ingredients. I do 2 weeks at a time and I am loving it! All I have to do is either dump it in a crockpot or in a casserole dish when I get home. Looks like its saves me money too. Your kids are so well behaved!
our family is in the same boat lol. we live in a very small town r closest large grocrey store is 25 miles away, we usually make a once a month run to "the city" which is 60 miles away that has sams club, aldi, and kroger. Sometimes we leave kids with grandma and make it a date day 😍
Your kids are all so cute. You have SO much patience and even with all that you do, you are still fully made up and beautiful. Your family is very blessed. ❤️
ive been binge watching all of your videos this afternoon. I have a family of 6 and we try to do one BIG shop once a month at sams club and aldi which are in a different town from ours. and then maybe one random stop at walmart for fill ins here and there. i'm definetly going to be doing a lot of these freezer meals for sure.
I have 5 kiddos under the age of 8, that I homeschool, and I just LOVE your videos! I wish we had a Smart Shopper near us, those deals are amazing!! We just have Aldi and Walmart, and our 'Penny Pincher' type scratch and dent stores are still very expensive, only saving about $0.10-$0.20/item and they are usually expired. But I'm loving your videos and doing great with shopping at Aldi and a few things at Walmart or Meijer. I just want to say that videos like yours are so encouraging to moms like me, trying to juggle kids, house, and our DR budget. Your videos are a huge blessing to me and I recommend them to others. Large families are not the norm anymore, and we get a lot of negativity about ours, and I had always felt lost/depressed that maybe our decision wasn't the best. But I'm so glad moms like you show how it's amazing, fun, and a wonderful thing. I love my family, love my kids, and love our life. Thank you!
Amazing!!!!! Can't even imagine! We are a family of 5 and I find it challenging to shop for us. Lots of work for this non-planner/non-budgeter. You challenge me to do better!! Thank you!
Love seeing the kiddos when they were younger. I shop bi weekly but then again, there's only 2 of us. I spend a lot of money on food. I don't bulk cook but when I do cook, I make double. Every couple of months we need to eat out of the freezer cos there's no more room lol
I enjoyed watching this! The extra carts in the stores, the back of the van packed to the top, and the groceries all over and around your dining room table are all familiar to my family!!! We are a family of 7, including 3 teenage boys, and we do this same thing every three months. I take a whole day and go to a number of different stores. Then I fill in with quick trips throughout the 3 months to restock bread, milk, and fresh fruits and veggies. We have been doing this for about 3 years and it has saved us a lot of money.
***** We have been doing quarterly shopping for about 3 years. I spent a number of weeks planning out 90 days worth of menus and writing out all the ingredients. After I collected all my lists, I attempted my first big shopping trip. It went well, and better plans have evolved since that first trip! Right now I am trying to make menus for summer that have more salads, and take advantage of fresh produce. During the winter my menus consist of more soups for the cold winter nights!
Im a cashier and see a lot of people who buy nothing but frozen and bad stuff for their families. Dont sell yourself short. Im not a parent yet but hope i can be as good with budgeting and home cooked meals as you.
This video just popped up on my feed and things have changed so much in the last 7 years. So happy for you. I know if I had started to follow your channel back then, I would have contributed to follow to today.
We are a family of 6. I do one big trip to Costco once a month and fill in holes with fresh produce using a local co-op and a small trip to the grocery store once a week for perishables.
We are a bi-weekly shopping family for our family of 5 (at least currently 5). I would love to start shopping monthly, but budgeting only allows us to go at the beginning and middle of the month, since that is when the paychecks come in! We do live on a farm and raise and preserve most of our own produce, as well as, raise dairy goats for a lot of our dairy item needs and really only rely on milk from the grocery during the winter months. However, since I will be returning to being a stay at home mom after this school year, we will be able to keep some of our goats milking through the winter and I will be able to make more cheese, yogurt, and other things throughout the winter and not just enjoy them in the summer! I am definitely looking forward to that!
No problem! I am hoping to start vlogging and sharing some things that we do with our goats and all that fun stuff. So, if you need any help when it's time for goats, let me know :-) We had chickens...but then had a dog issue ripping through our fence. My mom has chickens and more eggs than she can use, so now we just trade.:-)
I love your big refrigerator. We are a family of 6 and live in an apartment. The apartment we live in has a small refrigerator, when every someone opens the door after I go shopping for grocery things will fall out. I go shopping every two weeks, I would like to get to where I only go once a month. I hope in the next few weeks to get a chest freezer. When you all go shopping do people every make comments about your family size? When I am out with my four kids someone always say that I have my hands full. Thank you for sharing your life with us. I look forward to seeing your videos.
I love it too! I was just wondering if she dyes it while pregnant im 4 months and i want to try her hair color out with her at home save money everytime i go to the salon its $150 and not impressive.
I didn’t know your videos went back 5 years! I just love you! I’ve been subscribed over a year and I have 3 babies. 3 years old,18 months and 4 months! Love you sweet mama!
Decided to throw it back tonight and watch an older video from before I started watching you. In this video you get a 25 bag of rice and a big log of Colby Jack cheese for under $15 each at Sharp Shopper.
