Maureen was born in 1973 and is the youngest of 11. She's the baby of the family and pretty much grew up as an only child because of the giant gap between her and her siblings. Maureen met Tom at a party when they were 17 where he asked Maureen to marry him that very first night....and then they proceeding to go on dates and actually get to know each other. They got married at 21 and had Kate at 22. Maureen found out she was pregnant with Kate on New years eve. She and Kate share a love for reading and wine.

Carol was born in 1952 and is the youngest of 2. She has an older brother and sister and was also the baby of the family. Carol met Kenny in college at Central Michigan (Fire up chips)! It was her freshman year of college and Kenny's was a couple of years older. They were becoming close friends and Kenny decided to invite Carol back to his room to meet his roommate. Carol was smitten from the start; impressed by his intelligence and good looks. After Kenny graduated he waited for Carol and a couple of weeks before she graduated they eloped. :) They returned to his home town Big Rapids so that he could earn his second degree in pharmacy and five years later they had their first child; a daughter Rosie. Rosie was born special needs and needed a lot of attention and care. Six years after having Rosie they finally decided to try again for another kid, that's when they had Tim. Their first boy! Tim and his mom share a similar work ethic and a need to stay busy.