Bradin Nikki and Derrick are 3 kids from an average normal Kansas household. Their whole life is thrown upside-down when their parents are tragically killed in a car accident. Ava Gregory (their aunt) gets custody of her niece and nephews and they move into her Californian home (in Summerland). Ava a struggling clothes designer lives with her best friend and business partner Susannah Rexford her friend an ex- pro.surfer Jay Robertson and her ex-boyfriend real estate agent Johnny Durrant. All four of them are highly unequipped to handle children and are not use to including them in their everyday lives.