I'm going to start keeping track of when I shop and try to stretch out the trips from twice a week to once a month 😊Yikes! Thank you for the inspiration 🌺
I shop for 2 weeks at a time. We’re a small family with 2 fridges. It’s just easier and cheaper in the long run to shop for 2 weeks for us. Love this older video!
Great about the multiple refrigeration units! We have a family of 8, and like yours, we also have a couple of teenagers. We also do a large once a month shopping. Ours is due to transit even though the stores are relatively close. With homeschooling and little ones, it is too challenging time wise to shop more often. Our two oldest ride to the store on bicycles for needed produce as the middle and end of the month get closer. I have found that having a few weeks of meal plans, although they may shuffle about, does help me to keep on track. Alot of the unplanned items that enter the house are through pantries and can keep us in fruit, eggs, buttermilk, and some produce. With the items from the pantries, we often have to sort, clean and freeze or cook right away so inside the menu has to have a great amount of flexibility. It was wonderful to see your house workings. Oddly enough this tends to be my relaxation time for me. Strange habits...
My 12 and 9 year old boys eat enough for a grown man a piece!!!! Monthly shopping always ends back in the store by the middle of the month again!!!! Amazing how much boys can eat
Jamerrill I have always shopped by the month it is more economical as your not in the store as often and you tend not to pick up extra things you really don' t need your a smart shopper! I am retired now and it's just my husband and me and we still shop for a whole month.
I LUV that your frig is covered with pix! this month I finally got hubby on board with monthly shopping. we spent $147, but there is only 3 of us. we'll have to buy milk and bread (hubby will not eat frozen bread) each week. I meal planned this time (only 7 different meals x's 4 wks - my boys luv the old basics) and it seemed to really help. altho we did forget the furbabies for a whole month shopping but we passed right by a grocery store last night so there was no wasted gas and we stocked up for them for the month. I would luv an extra frig for my garage so I could get milk for at least two weeks. and your closure system for the freezer is awesome - as long as it closes that's all that matters!
Hi! We are a family of seven. We grocery shop weekly to biweekly. It depends on how far I can stretch the budget. ;) I do Aldi/Walmart/and our small local grocery store for fresh meat. Aldi helps save money because I can't have gluten and my oldest can't have dairy.
This video is helpful & encouraging! Thank you for showing us how you do things. We are a homeschool family of 9. We rent & have no place to out a 2nd fridge but oh I'd love one. We have a chest freezer. About 2 weeks is best we can do as far as space. Hubby & I are on THM. On the 24th will be 1 yr for me! Woohoo! Love it! Thank you! I love your FHSD site & use it all the time plus I share it with friends. Praise tge Lord! God Bless You& your Family! Claire
I remember seeing yall at sharp shopper one time when I was there. This was helpful as Emma and I have been talking about the bigger shop with freezers etc and trying to get our selves sorted.
Hi there! I'm also a homeschooling mom of 7. I've considered monthly hauls but am not sure I could pull it off yet. I think we need one more refrigerator. Love seeing other large families systems. Thanks for sharing!
Family of 5, I buy our meat once a year and deep freeze it in the basement from a farmers co-op. It's all free range and grain fed at much better prices than I would get from any stores. I buy rice, pasta, toilet paper, cereal, nuts and other items that have long shelf lives every few months in bulk. Fruits and vegetables and sliced bread, I buy every 1-3 days. I like them as fresh as possible and I didn't enjoy growing my own. This works well for us and we rarely eat out this way. I wouldn't want to get our fruits and veg any less often than every three days. We'd also have to give up the play room for storage. I prefer just one fridge and one deep freezer. I feel disappointed with myself when I use canned or frozen veg, so I really try to get off my butt and walk to the store. Given my proximity to the store, it's sheer laziness to not walk there. I have no excuse. But yeah, this works well with a 3 bedroom house in large metro city. I know by family of 9 standards, 5 isn't a big family. But if you live in an urban area, 5 is a big family compared to other families we know. Most couples we know have 0-2 kids.
Heck! I wish we had discount stores like Aldi and Sharp shopper here in Phoenix just for me! I'm from Minnesota originally we had Aldi there plus we had the hostess discount stores for cheap breads and buns etc....I miss those. We do have Costco of course which i love and I work as an accountant for walmart so have my discount. 10%may not be much but those pennies add up in a year. even though I'm single its no excuse not to have a good budget and find deals as I can. i just need to find the motivation. I will try, God blesses me everyday with a nice roof over my head, a car to get me to work, a wonderful bestie, and money to buy food. I need to do my part now. Wish me luck!
Loved! your video =) Thanks for sharing! I usually go once a week. every other week I go by myself and every other week I take 1 or my older children with me for some one on one time and do something special with them along with the trip like going to the pet store, park, a bike ride, etc... I usually go to Our local health food store, Costco, Fred Meyers and then Safeway..... we have worked hard over time to achieve a high fruits and veggies lifestyle, mostly vegan, whole foods type diet. We had many health challenges to over come and still are with an autoimmune disorder, allergies etc... It's a process... toward progress ;)
Yes try to get most of it monthy. Walmart we shop and we have a meat market store in town called steves garden shop great prices. Great video. Thanks for sharing. Im from altamahaw nc.
