Preparing dinner for the family is an every day task for Michael Wilson.

"I do cooking, most of the cleaning, kinda like an at home dad," says Michael.

That's because Michael's wife, Keyda, goes to school from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., and to work from 5:30 p.m. to midnight, five days a week.

"I know if i do it now, and go through the motions now, it will be easier later, Keyda says.

But weekends don't necessarily mean relaxation for the Wilson's, since they have four kids of their own and three of Keyda's sisters living with them. Keyda says growing up wasn't easy for she and her sisters.

"Worrying about how you're going to eat, where you're going to sleep, whether you'll be able to take a bath. I took in my sister, because she was giving her foster mother a lot of problems and I'm trying to help her understand that you need to change," Keyda explains.

Keyda is one of 18 kids, but she didn't grow up with all of her siblings. Most of them were in foster care or living with other relatives at a young age.

"Seeing them get taken away was really hard for me. That was my whole thing, to be able to grow up and get custody," Keyda says.

But living that life only made the Wilson's work that much harder to provide for their kids.

"They give us inspiration to go to school and stay in school and go to college," Keyda's sister Julia says.

But Keyda says providing for her kids and sisters is easier said than done. She says their water got shut off once because they couldn't afford to pay the bill.

"If somebody needs something, that bill will not get paid," says Keyda.

And when it comes to keeping them all fed, it's an expensive necessity.

"We go through one gallon of milk a day," says Keyda. That's 365 gallons a year, and at $2.50 a gallon, that's nearly $1,000 spent on milk every year.

But despite their financial woes, the Wilson's say it's worth it. In fact, Keyda says she still wants to get custody of two more siblings.

"If that means them not going to a shelter or a foster home, let's try to help them out, no matter what the expense," Michael says.

Michael says supporting his family is more difficult now, than ever. That's because Michael was laid off from the Belvidere Chrysler plant more than a year ago, and he says they're only living on one income .

The Wilson's say they're goal is to put all of their kids and Keyda's three sisters through college. They say they've tried to start a college fund, but whenever they save up money, they're forced to use it for the kids or bills.