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# 32 - the flores family

boolpropbea — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 02:39:33 GMT

I've had this update since before I moved to college, I just didn't have a moment to post it! I've been way too busy with homework and classes and things! But now that I do have a moment, I thought I'd share - I'm forever trying to keep ahead of things and not get behind when playing this hood; I just want to play ages and ages!

We left Mona Flores pregnant, last update. Here she is now, looking very rotund!

Dido is still cat obsessed. I've given up hope of romance for this one.

Mona finishes her first novel while pregnant!

...
Well.

Leo is doing his part around the house .. sort of.

I thought I might have them adopt another cat to keep Mut company.

Meet Osiris!

Oh, the joys of having a new cat in the house who isn't trained.
(That was Dido's bed by the way. :( )

And suddenly this popped up! Mona went into labor in the middle of the night.
...
TWINS.

A boy and a girl, for once!
The boy I named Adam and the girl I named Lena. One of them has green eyes!

Look at Leo! Being nice to his kids!

Best. Item. Ever.

By far, these two are the best parents I've seen. :)

Oh, look, kittens maybe!

Though immediately they started fighting - mostly Osiris fighting with Mut.

And then birthdays!
Lena has green eyes, Leo's skin and Mona's lips so far!

Adam has Leo's skin and brown eyes. He looks like he might be a mix of both parents.

Poor Mut. :( Everyone being mean to her.

And finally, this round is over.
Twins are difficult.

# 31 - the johnson family

boolpropbea — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 23:53:16 GMT

I'm back from my beach vacation! I had a lot of fun, but in some ways it's really nice to be back. Still, the summer is winding down really fast for me and I can't believe that it's all going to be over soon! I go back to school in a little over a week and then term starts and I'll be crazy busy ... but this time, I'll be taking my gaming computer with me, so hopefully you'll see a decrease in activity, but not a complete halt like last year.

I changed out Alien defaults, so both Cece and her mom got makeovers.

Everyone is still very close in this family.

Don't worry- the man in armor is just Evan catching up with his friend, Louise Penn.

Amanda is sleeping for most of her pregnancy. This one seems to be a hard one.

Beeeees! D: Not Cece!

I swear, my sims get robbed 10x more than everyone elses! Maybe it just feels that way. ;)

.. That sad face better not mean..

How could you lose?!

Later that night...

Baby time!

It's a girl named Amelia, with all of mom's genetics and both Evan and Amanda's black hair. :)

And on the very last day of this round, while her mom is sleeping and her dad is at work.

Time for Cece to grow up too!

She's a teenager with a knowledge aspiration!

And those of you who follow my tumblr know that I think she's adorable! :)

Thanks for reading!

# 30 - the penn family: main house

boolpropbea — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 02:36:52 GMT

Another Penn update for all you lovely folks! Because it's the summer, I feel like I'm just flying through the rounds .. things will definitely slow down when I return to school.. which will be in just a few weeks now. For now I'm just trying to focus on playing as much sims as I can for as long as I can, haha!

Jackson and Louise win the award for most adorable elders.

I added a greenhouse to the Penn family house, too!

Meanwhile, the Exam's pay the Penn's a surprise visit!

Luckily, Patrick is there to meet them!

(Hi, Steffi - lookin' good!)

Patrick also takes this time to flirt with his boyfriend.

(Don't worry, that's just Louise in her work outfit. ;) )

The Penn house is busy in the mornings!

A little bit of Bryson, since I've been neglecting him.

Guess who got promoted?

I redid the boy's room, since the family was drowning in money. (I might have gotten a little bit bored mid-way through the round.)

Louise's new ride to work looks a little .. dingy, even if it's better than her old one!

Same with that teddy bear - it's survived 3 generations of Penn boys!

Time for Bryson to become a teen!

He's cute! He got Jackson's squinty eyes, but a lot more of Louise than any of the other kids and I like that! I can't wait to see what he gets up to as he grows up!

And then, as I was putting everyone to sleep and calling it the end of their round...

Oh, Jackson.

Not again!

I would be horrified too, bud!

# 29 - the penn family: university, edison penn

boolpropbea — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 03:12:00 GMT

I managed to play a sim through University in one session and I'm proud of myself! Edison Penn, the middle Penn child (or one of them, since they had lots of boys!) went off to University last round so I wanted to play him this round so that I can move him back into the hood next round .. and he had quite an eventful time at La Fiesta University! There aren't very many pictures since he spent most of his time studying and I didn't want to overload you with too many pictures of that .. but some crazy things did happen!

Edison moves into his older brother David's old college house!

After a makeover and working out, he looks like a typical college freshman. :)

I sent him off to the student union to meet new people and...

And he meets this beauty! They have three bolts!!

A few semesters later (I think) and he and Miss Beauty (who's name .. I am forgetting), are still hitting it off well!

No! Why did you have to come?
The burglar stole a whole bunch of stuff off the lot before I could wake Edison up and have him call the police. :(

Edison majored in Economics.

Miss Beauty again!

Because they're three bolters, Edison proposed on his own! I was so surprised!!