I would love to see your meal plan! And a grocery list! :-) I also love your cooking videos! In our family, we have some picky eaters, as well as allergies, and sensitivities, so it can be a challenge to create easy meals. I've been inspired by you to use our crock pot more, and even did some meal prep by freezing veggies and chicken in gallon size ziploc bags, ready to pop in the crock pot in the early afternoon! I have LOVED the easiness of freezer crock pot meals!
***** I love watching your videos, they are so helpful to me. I am a mother of 7 kiddos and I think I am going to start doing a monthly grocery shop. I so need to do this after watching your video once again. I think I will be less stressed, when do you actually sit down to plan your meals? Thanks for sharing!
we have 6 kids- our oldest is 14 and youngest is 3 months and we also homeschool. So very similar to your family ;) We have cut out highly processed foods,refined sugar and eat as much organic food as possible. So I can no longer shop ahead it seems since we buy lots of fresh produce. =( I shop weekly now but will stock up on some things when i can(rice,kale that i freeze for smoothies,etc). I found pineapple on sale this week for.99 each so i bought 6 that i will cut up and freeze. I shop a couple stores and our budget is $150 a week and I stay fairly on budget. If I could have a garden that number would be slashed by at least half *dreaming* ;) Anyway, I always enjoy looking in on your family! Your holyspirit blog has had such a huge impact on many facets of my life!! THANKS!!!
***** YES! I was so missing the holyspirit days and seeing what you guys were up to so I was very excited to see you posting youtube videos =) And total bonus that it can be a learning experience for your son too!! Blessings!
We shop fairly similarly! There are 9 of us and we shop biweekly because we cant get together the $ to go once a month. But i shop like I go once a month i just buy half of what i need one trip and the other half the next.
I tend to shop at least once a week, sometimes more. I only have 3 kids so far but I am always blowing the budget. Thanks for sharing! Lots of 'food' for thought! I want to get more organized and stay closer to budget. I just need to figure out where to shop besides just Costco and Wal-Mart for better deals.
***** My husband wants to start doing that but I don't know that I am emotionally ready for it. Trying to figure it all out. My goal this month is to stop eating out. I think I took myself out, my kids out or my family out to eat probably at least 12 times. BAD!!! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience!
I save so much money going to Costco. I also have never had to pay for our membership since my mother in law gives it to us for Christmas so it's even better for me :)
We shop biweekly mostly - just because that is how my husband gets paid. We only have two kids and I'm really bad about wanting to be cleaned out in the pantry and frig before we make a shopping trip. Not my favorite activity 😀
oh lol we live in the country, we have trash pick up, but we like to burn paper in a burn barrel, I think is saves money in trash pick up.. Thank You...
I have started shopping once a month for a family of six since I saw that you do it and it does make things so much easier. One thing that I have a question on is I see you hit all the stores and then go home what do you do about your refrigerated stuff the yogurt the eggs the milk etc. I know that right now it's cold so things stay cool in the car but what do you do in the summer months do you take coolers with you? We are blessed at the moment that we can go in one direction to one store and then drop stuff off at the house then go the other direction to the other stores that we need to go to. We go to Sharp shopper Adlis and we go to BJ's since we can use manufacturer coupons there as well as the store coupons and then we go to our local grocery store cards for anything else that we might need.
***** Good point, I'm looking to cut our shopping time down by not having to go home and drop off, I might look into insulated tote bags even if i can do 2 stores before having to go home it will save time! Right now it takes all day, hubby will go with me to the first half the day and then take the kids home (we have 4 kids under 6) for a nap while i go for the 2nd half of the day. Please keep the video coming! I am always looking for tips for large families, was to save, time savers, homeschool tips and how to get it all done!
Growing up we did shopping once a month because the nearest grocery store was an hour drive away. We did our shopping and then stopped to eat somewhere, never rushed and never had a problem. I know some people who use an ice chest for their stuff that has to stay frozen but mostly its fine.
I've been trying to work up the nerve to do a monthly grocery shop (we currently shop biweekly).. And my family is only like half the size of yours at four people! LOL You've inspired me. I think next month I may try it...great video!
Thank you for the great tips! I've recently started meal-planning again which has helped IMMENSELY with my biweekly shopping and also not over spending (or having to run out to the store to get "one thing" and then fifty to sixty bucks later, walking out! lol). So I just have to now work the budget a little bit so that we are spending one chunk of money once in the month instead of spreading it out into shopping trips. :-)
My closest Walmart is 35 minutes away and my Sam's Club is 1hr35mins away. I much prefer doing a Bulk-once-a-month haul for most goods. And then small odds and ends weekly. We are a family of five plus my parents Who live next door. I would prefer to have the storage room and resources for a Complete Once a Month haul and not have to go back to the store All month long. lol....
Oh a discount store! I miss having discount grocery stores! I shop once a month on my own with a 5 year old, 3 year old and 1 year old (talk about fun! lol). We hit up Sam's, HyVee, Dollar Tree, a bread discount store and sometimes a few other local ones depending on what's on sale. We leave as early as we can and get it done before the stores get busy. In that respect, I'm lucky my kids get up uber early.
love to watch your videos we are a family of 7 -- im still trying to figure out how to get everything to work for us, would love to see a video on how you get ready for your shopping trips (list, meal plan and ect ) I could use tips in all areas lol..
