I finished changing, and headed out to see what was up. Debbie was in the kitchen, and welcomed me with a hug and a kiss. "Why don't you see if you can help the girls close up out back? Dinner will be ready in 10 minutes."

Beth was packing the last of the kids into a van, while Amie was doing some cleaning up. Ashley and Erin were diligently helping, but they seemed happy for the additional hands and it only took a few minutes for us to get the place back in order.

I sat down and took the two six year olds in my lap, asking them how...