Don't be fooled - Miss Beauty doesn't live with him, she just comes over a lot.

I did a slight remodel near the end of his college years.

.. You all know what comes after this picture. Let's give them some privacy!

Not that Miss Beauty is discrete or anything.

And just like that, he's graduated (with honors) and ready to move back to the hood!

See you next round!

# 28 - the lander family

boolpropbea — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 03:20:16 GMT

Two updates in one day! I really wanted to get this one out of my uploads folder so that I could start playing again without knowing that I was behind. Besides, this update is really short. As I play through the families that consist mostly of elders and teens, there isn't really a lot that is going on, so I can move through those rounds a little more quickly than rounds with a lot more sims and a lot more things happening!

Poppy is still new to the family, so potty-training is still going on! But everyone loves the newest member of the family. :)

Gabriel and Byron Exam are best friends.

Elise has to stay on top of it with her friend Louise Penn.

I had Elise and Jack go on a date, since they both had wants for it so, date spam!

Leaving flowers at your own house, Elise... smooth!

It goes in their bedroom, with their adorable picture. :)

Oh goodness, Poppy, don't get eaten!

The yard was kind of a mess. :(

I don't think you should gossip about someone you don't know, Gabriel.

He snuck out that night with Byron!!

(into a limo, because all kids sneak out in a limo.)

He came back around 3am, finishing off the round and didn't get caught!!

# 27 - the penn-lind family

boolpropbea — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 19:58:24 GMT

This update was super exciting for me and super exciting to play so I really hope that you guys enjoy it! I've gotten a tad bit ahead of myself (but not too much) so I have some updates to post - I'll try and get through them all today to keep you guys from having to read through too much spam!

So, sit back and enjoy David Penn's shenanigan's with his girlfriend, Tamara Lind!

At the very beginning of this round, I moved David Penn and his girlfriend, Tamara Lind to their first home together! If you remember, Tamara found out she was pregnant at the end of last round so there wasn't room in their apartment for the baby!
Which means a house tour for you guys! I actually built this house myself, so I'm a little proud!

Of course, the first thing Tamara does is set the entire place on fire.

Run away!!

By the time the welcome wagon has come, that excitement is all over and Tamara is all ready to meet the new neighbors. Here she is meeting Elise Lander.

David has called over his witchy friend.

!! Meet David, the neutral good Warlock!!

I haven't really played witches/warlocks in this game, so I'm really excited.. unfortunately there isn't a lot of room in the house yet, so he has to study in secret or outside!

Pop!

David looks like he might even be a good dad.

TWINS!

This is the first twin - a boy named Tom.

The second twin is a girl named Ella. Both have brown eyes and brown hair - too bad, I was hoping for red. :( But twins! The first set of natural twins in my game in ages!

I think this might be Ella.

Taking care of twins is hard work!

(I hope that phone doesn't ring!)

Tamara goes back to work with an .. unfortunate costume.

Thankfully the fries got promoted so that the nanny isn't needed anymore!

And the twins grew up anyway. :) This is Tom! He looks a lot like David with the squished eyes, though I think he has Tamara's nose so far.

This is Ella, who might have more of Tamara's eyes and possible more of David's nose? It's hard to tell when they're so young!

With all the excitement of the kids & work, David hasn't had much time to study!

Chimes? No chimes? Who knows!

I will say this -- kids are quite a handful!

# 26 - the exam family

boolpropbea — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 21:58:29 GMT

I haven't been playing the Sims as much lately - my dad has hired me to do some work over the summer with his website, and I'm still working to get things organized for when I go back to school .. I can't believe that's in a little over a month! It seems like the summer has just flown by! But when I do play, I end up playing entire updates .. I'm trying to post them as I play them so I don't get behind and end up spamming you guys again.

So, without further ado, here's the Exam family. I hope you guys are enjoying your summers (or winters, depending where you are on the planet) and staying cool / warm!

Featuring Gloria Exam & a lot by selenaq13. Oh, and lots and lots of crashing.

I can't take credit for most of the decorating - the lot was already furnished and I just switched around the colors! The previous Exam house was crashing a lot and I thought it might be the home, so I bulldozed it and moved them into another home. Still, the crashing continued, hence why this update is so short. I managed to fix the problem with help, but I lost some of the pictures / progress.

Artemis and Babs are best friends. :)

The new home!

Taylor and Byron are both very neat - making their beds in the morning!

Hi, Amanda Johnson!

I don't think Steffi can see you if you wave at her when she's in the bathroom, Gloria.

Why yes, Byron is ignoring the perfectly HOT townie girl next to him in favor of the TV. You're a bad romance sim!

Ew, Babs, no.

Steffi, you have 2 perfectly good bathrooms inside and private!

Serves you right for rolling in the trash!

(He's not actually hiding his head in the trashcan, it just looks that way.)

And then Jackson Penn barged in, in the middle of the night, because he wanted to visit.

Maybe it's an old people thing?

