Doris Mom gets to be first because she pretty much holds the family together (and is the oldest). She makes sure we all get to our appointments on time, she somehow knows where we've left everything we can't seem to find, and if our family ever does anything together, it because mom planned it. When she's not taking care of us, she works at our church as Children's Director putting on a musical or organizing or teaching or anything like that.
	Mark Although mom is the reason we ever do anything as a family, dad is usually the one who makes the occasion entertaining. The guy is really a kid at heart....well, maybe not at heart, but in his head. It's because of dad that we jump off bridges, have food fights, or just do stupid stuff. Despite this childish front, he can instantly transform into Super Pastor Guy which he plays on Sundays or any other time old people are around. He does this probably because he is an associate pastor at our church, and that's how we get money.
	Nate Well, this is me. I guess I'm the first born. I was "experimented" on as a child. For example, my parents made me ride my bike to school starting in kindergarten! They said, "It wasn't much more than a mile." I still remember walking my bike that seemingly endless "mile" when the roads were covered in ice. I attribute all of my personal defects to my parent's child rearing skills.
	Nikki Nikki is going to Northwest Nazarene University in Nampa, ID and majoring in education or administration or graphic design....she doesn't really know. I think her main goal is to get married and mooch off some guy so she doesn't have to work. We went to Europe together during the summer of 2003 and had a great time eating ice cream and looking at scaffolding.
	Laura Laura also goes to Northwest Nazarene University (so did my parents...kind of a family tradition burped over me). I think Laura has a little better grasp on her future and declared a major in nursing during her first year. The family is somewhat convinced that Laura was adopted because she 1) has blonde hair and 2) can't burp as loud as the rest of us....but she is learning.
	Jake Jake is the only one left at home, suffering under the dominion of mom and dad. But since he is kind of a mama's boy, I don't think he minds. He's into soccer (I'm better) and computer and Nintendo games (he's better). We spent most of the summer together playing our classic 8-bit system and visiting second hand stores. I'm trying to convince him to flee from the Dark Side (NNU) and attend a school with a good computer science program (GFU), but I have to do this all in secret since our family is infiltrated with Dark minions.