Next would be Trent, but since he’s the Legacy heir and living in the main house, we’ll skip him for now and come back to him in the next update. So…on to Darren!
Darren spent most of his college years quietly studying at home, but in his senior year he ventured out more often (I guess he was feeling those “familial” urges). It was at an internet cafe that he met Christy Stratton, the love of his life.
Before he could marry Christy, though, Darren had to graduate.
After that momentous event, he wasted no time moving to Hazelton and asking Christy to marry him. Of course, she said “yes”.
They had two children (one of which turned out to be blonde), and adopted a third, Alvin. Here’s their portrait:
The Ravelos
Back row: Jayme (being held by Christy), Christy, Darren
Front row: Alvin, Felix
Of the next two kids, Cady was the first to graduate…
…but Arielle wasn’t far behind.
Despite having very different personalities, Cady and Arielle were the best of friends throughout college, and continued to be so after graduation. They were in no hurry to settle down, so they spent a few years enjoying the single life, zooming around downtown…
…spending what little money they had on the most fashionable clothes…
…and enjoying meals at the finest restaurants Rosebrook had to offer.
Eventually they tired of living in the fast lane and decided to slow down a bit. They bought a house in Hazelton and spent their free time pursuing husbands (although I’m sure they would have been happy to remain single if I hadn’t decided they were going to help Lauren get her 20 grandkids).
Cady hired a matchmaker to find her someone, but ended up with a few duds. In desperation she called up Marlee’s old boyfriend, Renaud Jitmakusol, and invited him over for dinner. Once he was there, Cady didn’t hesitate.
Seeing how successful Cady’s strategy had been, Arielle invited over one of her old friends from college, Geoff Parker (a CAS Sim).
Geoff was still in college but dropped out in order to move in with Arielle.
Cady and Arielle ended up pregnant at the same time, and both gave birth to boys. Not long after, they both got pregnant again, and gave birth to two more boys. Lots of boys in the Ravelo family!
Here’s Cady’s family portrait:
The Jitmakusols
Wesley (being held by Renaud), Renaud, Cady, Leif
And here is Arielle’s:
The Parkers
Geoff, Reece (another blondie! — being held by Arielle), Arielle, and Dano
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Aww.. Marlee has a nice looking family. :) And little Viola is gorgeous.. I love when they get the dark skin and blond hair naturally like that. Cady and Arielle I could definately see as swingin’ singles.. but I can imagine their families spending a lot of time together too. Ron does need someone to marry! He’s a hunk! :D Wonderful updates on the family.. can’t wait to see more! And I’ll love you forever if you do another Shanley update.
I really liked it when Cady and Arielle were living together as swingers! But their families are nice too. I don’t know why but I think that Cady and Arielle were my favorites of generation two. I adore that last picture of Leda and Sable! Even though I’ll probably miss Marlee and her letters and Cady and her temper, I’m really looking forward to the main house with Trent as the heir. And I really do miss the Shaneys! I’m even starting to miss Juan!
I really liked the whole holiday picture thing, it was pretty adorable. All the kids turned out cute, but why are their kids all blond? Geez.
Yay, Ravelos! The kids are really cute :D That must be one happy family! :)
Wow you sure have been busy with those sattelite families. Will you continue playing them or is this it?
The updates along with the family photos look awesome, I guess you got the holiday party pack too eh? :lol:
I realy enjoyed reading these storie’s.
Can’t wait for you next posted sory
I think you are a really good writer and i think one day you
should publish ur own book.
Cya
Go the Ravelos! And Marty looked a bit like that kid in Little Lord Fauntleroy! One question though, how in the heck did you get Marlee and her siblings through uni without going nuts??
Wow! I love all of them! I still feel like they ought to be growing up or going through college. (don’t I sound like an old person…hehe!) Marlee married again! My goodness! And all those children! I love the hairstyles, clothes and names you use for your sims, and I love the houses/settings they’re in too! Your photos are so charming! Hehe! Great job, thanks for the update! I’ll miss all of those people, but that would be a lot of people on whom to update us. Especially because I’d probably get interested in all the children too… ^.~
Hey! brillaint update Jen! You just insprired me to play sims 2 again! I’ve finished exams about a week now but didn’t really find any motivation to play it, but now your stories give me some ideas for my own game play :) so hopefully my blog will come out of haitus then! Can’t wait to see how your legacy holder’s going on the main house
Wow, it is kinda weird that most of the kids turned out as blondes. I noticed it and thought that maybe it had something to do with their mom being blonde. But you never konw with these sims. And i also noticed their eyes. They are all so beautiful. Ethan’s house is magnificent! And the clothing you picked for them are also beautiful. But for some odd reason, i think that Leda’s portrait and family look so cozy. And i noticed that you got the Season Pack! I beseech you to do the next update on Annabel Island with my lovely Braytons. I CANT live without them for any longer. :lol: Actually i can, but i would love for you to update on them. Trent can wait, haha. Cecily, i want to know what happend with Max Degroff( i think that is his name) and the kid that she had a fling with, and Samuel. There is so much going on with them, I just can’t wait for an update. But like always, it is what you would rather be doing and what you choose to spend your time writing the update on so..anything is greatly appreciated.
Janice! You’re coming back? Yay! I love your legacy! For a while there I thought you’d never come back! Though I should probably be saying so on your blog and not on Jen’s blog.
Awesome Jen! I love all of your family pics! I just got the Maxis Holiday Pack, and I can’t wait to make some Christmas updates with my Montgomery Legacy Family! I absolutely cannot wait for an Annabel Island update!!!! I love where that story was going!