And that was their round! Really quiet, other than the house crashing! I ended up putting up Babs for adoption and then readopting her since I thought it might be her for a moment, then figuring out with the help of katu_sims and Rachel that it was an out-dated jobs hack I have in my game! Everything is fixed now, but it was scary!

Next round should be more exciting for this family - I think that Taylor is close to growing up and I know that Byron is!

#025 - the flores family

boolpropbea — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 20:59:01 GMT

Finally, the last update of this rotation. I'm really excited to have finally finished this, because it means that I'm still excited about playing this hood and that I'm going to keep playing in the future! It also means that I can manage two projects at the same time just fine. (If you don't know what I'm talking about, see here.) I'm so excited that I'm posting this update right after another one, so sorry for spamming you all!

This update is a bit on the longish side, even for me. I'm thinking of dropping the rotation length from five sim days to 3-4, just so that I can move through these a little bit faster. Right now there are six sim families in the main hood and one at university - but that may change as I have many teens (3-4) who could become their own households.

The last family of this rotation is the Flores family, who we last saw here, with Dido (needlecream) and her daughter Mona!

Everyone in this house is obsessed with Mut, their cat. Looks like I named her well!

A promotion and a friend from work! All on her first day!

(Two bolts with Mr. Redhead friend!)

The redhead is back! His name is Leo Wade. :)

He's cute!

Cute, and secretly a millionaire (compared to Mona and Dido)! ;)

Post-makeover.

There are no words for the inappropriateness of this picture.

Leo knows that to get in good with this family, he needs to get along with Mut!

Gloria Exam, boasting about her skill (or lackthereof) in the kitchen)!

These two are old friends. :)

Dido and Leo bond in between stuffing their faces. :)

What's this?

Dido spends a lot of her time and wants with Mut - teaching her commands, feeding and playing with her. It's nice, but it's also a little annoying!

Pop!

With a baby on the way, Mona's pretty calm.

Leo? Not so much.

Time for a shotgun engagement wedding - Leo took Mona's last name so that the Flores name can live on in their spawn!

(Um. Nice face, Mona.)

For some reason there are butterflies in the house - but it's ok! It leads to adorable things like this!

And one last picture of Dido being crazy cat lady. :)

#024 - the johnson family

boolpropbea — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 20:22:10 GMT

I'm almost at the end of this rotation! Just two more updates and we'll be back at the beginning again - I'm thinking of adding another family to the town, but I'm not sure who to add.. I'll have to brainstorm that a little bit. It's either that or I'll begin playing the university updates. Next rotation will be exciting, with a lot going on, so I'll have to decide what to do!

The last Johnson update was here, and if you recall, this is the family consisting of Evan Johnson, his wife Amanda Johnson and their adorable little girl (the first in the neighborhood) Cecelia!

This family is one of the closest in the game. :)

Oh no! Sick with the flu!

I don't think you two should be hugging like that, even if it's adorable..

Time for some pick-me-up soup!

See? They are always hugging / wanting to be around each other!

Cece is too cute!

Amanda's want bar - lots of things having to do with Cecelia. :)

Hi, Tamara Lind! (Girlfriend of David Penn!)

Um.. Cece? Don't you think that might be bothering your mom?

Looks like there is another kid on the way for this happy family!

#023 - the penn family: main house

boolpropbea — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 14:17:05 GMT

I'm still working my way through stockpiled updates for y'all - I think after this one I only have the Johnson and Flores update and then I'm ready to begin a new round! I'm really excited to start the next "round" of play because it looks like there will be a lot of new things going on and I've been toying with the idea of rolling for another family to add to the hood! There are some things I'm not excited about - like playing the young adults through university, but I think even that will be a lot more fun than I think!

Also, for those of you who have a tumblr -- feel free to follow my simblr HERE! I'll follow back on my personal tumblr 99% of the time, but you aren't obligated to follow that blog!

This update is the Penn family main house, home to Louise and Jackson, and their sons Edison, Patrick and Bryson. Their last update was here if you want to read it to catch up!

Edison is a pretty good big brother! All of the Penn brothers have high relationship scores. :)

Patrick and Byron Exam are best friends!

And more!

Jackson and Louise still find ways to keep their marriage alive, even though they're getting close to being elders.

Bye, bye, Edison. See you in college!

Patrick, looking spiffy in his private school uniform.

Louise isn't entirely sure how she feels about this whole 'elderly' thing!

Jackson's turn!

(We interrupt this elder-broadcast for some cute -- Patrick teaching Bryson how to do homework.)

Lookin' good with a makeover!

Old people watching golf. ;)

Louise has to keep up her reputation in the neighborhood, and her friends!

Hi, Steffi Exam!

It's a good thing you guys are friends, since your sons are going steady. :)

Speaking of. :) These two are so cute together.

Don't worry - Louise hasn't turned towards a life of crime! It's just a costume!

Byrson's a little bit of a geek. ;)

And for some odd reason, Bryson and his dad don't get along. :(
Their round was pretty quiet after the birthdays - just getting promotions, skilling, going to school!

