Newsflash

VF: 1 - Cullen Family

Let's see... not much to announce today for the Cullens. For the first time in the Hale-Cullen family, a little boy was adopted last night. I believe his name was Stephico, but I didn't like that. I changed it to Sean. And Carlisle left for college today. Rosalie is at level 5, and Emmett is at level 4 in their careers. Rose and Em are 43, Julian's 17, Moira's 15, and Sean is now 8 (he was 3 when I adopted him).

Some cute shots below, including one of the family eating while Sean turned off the stove - but it could look like he's mad that there's not a sixth chair. And a pic I just got of Julian and Moira working out together in the laundry room. I think I also got one of the whole family celebrating a promotion.

VF: 2 - Ackles Family

Um, did I tell you all about Grace? -sigh- I really must start looking at my last posts before I start a new one. Grace the second child of Rowan and Melinda. At the moment, Rowan and Melinda are 37, Selene is 9 and Grace is 7. I've been trying to make them have another child, but they just don't seem willing to give me a grandson. They argue each time, and have done the dance three times! Rowan's a little weak right now. I think he was sick all night. I cured him when I logged on, but it's been at least eight hours and he's still weak. No fruit in the store yet.

In the second pic, Melinda's doing aerobics, Selene is getting attention, Grace is dancing to the radio, and Rowan is ignoring all of them by reading the newspaper. lol. Actually, the shot of Grace was taken later and pasted over the shot of the other three. I thought it looked cuter with the whole family doing something in the living room. ^_^

VF: 3 - Potter Family

Zia died when she was 66 and Joseph was 17. I figured since it was only one or two game years - and Joey was old enough to take care of himself - I'd let him live there 'til college then hand the house over to James. However, I got a little shock when I logged in a few minutes ago and found the Joey had adopted an orphan girl into the family. Originally named Pixie, I renamed her June. She's 3 and Joey is 18. It's kinda sad, knowing he'll be going off to college in a few minutes and she'll be left alone. At the moment I've got him repairing the workshop wall for James. Honestly, I think I'm really falling for Joey. But I still know that James needs to get the house to keep the Harry Potter theme going, so when Joe leaves, I'm going to move on to the next generation. I'd like to imagine that he raised June by himself while going to college or something. ^_^

VF: 4 - Winchester Family

Dean moved into the house yesterday. He's a food critic (personally, I think of him reviewing burger joints like Guy Fieri - from the Food Network) so I upgraded the kitchen for him. After that, I accepted his first proposal. The girl is perfect for him! Because I like her so much, I named her Anna (season 4 girl). They had a little boy first. He was named Tonic, so I shortened it to Tony. When Tony was 5, they had a little girl named Luce (I added a Y when she was 2, so it's Lucy now. she the redhead in the below pics.). When Lucy was still a baby, Dean and Anna adopted a little girl named Soonania. I didn't like her name though, so I shortened it to Nia. Now Dean's 35, Anna's 33, Tony's 9, Nia's 5, and Lucy's 4.

VF: 5 - West Family

All I have to say is that Eclis was the best of his siblings. I adopted him, he married the first woman to propose, and then I made them have a baby a while later. That baby turned out to be three - triplets on the first try! Girls. Felina (to be renamed Lina), Elsa, and Roxy. The girls are 3 now. Eclis is 28. And Akiana, his wife, is 29. I'll post the adoption and family pics in my next post.

NOTE: Before I go to bed tonight, I'll be pausing all five of my games and I won't be unpausing them 'til next Monday at the earliest. I apologize to everyone reading this blog and following my families, but VF is really consuming my life right now - it's taken me nearly two hours to write the post and check on families, for example. I'd just like a week to get things on a regular schedule again. Thank you for you patience. Good night.

Decisions, Decisions...

VF: 3 - Potter Family

A fair bit has changed here. When Zia was 52 and Logan was 53, a little orphaned boy came knocking on their door. I just didn't have the heart to turn him away. I was only able to restrain myself from making them have more when their three went off to college because I knew Zia didn't want kids and Logan was a maybe. But adopting was different... at least in my strange mind.

Anyway, Joseph (named by me) was 3 at the time. And even though I was lucky enough to have James who looked like a part of the family while he was adopted, Joey has blond hair. I can't hide that! Anyway, Logan died yesterday at the age of 59. Little Joey only had six years with him. Zia was 58 or 9 at the time. She's now 62 and Joey's 14. I hope she'll be able to last 'til he goes to college. He won't be getting the house, but I'd hate to see him left alone.

