Full Summary:
This is set when Matt is at the state college and when Mary is still living in the house. The Camden family is now without Annie, but with another woman as their mom. Annie is now in Montana, on a ranch with sixteen kids. In Annie's place, Lasana has become the new Camden mom. Now that the two wives have met their new families, they have to settle into playing by the rules for a week. How will Annie be able to help the Messinger family? And how will Lasana be able to help the Camden family?
The Camden's:
Mr. Eric Camden: father of seven children and the reverend at the local church and helps the community out all the time.
Mrs. Annie Camden: mother of seven children and a stay at home mom.
Matt Camden: 20, the oldest kid in the family and oldest son and going to the State College, but mostly everyone knows that he will be majoring in Medicine and becoming a doctor.
Mary Camden: 18, the second oldest child and oldest daughter, senior in high school, basketball player.
Lucy Camden: 16, second daughter, sophomore in high school and likes to help people.
Simon Camden: 14, second son, is known as the "bank" of the house to the kids, eighth grader at the middle school.
Ruthie Camden: 8, third daughter, nosy and keeps secrets well, fourth grader at the elementary school.
Sam & David Camden: the twins, both a year old and the youngest members of the Camden family.
Happy: the Camden family dog.
Kernel Camden: Eric's retired military father and the grandfather of the kids.
Ruth Camden: Eric's mother and the grandma of the kids.
The Messinger Family:
Mr. Dominick Messinger: father of sixteen children, runs a well-respected horse ranch and a wild mustang rescue.
Mrs. Lasana Messinger: mother of sixteen children, runs a well-respected horse ranch and a wild mustang ranch, plus substitutes at the local high school.
Zalenka Messinger: 20, the oldest child and daughter of the family, goes to State College majoring in Veterinary Medicine; loves to read and hang out with her friends, goes home every weekend, vacation and during summer.
Zelene Messinger: 18, senior in high school, second oldest daughter, majoring in Veterinary Medicine, loves to read and write.
Damien Messinger: 18, senior in high school, first oldest son, majoring in Law, full scholarship to Harvard; loves to play on his laptop.
Taz Messinger: 17, junior in high school, second oldest son; loves to dance, majoring in Criminal Justice.
Cori Messinger: 17, junior in high school, third oldest daughter; loves to sing and dance, majoring in Criminal Justice; loves to practice witchcraft with her friends good not bad.
Aeon Messinger: 16, sophomore in high school, third oldest son; loves to dance and read; plays baseball.
Ameo'e Messinger: 15, freshman in high school, fourth oldest daughter; likes to act and is in Drama Club.
Esevona'e Messinger: 14, an eight grader in middle school, fifth oldest daughter; loves to dance, sing and hang out with her friends; wants to become a Veterinary like her sisters.
Ešeeva'keso Messinger: 12, a sixth grade in middle school, sixth oldest daughter; likes riding horses, barrel races in the rodeo's and helps the ranch hands.
Milhail Messinger: 10, a fifth grader at the elementary school, seventh oldest daughter; helps the ranch hands, likes to read and write.
Tyrail Messinger: 10, a fifth grader at the elementary school, fourth oldest son; likes to help injured animals.
Zebedee Messinger: 8, a fourth grader at the elementary school, eighth oldest daughter; loves to barrel race.
Hayden Messinger: 7, a third grader at the elementary school, fifth oldest son; loves to help his mother tame the wild horses.
Joachim Messinger: 6, a second grader at the elementary school, sixth oldest son; loves riding horses and rehabilitating wild animals.
Chandrakant Messinger: 5, a first grader at the elementary school, youngest daughter; likes dancing with her sisters.
Rayeez Messinger: 4, youngest son, afternoon preschool; loves to ride horses with his father.
AN-Italicized names and descriptions are the sets of twins.