Unable to sleep because of a nightmare, Amie Stempel begs her father for a story...but not just any story; Amie wants to know about her daddy as a little boy and as he grew up. Finally, Aaron agrees and tells his daughter the story of his life that no one knew before; filling in the details that everyone wondered, and few speculated about. Now, the story is finally told.

This story is about the Bolts, before the brides. Jason is 20, he is helping his father with the struggling lumber operation. Joshua is 14 and still in school but learning about the logging business as is Jason. Jeremy is only 4 and will face some traumatic experiences that have him unable to speak without stuttering for quite a while.

Aaron and Jason are running for Mayor again in Seattle. Seattle has grown and two new people have arrived in Seattle and have created many changes. Asa Mercer, arrived with teachers for the public schools in Seattle. Doc Maynard also involved in education helped to establish the University of Washington as well. Jeremy and Candy make a decision.

This is a continuation of When it is time to leave, except that the family will be gathering for a family reunion, we will find out about Jason and Rose, Molly, Christopher, Jake, Melanie and the other extended family members

After more than five years of marriage, Aaron and Jemma are as in love and adoring of each other as the day they married. The only thing the couple love as much as they do each other is their three children. Can their love for each other survive as a source of malevolence with the intention of destroying the couple's marriage and family arrives in Seattle?

This is a story about when Candy and Jeremy are a little older, they have two children and one wants to leave Seattle for the San Juan Islands in Washington state. Please feel free to comment, I have never done anything like this mostly I write stuff then loose it or forget it. Thank you Cathy Crisanto

Josh and Maggie return to Seattle for a 6 week break, While home, the Bolt Brothers reunite for a Loggers Showdown.

All Jason wanted was a peaceful, SINGLE life. What he got was Laurie, and the secrets that came with her. All rights reserved for original characters and storyline.

Eager to make his own way in the family business Josh relocates to San Francisco to oversee the family's new business venture. He soon finds himself enamored with a beautiful young woman and believes he's found his future; but is she really what she appears to be? Something that soon has Josh wondering if he overlooked something genuine for a sparkling illusion.

Bolt population explosion

New homes, new jobs, new babies and a wedding, can the Bolt's survive all these major life events at once.

This is the narrative version of a story I wrote in script form a couple of years ago, which I wrote to settle for myself one of the main questions the series left me with.

Jason and Kathleen have embarked on their honeymoon with Aaron and Jemma in they might not find San Francisco as friendly of a city as they expected. Josh and Jeremy are busy welcoming a new citizen to Settle on top of running the business.

Joshua overhears some of the loggers grumbling that Josh doesn't pull his weight and that Jason is babying him. They question is Josh is even a true Bolt. Hurt and confused, Josh, even with a bad cold, decided to prove to Jason and everyone else that he is as much a Bolt as anyone else and this leads to tragedy.

Being different doesn't mean broken, but when his big brother won't stop treating him like a baby, Jeremy Bolt pushes to be treated the same as everyone else. But will Jason's guilt over a past mistake allow him to?

As Jason approaches his wedding day, the Bolts reminisce and realize that everyone's lives are changing

The day that Candy and Jeremy, not to mention all of Seattle, has waited for has arrived; their wedding day. Not only is Seattle celebrating a wedding but it's also celebrating the christening of Jemma and Aaron's twins. Is it any wonder that Uncle Duncan would choose to visit, or that the Bolt, Stempel family, and all of Seattle soon find themselves taken by surprise?

Josh and Maggie make their first official appearance as a couple, Johnathan has his first date with the daughter of a possessive Greek father,what could possible go wrong.

A strange young woman stowaway is found in Candy and Jeremy's honeymoon cabin on Clancy's ship but is she really a stranger to everyone in Seattle?

Life in Seattle was settling down wonderfully for the Bolt clan. Will Uncle Clancy's visit turn everything upside down again.

No one, not even Jason Bolt thought there would ever come a time when he would be ready to settle down. But in trying to help Aaron's sister, Julie Stemple, gain her financial independence from her brother, Jason and Julie managed to trick themselves into falling in love. Facing up to their feelings they've decided to marry, what other tricks of fate are waiting to face the pair?

The woman who left Jason at the altar returns 17 years later with a major surprise.How will Jason and his family react?

It is the celebration of the first anniversary of the brides arrival but where is Jason?

Julie Stemple returns to Seattle to visit her big brother, Aaron. However, it's to find that there have been some surprising changes in her brother's life, such as his marriage to Jemma and the news of Aaron's impending fatherhood. But Julie has some surprises of her own in store for her brother and not everyone, especially Jason, will be particularly happy about what they learn.

What if the Bolts had a younger sister? And, what if, the three Bolt brothers were so busy with their own romantic entanglements that they failed to realize that Aaron Stempel's lack of interest in any of the brides wasn't due to his ambitions, but rather because of something much closer to home than what they could have imagined or liked, especially when she feels the same way?