I love it! So familiar to me. I have 7 children too! So how do you keep your kids from raiding the fridge and eating most of it in the first week? This is my issue. We have plenty for the first week and a half or so,and then we scrounge the rest of the month.
New subscriber. I'm a mom of 13. We go to Costco, too. We have the executive membership so you earn $ back and we use that to pay for the next year's membership. Did you know that you can freeze milk? You need to make sure that there's enough room for expansion, but it works. You do need to shake the milk to use it. Some people don't like the taste, but we use milk for cooking more than drinking in our home. (Freezing Gogurts makes a great summer snack for the kids.) I'm working on binge watching your videos to see what recipes you use. I usually shop once-a-week. If I shop at Costco, I don't shop elsewhere except to get goat's milk for my youngest as he can't do cow's milk at this time. Keep making the videos. I find them encouraging!
I would definitely be making homemade yogurts with how much you eat .....Also Find a Couponer ...and even if you paid the Couponer a percentage you would STILL make out way better. my Aunt fed 9 kids and her husband and many guests on less than half what she was spending get buy hooking up with a Couponer and paying a percentage to them. Love your channel.
+The Encouraging Homeschool Mom I am...I am hooked now. I wasn't even meaning to watch (I don't home school my kids do go to a private Christian school though) I left your page 3 times and went back I don't know why but your voice and just how simple and honest you seem (by simple I mean great) I have been wanting to make a blog for years and never have but for some reason your Questions and Answer video explaining why or what started you blogging made me realize now or never and I started my 1st blog.... Poor MOM Rich MOMents.... I'm scared and excited about it. THANK YOU with all my heart. You really inspired me I would of never did it if I hadn't found your you tube channel. i pray for many more blessings to you and your family I will definitely be checking out and sharing your sites thanks again. blog. poormomrichideas.blogspot.com/?m=1
I'm not sure if you have done a budgeting for a big family video. But I would love to see how you budget for groceries etc. and if you have made a video would love to know the name of it lol.
I feel like if you just bought large plain yogurt containers and mixed in honey, you'd save a ton. But that's more work, so pick your battles I guess. ;-)
You're honestly such a good mom. You do a great job at raising your kids and making sure they have what they need.
This is where it all started memories , such beautiful memories!! I remember the farm house and you shopping at the dollar tree to get your bread back in the day... This video popped up in my view... And it definitely put a smile in my heart.. I’ve been rocking with you for many, many years now, cheers to many more..♥️♥️♥️
I just go whenever I want something, either a specific item or a routine staple. My husband passed away unexpectedly in his sleep 5 years ago, my daughter is grown and married with 3 kids (from 16 to 1.5) and my youngest is in his 3rd year of college, and I am a disabled vet/retired RN & retired elementary school teacher, living in a very rural area, so no neighbors to visit. It was rough at first but I have become accustomed to it, now I'm enjoying my solitude. I've become the crazy cat lady lol. Not really, but I try to keep an eye on a family of cats, a family of raccoons and a little teacup chihuahua that I "rescued" as a stray. Everyone asks me a lot of TV show programs but the only time my TV is turned on is when my son or grandkids come to visit. As soon as I get up, I make a cup of coffee, and feed the cats, take my meds, and go sit on my porch and drink my coffee and do my devotionals for the day. And that's pretty much my morning. Then I call my best friend, we talk, have fun together then it's lunch time.
Omg! They’re so tiny! Serious blast from the past.
In 2020, I started getting everything once a month & honestly I don't want to stop that habit. We save so much in time & not buying random stuff we don't need.
You are still just as sweet, REAL, and adorable as you are now!
I grew up with 8 other siblings, and I'm still always impressed by how much food large families need!
Well for a long time we lived on a farm, so we were producing our own eggs, and a lot of our pork and chicken (Had both laying and meat hens) and we had a garden and we would pack extras and freeze it. I just remember having two large freezers, because we also had to buy in bulk a lot, especially since we also didn't live close to a grocery store.
As for meals we ate a lot of grilled cheese sandwiches, shepherd's pie, spaghetti, homemade pizza, mac and cheese and salad. We snacked a lot on yogurt as well, carrots and celery. Easy to make meals generally. She also didn't home school and for a long time was a SAHM so she would do a lot of baking during the day for our snacks.
And for reference, not that it makes a lot of difference. I'm from Canada. You don't often hear about large families in Canada, but we existed!
It was a staple lunch! I actually eat completely differently now because I focus more on healthy eating, and from what I've seen you also feed your family healthier than we ate, but of course we all work with the money and resources we have!
+Freckle Finance I grew up with one other sibling and currently it's just me and my husband (no kids YET)...I love watching these huge family hauls! It's totally not something I know about! :p
Watch out food nazis she makes it big in 2018/19 haha go mama go. Love this oldie but goodie
This just popped up in my feed and it was so fun to see one of your older videos!!
Oh my goodness I remember the first time I actually saw this video so many years ago ❤
crazy frig & freezer!! What a beautiful blessing that they are full so tummies are full; God is good!