#022 - the lander family

boolpropbea — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 16:52:41 GMT

I should have posted this update much sooner but I ended up doing a lot of things out of order! Hopefully after this one everything will be in the right order! This is going to be a quick update, after I edited all the pictures it ended up much shorter than thought it would be. I have to dash soon to meet a friend's new puppy anyway! If you don't recall the Lander family, their last update is here and comprises of mom and dad, Elise and Jack, and their son Gabriel.

Featuring Jack Lander by maranatah and a community lot by missadiasims.

Most of the adults in the hood are becoming elders now. :(

After some makeovers! Jack remained mostly the same. :)

All of my kid sims are obsessed with jump roping!

Time to try and get Gabriel into private school!

Success!

First day of his new school!

That redheaded townie came over with Evan Johnson and kept trying to pick a fight with Elise! >(

NO. I see the way you two are looking at each other and I say NO!

Thanks, Matchmaker!

Gabriel and Byron Exam are best friends, actually!

I had Elise wish for peace of mind. :)

Meet Poppy, the shiba inu and the newest member of the family!
(Community lot by missadiasims!)

Jack and Elise took some adorable pictures while they were there, too!

Oh no! Not from the trash!

Potty training. :(

Elise got fit from all that yoga!

And somehow I lost the image, but Gabriel grew into a teenager! He's so handsome!
(Thanks to needlecream and xbeccyx for the alien eye fixes!)

As a side note, it was after this play session that I uninstalled my lighting hack and reinstalled the maxis lighting. :)

#021 - the penn-lind family

boolpropbea — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 03:43:45 GMT

I have another update for you guys! I feel like I've been editing photos all day, but thankfully I have them all done now - all I have to do is post them! This family is actually the family consisting of David Penn, the oldest Penn child, after he graduates from University and his shenanigans. I took the advice of a few friends and added an apartment to the hood for the inbetweeners - adults just out of uni, or young adults who never went to college - and moved him in there! If you'd like a refresher about David, his last update was here.

Featuring apartments by maranatah.

I absolutely love this lot that maranatah made! Small, studio apartments, perfect for single sims just out of uni, or just starting out!

This lovely lady is Tamara Lind, someone he knew from Uni! You might remember her as mostly invisible girl.
They were kind of college sweethearts and David moves fast!

That sploosh of confetti is her agreeing to move in and growing up!

And then I spend the rest of the update taking pictures of her. Um. Yeah.

David has a lot of friends.

*snicker*
Nice pajamas!

And off Tamara goes to her first day of work!

W-What?! No, David! Bad David!
Basically, this lady was someone he met either at University or as a teen, who I aged up along with some of the other sims in the hood. They had a high enough relationship that when he greeted her .. his romance sim took over!

Promotion!

Maybe the apartment is a little small...

The landlord reacting to cockroaches so my sims don't have to!

Steffi Exam walking Artemis.
(I actually played this update BEFORE the Exam's, but uploaded them out of order. Oops!)

D-David! I thought we talked about this!
(Yes, that's a different girl. Who is still not Tamara.)

See, David is doing something good here - trying to reconnect with his family!

Since David's LTW still hadn't come up yet, I sent him to City Hall to hang out and meet people.
And his little bro, Edison, showed up!

Queue the epic prank war.

A warlock showed up, too!

Meanwhile, Amanda Johnson's boobs make Edison ANGRY.

Ever been so happy to be home from work you stuck your hand through your mailbox?

..Even if David is a Romance sim. These two are so cute.

David learned Lifelong Happiness.. which he might need really soon.

With a baby on the way.. I think we're gonna need a bigger apartment!

#020 - the exam family

boolpropbea — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 18:49:45 GMT

Wow, I feel like it's been ages since I last updated! ~~Mostly because it has~~. My family has just completed our big project for the summer - moving house - which means I now have lots of time to play sims in between unpacking boxes. I've really missed playing so I have quite an impressive backlog of updates and pictures to share with you all, taken over the last few days. I'll try not to share them all at once! There are a couple things I want to address before this update however!

First of all, I'm experimenting with how I'm editing my pictures. I'm using eversims amazing new actions and Photoshop CS4 now! CS4 so far has been lagging my computer pretty hard, but I'm going to work on some fixes for that. I'm also experimenting with a border / no border. Please bear with me while things kind of fluctuate a bit.

Also, at the end of this update, the Exam family house started crashing. :( I don't yet know why, but it seems to be an issue with the lot so I moved them out and bulldozed it. They are now safely installed in a new lot made by selenaq13 - but I'll remind you of this change next time I update them! This is my first real encounter with crashing in my new, maxis match game, so let's all keep our fingers crossed that it was just a one time fluke! And .. here we go!

Featuring a sim by selenaq13!

Don't worry. He's either crying over the burglary that happened when he was a toddler or the cockroaches. Either way, he's fine! :'D

Gloria (selenaq13) turns out to be pretty handy in a pinch!

Here we have Steffi and little Taylor, in case you forgot. It's been a while since the last update, I know.

Byron is being the best big brother ever!

Artemis lives a great life - just sleeping and playing all day long.

It seemed like everyone decided to grow up on the same day!