Oh wow!! Awesome update Jen! I could never manage with so many families like you do. I like to have just a few at a time,you must have hundreds of families! All the Ravelo’s have lovely families now, and all that blonde hair IS interesting. My guess is, it came from Lauren, being the recessive gene. :)
I cant wait for more updates, your families always seem so nice !!
(Ive finally got my blog sorted now too, and have started a new legacy. Hopefully I’ll be able to keep this one!)
~ kath x
Hi and thanks to those of you who commented! I know it wasn’t much of an update, but it was fun to take all the pics, and I’m glad you liked them, too.
Audrey – I went into the Shanley lot the other night intending to play them for a bit and found that I they were in the middle of a remodel! I worked on it for a couple hours but didn’t finish — I’m too nitpicky, and I have too many downloads! But I plan on doing a Shanley update very soon.
PRMami – I doubt I’ll play the satellite families, mostly because I have so many other families I want to play, too (like my Annabel Island families), and there’s just not enough time in the day, as I’m sure you know. ;-) I might visit them from time to time — I’d like to see some of those kids grow up.
Scally – Regarding Uni, it wasn’t too bad getting Marlee, Ethan, and Trent through, since they were the first batch, and I was having fun writing their letters. Once they graduated, it became a total drag, since I was eager to just get on with the Legacy. I was determined to graduate all 10 from college, though, so I pretty much played them on double or triple-speed all the time. I’d try to fulfill a power want for them at the beginning of the semester, have them use the energizer, write a term paper, and then let them go on their own for the rest of the semester. That way they ended up passing, but I didn’t have to pay much attention to them. ;-) If I were to do that again, I’d leave them in the dorms since there’s always food, and plenty of townie Sims who can be influenced to do the unpleasant work. :-)
Eva – I worked on the Braytons last night, mostly building and decorating a house (which took up a regrettably huge amount of time) but I’m excited to continue their story, so look for an update soon!
Kath – Yay! I’m off to check out your new blog! :-)
JEN, what did I read – a SHANLEY update!! Geez, that would be so so great ;)
I’m so happy you updated after all, those pictures are more than magnificent, just marvelous. The Ravelos all look so extremely good! I’m totally thrilled to see that you got those 20 grandchildren together and that all of your Ravelos lead happy lives. I especially like Cady – she’s the prettiest of the girls I feel.
And it’s really hard telling all those gen 2 Ravelo boys apart, they look so similar! But after all, I just loved this update. PLUS – you named that little blonde boy Felix. Felix is my most favourite name of all – if I ever get a son, his name will be Felix, just love it ;)
I’m feeling totally christmassy with your wonderful update now. You also had your first snow? We had snow here in Germany on Friday.
Oh, and to all I must say I am really sorry that I am so – mute – in continuing the Morrigans, but at the moment I don’t know where my head is and I am grateful for every second of sleep that I find. Life’s so strenuous! Hardly playing the Morrigans at the moment, but I’m hoping for better days to come *lol*.
Keep going, I’l always be there to read. Oh, and I REALLY don’t mind that you quit NaNo in behalf of our beloved stories *g*. Keep it up, my Sim-Idol :)
Awesome update! Like the rest I got inspired: I think my next project is to play a family — and its consequent offshoots! Should be fun. :D Thank you for all the work you put into your blog, Jen! I check it as often as I check my comics, which should tell you something on how entertaining a read I find yours.
Mannnn, every time I read this blog, I suddenly want to go on a TS2 downloads spree, because your Sims always look so-gosh-durned nice with them. Maybe it’s the pictures’ nice-looking…ness (essence!?!), maybe it’s the Sims– who knows?!
Anyway– I missed reading this! :D
Everyone looks so nice and happy with their spouses. :D Maaaan. 20 grandchildren. Even if I was a family Sim, I don’t know if I’d ever want that. But if I was in a Legacy, someone would force it on me. XD And I’d be all waving to the screen, and going “eh? *sad face, sigh*” But, noo.
Legacy owners are so, so cruel. *swoon* (Me, I’m proud of it. >D)
I love Ethan’s house! Seriously, it’s sporking lovely. Andrea is smiling so much in those pictures. It’s sweet!
And, you know, wasn’t the mom blonde? Most of them probably got the blonde genes from her, you know?
It’s weird. I had a Sim with brown hair, who married an NPC with blonde hair, and they had four black-haired children together (my sim’s mom had black hair, so, *shrug*).
Then, one of them got married to an NPC that had red-hair genes, and had two blonde-haired children.
I guess that rescessive blonde gene is stronger than it seems. Hmmm.
Maaan, Kaylynn is busy.
*blink*
I kind of like Johannes’ Elvisness. Stylin’! Hip! Fan hysteria!
Aw, Sable is a cute name. It reminds me of Animal Crossing!
Which grandchild was born last, I wonder?
Looking forward to the next blog post! Whee~ *rolls around*
AAAhhhhhh. A new Braytons update. I’ve been waiting. :)
I love hearing where all the kids go after they move out of the house. Beautiful pictures, i liked seeing all the grandchildren. I like all the new christmas objects it really adds color to the pictures. After you get 20 grandchildren its going to be hard to keep track of all of them. :D
…TOO MANY CHILDREN D: MAKE IT STOP.
-love Mi.
Oh, no, Mieko! A WAVE OF BABIES! Look out! Look out! Oh, noooo…
*strums a ukulele*
Blu? I less than three your comments. Just.
Wow, 20 grandkids. That’s a lot.
Anyway, I’m glad that Marlee and Ethan and Darren and Cady and Arielle and Ron and Johannes and Stephen and Leda (phew…) are all getting along well, but I agree with Audrey, Ron needs someone to marry!
I’m looking forward to the next update.