A/N: Thanks for reading. Enjoy!

"So Sawyer and Zoe are finally engaged.", Haley says while she and I sit on the patio following the workout we did in the backyard. We were going to do it inside in the house's gym, but the weather was too nice to resist not doing it outside.

"Yep. Is it awkward for you to talk about?" I pick up the water pitcher and refill her water glass.

"Not at all. She and Adam dated centuries ago. I've always believed Sawyer and Zoe are great together. I wish them nothing but the best." She sucks in a deep breath and smiles at the row of buttercups to the right of the patio. "I love the smell of those buttercups. Adam and I have a few in our backyard, and Addison enjoys looking at them." Addison's currently out shopping with Adam, Christian, and our kids. Both Haley and I were shocked when the guys suggested taking care of five kids on their own.

"I haven't gotten a text or call from Christian. I'm not sure if that's a good or bad thing." Haley looks down at her phone and shakes her head. "Nothing either?"

"Nothing.", she sighs. "Adam and Christian have taken care of the kids several times on their own. There's probably nothing to worry about." I take a sip of my water as I see Christian and Adam stepping from the kitchen and on to the patio. Christian's pushing the boys' stroller while Georgia and Raygan are rubbing their eyes beside him. "No need to send the search and rescue team. Adam, where's Addison?"

"She fell asleep on the way back here, and Christian said I could lay her down in one of the guest rooms."

"Georgia, Raygan, the two of you look tired as well.", I say. "How about we go inside and get you down for a nap?"

"No.", Raygan mutter. "I not tired."

"Me not tired.", Georgia adds.

"Your sleepy eyes say otherwise. Come on sweet peas. Daddy's going to put you down for a nap. Your brothers are going to take a nap too.", Christian tells the girls.

"I'll help you.", I say, but he waves his hand.

"You stay here and keep catching up with Haley. Adam, do you want to help me get three kids to sleep?"

"Sure.", Adam shrugs.


Almost forty five minutes later, Christian and Adam finally return to the patio. Both men are looking almost as tired as the kids. Adam plops down in the chair next to Haley while Christian falls down next to me.

"Maybe you two should have laid down for a nap as well.", Haley giggles as she rubs Adam's back.

"If you keep doing that, I'll definitely go to sleep.", Adam mumbles. When Haley stops, he grunts in frustration. "I was kidding. You don't have to stop." Haley shakes her head and continues rubbing his back.

"Now for the question we've been waiting on the answer for. How did it go with all five kids?", I ask.

"It went well.", Christian replies. "The girls got into a tiff when Georgia got the last pink balloon at the pizza place in the mall. I convinced her that the purple one was just as good."

"Addison got a green one.", Adam says. "If you wondering where the balloons are, they're currently floating somewhere. All three of them were accidentally released. Of cousrse that caused tears from the girls which ended up causing tears from the boys. We finally got smiles from the girls when they rode the small merry go round. We were going to let them ride the big one, but they insisted on the small one."

"I remember throwing a fit wanting to ride on the one at the supermarket when I was younger.", Haley laughs. "It only took a quarter, but that one quarter was the answer to my happiness for all of three minutes."

"It's clear school's out for the summer.", Christian mutters. "There were kids all over the place. This one boy was walking in front of me until he suddenly came to a halt and pulled his phone out to take a selfie. That's not even the worse part of it. The girl who was with him started talking about how cute he was doing his selfie. She wanted to capture the moment so she took a photo of him taking a photo of himself."

"Wow.", I giggle. "I don't even want to think about the kids taking selfies."

"Too late. Georgia grabbed my phone earlier and accidentally took a photo of herself.", Christian says. He reaches into his pocket and pulls out his phone. Opening the photos, he shows me the one Georgia took. "It's a great photo since it has Georgia in it even though you can only see half her face."

"Ana, are you excited about going to Hawaii?", Adam asks. He quickly covers his mouth as he sees Christian shaking his head. "You didn't know."