For some reason, Gloria is full of RAGE.
Not ready to get old, bb?

Some last minute skilling - everyone has to help out!

When I entered the lot after not playing for a bit, I got a weird message for the first time!
It said "one of your sims has bought a pet! would you like to welcome the new pet into your home?"! Of course I had to click yes! ;) Meet Babs, a new dog to be a friend for Artemis.

Taylor's birthday.

He looks like a good mix! Maybe not with that hair though..

Much better!

Too bad Babs is a female dog, otherwise she and Artemis could have puppies. ;o;

You wouldn't guess it, but Byron's a romance sim. Remember that for future updates! ;)

They really do get along very well!

Time to get old! Steffi first - she was in the middle of teaching Taylor how to do his homework right!

Gloria, too!

Finally some makeovers for Gloria and Steffi.

And I leave you with some adorable Taylor playing in the snow!

#019 - the flores family

boolpropbea — Sun, 27 May 2012 01:10:49 GMT

It's been a while since I played this family - I was worried that I would neglect the other families in the hood, since the first time I played the Flores's, I got really into it! Because I spent so much time playing them before, Mona got a little ahead of most of the other teens her age in the neighborhood. That's why this update is so short - I imagine her to be about the same age as David Penn, who just finished University!

I hope you guys enjoy this update! I had a lot of fun playing, even though I didn't take many pictures. This round for them was very quiet. :)

When Dido (needlecream) isn't being a crazy cat lady, she's skilling for her job!

Mona is still enjoying a romance with this guy, Hayden Garth. Last round, they shared a first kiss.

Hi, Elise Lander!

See? Everyone in this house is a crazy-cat-lady in the making!

Dido! Don't spy on your neighbors!

Mona is actually the best teen I've had in my game, in terms of getting things done and staying in high aspiration!

That's got to be awkward - your mom chatting with your boyfriend in the front lawn!

Birthday time!

Mona has entered adulthood! I didn't have her enter university, mostly for the reason of trying to keep her on track with her "age" group. Since David has already completed University, I had Mona skip it and become an adult immediately. :)

Post-makeover picture. I think she's ridiculously gorgeous.

I'm a little bit stuck after this point! Both Mona Flores and David Penn are old enough to be living on their own, but I'm not really inclined to move them into their single family homes yet.. I've been toying with the idea of putting an apartment complex in the hood for the single post-uni (or adult) sims that need a place "in transition". What do you all think?

#018 - the johnson family

boolpropbea — Sat, 26 May 2012 16:52:07 GMT

I added a new family to the hood! I also owe you guys some explanation, though. Originally, the Johnson family was going to be a single-male sim household, since I've already done variations of other sorts of families. So, I created the sim, moved him in to a house and began playing. Only after I played for ages and got lots of pictures did I exit out and realize that Gadwin had messed up and I didn't get a single image! So originally, Evan Johnson started out as single!

In this update, though, he appears as a married father of one. I'll be sure to introduce everyone so you don't get confused.

I also have a Flores update for you guys which I'll post tonight or tomorrow! :)

Meet Evan Johnson!

His lovely wife Amanda.

And the first baby girl born in the neighborhood, their daughter Cecelia!

House tour (sort of).

Evan and Amanda try and keep the romance alive. :)

Seriously, this burglar is showing up everywhere!

Thank goodness there is a good police force.

Return of the evil nanny! Plaguing the neighborhood with her subpar child care skills!

Cecelia is too cute as a toddler!

She can be fussy sometimes, too, though. Both parents spend a lot of time with her, when they aren't working.

Skilling is imperative in this family!

Fail!Nanny strikes again! Someone get the poor baby inside! :(

Evan was created with rather large ears and while Cecelia got her mother's skin and eyes, she got his ears!

Too cute! The first girl in the neighborhood who was born in game!

Also one of the few sims I have that plays in the bathtub autonomously! :)

Learning how to study. :)

#017 - the penn family: main house

boolpropbea — Thu, 03 May 2012 19:03:43 GMT

And here is the second update I've been promising you guys! I sat down yesterday and played for hours, taking these pictures. It was so much fun! I always forget how much I miss simming when I'm at school and when I come home .. I just want to play all the time! I guess I must be addicted or something. ;)

This is the main Penn house, home to Louise and Jackson, and their sons Edison, Patrick and Bryson. Their last update was here.

Bryson is still a toddler - the hardest stage for me.

Good thing the house is so crowded, there are a lot of people around to take care of him!

Jackson goes to work in a limo.

Making new friends with the hot tub!

Edison's adorable potty-training face. <3

"What the hell?!"

Byron Exam came home with either Edison or Patrick one day! Hi!
Also: Byron and Bryson .. I'm going to have a hard time with that later. x)

Nooooo.

NOT THE HOT TUB.
Immediately after this, I replaced the hot tub and bought them a burglar alarm. Whoops!

The boys are very distraught.

Edison is wooing his female friend, I believe her name is Tina. ;)

It worked!

They're even going steady now. <3

Finally, time for Bryson's birthday!

