The Sanders family

You up?
My name is Christina Sanders. My name is Christopher Sanders. It's time to get up, buddy. We've been married 14 years. That's my chocolate drop. That's my sweet thing.

And we have 11 children. If you didn't live here, you would not think that this was possible.

I would describe our house as organized chaos.
"Hey y'all, come on, let's go boys."
"Hey look, can you get the bananas?"

There's never a dull moment in the Sanders home. We are busy all day, every day, from the time we wake up to the time we go to bed. We're doing something.

The kids would love to take long hot showers, but there are so many of them, that's just not a reality for us.
"Is there like the brother who takes the longest?"
"We definitely got a brother that takes the longest. It's my brother, Katie."
"Yes, sometimes I do get yelled at for taking long showers."

We are getting ready to do a chore list. Chores are very important in the Sanders household. We have a chore chart: two children per chore.
Bathroom: Hayley and Christopher.

There are so many of us, something's always getting dirty because we pretty much utilize every inch of the house.
"Get that! Go!"

Me and Chris always wanted a big family. After having five biological children, I knew that I wanted to have more children. That's when we decided to become foster parents.

We got the call saying they had four boys, and they were like, "We're on our way right now." And I said, "Okay, I'll be here, open arms. Don't track none of this mud in my house."
"You listening?"

After the children's first night here, that's when I found out they had two sisters. We knew right away that we wanted to foster them because it's important for the siblings to stay together.

I was just feeling a little nervous about how they would accept me, not knowing if they had any interaction with a man of my color and size—you know, a big Black guy. So I was just like, hoping that they would embrace me.

But love has no color, love has no boundaries.
And so on April 27, 2017, we adopted all six children, and they officially became Sanders children.
"It's like having another baby."
"Six! Six!"

The secret of raising happy children is, I think, happy parents. Everything is not so serious—just relax. You know you're gonna mess up sometimes. It's okay.
"I love you too."

It's not easy with a large family like this, but in the end, it's all worth it. It's all worth it.
Good night.