Yea! We won our football game last night, but it was freezing! Michigan's like that, you know (or you may not know, but...). Okay, well I'm going slightly crazy with the whole World Series thing...Go Tigers! (Sorry if you like the other team.) Anyway, here's the last chapter before the epilogue, so here it goes... (Okay, so I just realized that somewhere I messed up chapter numbers, so this is either 8 or 9, whichever you prefer it to be... it's supposed to be chapter eight...)

Chapter Nine: Family Fun

When the Brewer's arrived at the LAX in Los Angeles, they were met by Simon, Cecilia, Scout, Sailer, Chaylei, Schuyler, Channing and Jayalynn. It was 11:45pm, so some of the kids were sleeping, excluding Scout, Sailer, Chaylei, Schuyler, Hannah and Chrystian.

"Mommy, can we take Hannah to see Castle-Lynn, Rhyaleigh and Brailynn tomorrow?" Chaylei asked Cecilia.

"Mommy already invited all of them and Uncle Ryan and Aunt Lisa to come over to our house to visit for a little while, but we can't do that if we don't get home and get into bed," Cecilia warned.

The kids made a mad dash for the vehicles. "Watch out for people who are walking around!" Simon called after them. Cecilia glared at him. "Stop running, kids!" he added.

They finally got to Simon and Cecilia's house and got into bed. The next day, they ate breakfast and Cecilia went to each of her children's rooms to see if they were packed up and ready to drive to Glenoak later on that evening. They all were.

Soon after that, Ashlee and Braxton came over, followed shortly after that by Jessica and Dane and Ryan and Lisa. All of the kids (count them... there's 22 of them right now!) ran around the house, introducing either themselves or each other, and when they finally got tired of that, they went downstairs to the basement, where they all watched Finding Nemo 2 and ate chocolate-covered peanuts and bananas.

The adults were visiting upstairs. Ruthie and Martin felt right at home, and when it was time to eat lunch, all of the kids were asking questions about what it was like in Texas, where they went every Christmas. Martin and Ruthie tried to answer everyone, but it was hard. Finally, Ashlee relieved them of answering them. "Kids, why don't we go outside and get the picnic tables ready. Don't touch the grill or you will find out what it's like to be severely burnt," she said.

They all ran outside to the picnic tables and soon, it was time to eat their pork chops and hamburgers and the other stuff, which included fruit, chips and chocolate chip cookies. After they were done eating, everyone got into the pool, the kids in the shallow end, using the water slide and playscape or in the deep end jumping off the diving board. The adults either sat in the Jacuzzi or on the beach chairs tanning.

Everyone had a great time, but were sad when it was time for everyone to leave and the Camden's and the Brewer's got into their vehicles to drive to Glenoak...

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Matt and Sarah and their kids met Carlos and Mary and their kids at the LAX and rented a couple of vehicles so they could drive to Glenoak. When they reached their hometown, they found Kevin, Lucy, Simon, Cecilia, Martin, Ruthie and all of their children waiting for them at the Promenade. They grabbed a bite to eat at Pete's Pizza Parlor and drove to the high school to pick up Sam and David. They were going to surprise Eric and Annie on their 50th Anniversary, which was today. Matt, Mary, Lucy, Simon, Ruthie and the twins all headed to their parents house while Sarah, Carlos, Kevin, Cecilia, Martin and all of the kids went to the expensive hotel that Lucy and Kevin had gotten engaged at and got the ballroom set up.

At the house, Eric and Annie were sitting on the couch watching more videos of the kids, only this time, they were of Simon and Cecilia when they first met and of Ruthie scaring them every time they were sitting in Simon's room, kissing. Ruthie would run in and start singing the "Simon and Cecilia sitting in a tree. K-I-S-S-I-N-G. First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes a baby in the baby carriage." Simon would then proceed to chase her all the way downstairs, with Cecilia laughing at them the whole time.

Eric and Annie were laughing at the video when the kids walked in.

"Oh, what a surprise!" Annie said.

"No, mom, this isn't the surprise. If you'll just come with us..." Matt said. The rest of them nodded, smiling.

When they all walked into the Grand Ballroom, they saw a huge cake that said, HAPPY 50TH ANNIVERSARY, MOM AND DAD! LOVE, ALL OF US on it. All of the kids were sitting at thier own table, so Matt and Sarah, Carlos and Mary, Kevin and Lucy, Simon and Cecilia, Martin and Ruthie, Sam and Desiree and David and Shelby all sat at their own table, while Eric and Annie sat at their own table. Dinner was served and they all ate.

During dessert, Matt and Sarah made an announcement that not even their own kids knew. "Um, everyone... Sarah's having a baby. In January," Matt said.

"Oh my gosh, not again. So is Mary," Carlos said,

"And Lucy," Kevin inserted.

Everyone looked at Cecilia and Ruthie. Both of them nodded. "Us, too," they said in unison. Sam and Desiree and David and Shelby all nodded too.

"Um, so are we," Desiree and Shelby said together. Everyone gasped, even the kids. Soon they were over the initial shock that Sam and David were both having babies in their senior year of high school, and eveyone celebrated something that had been for fifty years and something that would be six months from now...

There's the final chapter, so the epilogue is next... Thanks for reading!