I had this idea for a story as I was writing the latest chapter for my other story, "Promises". I hope you enjoy this and if I have enough reviews and enough people wanting me to continue, I will. I hope you like it! Don't forget to review at the end!
My Perfect Life:
-A Marthie Story
-Set in 2022, 15 years after the Series Finale
My alarm clock went off at 6:00 am to begin a typical morning in the Brewer household. I, Ruthie Camden-Brewer had been married for 10 years to the man of my dreams, Martin Brewer. I looked over to the life-less body next to me and nudged him, waking him up so he could get the kids up and have them get ready for school. Yes, I did say kids. We've only been married for 10 years but we didn't waste any time having kids because we both knew that was what we wanted more than anything in the world. Can you guess how many we have? SIX! That's right I said it! Six! Our oldest is 9 and his name is Wesley. He looks and acts just like his daddy. McKenzey came 2 years after Wesley and she is 7, we also call her Kenzey. Then we had another little girl 2 years later, and her name is Kayce (pronounced Casey). Then we had another boy name Jordan, he is 3. We had one sneak up on us less than a year later after we celebrate our anniversary (ha, go figure) and we had Bayley, she just turned 2. And just 6 months ago we had our latest, Leah. She's precious.
Even though we have a big household, we have a routine on how we do things. Martin and I get up at 6:00 am, unless Leah wakes us up before. I immediately get up and feed Leah while Martin takes a quick shower and gets dressed. After Leah is finished eating I put her back down in her crib and then I start to fix the other kids' breakfast as Martin wakes them up and get them dressed and ready for school. We all sit down for breakfast together at 7:00 am, every morning, no exceptions. The older 4 take turns saying the blessing before we eat. Then between 7:20 and 7:30 Lucy, my sister, swings by to get Wesley, McKenzey, and Kayce to take them to Glen Oak Elementary before heading to work at the Church. At 7:30, Martin takes Jordan and Bayley to daycare, right after kissing me good-bye. (We never miss a kiss either! Ha-ha) Then it's just me and Leah until 1:30 when I go get Jordan and Bayley from daycare. Sometime between 2:30 and 3:00 Sandy (my sister-in-law, Simon's wife) brings the older kids home from school. Then at 6:00 Martin comes home.
Now that I got you caught up on our daily schedule, let me update you on the rest of my family. A lot of things have changed since 2007 when our TV show ended. I mean that was 15 years ago. All of the Camden kids are now married and have at least 1 child. Everyone except for Mary lives relatively close to each other.
Let's start from the top! Matt and Sarah, Matt is 42 and Sarah is 41 and they are still happily married. They live about an hour away from Glen Oak. As you know, when the show ended, Sarah was pregnant. We she had twin girls, Ryley and Alyssa. They are 15 and definitely teenage girls! Matt and Sarah are having fun with them! Then 5 years after the girls, they had a little boy named Jonathan. He is now 10 if you didn't do the math. Matt is still an OBGYN and Sarah is a nurse in the Maternity Ward of the same hospital.
Mary and Carlos. Let's see Carlos is 43 and Mary is 40. They still live in Buffalo, New York. Mary is a P.E. teacher at their local high school and coaches the girl's varsity basketball team. As you remember, they had a son, Charlie, who is now 18 years old and a freshman at NYU. They also had twin girls, Emma and Alexis and they are 13 years old. We see them twice a year, once during the summer and at Christmas.
Next is Lucy and Kevin Kinkirk. Kevin is still a cop and Lucy still is a minister at the church with my dad. Kevin is 40 and Lucy is 39. They have 5 kids. Of course they have Savannah, who is 17 and a senior at Glen Oak High School. They had a son 3 years after Savannah. His name is Carson and he is 14. They have twin girls name Peyton and Madison. They are 9. And finally, they have a boy named Brayden, who is 6. Something is telling me Lucy isn't finished having children. I wouldn't be surprised if she tells us she's expecting again because every time she holds Leah she makes the comment about how she misses having a little baby in her house. But, we'll see.
Good Ole' Simon is next. He married his "college sweetheart" Sandy. She's a couple years older than he is. Simon is 36 while Sandy is 38. They got married in 2009. Shortly after getting married Sandy became pregnant and they had their first girl. Hannah is 11. Three years later they had Nathan who is 8. Two years later Chase followed Nathan and then Anna came along and she is 3. Simon is the Division Head of the Local Bank in Glen-Oak. He brings home a nice little amount of cash! Sandy is a 2nd grade teacher at Glen Oak Elementary where all the Camden grandkids ages 5-11 attend. They actually live in our neighborhood about 4 streets away.
