Admiral Frank Beardsley returns to New London to run the Coast Guard Academy, his last stop before a probable promotion to head the Guard. A widower with eight children, he runs a loving but tight ship, with charts and salutes. The kids long for a permanent home. Helen North is a free spirit, a designer whose ten children live in loving chaos, with occasional group hugs. Helen and Frank, high school sweethearts, reconnect at a reunion, and it's love at first re-sighting. They marry on the spot. Then the problems start as two sets of kids, the free spirits and the disciplined preppies, must live together. The warring factions agree to work together to end the marriage.
Dennis Quaid
as Frank Beardsley
Rene Russo
as Helen North
Sean Faris
as William Beardsley
Danielle Panabaker
as Phoebe North
Miranda Cosgrove
as Joni North
Drake Bell
as Dylan North
Katija Pevec
as Christina Beardsley
Dean Collins
as Harry Beardsley
Tyler Patrick Jones
as Michael Beardsley
Haley Ramm
as Kelly Beardsley
Ty Panitz
as Ethan Beardsley
Miki Ishikawa
as Naoko North
