Chapter 1: The Tale of Raelyn & Dante

(As a pre-cursor I have to explain, for some reason when I loaded my software, Riverview didn't load right. There was no school in the town, so we reloaded it and I transferred the family to the "new" Riverview - in doing so, apparently a lot of the paintings the family did - came out with big question marks instead of what it had been. So I'll have to get rid of them and start over with that. Howver I didn't notice it until I had taken the photos.)

Dante D'Ambrosio is Italian, his wife Raelyn is Irish... the both have other stuff mixed in of course, but that is the biggest chunks. Dante and Raelyn met, of call places - online. Raelyn was afraid that he wouldn't really want her, and she put all of her sorid past out there, on how she dated this guy in highschool, and found out at the age of 15 that she was pregnant, the father of her twin boys wanted nothing to do with them, and she hadn't heard from him since she was pregnant. Raising the boys as a single mom hadn't been easy, but she thought she had done a good job. He didn't care though, he loved kids and was excited to be a Dad to a couple of little boys. They had moved into a small house, and he became "Daddy" to her boys.

Raelyn' all about reading, writing and nature. She loves her garden, the beautiful enviorment, and getting her hands dirty in the Earth, to not only provide fresh food for her family, but to also contribute to the better-ness of the World. Raelyn is a very natural girl. She'll get down and dirty, she'll even fish, if she has to.


Dante is a gamer, he loves his comptuer and if he could, he'd game and drive. Since it wouldn't be a good idea, he doesn't. Being the gamer he is he got an idea for a game, and developed it, took it to some companies, and made a ton of money. After the first one, he ended up doing a few more. He has his silly side, his childish side, but he can be very serious too. He also loves nature and working in the garden with his wife. He loves to jump in the pool with his kids, and go fishing. Since neither he nor Raelyn need to work, they get to focus on their family. Raelyn wants to write though, and he has been encouraging her ....

... between slapping his butt while running through the garden sprinklers anyway...

Their oldest children, legally adopted by Dante, twins Braxton Dante and Brayden Gio are in highschool. Braxton is the brains, Brayden the brawn. Brax thrives in school and does very well. He's a 4.0 student and is pushing his way to be Valedictorian of their class. Brayden however is struggling. Braxton helps him to an extent, but he gets frustrated, won't even do homework next to him since he thinks that his brother is going to copy the answers he's put down. Braxton is just as competitive in academics as Brayden is on the game fields.

Many many years later, after Dante made all his money with his games, they talked about having more kids. Raelyn had put the thought of ever having more kids out of her head after the pregnancy with the boys, let's face it, being a teenager and pregnant isn't easy.. and it had just never returned. The thought of having more babies grew from a tiny seed to a hot ball of want. They were still young enough.

They had built this great house in a nice small town where everyone knows everyone. The boys were going to a great school, and she was starting to think about sitting down and trying to write a book when she got the flu. Well, she thought it was the flu. Several weeks later she went to the doctor, and taking some tests to check her blood for various things, the doctor came back in with a half cocked grin on his face and said that it wasn't the flu, but a longer lasting bug... something like a parasite. Confused, her heart sank, and she thought she was seriously sick. When the doctor broke out into a full smile and said "Raelyn, stop fretting, it'll go away in 9 months!" She burst into tears.

Several months later they did an ultrasound, and much to Raelyn's shock and horror, followed immediately by ecstatic joy, it was announced there were two heartbeats.

A few months later, Mia Rae and Molly Rain joined their family. Now they are toddlers walking and talking up a storm. Just over two they are potty training too. Before we know it, they'll be heading off to grade school!

Mommy holding Molly, with Mia playing on the floor.
Mia loves to hide in the toy box and pop out trying to scare everyone. She'll peek and peek and peek and then suddenly POP out!
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Much to their surprise, they found out yet again that they were pregnant. This time once the nausea and drag you down tiredness hit her, she sorta new. So she got a home pregnancy test, took and cried in the bathroom when the two pink lines showed up. She waited a few days until everything was perfect and slapped on a coupld of "Big Sister" shirts on the girls, and let them announce it. Their older brothers caught on right away, but Dante pulled a "they aren't big sisters, they are little......." then the light bulb went off. "No," he said. "No way" ... sure enough. Once it was confirmed at the doctor, he was jumping for joy. Like the 5 pregnancy tests she took over the weekend just to prove it to him hadn't been enough. A few weeks later they had an early ultrasound and found out... TWINS AGAIN!!! Two tiny little sacs with fluttering hearts.

