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Utah twins pregnant again with 2nd sets of twins

LINDON, Utah

Kerri Bunker and Kelli Wall know a thing or two about twins.

The two women are identical twins who already each have one set of twins. Now, they are getting ready to each have a second set of twins next spring, KSL-TV reports.

“To have twins twice is incredible,” Wall said.

The Lindon women both had their first set of fraternal twins after using in vitro fertilization after they struggled to get pregnant. This summer, both found out they are having twins again. They are due two weeks apart next spring.

“It was like just one shock after another all summer long,” said Bunker.

It marked the latest sign that the two women are destined to live similar lives. They are both teachers at the same school, and they married best friends.

Their first sets of twins are similar in age, as well. Bunker’s twins, Kole and Hallie, are 3 years old. Wall’s twins, Madison and McKell, are 4 years old.

Bunker and Wall say they see similarities in how their twins interact and how they get along, including how they are protective of each other.

One difference between Bunker and Wall and their own twins is that they probably won’t have to worry about people not being able to distinguish between them. Since they are fraternal twins, they look more like ordinary siblings than identical twins.

Bunker and Wall, on the other hand, still confuse people. They said the principal at Timpanogos Academy where they teach couldn’t tell them apart when they first started working there.

Bunker does know what it’s like to have a single baby: She has a 2-year-old girl, Sadie, who was not a twin.

Wall considers it a blessing to be a twin.

“Truthfully, there’s nothing better than having a best friend with you all the time,” Wall said.

Dog stands guard for week protecting trapped friend

VASHON ISLAND, Wash.

A Washington state animal shelter says a dog dutifully stood guard for a nearly a week on Vashon Island to protect another dog that had fallen into a cistern.

Tillie, a setter mix, left Phoebe’s side only to try to alert people of her trapped friend.

Amy Carey of Vashon Island Pet Protectors says the two were found Tuesday after they were reported missing by their owners the previous week. Vashon Island Pet Protectors says volunteers looking for the pair received a call about a reddish dog being seen on someone’s property a few times before promptly heading back into the ravine.

Carey says the Pet Protectors followed the tip and found Tillie lying beside an old cistern. Inside, rescuers found Phoebe, a basset hound, on a pile of stones above the water.

The dogs were cold and hungry but otherwise unharmed.

“It’s really quite remarkable,” Carey said.

Associated Press