The Blended Bunch: What Spencer And Erica Shemwell Do For A Living

TLC's The Blended Bunch features the Shemwell family of Utah, and they have fans buzzing. Spencer and Erica both lost their first spouses, but they found love again with one another. They each had a handful of kids before meeting, and now they navigate the wild world of having 11 kids who aren't always thrilled about the situation. Having such a large blended family is complicated, and fans wonder what Erica and Spencer do for a living to keep up with expenses.

Both Spencer and Erica lost their first spouses after about a decade together. Spencer had married Aimee in 2007, although the Shemwell Bunch blog notes that they had initially met via a church youth group at the age of 12. Sadly, after a fun family outing, they got in a car accident. Aimee was pregnant at the time of the accident and both she and her unborn baby died at the scene. She left behind four children: Brayden, Harper, Avery, and Bexley.

Erica met her first husband, Tony, while they were students at Brigham Young University in Utah (via Shemwell Bunch). They got married in 2007 and they learned he had a brain tumor after the birth of their first child. Tony's cancer battle continued for several years until he passed away in December 2016, detailed Fox News. Erica was pregnant with their youngest child, Caleb, at the time of Tony's death. They also had children Landon, Emma, Lily, Sophie, Tanner, and Amelia.

When Erica and Spencer Shemwell first connected online via a widower support group, they lived across the country from one another (via Fox News). As Spencer's LinkedIn page details, he started Shemwell Home Services in Virginia in July 2014. Hive Remodeling was created in June 2018, and he moved the business to Utah when he relocated with his kids to be with Erica and her crew.

Erica has seemingly been a stay-at-home mom both throughout her marriage to Tony as well as now during her marriage to Spencer. While The Blended Bunch family does now have both a blog and an official Instagram account, it doesn't appear that they are currently monetized.

Naturally, Erica and Spencer make money via their TLC show as well. According to a report shared via E! Online, the Duggar family was likely making between $25,000 to $40,000 per episode early on during their show 19 Kids and Counting. While it's not known how much the Shemwell family is making with The Blended Bunch, it's likely fair to suspect their pay fell somewhere in that range as well.

If The Blended Bunch builds up a solid fanbase of TLC viewers, it just might stick around for a while. If it does, it's likely that Erica and Spencer's income will increase significantly as they leverage the popularity of the series and the opportunities it would present.