"John! John!" Janet said walking through the house trying to find her husband, John Walton Jr. Finally, she walked into his office where she found him typing away on his manuscript. "John." Janet crossed her arms and John-Boy looked up at her.

"Oh Janet; I didn't hear you come in." He said earnestly. Janet sighed.

"I have only been calling for you for the past five minutes. I was wondering what you did with my casserole dish." Janet replied. John looked at her with a confused look on his face.

"You have a CASSEROLE dish? A dish that is used just for casseroles? If my mother were here she would tell you that there are better ways to do things than that." John Boy said.

"I know John, it's just a name. Now are you coming downstairs or not? Zeb and Esther need help on their homework." Janet responded. John Boy sighed.

"Janet, I am trying to finish up this manuscript, can't you help them?" He asked.

"I could, but it's English and since you are the novelist in the family they specifically asked for you." Janet replied. John Boy stood up and walked over to Janet.

"Kids, you can't live with them, and you certainly can't live without them." John Boy said with a smile while shaking his head.

"The same thing can be said about husbands." Janet stated. She smiled and John Boy kissed her. "When are we going back to Walton's Mountain? Zeb and Esther are on break all next week. I think this would be the perfect change to go home."

"I can't; I have a deadline for the book, I am not leaving this house until it is completely done." John Boy replies. Janet looked at him and sighed. She put a hand on his shoulder.

"You know that you write better and think clearer on Walton's Mountain. We should go, come on. There is such a peace on the mountain that we can't get here in New York. Please John?" Janet asked. John Boy looked at her.

"If you want to go that badly Janet, then we will go. If you feel that we need a break from the city for a while, I won't argue with you about going home." John Boy responded.

"John, you are just so happy there; with all your family around. Don't you think it would be a good idea to go? Besides, didn't one of the nieces or nephews of ours just have a baby? I think that's cause to celebrate." Janet stated. John Boy thought to himself.

"Yes, Ben and Cindy's son Charlie; he and his wife Mary just had a little girl that they named Michelle Erin about two weeks ago." John Boy replied.

"See, we should go so you can see him, and so you can be happy for your little brother." Janet said.

"Hey, hey. You already got to me to say that we would go. You don't have to keep pushing." John Boy replied.

"Good, because I wasn't sure if I would have to." Janet responded with a smile. John Boy and Janet walked down the stairs to see their twin ten year olds sitting at the table writing on pieces of scrap paper.

"What's going on down here? Your mama told me you were having some trouble?" John Boy asked leaning on the back on Zeb's chair.

"Yeah, I don't like English. It's just too hard." Zeb said.

"You said it." Esther replied. John Boy smiled.

"When is this paper due by?"

"I think it's due a week or so after we come back from break." Zeb responded.

"Well, we are all going to Walton's Mountain to see Grandma and Grandpa; why don't you take your papers with you and I will help you when we get down there?" John Boy asked.

"I thought you had to work on your novel daddy." Esther said looking up at her dad through her glasses. She pushes them up further on her nose. John Boy had to laugh at this.

"Yes, I do have to work on it. Which is why I am taking it with me too. I think we will all do better writing when we are on Walton's Mountain. It's a beautiful place to write." John Boy replied.

"Okay, are you sure we can hold off writing our papers until then?" Zeb asked putting his paper in his backpack.

"Yes, this is the only time I will ever say it's okay to wait to do your homework. Procrastination is not a very good thing you two. Learn from me, the times I did best in school was when I was prepared and had my homework done in advance." John Boy replied.

"Okay dad." Esther responded.

"Good." John Boy said letting go of Zeb's chair.

"When are we leaving for Grandma and Grandpa's?" Esther asked.

"Immediately." Janet said before John Boy could even open his mouth to speak.

"Yay!" Esther and Zeb exclaimed together.