They welcomed Max Harrison and Mason Tanner into their family a few months later.

Their house may not look the grandest from the outside, but Dante doesn't want to draw a lot of attention to their wealth. He's not one of those "rub it in your face" type of guys. But once you see the inside, you can just feel it. Not just the wealth of comfort, but the wealth of love that the family holds.
The main floor ....
A: Living Room
B: Library
C: Master Bedroom
D: Master Bathroom
E: Entry Room/Dining Room (all open through to the Library)
F: Hallway
G: Nursery
H: Entertainment Room
I: Garage
J: Downstairs Bathroom
K: Kitchen
L: Work Out Studio
M: Green House

The Nursery has a divider. There is an area for the babysitter (or Nanny) to spend time close to the babies.

The below pic should actually be labled Entry Area/Dining Room, Living Room, Library...


One side and back half of the house
And the other side.... the $3,110 is what Dante was playing for bills... ouch huh?
Raelyn tending to her garden early in the morning while the boys get an early swin before school.
Dad decided to join in of course.
The upstairs ... which actually only covers half the house yet. They have room to expand if they need to.




So what is in store for the D'Ambrosio family? Will they end up with another set of twins if they decide to have more? Especially since the older boys are about to graduate from Highschool and move out on their own. Will Raelyn ever start her dream of writing novels? What will Dante do next? How will the little ones grow up and what kind of trouble will they get into?

Guess we'll just have to see!!

McCaden Family - Chapter 1

(I'm taking a note from Genz and labeling them "chapters" now - great idear there dear)

The McCaden family starts out with Hannah and Phillip McCaden. They moved into a small house in Sunset Valley. Highschool Sweethearts from a tiny farm town they wanted to move to a city, or at least one that was small enough to know most the people in town, but big enough that it had it's own school system. Being bused a half hour was no fun. Hannah inherited the farm and wealth upon the tragic accident of her parents. They were out celebrating their 25th Anniversary and were hit by a drunk driver. Her Dad was killed on impact, but her Mom had hung on for several days before she died due to complications. Being an only child, she got everything. Phillip asked her to marry him on her birthday, and they were married a few months later on Halloween. Very small ceremony, only a few friends and a peppering of distant family. Phillip, being put in foster care at a young age due to his mother losing her life to the fight of drug addiction, had no family either. They clung to each other.

They started out their family ... moving ... being found with some money Hannah trusted Phillip to invest to hopefully make more in the long run, and go from there. What they really wanted to was to work on having babies. After a couple of years, they found they had no luck at all. Hannah went to a doctor hoping for some answers, and was told she would have to start fertility treatments due to some issues she had.

Shortly after, they had triplet girls.... a few years later twins, and then was blessed with another shortly after the twins were born. Hannah likes to call the older girls her Trips, and the younger three her Irish Trips cuz they were 9 months apart, born in the same year.

After the triplets were born they realized they had to get more room. There was no choice in the matter, so they started production on their own house. Personally designed by Hannah and Phillip.



Main Floor
2nd Floor
Notice the room with all windows, that's the work out area.



Phillip has started a drinking habit the last few years. Hannah has noticed it progressively increasing, but hasn't said anything about it. Deep down though, she's gotten a little worried. He spends a lot of time fishing, which she knows that he loves, and she fully supports that.

Hannah has become a best selling author. She's written 4 books, and is almost finished with her fifth.
The older triplets are amazing. Each one has their own style but they are so much a like too. They are great in school, and love showing their smarts when it comes to telling Mom and Dad about everything they don't know, so they thing anyway.

LilleighBella, EllyannaRae, and KaetlynLea
The twins, LiamPatrick and LoganMichael are learning new stuff every day. They are on the verge of walking and talking and being potty trained. Mom & Dad's favorite time of the day is when they get to sit down and read tot he boys.
LiamPatrick (above) and LoganMichael (below)
Then there is the baby of the family (so far) ... little MollyMorgan. She is always so bright eyed and taking EVERYTHING in. Hannah can just watch her and her heart melts.

Stay tuned to find out how this family grows ...

Rae Family ... The Beginning... to Now

Emma Rae is created as my first SIM in YEARS! So I quickly get back into things. Yes most my toons look somewhat like me (or my husband) unless they are game created of course. And after a little while, I discovered the wonderful world of cheats, and started using them somewhat to make my SIMS life a little less stressful and more more enjoyable. After all, can you really enjoy the SIMS when you have to go to work most the day and it takes you a half hour to pee? Time is PRECIOUS! When you can do nothing but work and meet your SIMS needs, what fun is it?

