Chapter 234

At 5 after I asked Mom, Dad, Jason and Lisa to come into the house for the video conference call. I told our other guest we would be back out in a few minutes. The rest of the girls followed us in as we had planned. Getting everyone positioned to be in the screen was as challenging as taking still family pictures. We finally got our Mom's and Dad's into the places we wanted them.

5 PM here was 7 AM in Japan where Jake and Mindy lived. We had moved the big screen monitor and video camera into the living room. Jake picked up the video call on the first notification.

Jake and Mindy knew everyone but Jason and Lisa so the introductions were quick. We had Jason, Lisa, Dad and Mom sitting on the same couch. Jenny and I sat on the floor on front them with Marcy, Lorrie, Vicky and Ching Lee tight around us with our arms holding each other.

"Moms, Dads," I was speaking to both sets of parents.

"You know that all of us are more than friends and business partners. We are family and we love each other more than can be put in words. No family is complete without children. Jenny and I and all of us want children for all to love and to hold and for the grandparents to spoil and send home." I hesitated then continued.

"You know that I can never have children; it was one of the fates that life deals out. With modern medicine and technology and help from my big brother I can experience the miracle of childbirth and children through my mates and we will become a complete family," I said.

"What BJ and I are trying to tell you is I am pregnant and you are going to be grandparents," Jenny said. "I'm having twin boys."

I was holding Jenny tight and the other girls were holding both of us just as tight. We were waiting for a reaction, any reaction.

From the video monitor Jake broke the quiet and said, "Congratulations BJ and Jenny. Uncle Jake and Aunt Mindy - we will have to get used to that. Dad, is it going to be Grandpa and Grandma or Pop-Pop and Mom-Mom?" Jake asked Mom and Dad.

Jenny pulled the copy of the last sonogram out of her pocket and handed it to her Mom and she shared it with Jason who broke into a smile, the first reaction from them. "I think maybe Mom-Mom and Pop-Pop," Jason said. "But then most children come up with something they can easily say."

Jason looked at the sonogram for a minute then handed it to my Mom and Dad.

"Grandpa and Grandma Jones, I never thought it was going to happen and never this way and twin boys to boot!" my Mom replied. "I can't wait to tell all my friends. I will finally be able to talk about my grandchildren with them."

"But we have a little problem, we can teach them all about business and how to defend themselves, fly planes and to shoot, but the grandpas are going to have to teach them about baseball, football, fishing and hunting and how to pee on the tree trunk." I waited until the laughter and giggling died down to add, "So you two guys are going to have plenty to do in your spare time."