Our Story

three boys and four girls, we are the "real brothers and sisters!" California raised children, we are the products of the two most interesting people, cathy and dave warner. although all of us were raised the same, we have 7 completely different personalities. our lives are filled with challenge, joy, romance, divorce, chaos, failures, success, and parenthood. we are american life today.



sean the oldest is the leader and true example. he and robin have been married for 20 years and have 6 amazing kids. living in arizona has made their lives a little easier and fun. surviving the fire of his business, he is slowly building his company back to what it was.



jared is an amazing musician and drafsman. married to an only child, heather, they share 2 boys and 2 girls. jared has been working on keeping his marriage alive, and providing the support his family needs, while continuing to have some fun!



loyalty to his work and family have made christian successful in life. his wife dori is the love of his life and they also share 2 boys and 2 girls. living the american dream is their success.



danielle the first girl has been treated like royalty her whole life only to be humble about it now. 34 year old mother of 5 , she is a compulsive house decorator, constanly changing what she likes and wants. luckily her ever so patient husband jon loves her for it.



divorced for 8 years whitney has struggled with the religion she grew up knowing. she has lived in hollywood, studied in milan, and is working on starting a fashion business of her own. she's looking to settle down again and start a family.

ashley the quiet one, sometimes feels like an outsider, but is anything but. she is very loyal to those she loves and was blessed with the biggest heart ever. Divorced for a year now she is loving dating and finding herself again.



jillian the baby has had it good her whole life. she and todd have a 4 year old girl and almost 2 year old little boy. she is a talented interior designer and has the most amazing style. she has had to take a step back in life while her husband attends law school.

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Reply-"The Red Bug"

Ok, so I've got the bug (no pun intended!!) to blog. I think it is a great way to journal because you really get to hear someone's opinion on a particular subject. Can you imagine the fun Grampa Dunn would have blogging, let alone sending e-mails.
Well, anyway onto the reply about the bug. I want to tell you a bit about the real first bug - it was the first car I officially owned, a dark green (what other color!!) 1965 brand new VW bug that I bought in K.C., Mo for $3,000.00 when I entered clinic while in Dental Hygiene school (at least that's what I told Grama and Grampa Dunn as to why I really needed a car!). I lived at the main campus of school and the dental clinic was 40 blocks away downtown, so I really did need a car to get to clinic. The fact that dad's school was 100 miles away was another good reason to have a car but I don't think I shared that reason with G & G Dunn.
Dad did not have a car while in school so the bug became our first family car when we were married and became a family. When I graduated in January, 1966 I moved to Manhattan, Ks where dad was in his last semester of Kansas State University and where Sean was born in April of that year. So Sean came home from the hospital in the green bug. (We used to fill the tank for $3.00 - .39 cents a gallon for gas, but then a Big Mac was .20 cents, etc., etc.)
In June of '66 we drove to California with a baby car bed in the back seat (real safe) for our first family vacation - in the green bug. We only had the bug while we lived in Ks for our first year and a half, then we moved to California in December, 1967. Since dad was in school and I was working, G & G Dunn loaned us an old sedan for me to go to work in. After Jared was born, we traded in the bug to buy a new larger car (the purple Challenger). It's too bad we were not able to keep the green bug, I would have loved to have had it today.
So, why is all this important? It is just a little bit of history as to why Dad & I bought the tan (then red) bug from G & G Dunn.
In regards to fairness, no there is not any, anywhere or anytime. It is true that "it will all come out in the wash."
So, since there is no fairness and mom & dad own the red bug, we will make the rules regarding the red bug. Our intent at this point in our lives is to "loan" the bug to different family members from time to time. Right now, the bug is "visiting" Jase. When we decide to bring it home, we will bring it home and then the bug will go and "visit" someone else. In the meantime, like Sean said, the next generation of family (And that would be the fourth generation) will be able to create their own memories of "Life with the Red Bug."
Love you all,
Mom
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