So Yes, I use cheats. Get over it!

Emma got reddish brown hair, and the traits of Lucky, Good Sense of Humor, Hopeless Romantic, Bookworm, and Family-Oriented.

Anyway, before I started using the cheats, Emma got a journalism job, because your life wish is to be a Professional Author. I figured it fit.

Then she met Leighton. Ooooooooooooooooooooooooh Leighton. And their story begun.

See, Emma was desperate to woohoo .. she hadn't woohoo'd since moving to Sunset Valley. Emma met Leighton at some party, and then he called her, much to her surprise. She thought, WONDERFUL!! I can get some action!

So Emma invited Leighton over, thinking he was awful cute with his bad boy rocker looks.

He accepted! YAY!!!

And then, he showed up with his son Sam.

Emma did something she didn’t quite expect so soon after moving to Sunset Valley. She instantly feel love.

So she asked if he was single, expressed her interest in him, and then after some flirting (okay a lot of flirting) … she asked him to go steady and then they woohoo’d. WHEW … was a woohoo relief! She needed that release.

Emma and Leighton went on a few dates, toured the theater together. They’d meet at the park.

Then she started wanting a baby. Every time they talked, it was brought up by both of them. So, she decided since he wasn’t taking initiation, she’d ask him.

So she got down on one knee and proposed to him.

Leighton, of course being as in love with Emma as she with him, said yes!

They quickly had a private wedding and Leighton moved in. Sam was still with his mom. So after the wedding, they immediately started to try for a baby.

And they were blessed with Liam.

Deciding that it was time to increase their house size, they started to put additions onto Emma’s tiny trailer, and pretty soon it turned into a big house. The Trailer was the Dining Room, Kitchen, Bathroom, and Emma & Leighton's room and that's it. The rest, they added on.

Their neighborhood

Leighton started to miss his son Sam. So at Liam’s birthday party, he invited his mom over hoping she’d bring Sam. But she didn’t. They got into a big fight in the back yard, and something horrible happened. Leighton’s mom died, right there, next to the swing set.

Ooooooooooh no!!!

They expected Sam to come to them (somehow) and searched around town for him, but couldn’t find him. For years they would search. Checking houses at night when people were home, hoping Sam would be there.

But there was no luck.

Emma and Leighton went on with their lives. Emma staying home writing books, following her dream, and Leighton advancing in his athletic career.

After Liam they had twin boys, Brayden and Phillip. Then another set of twin boys, Xander and Caleb. Then their SIXTH BOY, Max.

(Xander - awake and hungry - Caleb -cow skin bed - and Liam sleeping)

Liam, Brayden and Phillip had all grown up. Brayden and Phillip decided to move out, and across the street.

After moving out, Phillip went across the street… and met the neighbor. Her name is Erin Kennedy and she has a little boy named Vicente. Well apparently they got along rather well because Phillip came over and told his mother and father that Erin was expecting his child.

Oh my!

My first GRANDCHILD!!! How exciting!!

Shortly after, Emma found out she, too, was expecting. Oh my oh my!

So, a few days later she went over to visit Erin and Vicente, with her youngest son Max, to see how they were getting along, with her being so pregnant, and much to Emma’s shock, Erin went into labor. So while Erin labored Emma took care of Vicente and Max. And then it happened, Emma’s first GRANDSON was born. labored in her living room, with various people coming by and ringing her doorbell, Emma took care of Vicente.

Awwww… Erin named him Ramin.

Emma tried to invite Phillip over to see his son, taking Ramin outside. But Phillip kept walking away, apparently he and Erin were no longer getting alone, and Emma started to see why. The first thing after Ramin was born, Erin was letting anyone who came over (mostly guys) in and was dancing with him. Sure Emma was making sure the babies needs were taken care of, but she couldn’t stay there. She was pregnant herself! So while Erin partied away, Emma changed, fed and cuddled both Ramin and Vicente one last time, and took Max home – leaving Erin dancing away. Emma was sad, she couldn’t even put the babies in cribs, Erin had none. Where did the babies sleep?

Emma had her baby, or should I say babies!?!

Finally, after 6 beautiful boys, Emma welcomed her first girls into the house.

Twin girls, SophieRose and VictoriaLily.

Yay!! Pink babies!!