Next would have been myself and Martin. I am 33 and Martin is 35. We married in 2012 and have been extremely happy since. As you know we have 6 children, Wesley, McKenzey, Kayce, Jordan, Bayley and Leah. Martin is a well-known Real Estate Agent at his own real estate agency he started with his best friend from high school, Mac. They also are contractors. They started up the neighborhood we live in now and designed the houses that most of my family lives in this neighborhood. I am currently not working right now because of Leah. Once Leah turns 1, I will go back to work. I am a nurse in the Children's Ward of Glen Oak Hospital.
The twins are next. We'll start with Sam. Sam graduated from USC in 2018 and married his high school sweetheart in 2020. Allie is also 23 just like Sam. They had a little girl last year named Maggie. Maggie looks just like Allie with beautiful blond hair and bright blue eyes. Allie is a teacher with Sandy at Glen Oak Elementary and Sam is a professor, believe it or not at Glen Oak Community College teaching History. He is also in Grad School going for his Doctorate in History. Should be interesting.
David wraps up the Camden kids. David graduate from UCLA in 2018 as well. He married a sweet girl named Brooke he met in college. They married in 2021 and had their first child, Austin, 3 months ago. David majored in Business Management and he is working with Martin and Mac to open up a new Sports Bar in Glen Oak. Brooke is a Physical Therapist in a near the hospital where I work.
Mom and Dad, Eric and Annie Camden are still going strong. With 7 kids and 23 grandkids, we keep them busy. Dad is still the minister at Glen Oak Community Church with Lucy. And my mom our permanent babysitter whenever we need her. I don't know how we would survive with our mom and dad supporting us.
6:00 a.m. my alarm clock went off. I woke up, slightly tired, ready to begin a new week. I looked over and saw my husband still asleep beside me. I nudged his shoulder in attempt to wake him up.
"Good morning, Sweetheart! Wake up!" I said.
"Morning, baby!" he said back.
"It's 6:00. I'm about to feed Leah. You need to get up and get the kids ready." I said leaning over giving him a good-morning kiss.
"I know, sweetie. I'm going."
Martin reluctantly got out of bed and walked over to his dresser and grabbed a clean pair of boxers out of the drawer and head to our bathroom. I was already at Leah's crib getting her ready to eat. I sat down in the rocking chair listening to the music Martin was playing while he was in the shower, at times singing along. 5 minutes later Martin walked out in his boxers and headed to his closet to get ready.
"Baby, what did I tell you about walking out here in your boxers!" I said laughing. "We can't afford to have any more kids right now sweetie!"
He knew exactly what I meant and laughed. He quickly went to his closet and got dressed for the day then brushed his hair.
"Alright darlin, I'm going to go wake up the kids. What are we having for breakfast this morning?" Martin asked.
"Oatmeal. Is that okay?"
"It's fine with me."
"Oh remember to tell Wesley to wear a nice shirt, he has school pictures today and remind McKenzey it is her morning to say the blessing."
"Okay."
I continued to feed Leah for another 20 minutes. At 6:30 I was in the kitchen making breakfast and everyone's' lunches.
"Morning, Wesley. Time to get up." Said Martin walking into Wesley's room.
"Hey daddy." Wesley said getting out of bed.
"Ready for another day of school?"
"Not really, I'm just ready for baseball practice afterwards!"
"That's my boy!" said Martin. "Okay, mom said its school picture day so why don't you where this shirt." Said Martin holding up a blue polo shirt.
"Okay."
"Alright I'm going to go wake up the girls. Be downstairs in the dining room by 6:55 okay. That's 25 minutes. Make sure everything is packed and ready to go. You don't want Aunt Lucy to have to wait again."
"Okay daddy. I'm going to the bathroom to brush my hair and teeth now. I'll be down in a few minutes."
Martin left Wesley's room right behind Wesley and headed to McKenzey and Kayce's room.
"Morning, Girls! Rise and Shine!"
Kayce got up but McKenzey didn't. McKenzey didn't like getting up early.
"Kayce what do you want to wear today?"
"Um…this outfit daddy!"
Kayce picked out a pink outfit of course, her favorite color.
"Looks pretty, baby girl! Now go to your bathroom and brush your teeth and hair, okay while I get McKenzey up. Then come back here right away and get dressed. I'll already have your book bag packed. Once you're dressed, go down stairs to mommy okay?