VF: 4 - Winchester Family

For the same reasons I explained above, I couldn't bring myself an little boy when he came to John and Mary's house long after Sammy went to college. They were both 61 at the time. I named the boy Adam (watch season 4 of Supernatural and you'll know why). Unfortunately John died when he was 63, and Mary died a year after that (I absolutely love the quote they gave for her). It's been a few game months now and Adam's 7. I keep trying to cheer him up, but he's still a bit blue. And now the dryer's on fire. I'm not even sure if he'll be able to make a snack to eat. So ... I think it's time I start the next generation. Sadly, that means Dean will be moving in and Adam will grow up and leave. But it has to be done.

By the way, I just found an old pic of John and Mary fixing the workshop wall with Katie and Laura. I'm not sure if I ever posted it, so here it is!

VF: 5 - West Family

Again, not much to report here. Stephen got a letter from his big brother. Right after that he wrote me a letter, and then, as he was helping me clean up the house, he disappeared off to college, dropping the remote and leaving his elderly parents to clean up a big mess! Balun's 58 and Calla's 57.

I'm a Grandma!

VF: 2 - Ackles Family

Well, there's really now way to sugar-coat this. I died. At least, my virtual counterpart did. Lizzy died at the age of 64. Jensen was the only one still in the house at the time, he was 61. He was depressed for a while, but I eventually got him happy again. He lived four long years without his wife and almost made it to Master.

When Jensen died at 65 (hey, he lasted long enough to give me the last age trophy!), I scrolled through the adoption papers (taking pics for y'all, of course), and chose Rowan to inherit the house, despite my fondness for Haley because she looked and acted like her mom. Rowan was 26 when I adopted him, as you'll see below. His first proposal I didn't think was suitable, so I rejected her. I upgraded the office for him, btw. When I woke up this morning, Rowan was 28 and I knew I had to be quick about finding him a good wife. Unfortunately his second proposal didn't meet my requirements either ... or perhaps I was just being a little picky because he's my virtual son.

Either way, third time's the charm. Cocoa was her name, but I changed it to Melinda. Doesn't she look like Jennifer Love Hewitt? Well, because Rowan had a sister named Jennifer, and I didn't want to go with Love, I named her after JLH's character Melinda Gordon in the tv show Ghost Whisperer. At the moment, Rowan and Melinda are 30, and their baby daughter, currently named Spell, is almost 2!

EDIT: Melinda just let go of Spell. I renamed her Selene. Melinda also got an email promotion - that puts her and Rowan at level 2 in their careers!

Moving On

Sorry for the lack of updating yesterday. My computer was messing up, and that affected my blog controls and picture-taking. By the time it finally sorted itself out, I was just too tired to write.

VF: 1 - (Hale) Cullen Family

So ... a lot has happened since I posted last. Jasper finally died at 62 - same age as Alice was when she passed. I took pics for you of all the kids' adoption papers. I have to admit that I was a little surprised that two of the five (Brandon and ... was it Iris?) were at a higher career level than the rest. And after all the play cooking Heather did, she didn't even go into that field!

Anyhow, I chose Rosalie like I said I would. She's an inventor, which makes me mad because I could have upgraded the workshop for Alice and Jasper after all! But I did it for her. Her first proposal wasn't anything great. I rejected him. The second one, however, I thought had great potential for Emmett. I can't remember what his name was originally. At least I got the "Marrying for Love" trophy. Together Rose and Emmett fixed the fountain, because I already had the pump from before Jazz died.

So they had a baby very quickly. It was a boy, which I was a little disappointed about at first, until I realized I actually needed a boy to carry on my Twilight theme. His name was Brunetto, but I changed it to Carlisle. Once Rose was on level 3 of her career (advancing much faster than her parents, due to workshop upgrade, I think) I let her have another baby. Stephico, who I renamed Julian. When Carlisle was about 5, and Julian was almost 3, Rose and Emmett finally had a girl! Margila, who was later named Moira thanks to a suggestion from terriblytweet over on Twitter. Rose and Emmett have tried twice to have another child with no success. I won't try again.

Currently, Rosalie is 34 and at level 4 career. Emmett is 34 and at level 3 career (though making a little more money than Rose). Carlisle's 11, Julian's 8, and Moira's 6.