"Know what?", Haley asks, shifting her eyes from Adam to me and then Christian before going back to Adam.

"Apparently, I'm going to Hawaii which is news to me.", I scoff.

"I'm sorry.", Adam winces. "Christian told me the other day so I thought he had asked you by now."

"I've been trying to find the right time.", Christian replies, turning in his chair so he can look me straight in the eye. "Traveling isn't easy with kids especially four young ones, yet we managed fine when we went to Logan."

"Can we talk about this later?", I ask him.

"Later...yeah."


"Feel like talking?" After doing a quick listen into the boys' baby monitor, Christian pats the sofa cushion next to him. I pad across the floor and sit down in the spot offered to me. "Do you think Hawaii is going to be manageable?"

"Anything is manageable if we put our minds to it. The plane ride will be longer but not impossible. Do you remember how you relaxed you were as the waves crashed?" I close my eyes and let my mind take me to the beach.

"I did sleep well there.", I agree happily. "The girls really enjoy playing in the sand."

"And I enjoy you in a swimsuit.", Christian smirks.

"I won't be donning a skimpy bikini, but I might opt for a two piece. At one time, I'd be saying no way to just the idea of a swimsuit, however, I've come to embrace my body. It doesn't look anything like my pre-baby body, and that's ok because it's even better. I love every single curve."

"That makes two of us." He leans in to kiss me but is interrupted by crying. "I need to work on their timing with them."


"Why do Georgia and Raygan only have one pigtail each?", Gail laughs as she arrives the next morning following her dental appointment. The girls are playing with some dolls while sitting on the living room floor. I swivel my head around so Gail can have a better look at my new hairstyle, one pigtail which happens to match the girls'.

"Didn't you know one sided pigtails is the style of the moment?"

"I'm afraid I'm behind on what's in and what's out. I have to admit the three of you are adorable."

"Thank you. How was the dentist?"

"It went as well as a dental appointment can go. What's on the agenda for today?"

"Nothing exciting, just spending the day around the house.", I answer. Gail turns towards the front door. "Is someone out there?"

"I thought I heard someone on the porch." She pulls one of the curtains back slightly and grins before opening the door to find Sawyer standing on the porch with a large vase of red roses. "It looks like Christian's working on his swooning."

"I was outside doing a check around the property when the guard at the gate said a delivery had been made. I checked to make sure it was safe." He hands the vase to Gail instead of me.

"These are for me?", Gail asks as she sees her name on the card. "I guess so."

"Flowers.", Raygan says. Gail sets the vase down on the coffee table and picks up the card.

"A simple gesture of my endless love for you. Love, Jason.", Gail reads from the card. She places her hand on her chest and smiles. "I love that man."

"Taylor's sweet.", I tell Gail.

"I've always known the guy was a big teddy bear.", Sawyer laughs. "I swear I'm not going to give him grief for expressing his love." He starts towards the kitchen but stops and narrows his eyes at me. "I meant to tell you earlier you and the girls are rocking those one sided pigtails."

"The girls wanted the three of us to wear it like this, and I agreed.", I reply.


"When do you want us to go to Hawaii?", Christian asks. He twirls his spaghetti around his fork and waits for my answer.

"We've already told the grandparents we'd help keep an eye on their house when they leave next week so we need to wait until they're back."

"Grandmother and Grandpa aren't going to Tennessee yet. It seems their schedule got off, and they forgot Grandmother Elizabeth is going to be visiting her sister in Maryland the week they had planned to visit. So, their trip to Tennesses is being put off a week."

"Meaning if we want to go to Hawaii next week, it's a go.", I say as I watch him drop pasta sauce on his shirt.

"Dada make mess.", Georgia giggles.

"Yes. Dada made a mess.", Christian murmurs. "Do you want to go next week?"

"I don't believe we have anything planned for next week. Georgia, Raygan, do you want to go to Hawaii?"

"Me go.", Raygan answers as Georgia nods.

"That's a yes."

"All right. We're going to Hawaii.", Christian says with an ear to ear grin.