When a surname has the word the in front of it, the name has to be plural -- without
regard to how it is pronounced.
...The Millers have a new car.
...We spent the time with the Wilsons.
There is no exception when the name ends in s or z. Bill and I together are "the Wellses,"
not "the Wells." If you all get an s for you name, so do we! :-)
...We rode with the Hodgeses that evening.
...The Burnses are joining us.
Happy punctuating!
Margie