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I’m a mum-of-16 but we still love to go camping – the amount of luggage we need is so enormous it takes three trucks
GOING on holiday as a family can be chaotic, so spare a thought for mum-of-16 Kelly Green.
The busy mum uploaded a video showing how many suitcases they have to take camping, and it takes three trucks to get them there.
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She wrote on her account: “What is it like to pack for a family of 18 for vacation?
“Of course being such a large family there is so much that has to go on vacation with us no matter where we are going.
“Because we are going camping of course there is a little bit more that has to go with us.
“We have all our luggage, all our pillows and blankets, the wagon, just everything that we need to cook.
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“Either way we get it all out to the driveway and then we figure out which vehicle it’s going to go in.”
Kelly showed off their drive full of suitcases, bags and camping gear, and it seemed like a huge amount to take.
Despite any extra work, Kelly said as soon as they arrive at their destination they are in “vacation mode” and are excited for any adventures.
One parent joked in the comments: “You are a very brave and organized woman to do all this.”
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Supermum Kelly, 38, has fostered over 100 children and adopted 13 kids since 2019.
The selfless mum lives in Summerville, South Carolina, US, with her family of 18, which is made up of her husband, Tim, 41, her three biological children, Morgan, 20, Braylon, 17, and Slayton, 15, and her 13 adopted children - McKinley, one, Lucas, three, Charlie, five, Ryli, ten, David, 12, Kenneth, 15, Narly, 15, Nevaeh, 15, Emma, 15, Apple, 15, Autumn, 17, Kayla, 20, and Amber, 21.
After moving towns and getting involved in the sports community with her children, Kelly realised just how many kids there are without parents and decided she wanted to get into fostering.
Since expanding her family, Kelly compares her life to being the real-life version of Cheaper by the Dozen movie, and she said she gets through a whopping 35 loads of laundry a week.
She previously revealed she spends £500 a week on groceries, but has shared they have now bought a cow to help feed them meat.
Kelly had the cow butchered to feed the family for over a year, explaining that it's a cost-effective way to feed her large brood.
She spent $1,200 (£957) on their last cow a year and a half ago, which supplied them with so much beef that it's only just running out.
Kelly added: "I never went into fostering to get into adopting, but it seems God had other plans for us, and we became a licensed adoption home.
"In 2019, we had our first foster child, and within the first week, we had eight foster children because we had the goal of helping siblings.
"Since then, we have had over 100 foster children in our home.
"The children we have adopted were unable to go home, and they wanted to stay with us too. So we are one big family now. It was never our plan, but it feels like we are all exactly where we are meant to be.
"Since we first began fostering, we have moved into a 4,000 sq ft home, where everything is in walking distance, and we can use golf buggies to get around.
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"It's like we are living the real-life version of the Cheaper by the Dozen movies, and there is always something going on.
"I think it's hard to imagine what having 16 kids is like for people who just have one or two children, but I am used to it now. It's just a normal life but everything is in a larger capacity.”
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