Bertha Hewitt holds onto one of her youngest, Patty Lee, 1, as they say goodbye to their husband and father, Joey, when he leaves for the night shift at the Sheriff's office. With a decline in large families in America, the Hewitts with 12 children believe a bigger family produces more resources. The family tries to balance these resources, space and attention to produce something they say money can't -- love.

Crowding around the television in their three-bedroom trailer in Creola, Ohio, the Hewitt family waits for their father to return from work before going to bed. 'I never thought we would have this many but each one is a blessing,' says Bertha about her kids.

In the midst of chaos, Joey Hewitt kneels down and touches Bertha's pregnant belly. 'How you doin babe? She kickin?' Joey asks of their 12th soon-to-be child. At home in the middle of the day because he had just been given temporary unemployment, Joey was trying to get the roof fixed before the baby and winter arrive. 'It is going to tight with the new baby coming but we'll make it work, we always do,' he says.

Josey, 2, and Alisa, 3, look out the window of their bedroom to the other children playing in the front yard. Alisa Hewitt, 3, plays on a rocking horse in their backyard. 'We don't have any friends out of our family,' she says. 'We don't need them,' says her sister, Sarah, 6. 'This is all we need.' The 12 children share the three bedrooms in their trailer. 'We don't mind sharing beds because we loving being together,' Jolina, 14, says.

Joey holds onto Bertha as she gives birth to their 12th child, Bertha Jr. 'We are just going to keep having them until God stops bringing them,' says Joey.

Tater, 11, right, feeds the new baby, Bertha Jr., and helps Bethany with her math cards. Tater, Jolina, 14, and Brandy, 15, are responsible for cooking, cleaning and taking care of their younger brothers and sisters. 'It's kind of fun,' says Tater feeding the baby, 'I can't wait to have my own some day.'

Brandy, right, walks with her younger sisters, Jolina, 14, and Jamie, 11, left, up the hill in front of their trailer. At the age of 15, Brandy, the oldest, can get her learner's permit, but she refuses. 'I am not ready to grow up yet,' she says. Despite her desire to stay young, she is responsible for most of the household chores.

The Hewitt family packs into their 15-passenger van to head to their home in Creola, Ohio, from grocery shopping. In order to feed the family of 14, the Hewitts use food stamps and stock the pantry once a week from the discount grocery store 45 minutes away. 'The kids eat so much and this store is so much cheaper,' Bertha, the mother, says.