Too cute! He looks a lot like Jackson though - still worried he's a clone. His nose may be smaller, but we'll have to see as he gets older!

The nursery got made over into a 3rd bedroom - we now have Edison and Patrick sharing a bedroom downstairs and Bryson on the third floor. I also added a bathroom.

Poor Edison was in aspiration failure because of the burglary. :(

Keeping the romance alive! ;)

Some good olde brotherly bonding over a game of fetch.

And I leave you with Louise painting in her underwear!
Both Jackson and Louise are a few days away from turning into elders, and Edison only has a few days of teenhood left. I haven't decided whether I'm going to send him to Uni yet, but I'll be sure to keep you all updated!

#016: the penn family: university, part two

boolpropbea — Thu, 03 May 2012 18:44:37 GMT

Hey all! I know it's been a while - I actually have had this update since last January and I just forgot about it with all that was going on in school for me. Since it's been a while, to refresh your memory: this update is about the oldest Penn child, David, and his adventures in University. You can see part one here. Forgive me if some of the details (names, etc) of this update are foggy, since I took these shots back in January.

I also have another Penn family update coming after this one! I may post them in a row, or I may post the other one later. I'll try not to clutter up your f-lists too much though!

I was really worried the lot was borked, when I entered it, this poor lady was invisible!
But she fixed herself. :)

David is still a master of the ladies.

It must be hard to write your term paper with a billion people around!

So I moved David out into his own house for the remainder of college. :)

He and this beauty get along well. ;)

Ouch, Louise! That is your SON calling you!

Time to graduate!

And off he goes, back to the 'hood to wait his turn to be moved into a house of his very own. :)

#015 - the flores family

boolpropbea — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:10:23 GMT

I really should have posted this before I returned to school, but there just wasn't any time! The last few weeks of break really were a blur! I hope everyone had a happy Holiday and spent lots of time with people who love them. I'm back at school again so I'm on hiatus, but I have 2 more updates to leave you with, this one and another. Never fear, I will be back for spring break!

This is the new family I added to the 'hood, right before I went back to school. Since so far this generation has been all boys, I thought I might as well add in some womenfolk for funsies and variation! Meet the Flores's. (: I even built their house myself!

It's been so long and I'm really embarrassed but this is the mother, who I believe I named Dido.

The daughter of the family named Mona.

Mona is very self reliant. :)

Louise Penn came to visit in the welcome wagon!

Steffi Exam, picking out a collar for Artemis!

I really love this lot by missadiasims!

Mona and their new kitty cat, who's name I forget!

And making new friends. ;)

Already a trouble maker~

Mona has a teen job as a writer for a newspaper.

And Dido gets promoted!

She and Gloria Exam work in the same field, so they are pretty close!

Playing with butterflies is hard work!

This pretty boy came home on the bus with Mona!

Mona has to study hard since they can't really afford for her to go to college!

Luckily, she's not having trouble.

Dido is pretty popular around the neighborhood, so their phone keeps ringing off the hook!

Mona and Petshop!Boy drinking sparkling apple cider!

First kiss!

#014 - the exam family

boolpropbea — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:40:24 GMT

One of three updates I have lined up for you guys - I'll try not to spam though, as I want to add a few more pictures on to the last one! The last update I have is also a bit of a surprise; I was thinking it was about time for a new family. :) The neighborhood is coming along nicely and while I haven't done any neighborhood deco yet, I might post pictures of the corner of the hood + community lots that I have filled out so far sometime soon!

Happy Holidays!

Gloria Exam by selenaq13, as usual.

Byron has a pretty carefree life as a toddler!

Gloria tried to call out sick, and this happened. I'd never gotten this message before!

! SOMEONE GET THE BABY.

Fail!Nanny! Take him inside before you both get struck by lightning!

Poor Artemis is being so tolerant with being cuddled all the time.

Maybe the nanny was making up for the fact that she let Byron crawl around in the rain, but after this she was wonderful!

Birthday time!

He's cute! He has Gloria's nose and elf ears and Steffi's eyes!

Byron's made over room.

I also added on a bathroom and a nursery.

And redid the upstairs sitting room!

These two are still best friends!

Um, Gloria? Don't you want some privacy?

Steffi's adult / middle-aged mom makeover!

Don't let this picture fool you - he has a bed.

(I took this mostly for my own reference. At first I was worried that Byron's elf ears came from a broken face template, but then I checked out Gloria in the mirror. She has the ears!)

Gloria's makeover, which I think makes her look way younger.

The chess table is a big hit in this family.

Pop! Another little one on the way.

Jack Lander's son Gabriel came home with Byron!

The kids are friends, but not the adults - Jack seemed bored with Steffi.

Baby time!

Another boy, and ... I forget his name.
Gloria / Steffi's eyes and Gloria's skintone.
(At this point, I'm really worried that the sims in my hood can only have boys! D:)

Artemis got into a fight with another neighborhood dog ...

And won!

Time for baby's birthday!

Here is where I got even MORE worried. The baby glitched and wouldn't grow up, so I had to do some fiddling with boolprop until he did. It seems like a one time event, however and just in that household.

