Patience
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Marty and Marcie's Story
Marty, Marcie and Mark moved into a vacant lot and I built a house for them.
https://s5.postimg.cc/czac1makn/FTM_MartyAndMarcyHouse001.jpg
This house will not be in my studio because I built it after I started adding CC and mods to my game.
Mark was still a teen and he had a difficult time adjusting to his new life in Dragon Valley. Consequently he spent many evenings having Time Out in a corner that be soon got to know very well.
https://s5.postimg.cc/wq2k7hkav/FTM_Mark001.jpg
Marty and Marcie are a very loving couple and made much use of their Fixer Upper Car that they restored together soon after arriving in Dragon Valley. Consequently it wasn't long before they added twin girls to the family.
https://s5.postimg.cc/70rxdn287/FT_Marcie.jpg
The girls were named Matilda and Muriel.
https://s5.postimg.cc/kf509o8w7/MarcieAndMarty.jpg
The little girls took a long while before they met their five, much older half siblings; the now young adult children their father, Marty, had from his first marriage to Patience. As a matter of fact, the babies were born when their niece and nephew were already children.
Mark turned out to be a very caring and attentive big brother and helped raise his little sisters. This was fortunate due to Marty and Marcie's propensity to spend as much time as possible autonomously having fun together in their restored Fixer Upper Car.
Soon it was time for Mark to age up to young adult.
https://s5.postimg.cc/oktp0tatj/Mark_Ageing_Up.jpg
Mark and Marty enjoying cake
https://s5.postimg.cc/qdwlp4w07/MarkAndMarty001.jpg
Graduation day arrived and the whole family went to his graduation together.
https://s5.postimg.cc/utf0ue8ef/InTaxi.jpg
https://s5.postimg.org/y1o3l6k1z/InTaxi2.jpg
Arrival at City Hall
https://s5.postimg.cc/o5n0lje9z/ArrivingAtGraduation.jpg
On the way home they got split up and Marty caught a taxi alone.
https://s5.postimg.cc/yoiewyrk7/Marty.jpg
At home again after the graduation ceremony Mark holds Matilda.
https://s5.postimg.cc/dqc8yvrpj/MarkAndMatilda.jpg
Marty teaches Muriel to walk.
https://s5.postimg.cc/mk35fzeo7/MartyAndMuriel.jpg
Marcie rocks Muriel
https://s5.postimg.cc/9enn9vksn/MarcieAndMuriel.jpg
Marty and Marcie continued to enjoy their Fixer Upper car.
https://s5.postimg.cc/5zo212687/MarcieAndMarty002.jpg
While supervising and recording the details of the life of Marty's family, I saw the announcement of the impending marriage of Marty's eldest son, Henry to Siobahn Murphy.
https://s5.postimg.cc/5ye47n4ef/FTH_HenryWeddingAnnouncement.jpg
At this stage, I had no idea who Siobahn Murphy was. She was apparently a local Dragon Valley sim who Henry had met and decided to marry. I was busy with Marty and Marcie so decided to let Henry and Siobahn get on with their lives for now.
They have a large basement garden and Marty and Marcie had a private wedding next to their red tractor.
https://s5.postimg.cc/ygzde75zb/MarcieAndMartyWed.jpg
Toddler training continues for some time (as it generally does)
https://s5.postimg.cc/7svk34gsn/SkillingUp.jpg
With all of that activity going on in the Fixer Upper Car, it wasn't long before Marty and Marcie extended their family further with the arrival of twin boys. Matt and Miles.
https://s5.postimg.cc/3l9yluu4n/FT_Marty002.jpg
At this point I was allowing the game to hyphenate family names of sims when they married. I soon discovered I could't edit those long names and decided to do the traditional thing and have the wife take the husband's name and rename their children accordingly.
https://s5.postimg.cc/hg894bojr/MarcieAndMarty003.jpg
Then it was time for the girls to become children.
First it was Muriel's turn to blow out her birthday candles...
https://s5.postimg.cc/ke57y0w7b/MurielAgesUpToChild000.jpg
....and age up
https://s5.postimg.cc/sxolvs4jr/MurielAgesUpToChild.jpg
Then it was Matilda's turn
https://s5.postimg.cc/545cqu0p3/MatildaAgesUpToChild.jpg
https://s5.postimg.cc/4iqy8bz7r/MatildaBirthdayGirl.jpg
https://s5.postimg.cc/notkxwm4n/MurielAndMatilda004.jpg
A few extra pictures of this little family
One day, after school, Matilda visited Patience's house where she met Captian, Patience's pet dog.
https://s5.postimg.cc/j1eso10xz/MatildaAndCaptainAtPatiencePlace.jpg
Baby Miles enjoying a swing
https://s5.postimg.cc/ffs9x3lzb/MilesSleepingInBabySwing.jpg
Mark at the fair
https://s5.postimg.cc/oc3211clj/MarkAtTheFair.jpg
Time to leave this little family and tend to another needy household.
I have ageing turned on for the town and the time for each life stage is set to the maximum possible without using a mod to extend it further. The babies will age up after 10 days and then they will be toddlers for 150 days. I plan to be back here before the baby boys age up to be children.
Next chapter will be another of Marty and Patience's children who has gone and found herself a husband without my assistance. Henry and Siobahn will need to get along together alone as it is quite a long time before I manage to make sure they are doing ok in their new life together.
Part of the fun of this game is what happens while I'm not controlling them. That's why I have so many households in play that I only control occasionally. This allows unexpected things to happen as it does in real life.
