Bare, 2022

Snapshots-Master-Daniels Wedding

Herendez Wedding, Hapar, 2022

Snapshots, Remar 2021

Remar, summer, 2021

Grey-Frankson Wedding

Lovar, spring 2021

Passion, Part 1, 2020

Remar, summer, 2020
mini-update

Laugh at Life, 2019

Lovar, spring, 2019
Johan is 58, Udar is 15 (Zoe Schel is 36, Jack Schel is 18, Issac Schel is 15)

They had met while serving on a university committee together. He was there because he enjoyed the committee, and she was there because

Warwick-Yates Wedding

Dawson-Grey Wedding

Mendenhall-Davis Wedding

Shazad-Wilsonoff Wedding, Part 2, 2015

Remar, summer, 2015
narrated by Myra Wilsonoff-Shazad

After our wedding, Abel's parents treated us to our honeymoon. It was beyond amazing. Our first stop was Hacienda Bay where Abel's father's ancestors hail from.

Shazad-Wilsonoff Wedding, Part 1, 2015

Remar, summer, 2015

Warwick-Cunningham Wedding, 2014

Remar, summer, 2014

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.

Supportive Underwear, 2009

Havar, fall, 2009
S'Ahmisa Warwick is 22, Ming Wuu is 23, Rashid Cunningham is 23, Krissy Thorn is 25, Alphonso Pentragnani is 27

Today was the big day for Krissy and Alphonso.

Sea of Stars, 2007

Remar, summer, 2007

Tomorrow was the big day, her little sister would be getting married and she was up with her youngest daughter, waiting for Walt to come home and trying not to trip over Olivia or the numerous stale bottles on the floor.

Short and Sweet, 2006

Peacar, winter, 2006

Emma looked at Bill's suit in disgust. "We should have rented you a tuxedo." she remarked, picking the lint off the sleeve.

"What do you want me to do? Go to the formal shop and demand a tuxedo in the next ten minutes?"

"Could you do that? By the time you return, the sitter will be here for Jacob."

Bill sighed. "No I can't get a brand new tuxedo in ten minutes!"

"Ugh, but a black tuxedo would look better with my dress. Why didn't you det a tuxedo?"

"Because we wouldn't have been able to afford your original A.Pentragani dress that you insisted on."

"Hmmm, well I did need the dress. Don't I look amazing?"

Bill took a step back and looked his wife up and down. "Yes..." he said in awe. "You look absolutely amazing...like an angel."

"O...uh...thanks." Emma said in shock blushing. It had been simlonic months since Bill had paid her an honest compliment and it was a bit unnerving.

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"I wonder how much money Emma's father had to shell out to get this place." Bradford whispered to his wife as they waited for the nuptials to begin.

"Why does it matter?"

"We have four daughters, remember. I need to start saving for weddings."

"I think we still have a few simyears until that day arrives."

"Do you think they'll elope instead. Eloping is cheaper right?"

"We'll have to see when the day comes."

"You're right...." he said staring out the large windows. "Do you ever think about having another baby?"

"Hell no," Suzanna hissed a little too loud.

"Wonder what those two are whispering about?" Fiona whispered to her husband.

"Who knows."

"Do my boobs look bigger to you?" she asked.

Jesse stared at his wife's breasts, they did look larger, but he wasn't sure how to safely answer the question directed at him. He knew that Fiona had been working on her weight which had been yo-yo-ing up and down since Jeremy's birth.

"I love your breasts...and the body they're attached to...and the mind inside the body."

"How much longer?" Laci asked her cousin, Veronika.

"I'm not sure."

"Aren't you the flower girl?"

"Yea, but they said that they would call for me when-oh! It's time!" She jumped off the chair and rushed to the side door at the beckoning of the wedding planner.

The ceremony was short and sweet,

the couple exchanged the necessary words of love and endearment

then sealed everything with a kiss before bringing the families up for photographs.

"You look amazing," Bill whispered after the last family photograph was taken.

"You don't look so bad yourself."

"Even in this blue suit?"

Emma smirked. "A black tuxedo would have been better, but you do make that suit look good."

"I love you,"

"I love you, too."

"You know, we've been married for a few simlonic months and we haven't killed each other yet. Maybe this whole marriage thing isn't the worst thing in the world."

"So I was right?"

"Hell no, you shouldn't have tricked me-"

"I didn't trick you, you got me knocked-"

"Are you two coming upstairs? It's time for the toasting and I want cake!" Veronika screeched from the stairs interrupting the inevitable argurement.

