It seemed that AJ may have been settling down a bit when it came to the opposite sex. He found a nice girl to be steady with and we were very happy. Her name was Arlen Grayson and despite the other girls saying what a player he was, Arlen fancied herself in love with AJ. We couldn't figure out why, but we were happy for them!



Jordan had grown into a beautiful young teen and still had her love for dance. She got a part time job after school in the dance world and still managed to keep her grades up. We were so proud!



Now AJ and Arlen decided to both attend Sim State University and they stayed in the same dorm.....sounds ideal doesn't it? Well it seems that AJ just couldn't control himself around all the beautiful young co-eds, and when Arlen caught him cheating on her one day right in front of their shared dorm no less, she decided it was time to call it quits.



The next day AJ tried to explain his behavior, but Arlen did not want to hear it. She was upset because there were many college guys that wanted to be with her, but she always remained faithful to AJ. She was upset that he couldn't do the same.



Meanwhile, Christian and Anna were during wonderfully in their married life together. They were both very happy and very successful in their chosen fields.



Soon they would be hearing the pitter, patter of little feet around the house! I was so excited that I would soon have my very first grandchild....I hoped for a boy but Christian and Anna were just excited that they were going to be parents.



As for AJ and Arlen, he finally convinced her to give him a chance to redeem himself and he celebrated by taking her to Twikki Island for spring break. He called and told me that losing Arlen was one of the worst things that had happened to him and so he proposed to her on vacation.....and it seems she said yes....great.......



This is a fitting photo, don't you think? He was diving off the deep end here, and in his life.....I tried to convince him that he didn't need to marry Arlen to keep her.....I mean he wouldn't have cheated if he was as in love as he thought he was! But he would hear none of it and declared that in 2 years when they graduated he would be marrying Arlen......



Now as this craziness was going on with AJ, Christian and Anna welcomed a beautiful baby boy into the world whom they named Aiden. Now Aiden was a cute little tyke and grew up very fast.....soon Christian was teaching him how to walk and talk!



By this time, Jordan had gone off to college and she as well had fallen in "love" with a young man she met. His name was Damien Hammond and she was just crazy about him. Jordan broke the cycle and went off to Academie instead of SSU. So I was pretty concerned. But AJ went down one weekend to the school to meet and check out Jordan's new beau.....he said that he was a pretty good guy......but I wasn't convinced.....after all AJ was the guy who proposed to get his girlfriend to forgive him....not the best judge of character!!!



So once again I sent Angie down to check on her.....the kids always took my presence as interference....such a shame! Angie took the love birds out to dinner and was very pleased with how mannerable Damien was.....of course he was mannerable he was meeting her mother for goodness sake!



What happened next.....well I wasn't prepared for it.....Damien pulled out a little blue box and laid it on the table beside Jordan's hands.....Angie's eyes widened, as did Jordan's.....I also wasn't prepared for Jordan's and Angie's reaction.....Jordan said yes and Angie was estatic, already planning the wedding in her head!



Time marched on.......Christian and Anna had a second child, a girl that they named Kasha.....she was a beauty just like her grandmother! They decided that since they had gotten both a boy and a girl, that they would stop with 2 kids....they loved the apartment that they had leased and didn't want to have to move to another one because of space.....this was the place that they had started out......and it was where they wanted to end!



Little Aiden grew into a very handsome young man, and Christian and Anna threw a birthday party for him at their home and invited all of us! We had a wonderful time and we were so happy that despite the many changes that were going on, we still were as close as every and our love for each other hadn't changed a bit. As you can see Angie and I had also aged quite a bit.....we were settling into our elder years and enjoying every minute.....We had both retired and used the money we had saved to by a family house....a house that we could leave our children and one that could stay in our family for generations.....we also bought a small shop that we fixed up and decided to sell party supplies out of since parties were the one thing that brought our whole family together again.....we named it A & A Party Supplies. It kept us from simply sitting in the house staring at each other all day.....though I wouldn't have minded that much.......



Yes Aiden was going to be a very handsome boy.....he had inherited his eyes from his mother and could mesmerize you with a single glance.....he was in love with science, just as his father was, and we knew we would have another scientist in the family.



Angie and I also threw a birthday/house warming party for ourselves. We wanted to get the kids opinion on the house as well as give everyone a chance to meet Arlen and Damien since, whether I like it or not, they would soon be joining the family! Anna and Jordan soon had Arlen dancing the smustle in our kitchen and from the looks of things, the three of them were going to become fast friends.......I guess life could have been a lot worse.....seemed my kids had chosen two pretty ok people......I was more concerned about AJ than I was Jordan.....Jordan really fancied herself in love with Damien....but I was afraid AJ was only marrying Arlen to keep her around...I wondered if his womanizing days were really behind him........