Three of my own families in this update!


First off, Jessamyn Cantrell, adult female pleasure seeker.


Her first date was with a downtownie, whose name I can't remember at the moment. He's popularity, and is much more interested in Jessamyn than she is in him - but it evens out to two bolts, so it'll do.


She's also involved with Romulus Bonaccord, and when she paid the matchmaker for a blind date, guess who fell from the sky? Nolen Nettles. Both are romance sims, so that works out for everybody involved. Nolen especially could use the aspiration boost, since he's going to have to raise his five granddaughters all on his own.


She's done pretty well so far, juggling these three, and it doesn't hurt that they bring her nice presents. She's friends with Joel Cooper, but I'm not planning to let that go any further - although he does have a romance brother he may introduce her to...

She likes bright, bold colors, so that's how she painted her one room. I think it suits her. She doesn't need a very big house, after all, living on her own.




When I got to the Cooper family, I knew already that three adult males - and one elder - in the same household was going to get crowded... So I sent Joel and Terrence downtown straight away, to see if one of them would find a future spouse. Joel didn't - he spent most of his time playing DJ. But Terrence found himself a three-bolter!


I love the lighting in this picture. Although to be frank, the fact that he's on the dance floor in nothing but his swimming trunks is just a tad disturbing. Not to mention that his brother is two feet away in the DJ booth... Anyway, this is Sharlene Kimbrell, and she and Terrence are head over heels for each other. Everytime they ended a date, he'd roll up a want to ask her out again. They didn't stop until Joel's whining about wanting to go home and get some sleep wore them out.

As soon as they returned, Terrence moved out to find a place of his own, where he intends to ask Sharlene to marry him.


Joel did find the time before falling into bed to call up his friend Jessamyn Cantrell and invite her over. By the time she arrived, Joel was already fast asleep, so it was Ethan who greeted her. Romance and pleasure - they hit it off wonderfully, of course, and she became his first lover. His goal in life is to woohoo with 20 different sims, so he bought himself a snazzy car to make that easier. He has also seduced a pretty little barista, and is looking forward to many more notches on his bedpost.


Joel had a harder time finding love, and when he finally did, it was with someone unexpected. Lexie Nottington! Why, she's old enough to be his mother! But the two of them are crazy about each other, and Joel is already wondering how he can persuade her to move in with him. Surely her granddaughter can manage on her own - she's a teenager, after all.


Here's Joel on his way to work. Yep, he's a cop - he wants to be a Captain Hero. So does his father, which of course he's too old for, but Fred finds some comfort in the thought of his son as the protector of the good people of Strawberry Fields.


On the the Vegas! This should be interesting...


First thing Javier did was hire a nanny to look after his younger siblings while he went downtown. He needed to find someone to date. I was willing to settle for Bryony Forsythe, even though they only had one bolt, but then the perfect victim showed up. Mackenzie seems to enjoy providing Javier with the aspiration points he so badly needs.


Back home, I built them a very basic home - two cubicles for the toddlers (since at least two of them will be awake at all time), a bathroom, and a bedroom for Javier and Rosario, so they can get some sleep. Not that Javier spent much time sleeping - he used dates or the energizer to refresh his energy and other needs. Here he's teaching Dolores to walk, while Carmen gets to know a few townies. Daniel and Mercedes are sleeping, and Rosario is probably studying, or maybe painting.


She did get rather neglected, the poor child, since the toddlers took up most of her big brother's time. Oh, he taught her to study, but that was about it - she mostly had to manage on her own, with the help of an easel, a bookcase, and an Easybake Oven. She was almost as anxious as Javier to have the quadruplets grow up - at least then she'd have someone her own age to talk to.


One of the rare moments when all four toddlers were awake at the same time. Three teenage girls from the neighborhood had stopped by - perhaps to check out Javier? - and stayed to play with the toddlers. Looks like Kiana Knight got so caught up in it that she forgot all about going to the bathroom...


Finally - they're all grown up! Left to right, we have Rosario, Javier, Mercedes (redhead), Dolores (in PJs), Carmen, and Daniel. They made it!