After toasting to a happy marriage,

sharing their first dance

and cutting cake,

the couple slipped away during a particulary rousing selection of the smustle dance.

"Hey, maybe we could start working on a little sister for Jacob."

Emma laughed. "How much sparkling nectar did you have?"

Love Remaining, 2005

Peacar, winter, 2005
Lyndon is 51, Nicole is 49 (Susie MacAstral is 19, Anthony Wren is 24)

Nicole didn't remember entering her name in the raffle, but apparently she did. When they called to say that she had won a free trip for five sims to the grand opening of the vineyard Montalcino, she started laughing, thinking it was a joke. It was no joke and now she was browsing the market at Montalcino waiting on her table for lunch.

As she looked over the menu she hoped that Lyndon would stop and grab lunch on his way back from the airport. He had left earlier to meet Susie and Anthony who had agreed to the trip.

Nicole sighed, Faith was unable to come for obvious reasons. Her morning sickness was really bad and her recent appointment had revealed that her nutrition levels were not optimal for the baby's growth. She worried about her baby girl, she knew that she was no longer a baby but she couldn't help but worry. Would Faith be able to care for her child, especially given her job situation. Nicole wasn't a fan of Faith's choice of employment, but there wasn't a lot of options for a university dropout who refuses to wake up before noon. Nicole giggled, that would be ending soon as Faith's baby inducted her into the society of motherhood with middle of the night feedings.

Lyndon soon arrived with a very groggy Susie and hyper Anthony. After saying hello, the couple retired to their room while Nicole and Lyndon decided to enjoy a vintage sparkling nectar.

"Are you ready for tomorrow?"

Nicole nodded, "Are you?"

"I'm a bit nervous, I hope I don't get cold feet."

Nicole laughed. "You better not, besides you're still married to me anyhow."

"Thank goodness," Lyndon said kissing her.

The couple made sure to enjoy their quiet time with a soak in the hot tub,

relaxing as the sun's rays bathed the vineyard

and a spirited debate over glasses of an early TS2 era nectar.

They enjoyed dancing in their private balcony

and relaxing before

a light dinner.

The next day Nicole and Lyndon stood before Susie and Anthony and renewed their vows.

Promising to continue to love and cherish each other as they grew old together.

They sealed it with a kiss, naturally

to the happy claps of their foster daughter and hopeful future son-in-law.

After the short ceremony, Nicole kept one eye on Anthony as he whispered to Susie. She liked the young man, he had ambitions and was brillant. She loved watching him discuss philosphy with Lyndon or tickling Susie. Susie was bright as well, but not in the same way her brother, Harvis was. Susie's plans didn't involve finishing her degree.

"Have you made a desicion?" Nicole whispered to the young woman.

Susie nodded. "I'm going to finish this simyear. The university said that my studies would qualify me for an associate's degree."

"That's good."

"It is. I'm nervous though, I just hope I can line up some auditions."

"You'll be fine."

"Are you two going to whisper the entire day away," Lyndon said coming up behind them. "Our table is ready."

For their vow renewal meal, the group enjoyed fresh food from the market and the best vintage nectar the vineyard had to offer.

The nectar continued to flow, after all this was a vineyard, after the meal.

"May you continue to have many simyears of love remaining and may one day I have a love as strong as yours." Anthony toasted the happy couple.

---

The trip couldn't last forever, no matter how much they wanted it to. Eventually they had to return to the snowy county. Lyndon was excited to try his new recipe learned during one of the vineyard's cooking lessons

while the cat was entertained with something floating in the air.

"What's wrong with the cat?" Nicole asked after enjoying gooseberry crepes for dinner.

"Not sure, it's like he took a couple of puffs on the bubble machine."

Lyndon's work continued. He had some new clients, like Suzanna.

Suzanna was trying to deal with her unexpected pregnancy and the remorse over not finishing the vaccine in time to save the life of young Ping.

"You must not hold that over your head."

"I know..." she said. "but I can't help it. I feel like I failed."

His other client, Tobi, also had complex issues, but then again Lyndon would be hard pressed to find a resident that didn't have complex issues.

"I think I'm over her," he said, "but everything is so complex now. I was working on building my relationship with my girlfriend. She's pregnant again, can you believe that? I'm going to be a father again. I'll be a father of six...five...can you count a child who is..."

"He is still your child."

"Yes, well, I'll be a father of six...five...six..."

Ginger was finishing up her sessions.

"I ran into her at the store," she said touching the fabric of her dress.

"How did you feel?"