Emma with Sophie

After the girls turned into Toddlers - Sophie is in the crib and Victoria on the floor

So Emma went over to try to talk to Erin about Ramin and ask her to please let her see him, and Phillip to see him. Ya know a Mom, she's got to butt in. Erin was totally avoiding answering the door. But she was spotted through the window with Vicente! So Emma ran the bell a bunch of times, didn't stop. She was standing there ringing the bell from 5am to 10am. Now, at some point Erin came out with Ramin, put him on the ground for 2 seconds, yelled at Emma for ringing the bell so much, but then scooped Ramin back up and stormed back into the house, returning to completely ignoring Emma being at the door ringing the bell. So after talking to Phillip about it, Phillip decided to seek custody, and he won! So Ramin moved in with Phillip and his uncle Brayden.

Then something else wonderful happened! Emma found Sam!!! He had been adopted by a nice African-American family who lived by the ocean, and she immediately asked him if he wanted to move in with his brothers and get to know his long last family, and he did!

So now Brayden, Sam, Phillip and Ramin live across the street from their parents and siblings. Liam had invited his girlfriend Kaylynn to live in the house with them. He wanted to wait to woohoo until they got married.

Here they are having a family dinner ... Emma is on the left, then clockwise you have Kaylynn, Caleb, Liam, Xander and Leighton in his purple work suit

Of course, Liam and Kaylynn almost made it, but couldn't...

Just after all that happened, Liam threw a party on the beach, asking everyone to dress up all fancy. At the end of the party, he took his long time girlfriend Kaylynn Langerak on the beach by the ocean, and asked her to marry him. She of course said YES!!

Pic of the Party where he proposed ... if you can over on the right side of the photo, there is a lady in purple holding VictoriaLily... that's Erin Kennedy, Ramin's mom. To celebrate their engagement. Liam and Kaylynn went to the graveyard and decided to go through the catacombs under. This is how Kaylynn came out looking... oh my!! Then this young ghost came to chat, and at first, Kaylynn was hesitant, but after what she had just been through - why the heck not!?!? Then Liam came out looking just as bad as Kaylynn. They did a quick remodel on their house, Emma thinks it looked like trailer trash (because it started off as a trailer, they just did additions to it.) She still wants to do some more remodling to it.

Then they invited all they could for a wedding on the same beach. It was a beautiful day. The family of course was gathering first. Emma is in the red, Liam is standing by Sophie and Victoria is infront of Emma. Xander is talking to Max (in the white), and Phillip is next to Ramin (on the ground) but is walking away with Caleb to go play some football. Leighton had a game he had to go to, and Brayden had to work. The bride didn't arrive until just the ceremony, she was getting her hair and nails done, and getting dressed.

Emma and the family went home and found Leighton’s mom walking around the house. She watched Leighton practice guitar and then went to take a nap upstairs.

Now they moved to a house over looking the same beach that they got engaged and married at, and are expecting their first child! Sam found out when he happened across Kaylynn at the park when he was searching around trying to meet some women. They were playing chess and Kaylynn got up and ran off to the bathroom because she was sick. Oh poor Kaylynn.

Honeymoon Woohoo!!! Boy don't they look pleased with themselves? Some of their views of the beach where they were engaged & married Liam making drinks for him and his brand new bride to celebrate their brand new house Kaylynn playing a computer game Kaylynn jumping up from the chess game with Sam, sick as a dog... Expecting more Grandkid(s) soon!!

So here is the run down of the family ....

Leighton & Emma Rae
(from left to right) Brayden Rae, Phillip Rae & Sam Rae (Sam is the Oldest of all the kids, he's Leighton's from a previous relationship, Brayden & Phillip are twins who came after Liam) Ramin Kennedy ... busy chewing on the hammer for the xylophone (Phillip's son with Erin Kennedy - Emma & Leighton's Grandson) Liam & Kaylynn Rae


Xander Rae & Caleb Rae
Max Rae
VictoriaLily Rae & SophieRose Rae

Stay tuned for the announcement of Emma & Leighton’s next grandchild!! Will Emma & Leighton have more babies? If Emma has any say in it, they will, she wants more. Will Brayden, Phillip and Sam find nice women? Will Xander and Caleb graduate high school with honors? Will Max enjoy school as much as his brothers? Will Sophie and Victoria be the babies of the family???

So we leave Emma and Leighton teaching VictoriaLily and SophieRose to walk... YAY GIRLS! Emma with Sophie