Herendez Wedding, Hapar, 2022

If I Could Change Your Mind, Part 2, 2021

Havar, fall, 2021
Verde is 34, Lainey is 34, Esperanza is 9, Carmela is 61

Optional Soundtrack: HAIM-If I Could Change Your Mind

They were nervous. Esperanza was waiting for them and they knew that her opinion could alter their future.

If I Could Change Your Mind, Part 1, 2021

Havar, fall, 2021
Verde is 34, Lainey is 34, Esperanza is 9, Carmela is 61

Optional Soundtrack: HAIM-If I Could Change Your Mind

narrated by Esperanza

Mami is dating some guy and she insists on introducing him to me. I'm nine so I know what that means. It means she wants to marry him.

Bringing Home Baby, Hapar 2020

Hapar, spring, 2020

Emma Carr is finally going to meet her newest child.

Forever, 2019

Remar, summer, 2019
Verde is 32, Lainey is 32, Esperanza is 7, Carmela is 59
optional soundtrack: *Forever-HAIM

Forever we tried to make it right,

But together we saw the end in sight,

I'm tired of fighting the good fight,

If you say the word then I'll say goodbye.*

It was amazing how quickly a divorce could proceed if all the parties were willing and everything was arranged peacefully.

Enemy in Combat, part 2, 2017

Lovar, spring, 2017
Verde is 30, Lainey is 30, Esperanza is 5, Carmela is 57
Optional Soundtrack: Happy-Leona Lewis

narrated by Lainey

Verde didn't take the news of the divorce the way I envisioned. I knew that he wouldn't be happy, but I thought he would say ok. The way he always does, without a fight. That man is full of surprises. Just when I thought that he didn't care and that he was ready to throw the towel in, he surprises me.

Enemy in Combat, part 1, 2017

Lovar, spring, 2017
Verde is 30, Lainey is 30, Esperanza is 5, Carmela is 57

narrated by Verde

Esperanza has been begging for a pet. Every meal she talks about how great it would be to have a pet.

Bringing Home Baby, Lovar 2016

Lovar, spring, 2016

Sometimes Lainey dreamed.

Sick to my stomach, 2015

Peacar, winter, 2015
Verde is 28, Lainey is 28, Esperanza is 3, Carmela is 55
narrated by Lainey

Verde is doing very well in his job. He oversees the flight division and I have moved to the scout and sniper division. It's been my dream since joining the military to be a sniper. Training is brutal and intense, only the best make it out.

Same Underwear, 2015

Resar, fall, 2015
Benjamin Endeavor is 29, Rojo Herendez is 23, Erricson Frankson is 24

It had to happen someday. Someday Benjamin would get tired of living in apartments and would purchase his own home. Maybe it had something to do with Ming buying her own place that made him want to spend some of his endorsement money on a house.

Like Glass, 2013

Resar, fall, 2013
Verde is 26, Lainey is 26, Esperanza is 1 (Carmela is 53 and Serendipity is 17)

“Relationships are like glass. Sometimes it’s better to leave them broken than try to hurt yourself putting them back together.”

Press Charges, 2013

Remar, summer, 2013
Benjamin Endeavor and Rashid Cunningham are 27, Rojo Herendez is 21

Benjamin's summer started off great. He was promoted on the basketball team and the newspapers referred to him as a superstar, he was the face of Man Smell Deodorant and his pay increase and endorsements meant that he could afford a bigger and better place. 

Innocent Fun, 2012

Givar, winter, 2012
Carmela is 52, Serendipity is 16 

Winter brought a lot of snow to Apple Valley

Officially Yours, 2011

Patar, summer, 2011Optional Soundtrack: Officially Yours-Craig David

Verde nervously stood before the small church and watched as Lainey's bridesmaids took their seats.

Happy, 2011

Patar, summer, 2011
Optional Soundtrack: Happy-Leona Lewis

Lainey looked in disgust as Verde grabbed her hand.

Staying Out of Trouble, 2011

Lovar, spring, 2011
Tyisha Masters is a sophomore, Rojo Herendez and Si'Enya Warwick are freshmen

Si'Enya was in awe at Rosemarie and Henry's relationship.

Modern Day Slavery, 2011

Hapar, spring, 2011
***WARNING: Extremely sensitive subject matter***

She took a deep breath and checked the address again. She knew she was at the right place, she had walked by every simday for the last simweek. She had memorized the color variation in the bricks, the simple garden in the front and large windows. She knew that she needed to knock before one of the neighbors called the police on her.

Steal Quite a Few, 2010

Resar, fall, 2010
Tyisha Masters is a sophomore, Rojo Herendez and Si'Enya Warwick are freshmen
Optional soundtrack: Living A Lie-The Dream and Rihanna

Si'Enya's freshman year had finally started and it was a bit of a strange world. The dorm was so noisy and crowded and students studying, or dancing or chatting. It was a lot different than bedroom at home. Sometimes she wished she were at home in her bed, curled up with R2D2.

Fairy Tales, 2010

Lovar, spring, 2010
Antonio is 59, Carmela is 50, Rojo is 18, Serendipity is 14 (Verde and Lainey are 23)

Finally Antonio and Carmela were getting one of their biggest wishes. When Verde had called and told them the news of his engagement, they were thrilled.

A Heartbeat, 2009

Lovar, spring, 2009
Lainey Lorde, S'Ahmisa Warwick and Verde Herendez are seniors. Benjamin Endeavor is 22, Ming Wuu is 22 and Rashid Cunningham is 22, Krissy Thorn is 24, Alphonso Pentragnani is 26
Optional Soundtrack "I Wish I Wasn't" Heather Headley

S'Ahmisa wordlessly helped Lainey bring the last of her things into the apartment. She didn't question when she got the tearful call from her begging to move in. She didn't question the fact that it was two simweeks before graduation and all the seniors were finishing up their final exams, or the fact that Lainey and Verde were living together up until then.

Even Ming knew that the situation was serious and didn't say anything callous, after all, loosing a child wasn't a joking matter.