The Jake Chronicles 7 – Tree House Follies with Uncle Jared

November 25, 2015January 15, 2016 / Rhonda Laurel, Author / 15 Comments

Mom and Dad had an orientation meeting at our new school, so Uncle Jared is looking after us today. We love it when he visits. He likes to talk about building things. He’s even designing a scale model doll house for Mackenzie that looks like ours.

The boys and I are having a club meeting in my tree house. Jack and Matt spent the night so we could get an early start. Mom and dad said we should include Mackenzie, so we thought it would be a good idea for her to attend. Continue reading →

The Jake Chronicles 6 – Field Trip with Uncle Bubba

June 24, 2015August 5, 2015 / Rhonda Laurel, Author / 8 Comments

Dad won babysitting duties from everyone at the last poker game, so Uncle Bubba is taking us kids to the science center today. He’s running late, so we’re waiting for him to pick us up. Dad said if he wasn’t so busy doing the walk of shame this morning he would have been here by now. I asked Dad what the walk of shame was and he said that Uncle Bubba had eaten too many cookies last night and got a stomach ache. Continue reading →

The Jake Chronicles 5 – Running Interference with Uncle Robert

April 6, 2015June 24, 2015 / Rhonda Laurel, Author / 11 Comments

A boy is coming over to see Cousin Avery today, so Dad told Uncle Robert it would be a great idea if he babysits us. He didn’t understand at first until Dad explained the plan. Mom came into the room and said she smelled a set up but Dad distracted her by telling her he was taking her to dinner and a play tonight. She went off to get our sleepover bags packed while they continued their chat. Uncle Robert asked Dad if he thought the plan would work. Dad told him not to worry, that we were better than a contraceptive and he could attest that as long as we were around, there would be no funny business going on. Whatever that means. Continue reading →