.. Many hours later. He's cute, too! No elf ears though!

And one last birthday to round out the update - Byron's turn.

A little awkward looking, but I like him!

... You've got to be kidding me.

#013 - the lander family

boolpropbea — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 05:20:51 GMT

I've actually got three updates for three families waiting to be posted, but this was the shortest one and it's getting late here! I spent most of the day Christmas shopping (I know, very last minute), so I'm completely beat. In other news - Christmas in four ish days! Happy Holidays to everyone!

Featuring sim & lot by maranatah.

Jack meeting Patrick Penn!

Now that Elise doesn't have a job, she's been painting and writing novels to support the family.

It's already Gabriel's birthday!

He's too cute for words!

The nursery has been redone to be Gabriel's room. (:

Snow!

Gabriel brought a friend home from school!

Nice family dinner.

This face means that school was cancelled - snow day!

I just like how you can see Gabriel in the background.

He's a grouchy sim!

Gabriel cleans everything.

And that's it! I hope you enjoyed. :)

#012 - the lander family

boolpropbea — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 04:41:01 GMT

Yet another update. I've been busy over break it seems - when I'm not helping my family get ready to move, I usually have time to sim. That can lead to hours over a day being spent playing, taking pictures and relaxing! :) Don't be surprised if you see many more updates from me this week / this month. This time, I've also used a new photoshop action on my pictures; I've experimented with actions in the past, but I haven't really made any personally that I liked / seen any that worked well on sim pictures. My lovely friend selenaq13 made an action based on eversims images that I adore! It has just the right amount of screening and color.

Let me know what you think, though! If it's bothersome, I can go back to just sharpening + bordering my pictures. :)

Featuring lots and sims by: selenaq13 and maranatah.

I realized looking through my last update that I never gave you all a house tour! The house is by selenaq13 and you can find it here!

I didn't take any pictures of the basement - I don't have a camera mod installed that can let me zoom in to any great detail down there.

The house is totally functional too! It's Elise's turn to make Jack pancakes in the morning. :)

True love: eating your girlfriend's pancakes even when they are hopelessly burnt.

Believe it or not, Elise and Steffi Exam are best friends.

These two are still very much in love.

So much so.. in fact...

As a popularity sim, it's important for Elise to keep up with all her friends (and she has a lot!).

Top of the slacker career for Elise! (And my fail!cropping skills.)

Jack is a resident now!

But not for long!

Uh oh!

The next day, Jack calls out sick from work. He has something very important to do!

Never fear, it isn 't to admire a statue with Elise.
(Welcome to maranatah's City Hall!)

It's time to tie the knot!

Hi, Louise Penn!

I know I took way too many pictures of the wedding.

A townie modelling my new alien default! :)

Remember the boy with a bun from the last update? THAT'S HIM, grown up to a teen!

Jackson Penn arrived too late and missed the wedding.

Not long after the wedding...

We have our first pop! Bring on the kids!

Jack wanted to surprise his wife with a little something to celebrate their wedding and her pregnancy!

They would soon need more space, so it was time to move to a new house! Also by maranatah, this is one of her MMO lots! Check them all out, they are gorgeous. <3

A little tour...

The nursery (can you tell I want a girl?).

A tiny office.

Pop 2, with purple dust!

Another boy for the 'hood, with alien eyes and Jack's black hair! I named him Gabriel. :)

Since Elise was at the top of her career path, I had her quit her job to become an artist / stay at home mom! I would have had Jack quit, but he works more hours & makes more money in the medical career track. :)

And then it was birthday time!

So cute! He looks a lot like Jack, but I think Gabriel'll resemble both parents more as he grows up!

And yes, folks, those are elf ears!

Still in love! <3

Guess who learned to talk?!

Elise got a nice middle age makeover, which I actually think makes her look younger!

Next stop for Gabriel? Walking!

#011 - the penn family

boolpropbea — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:43:06 GMT

The longer update as promised. :) I can't believe I played for so long to have this many pictures; but it really was an eventful update! I'm having so much fun playing all of the families in this neighborhood -- it seems like there is always something going on. Because this update is so long and because it comes after a break with this family, I'll try and remind everyone of names as we go along.

Last update, the middle child Edison had just grown up.
So we open with his father sedately eating cake.

This adorable toddler in the house is Patrick, with the adorable squinty eyes!
Potty training is tiring work.

Mama Penn, otherwise known as Louise.

She gets a nice middle-aged makeover, about a week before she turns into an elder. :)

Jackson, papa Penn, is still a charmer!

Edison and his best friend for life, Jack. :)

How can you say no to this face?!

Patrick's birthday already! Time to be a child!

He's still adorable! I think he's the only kid ~~so far~~ to get Louise's nose!

You know where this is going.

Poor Louise still works as a clown.

But not for long!

You two aren't fooling anyone!

All the kids got into private school!

Don't worry, that's Louise. Just dressed in her new work uniform.

