"Beth, Kate, Kristin, come here I need to talk with you," Diana called from the living room. After the girls were in the living room, sitting on the couch, she continued. "I called Minnesota. We all have to go up there next week for court." "Why do we have to go to court?" Kristin asked. "Because your foster parents want to adopt you," Diana replied, knowing that the girls would just run back to Tulsa if they were adopted by there foster parents. That is, if they didn't plead to stay, especially Beth.
The next day, everyone was really bored, so Walker suggested something. "Hey, I heard that you three," he said looking at the girls. He continued, "used to be in gymnastics. Why don't you 6 have a competition." So the 6 teens went out to the front yard. "We'll play copycat. I'll go first," said Zac as he did a cartwheel. So everyone did a cartwheel. Beth went next. She started to do a back handspring, but landed on her back. She started laughinig and got up. "Are you ok?" Isaac asked. "Yeah, I just didn't start fast enough," said Beth as she ran and did a handspring, a round-off, another handspring, the landed on her feet. The guys looked at each other. The girls went without a problem, but the guys on the other hand fell on their butts.
The next week, in Minnesota, the Hanson family took the girls to a lawyer. Kristin & Kate had to go in first, by theirselves, but when they came out of the ladies office thay we smiling. They knew that Beth would be just as happy, because she was about to get the same offer. The lawyer came out and asked Beth to come in, but she could bring one other person. Considering Kristin & Kate had already been in there and were whispering to themselves, she took Taylor in with her. They went into the office, sat down on the couch, and answered questions. "I have convinced Tom & Julie to give you a choice of where you live. You have two choices, you can live with Tom & Julie, or you can live with Walker & Diana," said the lawyer. "So, who would you rather live with?" the lawyer continued. "I want to live with Walker & Diana," Beth said right away. Then she & Taylor walked out of the office and told everyone the news.