Beau

Beau was at university getting to know Sandi Burton.

To his surprise, she proposed to him.

He accepted.

After only two semesters at university, they both decided to drop out.  Time went extremely slowly at uni.

Beau moved into a small house, and Sandi followed.

Sandi met Beau’s new sister-in-law, Dustin’s new wife, Lena (now pregnant).

Neither Beau nor Sandi have got jobs yet, or arranged the wedding.

Brandi grows older

Brandi seemed not to worry about Dustin’s divorce or that her grandson was now living in the equivalent of a trailer.  She was actually looking for jobs, now that the twins were older.

Hamish seemed very upset, though.  Leod was very good in consoling him.

No other Sim parent has ever done this before so I was impressed.  What a nice dad.

Leod got very cold while practising a speech in the bathroom, for some bizarre reason.  The roof fully covered the room, so I’m not sure why he got frozen.  He warmed himself up by the fire.

Although it was winter, the whole family seemed to like being outside.

All the kids got on well.

Finally Brandi and Leod’s birthday came around.

It was also time for Bobby to head off to university.

Brandi’s grandson, Dillon, meanwhile, didn’t seem too happy with his new life.

Postscript to the upheaval

Sarah and Dillon moved to a trailer down the other end of the street.

It was pretty small inside but at least Dillon still had his own room.  Sarah met some neighbours and she seems happy.  Dustin tends to hang around though.

But Sarah shoos him off.

Brandi was upset when she heard about the breakup.

She worried about her grandson.

However, Dustin was now happily married so there would be more grandchildren, but Brandi wondered if she would ever see Dillon.

Leod wasn’t at all worried.  He had just been  promoted to city councillor.

Developments at Dustin’s

Dillon was a pretty calm kid.

He was potty trained,  he could walk and talk.

It’s unfortunate then that when his birthday came around he was apparently in a bad mood or dirty or hungry or something and “grew up badly”.  Bugger.

(He’s got his mother’s mouth.)

Or perhaps he was crying for a different reason.  Who’s that woman?  Well…

Dustin met an attractive blonde.

Her name is Lena, and she made herself at home, much to Sarah’s disgust.  She flirted with Dustin.

Sarah looked accusingly at me for introducing this woman.

After the initial shock, Sarah didn’t seem to mind.

But she did.  She gave Dustin his marching orders.

Dustin tried to plead with her.

But no, she was adamant.  After a bit of crying…

Dustin left, leaving Lena still there.  Lena wasn’t budging.

So Sarah packed up and left, with Dillon.

She returned to kick over the trash can a few times…

but Lena was around to pick it up again.

With Sarah gone, Dustin was free to move back in and get to know Lena way better.

He doesn’t muck around.

While Dustin was at work the next day, Lena had the house completely renovated, to make room for a driveway and car, which Dustin had always wanted.

The kitchen and Dillon’s bedroom had to be demolished to make way for the driveway.  The house was built up instead and the master bedroom is now upstairs.

Inside, it all looked very different.

The previous entrance area was now the kitchen with the dining area further down.  A spiral staircase leads up to the bedroom.

A side door leads to the car.  There was now a proper lounge area.

The kid’s bedroom is behind the lounge.  The bedroom (with ensuite) upstairs:

Lena redecorated as well, replacing some of the furniture.  She hasn’t got round to replacing the bed yet.  Needless to say, Dustin got a surprise on his return home.

Dustin no longer wanted to be a cop.  He’s changed careers, wanting to get into business, so now he’s a mail ‘technician’ earning a lot less.  Lena got a job as a desk sergeant, earning more.

The couple had a quiet wedding in the backyard (which will be next on Lena’s project list).

(A workmate is the only witness.)

How will Brandi react?  What happens to Dillon?  Stay tuned.

Bobby grows up

Bobby and Sheila seemed to get on well.  Perhaps Hamish is jealous.

He has the odd tantrum, does Hamish.

Leod was a good dad.

He tries his best anyway.

Oh yum, burnt omelette

Leod likes fishing so his cooking will improve.

Bobby’s birthday soon came around.

He started high school the next day.

Looks like the garden needs some work.  Brandi’s onto it.

Life’s pretty sweet.

Beau at Sim State

I was just focusing in on the dorm about to go down a floor when Beau looked out to see the rain.

I didn’t expect any movement and there he was coincidentally.

Anyway, after a visit to the campus shops, he doesn’t look quite so nerdy.

He met a new girl.

Her name’s Sandi.  Beau got his first kiss.

She’s studying philosophy.  Beau still hasn’t declared his major yet.

Dillon grows up

Seems Dustin’s place had the same sleeping sickness.

Dillon had his birthday.

He looks a bit weird.

Between them, Dustin and Sarah taught Dillon to walk on that first day of being a toddler.

Dustin brought a workmate home one evening.

She’s quite attractive but Dustin’s not interested in her romantically.  He does need a friend though to get a promotion.

Life at Brandi’s

There appeared to be some sort of sleeping sickness at the household.  Bobby was sitting on the floor talking to no-one, seemingly while asleep.

But he wasn’t tired at all.

Whatever it was, it was catching.

Sheila had the same problem.  They were both cured by actually sleeping.

Brandi taught Hamish to walk,

while Leod taught Sheila to talk.

Beau was worried about his zits.  He thought perhaps that was why he didn’t have a girlfriend.

Maybe he would find someone at uni.  Unlike Dustin, Beau was lucky enough to go (but without a scholarship).

He looks a bit of a nerd though.  That might change.

Leod learned to cook desserts and was showing off to no-one.  He managed not to set fire to the place.

And then it was the twins’ birthday so soon!  Sheila grew up happy.

But Hamish didn’t.  Brandi had taken too long in getting round to changing his nappy and he was filthy.

Bobby has another day before he grows to a teenager.

Life at Dustin’s

Dustin and Sarah now had enough money to enlarge the house a bit and make a proper lounge area.

Dustin still didn’t have the car he wanted but that meant major rebuilding to fit a driveway in.

Then he discovered what he feared…

He was about to become a father.  Sarah’s tummy grew..

until, of course, she had the baby.  Dustin was relieved it was only one, after hearing about his mother’s birth to twins.

Dustin now had a son.

They called him Dillon.

The twins grow

Brandi was more relaxed with the babies now the others were grown

And before she knew it their birthdays came around.

However, the changing took time and Brandi went to bed.  Leod was already sleeping.  So it was up to Beau…

First Sheila

then Hamish.

Leod finally woke up and headed down to celebrate… a bit late.

It was time to build another bedroom and a place to put the stereo and computer to prevent waking the babies all the time.

The extra rooms were built upstairs.

The littlies fought over the bottle

Hamish won that round.