Marty, Marcie and Mark moved into a vacant lot and I built a house for them.
https://s5.postimg.cc/czac1makn/FTM_MartyAndMarcyHouse001.jpg
This house will not be in my studio because I built it after I started adding CC and mods to my game.
Mark was still a teen and he had a difficult time adjusting to his new life in Dragon Valley. Consequently he spent many evenings having Time Out in a corner that be soon got to know very well.
https://s5.postimg.cc/wq2k7hkav/FTM_Mark001.jpg
Marty and Marcie are a very loving couple and made much use of their Fixer Upper Car that they restored together soon after arriving in Dragon Valley. Consequently it wasn't long before they added twin girls to the family.
https://s5.postimg.cc/70rxdn287/FT_Marcie.jpg
The girls were named Matilda and Muriel.
https://s5.postimg.cc/kf509o8w7/MarcieAndMarty.jpg
The little girls took a long while before they met their five, much older half siblings; the now young adult children their father, Marty, had from his first marriage to Patience. As a matter of fact, the babies were born when their niece and nephew were already children.
Mark turned out to be a very caring and attentive big brother and helped raise his little sisters. This was fortunate due to Marty and Marcie's propensity to spend as much time as possible autonomously having fun together in their restored Fixer Upper Car.
Soon it was time for Mark to age up to young adult.
https://s5.postimg.cc/oktp0tatj/Mark_Ageing_Up.jpg
Mark and Marty enjoying cake
https://s5.postimg.cc/qdwlp4w07/MarkAndMarty001.jpg
Graduation day arrived and the whole family went to his graduation together.
https://s5.postimg.cc/utf0ue8ef/InTaxi.jpg
https://s5.postimg.org/y1o3l6k1z/InTaxi2.jpg
Arrival at City Hall
https://s5.postimg.cc/o5n0lje9z/ArrivingAtGraduation.jpg
On the way home they got split up and Marty caught a taxi alone.
https://s5.postimg.cc/yoiewyrk7/Marty.jpg
At home again after the graduation ceremony Mark holds Matilda.
https://s5.postimg.cc/dqc8yvrpj/MarkAndMatilda.jpg
Marty teaches Muriel to walk.
https://s5.postimg.cc/mk35fzeo7/MartyAndMuriel.jpg
Marcie rocks Muriel
https://s5.postimg.cc/9enn9vksn/MarcieAndMuriel.jpg
Marty and Marcie continued to enjoy their Fixer Upper car.
https://s5.postimg.cc/5zo212687/MarcieAndMarty002.jpg
While supervising and recording the details of the life of Marty's family, I saw the announcement of the impending marriage of Marty's eldest son, Henry to Siobahn Murphy.
https://s5.postimg.cc/5ye47n4ef/FTH_HenryWeddingAnnouncement.jpg
At this stage, I had no idea who Siobahn Murphy was. She was apparently a local Dragon Valley sim who Henry had met and decided to marry. I was busy with Marty and Marcie so decided to let Henry and Siobahn get on with their lives for now.
They have a large basement garden and Marty and Marcie had a private wedding next to their red tractor.
https://s5.postimg.cc/ygzde75zb/MarcieAndMartyWed.jpg
Toddler training continues for some time (as it generally does)
https://s5.postimg.cc/7svk34gsn/SkillingUp.jpg
With all of that activity going on in the Fixer Upper Car, it wasn't long before Marty and Marcie extended their family further with the arrival of twin boys. Matt and Miles.
https://s5.postimg.cc/3l9yluu4n/FT_Marty002.jpg
At this point I was allowing the game to hyphenate family names of sims when they married. I soon discovered I could't edit those long names and decided to do the traditional thing and have the wife take the husband's name and rename their children accordingly.
https://s5.postimg.cc/hg894bojr/MarcieAndMarty003.jpg
Then it was time for the girls to become children.
First it was Muriel's turn to blow out her birthday candles...
https://s5.postimg.cc/ke57y0w7b/MurielAgesUpToChild000.jpg
....and age up
https://s5.postimg.cc/sxolvs4jr/MurielAgesUpToChild.jpg
Then it was Matilda's turn
https://s5.postimg.cc/545cqu0p3/MatildaAgesUpToChild.jpg
https://s5.postimg.cc/4iqy8bz7r/MatildaBirthdayGirl.jpg
https://s5.postimg.cc/notkxwm4n/MurielAndMatilda004.jpg
A few extra pictures of this little family
One day, after school, Matilda visited Patience's house where she met Captian, Patience's pet dog.
https://s5.postimg.cc/j1eso10xz/MatildaAndCaptainAtPatiencePlace.jpg
Baby Miles enjoying a swing
https://s5.postimg.cc/ffs9x3lzb/MilesSleepingInBabySwing.jpg
Mark at the fair
https://s5.postimg.cc/oc3211clj/MarkAtTheFair.jpg
Time to leave this little family and tend to another needy household.
I have ageing turned on for the town and the time for each life stage is set to the maximum possible without using a mod to extend it further. The babies will age up after 10 days and then they will be toddlers for 150 days. I plan to be back here before the baby boys age up to be children.
Next chapter will be another of Marty and Patience's children who has gone and found herself a husband without my assistance. Henry and Siobahn will need to get along together alone as it is quite a long time before I manage to make sure they are doing ok in their new life together.
Part of the fun of this game is what happens while I'm not controlling them. That's why I have so many households in play that I only control occasionally. This allows unexpected things to happen as it does in real life.
