Kate plans a surprise 30th birthday, for Jon, where she announces his fabulous gift, a trip to the Florida Keys!

The twins turn 6 and Jon and Kate decide to take them to New York City to celebrate. The sextuplets are dropped off at family friends for the weekend.

Jon and Kate have a pancake breakfast. Later, it's time to potty train all 3 sextuplets girls.

Grocery shopping for a small army is not easy when you're on a tight budget. However, thrifty Kate has now mastered this task, and we get to see how she does it. Then, we watch as Jon and Kate navigate through a crowded toy store with 8 unhappy kids.

Jon and Kate decide on remodeling the garage. The garage remodel is going smoothly until Kate brings the kids out into the garage. Will Jon finish the garage?

Kate and Jon want to make sure their eight grow up with traditions and Fall is prime time for family ritual. They take the kids to a local orchard for pumpkin and apple picking, and end the day with romping through a corn maze.

In this episode, having reached her limit, Kate decides it might be time to get some cleaning assistance. Will Kate be able to find someone to meet her high cleanliness standards?

When a church in California asks the Gosselins to speak to their congregation, Jon and Kate jump at the chance to get out of Pennsylvania. But the logistics of a cross country trip, from drafting a will to packing up all eight kids, proves challenging.