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- All right, y'all.
Brooklyn, Bailey, Mindy, Camry.
They're all on the RV trip.
And the whole team's here holding down the fort.
We are loading up some of our donations
and Derek is going to drive them over to high school.
Ryan's over there.
There's JC and we are going to fill this whole U-Haul up.
We're really excited.
All packed up.
All the stuff is going out to some high schoolers in need.
Yay!
- So this morning is the warehouse sale
and we are all doing our last minute,
frantic, get everything done.
We have the LND letters.
We did not get the wall done.
(groans in exasperation)
The wall of pictures
but everything else looks really clean.
Getting all the clothes ready over here.
The warehouse is ready, I think.
I haven't even been back there for a day or two.
So let's see what the team did,
but I know they've been working so hard.
It's ready to go.
So wish us luck.
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Rylan just came busting in my room.
Woke me up at 1:00 a.m. to tell me something.
- Sic on Coogs.
I'm a Coog.
- [Mindy] Guess who got into BYU?
- (Rylan laughs) Me.
- [Mindy] She got into all the schools she applied to.
- (Rylan laughs) I did.
But this is the one...
- [Mindy] she was waiting for.
- I was waiting for this.
This is my dream school, I guess.
My reach.
- [Mindy] Your reach.
But yeah, starting in January, officially.
You'll do online classes this semester. - Yeah
- [Mindy] And then on campus in January.
- I'll be 17 and a Coog.
BYU.
- [Mindy] This is like the Hawaii.
- This is Hawaii.
They don't do this.
This is bears.
- [Mindy] Okay.
- I'm going to college!
- [Mindy] Woo!
- So tomorrow's back to school
and we're making this cool backpack.
And my mom's just sewing on the patches.
- [Mindy] What's the theme, Dax?
- Space themed.
- [Mindy] You excited about it?
- I'm excited about it
Sewing on the patches.
- I got the job of sewing them on.
They have sticky on them like the iron on
but I feel like that never holds.
It's been a hot minute
since I've had my sewing machine out.
While I'm sewing I'm teaching him about..
I'm explaining to him that a sewing machine is like a robot.
It all has parts and pieces that work together.
And when it works together, it works correctly.
What is this called, Dax?
- [Dax] A presser foot.
- [Mindy] This is what the backpack ended up looking like.
You can see patches.
I think will look really good.
And then we also found these little alien and space
and NASA pins that we just put on there as well
to match the whole theme.
So tomorrow's back to school.
I already mentioned this,
and one of the things I like to do,
and better at it (gently laughs)
at the beginning of the year than I am
toward the end of the school year.
But I like to try to go into it as prepped as possible.
By prepped I mean like backpacks, their rooms.
So they're up working on cleaning up their rooms.
But also food and some breakfast and lunch options to
make my life a little easier when we're getting
off in the morning and them packing their lunches.
So today that's what I'm working on.
The first thing I'm going to cook today is a,
we call it Papa's Eggs because my dad always cooked it.
But basically like a farmer's hash.
So we're going to do some hash browns, some sausage,
I thought I had bacon but I don't
but normally I would put that in
cheese and eggs and we mix it all together.
It makes for great, quick, easy warmup breakfast that lasts
like all week, store really well.
You can even throw them into some almond flour wraps
and make breakfast burritos out of them.
That's what we're doing, number one.
And the kids are going to join me to help.
We're going to be working on pancakes and waffles next.
So in case any of you care, it's a really easy recipe.
I buy one bag of frozen shoestring hash browns.
I buy one thing of Jimmy Dean regular sausage.
I buy the pre-cooked bacon from Costco
and then just cut it up.
A bag of pre-shredded cheese.
Not the best, I like to shred it myself better.
And then a dozen to 18 eggs (dog barking loudly)
stir it all together after the hash browns
and sausage are brown.
- [Mindy] Hey Pais, what's up next?
- Pancakes and waffles.
- [Mindy] Okay, we've got the pancakes going.
Protein pancakes Paisley working on flipping those
and taking care of them.
And Dax is getting the waffle maker all ready to go
with protein mix there.
I make it with milk too so there's extra protein in it,
calcium and Vitamin D
and they can just bag them up,
put them in the freezer
and then the next time they need them
pull them out of the freezer,
pop them in the toaster, done.
Over here we're working on hard boiled eggs
so we can just pop those in the fridge
and they can take them for lunch.
- Yep.
- Okay, so the last thing I'm doing
is making some sandwiches.
There's a trick I learned from "Home and Kind"
but you buy the.. words,
- [Dax] Hawaiian rolls.
- Hawaiian rolls, thank you.
Cut them in half
and then on each half you put a layer of cheese
and then you put mayo on the cheese
and then meat on top of that
so it kind of sandwiches the mayo in between
so it doesn't get wet on the meat
but then you can just bag them up, freeze them,
and when you pull them out for the lunch boxes
they are perfectly thawed by lunchtime.
No sogginess.
You can do it with cream cheese and bagels too, apparently.
- [Someone In The Kitchen] So they also stay cold.
