Chapter 47
Gerald and Adel had stayed with AJ and Liiani until the twins were a week old and then finally returned to Texas.
Talk began between the five children about getting everyone together now that there had been so many new additions to the Benet family. They were going back and forth on when to do this.
Gerald's one hundred and first birthday was coming up but three of them were not able to get away on that date. However, just a couple of weeks later the fourth of July fell on a long weekend.
David was the last to confirm that he could get the time off for the fourth. So the plan was for all of them to descend on the ranch in Texas with a special plan for a surprise for Gerald and Adel.
They were all going to go into town and have an entire family portrait taken.
Gerald and Adel were surprised when Trevor Mac and the four boys pulled up for a visit. An hour later David and his family arrived. Two hours after that Vince and family as well as AJ and family arrived together because they had managed to get the same flight out of Virginia. By the time Sam and his family arrived that evening, it was no longer a surprise.
What amazed everyone was that although it was a tight fit all twenty of them were able to stay in the ranch house.
Then the big surprise was discussed over dinner that evening. They were going into town the next day to have the family portraits taken. Each family was going to have one of their branch taken as well as everyone being in the combined one.
Gerald and Adel were shown to the center two chairs that were in the front row. On either side of them were Vince and Collette holding baby Harley, on the other side were AJ and Akaliiani each holding one of the twins. On the floor in front of Gerald and Adel were the quads Jacco, Jahan, Jamar, and Javen, with Mac sitting on one side of them and Trevor on the other. Standing behind Gerald was Sam with two year old Peter on his shoulder and Susan next to him. Behind Adel was David with three year old Joyce on his shoulders and standing next to him was Nicci holding little James.
Several pictured were taken and then they were all shown the results on the computer for them to choose which to print. Smiling up at her husband, Akaliiani said, "AJ, doesn't that look like a forever future to you?!"
The End