The Willis children have a lot of talent. The girls are proficient in the accordion, fiddle, guitar, piano, mandolin, whistler, and dobro, as well as being accomplished singers, songwriters, and dancers.
Brenda, the family matriarch, not only home schools all of her children—yes, all of them—but makes time for her own hobbies, which include leather tooling and photography. If there's a lady in television who surely seems to juggle it all, Brenda would be Mother Partridge meets Carol Brady meets Superwoman.
The Willis guys play guitar, percussion, bass, and whistle, and some dance. Many of the boys are involved in wrestling and other sports. The family has their own in-home gym, and use it to weight train, wrestle, and perfect their gymnastic skills. According to USA Today, the children are "internationally ranked Irish dancers and singers, national swing dance champions, and state wrestling champions."
Papa Toby attended Northwestern University in Chicago on a wrestling scholarship and graduated with a degree in computer programming. He worked as a systems analyst before the family hit it big. Afterward, he contributed to the Willis brand as the band's producer and sound technician.
"Creativity is something that we value around here. And creativity is something that can't be scheduled," Toby told USA Today. "It's amazing how creative your kids get when it's time for them to do the dishes," he joked, adding that if the kids "write a great song, I don't care if they make their bed that day. It's like, 'Hey, you write a song and I'll have one of your brothers or sisters make your bed.'"
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