Savannah and Chase plan a weekend on their own to tour a college in Nashville, but their plans are soon foiled by Todd and Julie, who insist on a fun family road trip where they can also keep a watchful eye over the kids.

Todd is hurt when he offers to help all his kids but no one needs it, until Savannah is hit with appendicitis and becomes reliant on Todd and Julie - Todd's dream come true. Both Todd and Julie vie for Savannah's attention by becoming her nurse and Savannah decides to milk it for all it's worth and becomes the patient from hell.

When Chase pays a stranger to change his flat tire, Todd and Julie realize that they have sheltered their kids, and only have a few months left to teach them the basics of life, so they put them through a rigorous real-life boot camp in order to prep them for college.