One year after Chloe and Steve got married they live in boulder, Colorado
While honeymooning through Europe (Paris, England, Ireland and Russia) while in Russia they were walking around when they saw an orphanage with two seven year old girls playing soccer outside they instantly knew they wanted to adopt these two girls after months of paperwork in the US they went back to Russia to get the girls which were going to be named Anya Julia Tanner and Karina Elena Tanner once they got back to the US they were greeted at the airport by Emily Young (formerly Kmetko), Lauren Tanner and Brian Kmetko who wanted to meet their new siblings. Anya and Karina started learning English very quickly and started school their personality were very different Anya was very musical she loved to sing, play piano and the guitar on the other hand Karina was put into dance classes she really enjoyed ballet and tap.
Two years later Chloe and Steve found out why Anya and Karina were put in the orphanage they were not siblings but they were school friends Anya's mother passed away from medical issues her father ran away after that leaving her outside the orphanage. Karina's parents had too many children to take care of so she was sent to the orphanage. Their family felt complete after Anya and Karina came into their lives.