The Viejo Family

 

Here we are in Riverblossom Hills at the Viejo household- the 4th time this round!

A quick recap- Betty Goldstein died happily of old age, Jacob left for college. Andrew and Catherine Viejo fell in love and were happily married (he took her last name) until she too died of old age. Not long after that Andrew met and instantly loved Denene and they got married. She is expecting the next generation of Viejo any day now.

Andrew is at the top of the Gamer career. His lifetime want is to earn 100K.

His fellow Fortune sim and 3 bolt wife Denene wants to be Chief of Staff- she is currently a Specialist and is enjoying some Eggplant juice in the hope for a useful skill. Well- they are all useful of course but her hope of it being one needed for promotion is slim at best. :D

Early on Tuesday morning Denene went into labour.

Little Justine made her way into the world. Andrew got straight on the phone for his daily chat to his son Jacob to break the happy news.

Justine's nursery is Jacob's old bedroom. 

The round of feed, change and sleep little began for Denene and she slept on the sofa outside the nursery any opportunity she had.

The second Winter began enveloping the Viejo household in heavy snow.

Denene had to go back to work and Nanny Lexie Andersen was hired- she is super neat and loves to clean, yay! 

Andrew finished his creativity skill to level 10 shortly after this shot.

He and Denene left for work. Denene brought Lisa Ramirez home and she stayed for dinner before leaving for the night.

Denene was promoted to Surgeon and helped Justine celebrate her toddler birthday.

With smart milk and a thinking cap Justine learned a nursery rhyme in no time before Denene had to swap places with Andrew so she could earn more skills for her next promotion.

Her career reward comes in very handy for mechanical skills.

Andrew is best friends with his daughter on Friday.

Denene got a promotion to Medical Researcher.

Andrew found an infestation of cockroaches in his front yard and quickly zapped them before they could spread.

He cried for some time afterwards.

Denene keeps wishing to see a shooting star and I nervously allowed it until the wish was fulfilled- but no longer. :D

On Saturday having the weekend off our couple went Downtown to buy some new winter clothes.

Having the urge for a baby (and new clothes) they woohooed in public- unsuccessfully on both the pregnancy and the subtlety. 

Walking to a different clothing store they tried again...

Baby chimes were heard and no Mrs Crumplebottom in sight. Or anyone else. :)

That night as Denene was holding Justine Andrew had sense that they were not alone... he was right as Betty's ghost had come through the wall. Luckily she didn't scare anyone.

Ah, Denene was taking Justine to her cake- Happy tween birthday. 

The bedroom had a bright makeover.

Justine got a new hairstyle which she found hilarious.

On Sunday Justine was the first to leap into the air at the sight of even more fresh snow.

She stayed outside building her snowman until her fingers and toes were quite blue.

One of her birthday gifts was a kiddie oven, the result wasn't quite what she'd hoped for.

Thankfully her dad had made pancakes which must have turned her mum's stomach!

Andrew had invited Jacob and his dorm mates over for the day.

Denene was outside when they arrived but ran quickly indoors to throw up.

Justine enjoyed a game of chess with her half brother.

Later everyone sat down to dinner, it was nice for Andrew, Denene and Justine to get to know Jacob's dorm friends William Parmeley, Melody Tinker and Sandy (Sandra) Roth. A lovely day was had by all.

Much later after she'd settled into bed, Denene awoke and spun into her Maternity pjs.

and later still Catherine Viejo's ghost came a' haunting... still missing her hot chocolate. :)

Summary-

A great round- it was nice that the next generation of Viejo is here to keep the house going. 

Betty's ghost went upstairs a lot and walked through a lot of beds but she didn't disturb Andrew or Denene.

Catherine's ghost doesn't come inside, she just floats around her old garden dreaming of hot chocolate.

D. J Verse- Senior year

 

We've moved from Strangetown's college S.S.U to Veronaville's college, La Fiesta Tech where DJ has just completed her Junior Year.

You may remember last time that I changed DJ's aspiration to Family as she kept rolling Family wishes. She wishes to be a Celebrity Chef one day.

Joining the girls in the Greek house this round are Zoe Zimmerman and Jasmine Rai. Already living here along with D.J are Sarah Love and Jessie Pilferson...

along with the newly graduated Monica Bratford. All 4 original girls are in their final year. Monica had the urge for pizza straight after her final, final exam hence the boost of aspiration upon her return, that was for graduating, and not for getting pizza. :D

This time around I've decided that each college student will learn at least one skill from the bookcase during college, more if they wish for it. Monica just learned Physiology which should help keep her in shape after eating all that pizza.

