February 2020: Zared Smith is 37, Carol is 34, Adam and Ethan are 9, and Isabella is 6 (Zane Smith is 37, Lily Gates-Watson is 9) Carol sighs as she walks into the courthouse early one morning after dropping the kids off at school. She had been summoned for jury duty and isn’t exactly thrilled [...]
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Waiting
Posted in Gates-Watson Family, ros, Smith Family on August 8, 2011 | 10 Comments »
Pest control
Posted in Gates-Watson Family, Lloyd Family, Smith Family, Sutton Family on August 2, 2011 | 18 Comments »
January 2020: Logan and Shelley Gates-Watson are 30, Lily is 9, James is 5 (Audrey Sutton is 30, Adam and Ethan Smith are 9, Matthew Lloyd is 6) “Can you please turn that game off?” Lily grumbles across the room, shooting an annoyed look toward her brother. “I’m trying to do homework.”
Fortune cookie
Posted in Gates-Watson Family, Lloyd Family on May 4, 2011 | 10 Comments »
July 2019: Jason Lloyd is 31, Lilly Do is 30 (Logan Gates-Watson is 29) Jason Lloyd can honestly say he’s never felt this way about a woman before. He and Lilly have been together for five years now, the longest relationship Jason has ever had. And yet he feels just as crazy about her as [...]
Best of me
Posted in Gates-Watson Family on April 18, 2011 | 11 Comments »
March 2019: Logan and Shelley Gates-Watson are 29, Lily is 8, and James is 4 (Charlie Tang is 60) Narrated by Shelley Sometimes I look at Lily and wonder when my little baby girl grew up. She’s almost nine years old now and already she’s showing us glimpses of the young woman she’ll become.
School Days
Posted in Austin Family, Craig Family, Gates Family, Gates-Watson Family, Lloyd Family, Smith Family on October 11, 2010 | 10 Comments »
September 2018: Staff: Zane Smith is 36; Carol Smith is 33; Xander Gates is 29 Students: Lucas Craig is 11; Baine Austin is 10; Kat Gates, Violet Craig, and Heather Briggs are 9; Charlotte Craig, Lily Gates-Watson, Ethan Smith, and Adam Smith are 8; Caleb Gates, Phoebe Gates, Skylar McCarthy, Jakob Briggs, John Picaso, and [...]
Summer 2018 Birthdays
Posted in Birthdays, Gates-Watson Family, Lloyd Family, Smith Family on October 8, 2010 | 3 Comments »
First up for the birthdays this summer is one-year-old Sasha Lloyd, who looks like a female clone of her daddy. Seeing her reinforced to me just how much Matthew takes after Nancy, because he’s never had the same nose and mouth that Ian had as a toddler/child. But Sasha is 100% Ian’s daughter!
Patience (Spring)
Posted in Craig Family, Gates-Watson Family, Smith Family on September 27, 2010 | 18 Comments »
May 2018: Zared Smith is 35, Carol is 32, Adam and Ethan are 7, and Isabella is 4 (Dee Smith is 5, Lily Gates-Watson is 7, Marcus Craig is 35) The warm late spring days mean that the Smith family spends all the time that they aren’t at school or work outside enjoying the sunshine. [...]
School days (Round 17, Fall 2017)
Posted in Austin Family, Craig Family, Gates Family, Gates-Watson Family, Lloyd Family, Smith Family on August 5, 2010 | 37 Comments »
September 2017, Pine Hollow Elementary School Staff: Zane Smith is 35; Carol Smith is 32; Xander Gates is 28 Students: Lucas Craig is 10; Baine Austin is 9; Kat Gates, Violet Craig, and Heather Briggs are 8; Charlotte Craig, Lily Gates-Watson, Ethan Smith, and Adam Smith are 7; Caleb Gates, Phoebe Gates, Skylar McCarthy, Jakob [...]
Fireflies (Round 16, Spring 2017)
Posted in Gates-Watson Family, Lloyd Family, Smith Family on July 14, 2010 | 11 Comments »
Spring 2017: Logan and Shelley Gates-Watson are 27, Lily is 6, James is 2 (Dee Smith is 4, Adam and Ethan Smith are 6, Jason Lloyd is 29, Lilly Do is 28) James is growing bigger every day and his vocabulary has expanded very quickly in the last few months. Shelley can’t believe that her [...]
Slide (Round 16, Spring 2017)
Posted in Gates-Watson Family, Lloyd Family, ros on July 13, 2010 | 12 Comments »
Spring 2017: Jason Lloyd is 29 (Logan Gates-Watson is 27, Lilly Do is 28, Julie Lloyd is 59) The sound of video games always fills the office at Newbie Games. Logan has become very good at blocking out the other noises as he focuses on the list of suggested improvements for the game he’s working [...]