I recently started freezer "bagging" kind of like freezer cooking but I don't cook anything ahead of time. I just fill each bag with the meat and the rest of the ingredients. I do 2 weeks at a time and I am loving it! All I have to do is either dump it in a crockpot or in a casserole dish when I get home. Looks like its saves me money too. Your kids are so well behaved!
our family is in the same boat lol. we live in a very small town r closest large grocrey store is 25 miles away, we usually make a once a month run to "the city" which is 60 miles away that has sams club, aldi, and kroger. Sometimes we leave kids with grandma and make it a date day 😍
Your kids are all so cute. You have SO much patience and even with all that you do, you are still fully made up and beautiful. Your family is very blessed. ❤️
ive been binge watching all of your videos this afternoon. I have a family of 6 and we try to do one BIG shop once a month at sams club and aldi which are in a different town from ours. and then maybe one random stop at walmart for fill ins here and there. i'm definetly going to be doing a lot of these freezer meals for sure.
guilty myself as I wait in line at my son's school.
Hi are the products in sharp shooters expired?
So fun to watch as a new subscriber in 2022
This is so great to watch 7 years later! specially after just watching you in the new meg mama kitchen! I wish groceries were still this price!!!
I have 5 kiddos under the age of 8, that I homeschool, and I just LOVE your videos! I wish we had a Smart Shopper near us, those deals are amazing!! We just have Aldi and Walmart, and our 'Penny Pincher' type scratch and dent stores are still very expensive, only saving about $0.10-$0.20/item and they are usually expired. But I'm loving your videos and doing great with shopping at Aldi and a few things at Walmart or Meijer. I just want to say that videos like yours are so encouraging to moms like me, trying to juggle kids, house, and our DR budget. Your videos are a huge blessing to me and I recommend them to others. Large families are not the norm anymore, and we get a lot of negativity about ours, and I had always felt lost/depressed that maybe our decision wasn't the best. But I'm so glad moms like you show how it's amazing, fun, and a wonderful thing. I love my family, love my kids, and love our life. Thank you!
Amazing!!!!! Can't even imagine! We are a family of 5 and I find it challenging to shop for us. Lots of work for this non-planner/non-budgeter. You challenge me to do better!! Thank you!
***** Thank you for the encouragement! :)
Love seeing the kiddos when they were younger. I shop bi weekly but then again, there's only 2 of us. I spend a lot of money on food. I don't bulk cook but when I do cook, I make double. Every couple of months we need to eat out of the freezer cos there's no more room lol
I enjoyed watching this! The extra carts in the stores, the back of the van packed to the top, and the groceries all over and around your dining room table are all familiar to my family!!! We are a family of 7, including 3 teenage boys, and we do this same thing every three months. I take a whole day and go to a number of different stores. Then I fill in with quick trips throughout the 3 months to restock bread, milk, and fresh fruits and veggies. We have been doing this for about 3 years and it has saved us a lot of money.
***** We have been doing quarterly shopping for about 3 years. I spent a number of weeks planning out 90 days worth of menus and writing out all the ingredients. After I collected all my lists, I attempted my first big shopping trip. It went well, and better plans have evolved since that first trip! Right now I am trying to make menus for summer that have more salads, and take advantage of fresh produce. During the winter my menus consist of more soups for the cold winter nights!
6 years ago Jamerrill...wow, I just found you less than 6 months ago! I love you and your beautiful family, Girl!! You rock!! 🌻
I love rewatching all your old videos your kiddos are growing too fast 🥰
Yes they are!
We are also a family of nine that homeschools. This is a great video. I have done a few on this myself. Have a great weekend in the Lord!
Im a cashier and see a lot of people who buy nothing but frozen and bad stuff for their families. Dont sell yourself short. Im not a parent yet but hope i can be as good with budgeting and home cooked meals as you.
This video just popped up on my feed and things have changed so much in the last 7 years. So happy for you. I know if I had started to follow your channel back then, I would have contributed to follow to today.
Look at that beautiful hair!
We are a family of 6. I do one big trip to Costco once a month and fill in holes with fresh produce using a local co-op and a small trip to the grocery store once a week for perishables.
Beautiful flashbacks.
We are a bi-weekly shopping family for our family of 5 (at least currently 5). I would love to start shopping monthly, but budgeting only allows us to go at the beginning and middle of the month, since that is when the paychecks come in! We do live on a farm and raise and preserve most of our own produce, as well as, raise dairy goats for a lot of our dairy item needs and really only rely on milk from the grocery during the winter months. However, since I will be returning to being a stay at home mom after this school year, we will be able to keep some of our goats milking through the winter and I will be able to make more cheese, yogurt, and other things throughout the winter and not just enjoy them in the summer! I am definitely looking forward to that!
No problem! I am hoping to start vlogging and sharing some things that we do with our goats and all that fun stuff. So, if you need any help when it's time for goats, let me know :-)
We had chickens...but then had a dog issue ripping through our fence. My mom has chickens and more eggs than she can use, so now we just trade.:-)
I love your big refrigerator. We are a family of 6 and live in an apartment. The apartment we live in has a small refrigerator, when every someone opens the door after I go shopping for grocery things will fall out. I go shopping every two weeks, I would like to get to where I only go once a month. I hope in the next few weeks to get a chest freezer. When you all go shopping do people every make comments about your family size? When I am out with my four kids someone always say that I have my hands full. Thank you for sharing your life with us. I look forward to seeing your videos.