Ginger thought about that day. She had been minding her own business, wondering why she always looked so huge so quickly when she almost bumped into the woman.

Jolie was there with Ilila and it was strange how they didn't even notice her standing there, mere inches from them.

"I miss her friendship sometimes. I know that we won't be able to be friends again. She said that her marriage is more important and that she can't be near him..."

"How did that make you feel?"

"I respect that. I'm doing the same thing with Tobi, I don't want Grex to doubt my love for him."

---

Anthony nervously fiddled with the menu. He thought of the simian visitor's center because Susie often said that she felt a connection to the mysterious stone statue.

Susie glanced at her boyfriend and wondered if today would be the day. She had been wondering that every simday since finding the ring box in his drawer. She didn't mean to find it, but she was slipping a note in there when she saw the black box. She didn't open it, but she knew what it was. It was the reason behind his questions concerning marriage and their future. She didn't fear it, she just hadn't thought about it.

"To quitting school," Anthony said bringing the glass of nectar to the air.

Susie giggled as Li gave the couple a strange stare. "I still have next semester to finish."

"To quitting school next semester and following your dreams. May they lead you to happiness."

The path to happiness. Susie grinned as the thought popped in her head. Unlike the first time she thought it, she allowed herself to enjoy the sensations that came along with Anthony's path to happiness.

"Are you happy?" Anthony asked as they cuddled on the cold bench.

Susie nodded. "Very happy."

"Are you happy with us?"

"What do you mean?"

"Am I enough? Is this enough for you?"

Was it enough? Susie still had thoughts of others. Thoughts that belonged in a porno even though she sometimes desires to fulfill those fantasies so bad. The thoughts won't leave her alone, they chase her into her dreams and follow her as she walks around campus, bumping into willing partners. Something always holds her back from grabbing a random stranger, or strangers, to fulfill her desires. Some simdays, it's the face of her foster sister Faith, pregnant and alone. Other simdays it's the face of Bill and the pain that he caused her...she doesn't want Anthony to feel that kind of pain ever, especially not because of something she did.

"It is enough." She said truthfully. She knew that the thoughts would never leave her and that she would always desire to be passionately wild with others, but she wanted the simple things in life as well. She wanted to grow old with one sim and perhaps have a kid or two. She wanted to dance more than anything and continue her training.

"It's not enough for me," Anthony said getting up.

Susie's tongue went dry. A break-up she wasn't expecting. She watched as the man paced back in forth in front of her. How do you respond to something like that?

"I want more, I want you to be my wife." He knelt to the ground. "Will you marry me?"

Susie's breath caught in her throat. She knew that he had the ring and she knew that he would eventually ask the question, but she hadn't thought about her response.

She was too young, much too young. Not quite twenty. She was supposed to be enjoying her youth, her singlehood, not planning weddings or thinking about the number of children she would have.

She still had her dancing dreams ahead of her. She didn't want to be teaching children the basics of dance all her life. She wanted to be on stage performing for crowds. She wanted the hear the thunder of applause and see new sights. She wanted to see herself in the music videos, popping and locking with the best of them.

How could she do that as a married woman? Anthony's new job wouldn't allow him to travel with her and she didn't want to ask him to give up his dream that he had worked so hard for...but she didn't want to give up her dream either.

"Susie? Susie, say something...anything." Anthony pleaded, his eyes watering as he watched the love of his life struggle with her answer. His heart was aching as each second of silence slipped by. He couldn't move from his spot on the ground and his body started to shake as the thought of being without her shot through his veins.

"Anthony...I...I don't know. I'm scared."

"Baby, please..." he pleaded, blinking back tears. "You don't have to be afraid, I won't hurt you. I could never hurt you."

"I know...I just don't think-"

"Don't think, Susie." Anthony demanded, not willing to allow her to run away because of something as insignificant as fear. "Tell me what your heart says."

Susie closed her eyes and listened to the steady beating in her chest. She breathed in, thinking of all her fears and worries and what-ifs and then she slowly released her breath. The answer was crystal clear.

"Yes...my heart says yes. I will marry you, Anthony."

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• I needed a family to play-test my new lot, Montalcino, a vineyard resort. The Humphrey's were the lucky ones. I wish I were a sim so I could visit Montalcino, it's so pretty.
• Susie hasn't been rolling school related wants, she's makes the necessary grades based on her going to class, but her heart isn't into the university. After next semester she will drop out.
• Lyndon has been getting a lot of new clients, which is good for his business, but not for the general mental health of the hood.
• Lyndon and Nicole's conversation on the SUN Boards and the start of their relationship.