"Okay, daddy!" she said running to her bathroom.
"Kenzey-girl! Get up" Kenzey-girl was a nickname Martin had for McKenzey.
"Daddy..." she whined. "5 more minutes please" she said, rolling over.
"No ma'am. You now have 20 minutes to get to breakfast and Kayce is already in the bathroom getting ready. You need to get up. I got you an outfit picked out. Now get up baby girl. You still need to make sure your book bag is pack for school and mom said it's your morning for the blessing."
"But dadddddyyy…"
"I'm going to get Jordan and Bayley up and dressed. If you're not downstairs by 6:55, no dance today." And with that Martin left the girls' room.
Martin now had 10 minutes to wake up Jordan and Bayley and get them dressed.
"Time to get up! Who's ready for breakfast?"
Jordan jumped out of bed real quick and Bayley's head popped up in her crib!
"DDAADDDDYYY!"
"J-MAN! Good morning!" Martin said giving Jordan a hug! "And good morning to you princess! He said picking up Bayley out of her crib and kissing her on the cheek! "Jordan run to Wesley bathroom and go potty then brush your teeth and then come back here! Come on, Bayley! Let's get that diaper changed! Can't wait until you join that potty club!"
Martin changed Bayley dressed her in a skirt and a Baby Gap shirt. Then put her down to play in her room for a minute as Jordan ran back in.
"Okay Jordan we have 2 minutes! Come here!"
He put on khaki shorts and a t-shirt then ran the brush through his hair.
"Alright J-man you're finished! Go see mommy for breakfast!" "Come on Bayley, let's go check on McKenzey!"
Bayley got up and followed Martin out of the room. As they walked by McKenzey's room she was getting her bookbag and heading out of her room.
"Good choice, Kenzey-girl! Got a blessing in mind?"
"Yes sir!"
"Good. Let's head downstairs."
"You did it again, Martin" Ruthie said smiling! "Everyone down at 6:55!"
Wesley, Jordan, and Kayce were already at the table. McKenzey put her bookbag down by the backdoor next to Wesley's and Jordan's and then walked back to the table and sat at her space. I picked up Bayley and put her in her booster-seat then helped Ruthie pass out the bowls of oatmeal.
"Remember guys, we don't eat until we say the blessing." I said.
Once Ruthie and I sat down it was exactly 7:00. Ruthie and I looked at the clock and smiled at each other. We don't always make our 7:00 goal, but when we do make it, especially on a Monday, we are ecstatic.
"Alright McKenzey." Said Ruthie "You may say the blessing now. Everyone else, fold your hands."
Once everyone was ready McKenzey began her blessing.
"God is Great, God is Good. Let us thank God for our food. By God's hands we all are fed. Give us Lord our daily bread. Amen."
"Very nice, Kenzey-girl." Said Martin.
"Okay everyone. You can eat. Wesley, Kenzey and Jordan, when you finish your oatmeal, don't forget to put your dishes in the sink and then go wait in the garage for Aunt Lucy."
"Okay."
"Okay??"
"Yes, ma'am."
"Thank you!"
Everyone was finished eating by 7:20 and Lucy picked up the kids to go to school at 7:25.
"Martin. It's 7:25. You need to get Jordan and Bayley ready for daycare."
"I'm almost ready." "J-Man, Bayley let's get book bags!" "Babe, do you mind putting them in the car?"
"Oh okay! But you owe me!" I said!
"Oh I'll make it up, baby! Trust me!"
Martin finished getting his papers together for work while I put the kids in the car in the garage. I walked back into the kitchen and Martin was waiting for me.
"Ready for me to make it up to you baby?" he said.
I walked over to him and put my arms around his neck and his put his arms around my waist.
I whispered in his ear. "Trust me baby, you don't have time for what I want, you have to get to work."
"Babbbyy!" he said.
"Friday night when Mom and Dad have the kids, we'll 'play'"
"Sounds good to me sweetie! Can't wait! Now give daddy some kisses! I have to get to work."
"Alright baby." I said, giving him a few kisses. "Have a good day!"
"I will! See you at lunch!" Martin said as I turned to start doing the dishes he took the opportunity of giving me a smack on my booty!
"Hey save that for Friday, 'Daddy'"
He smiled and he walked out of the door.
This is a start. I had this idea and wasn't sure if I wanted to continue the story. If ya'll like it, please let me know and I'll probably continue. If I don't get enough reviews, I won't continue. I already have another story going. It's up to ya'll. Any suggestions and comments are welcome!