- Yeah, they also stay cold. That's the other bonus.
So that's what we're doing right now.
You can see we've got some over here already to bag up.
We bagged them up and we're ready
to put them in the freezer.
We are on our way to where Rylan works.
And we are going to go through the drive-thru.
So Rylan found out last night that she got into BYU.
She was, very excited about it.
And so we're going to go and surprise her.
Brooklyn came up with this idea to get whistles
and we're borrowing all of Shaun's BYU hats.
He has like 800 in his closet.
And we are going to wear them through the drive-thru
and hopefully embarrass her a little,
but also just give her a reason to celebrate
with her co-workers.
- [Dax] Can I get the, hey.
- [Mindy] These whistles don't work.
- [Brooklyn] BYU!
- [Mindy] BYU!
Officially, these cheap whistles don't work.
- Oh, I know what it is.
- What?
- Well, I saw some other kids.
Did you really?
- Yeah.
- Really?
- I got in.
- Oh my gosh.
- Yeah I'm going to BYU.
- When did you find out?
- [Mindy] So Bailey showed up with Asad
to make us taco scones.
If you have never had scone tacos,
you basically just cook scones
and then you pile ground beef and lettuce
and tomato and all the taco fixings on top.
And it is like the yummiest that was
- Fixings.
That was very southern of you.
- [Mindy] What was that?
Fixings.
Only fixing, it will be fixings.
I decided to make chocolate breakfast muffins.
And this is a healthier version.
Doesn't look healthy, but it is.
It uses honey and bananas
and Greek yogurt.
Instead of some of the less healthy items you can use.
I love these muffins because they're like,
I feel terrible giving my kids like,
Costco chocolate muffins for breakfast,
cause they're basically just cake
and loaded with calories.
And these I don't feel guilty about
plus I can eat them for an after dinner treat
and they are healthier.
I'll link or I'll put the recipe
in the description box so you guys can find it.
Its that time again.
The time when we get up
and it's not even light outside.
The first day of school.
Oh man, I hate early mornings.
- I don't mind them.
- She's always up.
No matter what.
An early riser.
How you feeling on your first day?
Excited? Nervous?
- I'm excited.
- This is the hairdo for the day.
So cute, this little butterfly necklace.
Right Pais?
Let's go take pictures.
- Okay.
- [Mindy] Okay, pictures are done.
It's almost time.
Sixth grade.
Next year you go on the same bus schedule as Daxton
and that's going to be amazing.
Okay.
This is a big one for Daxton
because why Dax?
- I'm going to a freshman.
- [Mindy] In high school.
How did that even happen?
Getting tall dude
- Right to my chin.
- Getting tall Dax.
- You're looking good.
- I'm home.
- [Dad] Oh, what what.
How was your first day of third grade?
- Fifth grade.
And it was sixth grade.
It was really fun.
- [Dad] Fifth grade.
- It was really fun.
- [Dad] It was fun?
What was so fun?
Any cute boys?
- My classes.
- [Dad] Any cute boys?
- No.
- [Dad] No?
- My classes.
- [Dad] Your classes?
What's your favorite class?
- I think my favorite class was with Ms. Janes.
- [Dad] What class is that?
- Math and leopard time.
- [Dad] Math?
- [Mindy] Is that the one Rylan likes?
- Mhm.
- [Dad] Well, how was lunch?
- Good.
- [Dad] Do you get to associate with
all your friends you've missed?
Has anybody changed?
- No.
- [Dad] They're the same?
There he is.
The big freshman.
How was high school?
- Good.
- [Dad] Yeah?
What'd you like about it?
- Robotics.
- [Dad] Robotics?
Did you have fun?
- Yeah.
- [Dad] All right.
Back at it tomorrow.
- So obviously first week of school
and I just wanna know if all the other moms out there
feel like,
or kids really students,
feel like the first week of school is so hard.
There's something about getting back into that grind
and the routine and the carpools and up in the mornings.
And I just went to Pilates for the first time
in probably a month because of summer.
And it was like so hard and I'm dying.
And now I'm just mad that I didn't split up this summer,
so I have to start over again.
I think it's just an everybody occurrence.
Today is a work from the office day.
We have to document video
because this baby's about to make her appearance.
- It's coming.
- [Mindy] The baby.
Come and see us.
And then we're going to lose sun up for three months.
Guess what else is happening?
- Well, when this video goes live,
we will have a huge project that will have just launched.
- [Mindy] So if you're watching this video,
you should go watch their Instagram
because they're announcing it shortly.
- Shortly.
- [Mindy] Yes.
- Very soon.
- [Mindy] Guess what's happening over with Brooklyn.
Brooklyn over here,
yesterday we went and had what?
- Oh.
My wedding dress alteration appointment so...
- [Mindy] Woo, woo, woo.
- Unfortunately I did not get it
exactly altered the way I wanted it.
So I had to go back twice,
but we'll figure it out.
- [Mindy] Yeah, we ran into a little snap,
but it's fixable.
- It is fixable.
- [Mindy] It's going to be easy to do.
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