Look at your hair! Love this
I love it too! I was just wondering if she dyes it while pregnant im 4 months and i want to try her hair color out with her at home save money everytime i go to the salon its $150 and not impressive.
I didn’t know your videos went back 5 years! I just love you! I’ve been subscribed over a year and I have 3 babies. 3 years old,18 months and 4 months! Love you sweet mama!
Yes, this is from over 6 years ago!! ❤️
@@JamerrillStewart thank you for responding!! Hope you’re feeling well! God gives so much grace to us mamas and I need all of it!!!
Decided to throw it back tonight and watch an older video from before I started watching you. In this video you get a 25 bag of rice and a big log of Colby Jack cheese for under $15 each at Sharp Shopper.
Wild!!
When our trashbag gets full in the bag i take it out hang it on back of the chair to fill it up more lol love this video
I think it’s so cute, whenever you would point the camera at the kids they all made the same facial expressions. 😬
Look what popped up in my newsfeed. Your hair was soo long! ❤️
This gem popped up on my feed. So sweet to watch you and your kiddos. Always enjoy you and your family❤️
I'm going to start keeping track of when I shop and try to stretch out the trips from twice a week to once a month 😊Yikes! Thank you for the inspiration 🌺
This was sooo..much fun to watch..I believe Daniel was a toddler when I found you on RUclips.
Watching in 2020 🥰
Oh my gosh! So jealous of that discount store! How fun!
hee hee yes, I guess we are! ;) It's a 30-45 minute drive and we make a once a month stock up there!
I shop for 2 weeks at a time. We’re a small family with 2 fridges. It’s just easier and cheaper in the long run to shop for 2 weeks for us. Love this older video!
Great about the multiple refrigeration units! We have a family of 8, and like yours, we also have a couple of teenagers. We also do a large once a month shopping. Ours is due to transit even though the stores are relatively close. With homeschooling and little ones, it is too challenging time wise to shop more often. Our two oldest ride to the store on bicycles for needed produce as the middle and end of the month get closer. I have found that having a few weeks of meal plans, although they may shuffle about, does help me to keep on track. Alot of the unplanned items that enter the house are through pantries and can keep us in fruit, eggs, buttermilk, and some produce. With the items from the pantries, we often have to sort, clean and freeze or cook right away so inside the menu has to have a great amount of flexibility. It was wonderful to see your house workings. Oddly enough this tends to be my relaxation time for me. Strange habits...
My 12 and 9 year old boys eat enough for a grown man a piece!!!! Monthly shopping always ends back in the store by the middle of the month again!!!! Amazing how much boys can eat
You Go Mom ☮
your kids are so adorable!! i love watching your videos !!
Jamerrill I have always shopped by the month it is more economical as your not in the store as often and you tend not to pick up extra things you really don' t need your a smart shopper! I am retired now and it's just my husband and me and we still shop for a whole month.
we love you jamerill
Niomi is so little. 😍
Yes, she sure was a little girl here! She was a brand new 8 in this video. xoxo
your amazing. your doing a great job feeding your family healthy. you inspire me to do a healthier diet for my family
I love your videos! you are inspiring and educational to watch!
I LUV that your frig is covered with pix! this month I finally got hubby on board with monthly shopping. we spent $147, but there is only 3 of us. we'll have to buy milk and bread (hubby will not eat frozen bread) each week. I meal planned this time (only 7 different meals x's 4 wks - my boys luv the old basics) and it seemed to really help. altho we did forget the furbabies for a whole month shopping but we passed right by a grocery store last night so there was no wasted gas and we stocked up for them for the month.
I would luv an extra frig for my garage so I could get milk for at least two weeks. and your closure system for the freezer is awesome - as long as it closes that's all that matters!
Hi! We are a family of seven. We grocery shop weekly to biweekly. It depends on how far I can stretch the budget. ;) I do Aldi/Walmart/and our small local grocery store for fresh meat. Aldi helps save money because I can't have gluten and my oldest can't have dairy.
This video is helpful & encouraging! Thank you for showing us how you do things. We are a homeschool family of 9. We rent & have no place to out a 2nd fridge but oh I'd love one. We have a chest freezer. About 2 weeks is best we can do as far as space. Hubby & I are on THM. On the 24th will be 1 yr for me! Woohoo! Love it! Thank you! I love your FHSD site & use it all the time plus I share it with friends. Praise tge Lord! God Bless You& your Family!
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I remember seeing yall at sharp shopper one time when I was there. This was helpful as Emma and I have been talking about the bigger shop with freezers etc and trying to get our selves sorted.
Hi there! I'm also a homeschooling mom of 7. I've considered monthly hauls but am not sure I could pull it off yet. I think we need one more refrigerator. Love seeing other large families systems. Thanks for sharing!
You remind me so much of Dolly Parton!🥰
God Bless your large family! I think it's great. I love your hauls and everything you share. Thanks
I like how spontaneous Gaby is ☺️
I LOVE the duct tape...we have pink duct tape keeping our rice cooker together...lol
Family of 5, I buy our meat once a year and deep freeze it in the basement from a farmers co-op. It's all free range and grain fed at much better prices than I would get from any stores. I buy rice, pasta, toilet paper, cereal, nuts and other items that have long shelf lives every few months in bulk. Fruits and vegetables and sliced bread, I buy every 1-3 days. I like them as fresh as possible and I didn't enjoy growing my own. This works well for us and we rarely eat out this way. I wouldn't want to get our fruits and veg any less often than every three days. We'd also have to give up the play room for storage. I prefer just one fridge and one deep freezer. I feel disappointed with myself when I use canned or frozen veg, so I really try to get off my butt and walk to the store. Given my proximity to the store, it's sheer laziness to not walk there. I have no excuse. But yeah, this works well with a 3 bedroom house in large metro city.
