July 2030 - Pine Hollow, North Carolina
Craig household: Marcus is 48, Jill is 48, Charlotte is 19
Charlotte is home from Britechester for the summer. She loves being back in the neighborhood she knows best and spending time with her parents again.
One morning her dad says, “Hey, you should invite Adam over for supper tonight. I’ll cookout on the grill. Do you think he’ll eat veggie burgers?”
In July, Andrea Craig is now entering into her seventh month of this pregnancy, so the day they get to meet this baby is getting closer.
June 2030 - Pine Hollow, North Carolina
Gates house - Xander is 40, Chelsea is 40, Caleb is 18, Olivia is 17, Bianca is 11
The art gallery is doing really well these days. Chelsea was nervous about how she would handle it after her in-laws passed it on to her, but she gets happier each day when she opens the doors.
“Alex is still asleep,” Sam says one morning. “You’re getting started really early on his cake.”
“It’s his first birthday,” Ariel says. “It has to be special right from the beginning.”
May 2030 - Windenburg, Germany
University student: Lily Gates-Watson is 19
It’s another semester at Windenburg University and Lily is now entering into hopefully a good end to her first round of classes.
May 2030 - Pine State University, Arcadia, North Carolina
University students: Baine Austin is 21, Yori Hayashi is 21, Violet Craig is 20, Kat Gates is 20
Everyone is staying busy this spring semester, working hard at keeping up with their classes. Violet finds her public speaking classes to be a breeze.
“Ethan is not having a great time away at college,” Carol tells her husband.
“It’s his first year,” Zared tells her. “Things will get better.”
