The scavenger hunt birthday party is about to begin, but of course not without a few glitches. Trying to keep the excitement at bay for the party Kate notices her excitement got the best of her when she forgot to secretly plant one of the clues.

Kate plus her 8 must prep their new puppies for a trip to the Poconos.

The Gosselin families space camp trip gave them a look at what life as an astronaut is really like.

As the scavenger hunt of boys against girls come downs to the wire, everyone bets that the girls will be the winners. But to everyone’s surprise the boys take the victory, and the real birthday celebrations can begin.

Kate goes antique shopping with Mady and Cara, and it’s a real trip down memory lane.

Of course sticking to a set schedule is never the case on a family vacation, so when the rain hits it is time to compromise.

Kate and the kids do try and do some yoga.

With the twins learning to drive, it's time for the always feared parallel parking lesson.

Kate believes it is important for the kids to give back, especially now that they are at the age where they can have a more hands on experience doing so.

The Gosselin family has learned that dogs aren't just all fun and games.

Since neither Kate or the kids have been to New Orleans, it seemed about time for the family to take a visit, and learn a thing or two!

It's a doggy play time when a special friend comes over for a play date.

In this bonus clip, Kate and the kids let their dogs in on the Halloween fun!

The girls get together and go to the spa.

Kate decided to take the whole family on a trip to go see the Poconos; And of course with 8 kids packing up to go anywhere is a difficult task, but add 2 puppies to the list, things start to get really out of hand!

It's time to build a table, and Kate is gonna put some muscle in it.