I know by family of 9 standards, 5 isn't a big family. But if you live in an urban area, 5 is a big family compared to other families we know. Most couples we know have 0-2 kids.
Heck! I wish we had discount stores like Aldi and Sharp shopper here in Phoenix just for me! I'm from Minnesota originally we had Aldi there plus we had the hostess discount stores for cheap breads and buns etc....I miss those. We do have Costco of course which i love and I work as an accountant for walmart so have my discount. 10%may not be much but those pennies add up in a year. even though I'm single its no excuse not to have a good budget and find deals as I can. i just need to find the motivation. I will try, God blesses me everyday with a nice roof over my head, a car to get me to work, a wonderful bestie, and money to buy food. I need to do my part now. Wish me luck!
14:45 You just sounded SO excited about that kale LOL.
We go once a month because it give the kids a chance to get out other than church love ur videos
Loved! your video =) Thanks for sharing! I usually go once a week. every other week I go by myself and every other week I take 1 or my older children with me for some one on one time and do something special with them along with the trip like going to the pet store, park, a bike ride, etc... I usually go to Our local health food store, Costco, Fred Meyers and then Safeway..... we have worked hard over time to achieve a high fruits and veggies lifestyle, mostly vegan, whole foods type diet. We had many health challenges to over come and still are with an autoimmune disorder, allergies etc... It's a process... toward progress ;)
Yes try to get most of it monthy. Walmart we shop and we have a meat market store in town called steves garden shop great prices. Great video. Thanks for sharing. Im from altamahaw nc.
I haven't gone to my local Aldis in AGES! Definintly should head back.
I would love to see your meal plan! And a grocery list! :-) I also love your cooking videos! In our family, we have some picky eaters, as well as allergies, and sensitivities, so it can be a challenge to create easy meals. I've been inspired by you to use our crock pot more, and even did some meal prep by freezing veggies and chicken in gallon size ziploc bags, ready to pop in the crock pot in the early afternoon! I have LOVED the easiness of freezer crock pot meals!
I tend shop every week. it works best for us as we live in a small flat with two kids. I have only just found your page and I love it x
Really enjoyed this shot in the past!!! From Montgomery al 🙏 ❤️
***** I love watching your videos, they are so helpful to me. I am a mother of 7 kiddos and I think I am going to start doing a monthly grocery shop. I so need to do this after watching your video once again. I think I will be less stressed, when do you actually sit down to plan your meals? Thanks for sharing!
we have 6 kids- our oldest is 14 and youngest is 3 months and we also homeschool. So very similar to your family ;) We have cut out highly processed foods,refined sugar and eat as much organic food as possible. So I can no longer shop ahead it seems since we buy lots of fresh produce. =( I shop weekly now but will stock up on some things when i can(rice,kale that i freeze for smoothies,etc). I found pineapple on sale this week for.99 each so i bought 6 that i will cut up and freeze. I shop a couple stores and our budget is $150 a week and I stay fairly on budget. If I could have a garden that number would be slashed by at least half *dreaming* ;) Anyway, I always enjoy looking in on your family! Your holyspirit blog has had such a huge impact on many facets of my life!! THANKS!!!
***** YES! I was so missing the holyspirit days and seeing what you guys were up to so I was very excited to see you posting youtube videos =) And total bonus that it can be a learning experience for your son too!! Blessings!
Dolly Parton vibes in this video
I love your channel so much!
I don't know how you can do it. i'm your new fan!
Andreia Pereira same here. my son's 3 almost 4. I'm a widow so I'm pretty much working around during the clock. seems like I never get caught up.
We shop fairly similarly! There are 9 of us and we shop biweekly because we cant get together the $ to go once a month. But i shop like I go once a month i just buy half of what i need one trip and the other half the next.
I tend to shop at least once a week, sometimes more. I only have 3 kids so far but I am always blowing the budget. Thanks for sharing! Lots of 'food' for thought! I want to get more organized and stay closer to budget. I just need to figure out where to shop besides just Costco and Wal-Mart for better deals.
***** My husband wants to start doing that but I don't know that I am emotionally ready for it. Trying to figure it all out. My goal this month is to stop eating out. I think I took myself out, my kids out or my family out to eat probably at least 12 times. BAD!!! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience!
I save so much money going to Costco. I also have never had to pay for our membership since my mother in law gives it to us for Christmas so it's even better for me :)
We shop biweekly mostly - just because that is how my husband gets paid. We only have two kids and I'm really bad about wanting to be cleaned out in the pantry and frig before we make a shopping trip. Not my favorite activity 😀
your refrigerator is perfect,
Blast from the past,great!
oh lol we live in the country, we have trash pick up, but we like to burn paper in a burn barrel, I think is saves money in trash pick up.. Thank You...