I sent Edison and Patrick on a little outing to meet new people. :)

I wouldn't be fooled by that bun - when I aged the townie kid up that Patrick is talking to, it's actually a GUY.
Also, Edison -- .. what are you doing? Let's get a close up, shall we?

Riiight. Looks real appropriate.

Remember: that is a MALE.

Patrick's other friend, whose name I'm conveniently forgetting at the moment.

The picture Patrick and Edison took in the photobooth. :)

No one should be surprised by this - but I was!

A nice family dinner.

And then this happened.
It might seem random, but I was having Jackson study logic for his career - and he was getting up there in points! Just as I started thinking, "wouldn't it be weird if he got abducted?" -- all of a sudden the space ship was there!
And I was freaking out! I rarely have normal (not hacked) abductions in my game!

He was returned safely, later that night. And horrified.

The boys in their snazzy new uniforms!

Edison is a shy sim! Who knew!

Baby time!

Yet another boy, this time named Bryson (and hopefully the last Penn child!).
He has Dad's skintone (I think) and brown eyes and brown hair.

That is not appropriate gardening attire, Jackson!

I wouldn't hang out in there boys, if you knew what Jackson and Louise had done in there.

Patrick's birthday!

Imagine being so excited that you put your face through your mom's chest.

Just as adorable as a teen! I think he grew into that nose!

And one last birthday - Bryson's.

(Sorry for the walls down!)
He's cute, but I'm afraid he might be a clone of Patrick!

And that's all she wrote, folks. :)

#010 - the penn family: university

boolpropbea — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:13:54 GMT

I actually didn't realize that I had this update to post - it's pretty small so I probably just forgot about it or thought that I would post it later when I had more images! But for the sake of continuity, I'll post it now. I played the Penn main family last night for about 3 hours and a lot happened - so it wouldn't make sense if you guys didn't get to see these pictures first! I'm back from school for a month before the next semester, so expect a lot of updates from me. I'm so excited to be back for a bit!

David, the oldest Penn child, has just arrived at University and become a young adult!

He's pretty good looking, though I can't get over that nose!

Most of this update is just dormie spam (read: look how nice my face replacements are)!

David is hitting on the ladies...

Never fear, though, actual homework is being done.

Though the ladies occupy most of his free time.

Hey, that isn't nice! Especially when you smell, Ms. Dormie!

He's kind of a ladies man!

And that's all I have for you for right now. I should have a much longer (100ish pictures) update later tonight of the main family. :)

#009 - the lander family

boolpropbea — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 06:33:26 GMT

I figured while I was home that I might as well try and add another family to this hood while I'm here -- I know I'm going to be back in two weeks after exams, but I got inspired while looking at some sims! This is also my first time bending the rules a bit in terms of houses; I didn't want to build my own house today, so I decided to use one that another simmer has made. In any case, enjoy! I return to university on Sunday, so this is likely the last update you'll get from me until I am home again for Winter Break.

Jack Lander by maranatah.
House by selenaq13.

Just a quick shot of the simple decorating before I realized that I had more of a budget for him than I thought! The house is called "Sunday" and you can find it here! What really attracted me to it was the awesome roof and the basement!

Hi, Louise Penn! She was the sole member of the Welcome Wagon.

She and Jack bonded over their mutual love of pink shoes.

The job hunt doesn't go well for Jack - his LTW is to be the top of the Medicine career, but that job doesn't show up for ages!

That awkward moment when someone you don't know calls you and wants to talk.

This lovely lady is named Elise! Jack met her over the internets~

After a makeover, I think she's gorgeous!

.. Still job searching.

Kissing him is fine, but moving in? That's a no-no!

Jack finally gets a job in his LTW career!

Driver: .. He won't last three seconds.

Boo yah!

He's so cute in his uniform!

Finally Elise agrees to move in and she brings 14000 simoleons with her! Makeover for the house time!

I swear I don't have ACR installed.

He's even making her breakfast!

Elise starts job hunting for her LTW career - she wants to be top of the culinary career!

Go Jack! LTW is on the way!

He's still handsome in his new uniform.

Elise: My boyfriend got a promotion. Therefore, he's better than your boyfriend!
Townie: Yeah! /thumbs up.

If my graphics look a little different or subpar for this update, it's because I'm using a different monitor with a different resolution. My big monitor is still at school, so I had to snag one from the attic and it's a bit older and a lot smaller. Sorry about the inconvenience!

008# - the exam family

boolpropbea — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 02:53:11 GMT

For those of you who don't know, I've been at University since August, so I'm currently on my Thanksgiving break. However, I got some playing done of the Exam family so I wanted to post these things up before I went away again and forgot. There should be more coming in about 3 weeks when I'll be back home for a month for Winter Break between the two semesters.

Gloria by selenaq13 as usual.

Well, we all know what this means.

Artemis still gets plenty of love.

And we all know what this means, too!

She said yes! And then it's time for a shotgun wedding. (:

Added a second floor for the incoming baby.

BABY TIME.

It's a boy! Named Byron.

And birthday time!

OMG.

THE EARS. I think he's adorable! <3 A mixed tone of his parents and dark blue eyes!

And that's all she wrote, folks.