Chapter 37

One month after they were married, Trevor and Mac brought home four little boys to their brand new three bedroom house. The orphanage had suggested that at least at first they shouldn't separate the boys. So they would all share one room furnished with two sets of bunk beds.

Mac and Trevor were now the proud parents of four little boys, whose names were Jacco, Jahan, Jamar, and Javen. They sent out an announcement to all the family with a picture of all six of them in front of the new house. In the announcement to Liiani Mac had mentioned the Aunt-hood comment they had made.

They were so glad the boys had turned out to be six years old and in school so they wouldn't be bringing them home and then dropping them in day care all day. The school that they went to had a great after school program for working parents. Mac and Trevor had made a promise that one of them would always be off work in time to pick up the boys.

"Can you believe Trevor and Mac adopted four children?" Gerald asked with a grin as he stared at the announcement they had gotten in the mail.

"And before long we will have three more with Nicci, Collette and Liiani all expecting," Adel answered him. They didn't know that Liiani was expecting twins.

It took a while for the boys to realize that they had a new and permanent home. It was over two weeks before Mac was able to get a smile out of one of the boys. But it wasn't long after that the rest of the boys began to smile too. Before long laughter was ringing out in the Benet home.

Everyone wanted to meet the boys, but knew they needed to feel comfortable with their new parents first so AJ and Akaliiani asked to host everyone for Thanksgiving and Gerald and Adel jumped in to say they wanted everyone to come to Texas for Christmas.

One month later another announcement went out. Nicci had given birth to an eight pound six ounce baby boy just three days after his sister Joyce had turned three years old. James Gerald Benet had entered the family.

AJ and Akaliiani had decided to keep their guest room as it was, but convert AJ's den into the nursery. He admitted the he used it so rarely it was easy to give it up for the babies.

Like Vince and Collette, AJ and Akaliiani had decided to wait until the babies were born to find out their sexes. However, at the first ultrasound one of the babies chose to make it known that he was a he. AJ had told her how often how much Bud and Harriett meant in his life and she had no trouble agreeing that one of their peanuts would be named Robert. The other peanut was shyer so would remain a mystery, at least for now.

Halloween pictures were shared of all the kids in their costumes. Everyone was happy that Thanksgiving was only a month away so the entire family could be together.

Collette was five months along at Thanksgiving and Akaliiani four and a half months. Because she was carrying twins, her baby bump was quite pronounced.

The family descended on Virginia enmass and they got to meet the five new additions. Collette kept looking at Liiani's belly. Finally she managed to get next to her sister-in-law. She was two weeks farther along, but was not as large as Liiani.

Liiani just laughed and told her, "AJ is a big guy, that's why this baby is so large."

Collette arched her eyebrow and glanced across the room to where AJ, Vince, and Trevor were all clustered together talking about the upcoming football game. However, what her point was that all three of them were similar in size. All Liiani could do was shrug without admitting the truth she and AJ were still trying to keep as a surprise.

Mac and Trevor's boys were a big hit as well as Nicci and David's new son who was passed around so everyone could get a good cuddle.

The weekend was wonderful, everyone had a fantastic time. As Sunday rolled around they all began to say their good-byes. Some tears were involved and everyone promised to be in Texas in a month for Christmas on the ranch.

To be continued…..