I have started shopping once a month for a family of six since I saw that you do it and it does make things so much easier. One thing that I have a question on is I see you hit all the stores and then go home what do you do about your refrigerated stuff the yogurt the eggs the milk etc. I know that right now it's cold so things stay cool in the car but what do you do in the summer months do you take coolers with you? We are blessed at the moment that we can go in one direction to one store and then drop stuff off at the house then go the other direction to the other stores that we need to go to. We go to Sharp shopper Adlis and we go to BJ's since we can use manufacturer coupons there as well as the store coupons and then we go to our local grocery store cards for anything else that we might need.
***** Good point, I'm looking to cut our shopping time down by not having to go home and drop off, I might look into insulated tote bags even if i can do 2 stores before having to go home it will save time! Right now it takes all day, hubby will go with me to the first half the day and then take the kids home (we have 4 kids under 6) for a nap while i go for the 2nd half of the day. Please keep the video coming! I am always looking for tips for large families, was to save, time savers, homeschool tips and how to get it all done!
Growing up we did shopping once a month because the nearest grocery store was an hour drive away. We did our shopping and then stopped to eat somewhere, never rushed and never had a problem. I know some people who use an ice chest for their stuff that has to stay frozen but mostly its fine.
We love Sharp Shopper and BB's😀
I've been trying to work up the nerve to do a monthly grocery shop (we currently shop biweekly).. And my family is only like half the size of yours at four people! LOL You've inspired me. I think next month I may try it...great video!
Thank you for the great tips! I've recently started meal-planning again which has helped IMMENSELY with my biweekly shopping and also not over spending (or having to run out to the store to get "one thing" and then fifty to sixty bucks later, walking out! lol). So I just have to now work the budget a little bit so that we are spending one chunk of money once in the month instead of spreading it out into shopping trips. :-)
My closest Walmart is 35 minutes away and my Sam's Club is 1hr35mins away. I much prefer doing a Bulk-once-a-month haul for most goods. And then small odds and ends weekly. We are a family of five plus my parents Who live next door. I would prefer to have the storage room and resources for a Complete Once a Month haul and not have to go back to the store All month long. lol....
Oh a discount store! I miss having discount grocery stores! I shop once a month on my own with a 5 year old, 3 year old and 1 year old (talk about fun! lol). We hit up Sam's, HyVee, Dollar Tree, a bread discount store and sometimes a few other local ones depending on what's on sale. We leave as early as we can and get it done before the stores get busy. In that respect, I'm lucky my kids get up uber early.
Yes, especially in the winter when it's the only time we get out. :)
love to watch your videos we are a family of 7 -- im still trying to figure out how to get everything to work for us, would love to see a video on how you get ready for your shopping trips (list, meal plan and ect ) I could use tips in all areas lol..
that would be great if you could but I also understand how hectic that it could be :) thanks for replying
Wrap aluminum foil around celery & it will last a lot longer
I love it! So familiar to me. I have 7 children too! So how do you keep your kids from raiding the fridge and eating most of it in the first week? This is my issue. We have plenty for the first week and a half or so,and then we scrounge the rest of the month.
New subscriber. I'm a mom of 13. We go to Costco, too. We have the executive membership so you earn $ back and we use that to pay for the next year's membership. Did you know that you can freeze milk? You need to make sure that there's enough room for expansion, but it works. You do need to shake the milk to use it. Some people don't like the taste, but we use milk for cooking more than drinking in our home. (Freezing Gogurts makes a great summer snack for the kids.) I'm working on binge watching your videos to see what recipes you use. I usually shop once-a-week. If I shop at Costco, I don't shop elsewhere except to get goat's milk for my youngest as he can't do cow's milk at this time. Keep making the videos. I find them encouraging!
I would definitely be making homemade yogurts with how much you eat .....Also Find a Couponer ...and even if you paid the Couponer a percentage you would STILL make out way better. my Aunt fed 9 kids and her husband and many guests on less than half what she was spending get buy hooking up with a Couponer and paying a percentage to them. Love your channel.
+The Encouraging Homeschool Mom I am...I am hooked now. I wasn't even meaning to watch (I don't home school my kids do go to a private Christian school though) I left your page 3 times and went back I don't know why but your voice and just how simple and honest you seem (by simple I mean great) I have been wanting to make a blog for years and never have but for some reason your Questions and Answer video explaining why or what started you blogging made me realize now or never and I started my 1st blog.... Poor MOM Rich MOMents.... I'm scared and excited about it. THANK YOU with all my heart. You really inspired me
I would of never did it if I hadn't found your you tube channel. i pray for many more blessings to you and your family
I will definitely be checking out and sharing your sites thanks again.
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We buy 2 gallons of milk at one time I think it last a little under 2 weeks I only have one small fridge with the small freezer on the top
spaghetti squash is a good fake out pasta and it's cool on anything
I'm not sure if you have done a budgeting for a big family video. But I would love to see how you budget for groceries etc. and if you have made a video would love to know the name of it lol.
I feel like if you just bought large plain yogurt containers and mixed in honey, you'd save a ton. But that's more work, so pick your battles I guess. ;-)
And somehow she finds time to do laundry🙈 SUPER WOMAN!!!
Pls also do routine cleaning vlogs.
Gabe is so cute!