Bethany – The Cruz Family

Chapter 2.7- Midlife Crises

October 8, 2016 by samanthaohalloran, posted in Gen 2, La Sola, Sims 3, The Starling's

Being Adults, Beth and Leo are always worrying about their looks, Leo constantly looks for wrinkles and Beth loves to work out

Conner decided to do some painting

The bathroom upstairs was in shambles, Beth had to fix the bath, sink and toilet and clean them too.

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Caitlin celebrated her eighteenth, she is Socially Awkward and wants to master Three Skills. She moved out to start her adult life. She moved into a Two-bedroom house taking the family funds down to 40,000 simolens.

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Bethany got a promotion and the lower floor of the house was extended so the family wouldn’t have routing issues no more. She also achieved her lifelong dream.

Leo decided to make snow angels

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Conner went and took a fishing class

He also went to learn more about fairies

He found a lake that wasn’t frozen over and did some fishing. He caught three anchovies and a red herring. He didn’t know why he couldn’t be having fun like this learning skills instead of the waste of time that was school, he wouldn’t make his own children go if they didn’t want to.

Leo cooked some dinner and improved his cooking skill

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Conner is now 18 and ready to take over the family legacy. He is a workaholic and wants to be a famous chef.

Chapter 2.6- Future Plans.

October 1, 2016 by samanthaohalloran, posted in Gen 2, La Sola, Sims 3, The Starling's

Bethany and Conner chatted some more about his plan when he takes over. He still wants to be a cook and also plans to have a big family.

Leo is now best friends with Darth and spends a lot of time socialising and caring for him

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Darth is bringing a lot of money home now that he wins most of his races

Bethany has improved her athletic skill

She also improved her cooking skill

Bethany got promoted

She fixed the sink again, I wonder who keeps breaking it

She worked on her garden, her new plants have been doing really well.

She took the kids to the fall festival but it was raining and they didn’t do much

Caitlin and Bethany played chess together

Beth and Leo celebrated their adult birthdays

Beth got promoted

Chapter 2.5-Goodbyes

September 24, 2016September 24, 2016 by samanthaohalloran, posted in Sims 3, The Starling's

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Beth tried out her dad’s old workout bar and after falling a few times soon got the hang of it.

Conner loves to play with the dolls house

He had a chat with Beth and found out he is the heir. He says he wants to be a world famous chef.

Leo did some training with Darth

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Beth got a promotion and decided to go into the classical side of the music career

Marcel died outside his workplace after a full day at work

Anabel died in the bathroom, Farewell founders, you will be missed

Bethany planted some new produce when her old trees and plants became barren

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The kids both got on Honour role

Conner likes to pretend to explore the earth

The family had lots of fun at the festival especially with skating, Conner did fall down at first but got back up and tried again.

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Caitlin became a Genius as a teen.

She ran out to tell her baby brother she was a teen, he just smiled and looked at the ground

He then ran outside to play in the treehouse by himself

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Beth got another promotion

Conner also become a teen and is a natural in the kitchen.

Chapter 2.4- Family Bonding

September 17, 2016 by samanthaohalloran, posted in Gen 2, La Sola, Sims 3, The Starling's

Bethany decided a family breakfast was in order and mixed some apples with the batter with the pancakes, She hoped her family found it tasteful too.

She then worked on her garden so more good quality produce would grow for her family.

Look, the kids finally were both asleep at the same time,

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Caitlin was soon a child and rolled the workaholic trait, how a child can be a workaholic beats me though

Leonard enjoys riding Darth around the town

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Leonard entered Darth in some races and won some prize money

He loves spending time with his son even though Conner looked nothing like him, he loved playing aeroplanes, his sons laughter was the best

Caitlin seems to think he she was the queen and loved playing royal court

Beth had to fix the bath and the two sinks after they broke

Caitlin also loves to play the drum

Beth and Leo still find some fun for themselves

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Conner became a child and is quite Ambitious.

Leo and Ana played kicky ball in the front yard

Chapter 2.3- Becoming a Family

September 10, 2016 by samanthaohalloran, posted in Gen 2, La Sola, Sims 3, The Starling's

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Marcel and Ana are still as romantic as ever and don’t let their age stop them having fun in the Igloo.

Beth was about to nap in that same igloo when she went into labour, everyone was out so she cycled to the hospital where her son was born. She named him Conner, Despite being born on a cold winters day, He is a Friendly boy who loves the heat. She then took him home.

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He was about a year old, when Caitlin was dropped at the doorstep with a note.

Dear Bethany Starling

Hi, I was just sixteen when cat was born and she’s nearly two now and I am finding it hard to cope. I see you with your son and he’s so happy and fed. I have no money so Cat hardly eats. She is an easy going child, Exictable and a heavy sleeper. I am returning to my parents but they won’t take cat, bring her up as your own please and don’t try to find me,. There was also some official papers naming Beth and Leo as her parents and another paper giving up parental rights.

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Caitlin was a curious child and loved acting out with the dolls in the dolls house

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She even liked to play the drums.

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Bethany also purchased an empty lot near the bench and created a lovely place to fish.

The kids were growing too, Little Conner was now sixteen months old, he had red skin, blue eyes and his mums hair.

He was a real daddys boy and loved when Leo was home from his races and competitions to play with him.

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Marcel reached the top of his career

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Bettula got enaged.

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Darth gained a new trait

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Darth was doing well, he even was a stud

He did some races too

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Bethany got promoted. She now searches for new music stars for her company.

Bettula had triplets and Beatrice had a son.

Chapter 2.2- Careers, Marriage and Babies.

September 3, 2016September 3, 2016 by samanthaohalloran, posted in Gen 2, La Sola, Sims 3, The Starling's

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Upon returning, Beth uploaded her cv and received a few job offers. She took the job as band manger and hoped one day to lead her own orchestra.

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She then converted the spare room at the back of the house into a mini greenhouse and that was where she started growing her food.

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She quickly called Leo and invited him over to visit.

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Her garden started doing well and would soon start producing food.

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Leo came over and despite only being apart for about a week, they quickly got reacquainted,

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They also had a quick but cosy marriage and Leo joined the starling household.

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He had always wanted to be a jockey and horseman so headed down to the local stables and bought a male horse called Darth.

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Beatrice called, She was now in a steady relationship with Shawn.

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Leo started training Darth for races

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Beth found out that she was expecting her first child.

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Her garden was doing really well and her fridge was well stocked with healthy home grown ingredients.

Chapter 2.1- Two Years of Experimenting and Learning

August 27, 2016 by samanthaohalloran, posted in Gen 1, Gen 2, La Sola, Sims 3, The Starling's

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Bethany packed her suitcase and headed off to University to study fine arts.

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She was invited to a bonfire that very first night and that was where she met the love of her life Leonard Shelly despite the fact that they were opposites, he woke up at the slightest noise where she could sleep through anything.

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