Foster the Wallens with Sly and Kelly
You don’t end up with seven kids by accident.
We’re Kelly and Sly—parents of seven, former foster parents, and real-life navigators of chaos, love, and everything in between.
Hard stories. Soft hearts. Fierce love.
Foster the Wallens is an honest look at foster care, adoption, sibling groups, and what it really means to build a family in unexpected ways. After welcoming over 18 kids into our home, we’re sharing the highs, the heartbreak, and the moments that change you forever.
It’s not perfect. It’s not polished. But it’s real.
Come ride the roller coaster with us. 💛
Foster the Wallens with Sly and Kelly
Latest Episodes
🎙️ We Asked. They Answered. | Foster Care & Adoption Through Our Kids' Eyes
Kids don’t filter, and that’s exactly why we wanted to do this. We sit down with our crew one by one and ask the kind of questions that reveal real family life: who makes everyone laugh, what tradition feels most “us,” what vacation memory stil...
Dad Pod...you read that wrong and thats ok!
What does it look like to be a foster dad?In this episode of Foster the Wallens, Sly shares his perspective on foster care, trauma-informed parenting, and what it's really like to earn the trust of children who have learned...
Real Talk About Foster Care- the Q&A sesh
We accidentally took a month off... and the reason isn't dramatic. 😅Summer with a big family happened.Between graduations, birthdays stacked back-to-back, Fourth of July chaos, vacations, and just trying to survive the calendar, w...
When Foster Wallen Turns to Forever a Wallen
Adoption doesn’t happen in one moment. It happens in deadlines, court continuances, sleepless nights, phone calls that stop your heart, and the slow work of helping kids feel safe enough to be kids again.We start with Grace’s private ad...
The Relationship We Never Expected
The biggest surprise we didn’t expect in foster care wasn’t the paperwork, the routines, or even the heartbreak of saying goodbye. It was the biological families.When kids first came into our home, we were handed a snapshot of someone’s ...