Family sim Sarah Love learnt parenting, that will come in handy when she has the family she longs for after college.

The girls take a break to enjoy some relaxation and chatter in the hot tub.

DJ not only enjoys the Garden but loves making pottery and is pleased upon receiving a Bronze badge that she can now make tea sets.

Later Monica utilises her newfound Physiology knowledge to max her body skills while the other girls get their assignments done.

Monica also added 'Parenting' to her list of skills... who knows what the future may hold?

A potential love match for Monica is the Bartender Stephan who she is quite taken with.

Sarah asked a new friend to pledge.

It's time for Monica's graduation party!

Monica had the best party, campus police stayed well away and she had her final picture with bestie Jessie.

Not sure what is going on in the background! :D

Early the next day DJ got her Bronze garden badge, she can finally plant something other than tomatoes!

Romance loving Jessie invited her 3 bolt friend Mickey Dosser over.

DJ had Allyn McCarthy move in after her pledge period ended.

Another Family sim, Allyn wishes to reach her Golden Anniversary one day, and she loves Nature.

DJ was the last of the remaining three originals to finish the semester. One left until college is all done for them!

She invited her boyfriend Guy Wrightly over to celebrate!

Jasmine got off to a great start by completing her Life time wish to have 20 best friends! It's a shame she doesn't have a physical memory stamp but I'm sure she will never forget. Her new LTW is to become Captain Hero one day.

Allyn is very taken with Shaun Lawson. They have 2 bolts.

After confiding to Jessie that she secretly likes boys with blond hair Jessie offered him a makeover and the rest, as they say, is history. Another 3 bolt couple.

The girls went downtown to get Allyn a phone and had a fun night chatting -more amongst themselves to be honest. DJ did meet the local Vampiress.

Allyn learned Parenting like all good family sims do. :)

The girls spent an evening all studying for something, Zoe just learned Fire Safety which should help her keep her cool if fire ever occurs.

Allyn was whisked off to the Secret Society lot, she was pleased that she would see Shaun again though.. 

but when she got there some red-headed tramp was chatting him up!

oh dear, there was much slapping and shoving and now they can't stand each other, made worse by the fact Allyn was wearing smart glasses at the time.

Once back home she told the girls all about her evening and how her whole future may not be quite as planned out as she thought!

Talking of plans, while it seems the 'game' has destined Sarah to be with Matthew Hart (they have zero bolts) she actually has 3 with the Llama mascot Jerry Ternynck and now they are best friends.

Later that night DJ is the last of the originals to Graduate! Yay.

Sarah Love was first, she graduated with a 4.0 in Biology and may I say grew up into the most hideous combination outfit I've ever seen. :D

In keeping with her original blue shade of clothing I changed her into this once she'd moved back to Veronaville.

Jessie spun into this dress, and while not matching her original colours I didn't find it offensive enough to worry about for this round, so off she went. Incidentally considering Jessie barely went to class or did any actual work she scraped by with a 3.7 in Psychology.

But of course this story is about DJ and so she got her well deserved (4.0 in Literature) Graduation party.

It was a full house with the Greek house guys coming along as well as the other student house with the Davis brothers, Klara Vonderstein et al but it was her good friend Monica who had come (along with Sarah and Jessie) back just for the party and for DJ's final college picture.

So DJ said goodbye to the Tri Fruhm Sorority but we won't be, as we'll be back later this round for Zoe Zimmerman's turn!

Keeping her 'green' theme going DJ sits and contemplates marriage.. but to who? Guy? We'll find out next time! 

Summary- Always a fun round in college but this time quite a study heavy year- I realised I'd been quite lax with the girls' actual skills so got them all working hard as well as the 'extra' skills.

Extra skills they learnt-

DJ- Parenting, Silver badge in Pottery, Bronze in Gardening.

Sarah- Parenting & Fire Safety.

Monica- Parenting & Physiology.

Jessie- Physiology.

Zoe- Couples Counselling & Fire Safety

Jasmine- Fire Safety.

Allyn- Parenting & Bronze Garden badge.

Next it's off to Riverblossom Hills to visit the Viejo family.