Money Money Money : Round 8

Simoleans at a glance:

Round 8                         Cash on Hand                       House Value

Skin 1:
Stonegate                          §26,095                              § 37,405
Lindt                                  §98,195                              §128,651

Skin 2/4:
Phan                                  §49,280                              §67,540

Skin 4:
Gallant                               §61,804                             §81,400
Benet                                 §58,990                             §78,683

The Lindt's have a solid lead which unless they all die ( hey it has happened in other players games ! ) I am thinking they will be the emperor family.  Pity that the Stonegate's have been plagued with such tragedy - first they have 4 girls which obviously will not add much to the family pot, then one of the 2 boys dies in a childhood fire and the only other son is left to live on the family farm thus missing out on that bonus other boys received for starting their own lot. I had a lot of fun playing this round. It seemed to go so fast which I really enjoyed and generation 3 has started with more sims to come in the next round ! 

Tesime - Round Eight : The Phan-Benet chapter

Another round of the picture fairy stealing my snaps ! I apologize for the shoddy updates. I must be too excited to get to the next family lol

Ping Phan made it to adulthood slightly ahead of his dear girlfriend Frida who still had a couple of days to go. Hopefully they will still be as in love with each other when they can do something about it ! I really cant wait to see what their kids will look like ! Juno Stonegate and Frida were the same age and loved to get together to share the latest village gossip. Girls will be girls after all! To entertain himself Ping would stretch before playing hide and seek with the wolf.

Phan-Benet: Ping and Frida

Tesime population : 38
16 boys 12 girls

10 lots

Tesime - Round Eight : The Lindt-Stonegate2 chapter

What the heck happened with this family?? I go to my folder to grab their pictures and this is all that is there !! Well this update is going to be short.

Gideon and Juno are still teenagers, getting to know each other and working the family farm. Can you believe I got the genie again?! Thats at least 3 families she has stopped by now. Hopefully the next round will have more to report. Hope you are all doing well with your challenge !
Lindt-Stonegate2: Gideon and Juno

Tesime - Round Eight : The Lindt-Stonegate chapter

Like children I know we are not supposed to favour our sims but how can I not love this couple ? They are gorgeous and life seems to be going along so well for them ( bloody hell did I just jinx my fav family to a life of tragedy? ) ! Liam and Summer aged to adults and as with Jorn and Violet Benet ( nee Gallant ) they couldn't wait to be joined. ( I don't get it, Summer is a family sim so why the red glow around the ring? ) Anyway that didn't stop them from consummating the marriage and right away poor Summer had a terrible bout of morning sickness. Since Violet was in the family way as well, the new wives discussed everything to do with marriage and being pregnant. Crops don't harvest themselves so pregnant or not Summer had to pitch in. This probably helped her when it came to birth which is a good thing because lo and behold they welcomed twins ! Two adorable little girls who they named Ericka and Abigail Lindt. ( I don't force twins so I am always soooooo surprised and excited when I actually get them ! Do twins run in sim familes? I just realized that the Stonegate's had the first set of twins )
Lindt-Stonegate: Liam, Summer, Ericka and Abigail

Tesime - Round Eight : The Gallant-Benet chapter

The Gallant-Benet's were all about together time. As teenagers they were enjoying the new freedom that came with living on their own lot. Of course the chores still had to get done but they didn't take much time at all. Because they lived close to the sea, Annalise found some sea sponges that helped her clean around the hut while Basil, out hunting bugs one day, found some new squigglies that made fishing a breeze. In the twilight they would lie in the grass and look up at all the stars, play the new game of Tesime Finger Trap or hide and seek with the wildlife.
Gallant-Benet: Basil and Annalise

Tesime - Round Eight : The Benet-Gallant chapter

Time flies when you are having fun so the saying goes ! Finally our first teenagers, Jorn and Violet, have aged to adults ! This means all the flirting and wooing can now finally lead somewhere. Not wasting any time the couple vowed to love and cherish each other and sealed the act with shell rings they found on the beach, a romantic kiss and of course a round of well deserved woohooing. Violet liked to keep up her looks for her new husband. After all it wouldn't look good to have him stray since they are still newlyweds. They spend their evenings cuddling and dancing under the stars and being in love. Before long the couple is delighted to have a baby on the way ! Jorn pays special attention to Violet and the new bump making sure they are both entertained. When Mother in Law Belle Benet drops by the women bond while talking about all the good things in life.

Benet-Gallant: Jorn and Violet

Tesime - Round Eight : The Phan chapter

Here we find Oringo who is looking mighty adorable as he ages into a child. Those new skins of Pooklets are cool. There may be 3 teenage boys in this family but Mykelti, the youngest, had the moves ! Skye Gallant could not help the butterflies that appeared when he was around. They had spent some time getting to know each other when we last visited with the Gallant's and this continued this round. Soon cupid was shooting off his bow and the pair had fallen in puppy love. All that cuddling was the precursor to a full on smooch and the world seemed to stop when their lips met. Brother Hasan, while still single in spite of being an older brother, was taken with the sweet Skye and wished his brother well. Cimon thinking of the future figured Skye would make a great addition to the family. Plus she had really great child bearing hips !
Phan: Cimon, Ashanti, Manchu, Hasan, Mykelti and Oringo

Tesime - Round Eight : The Lindt chapter

One day while Jeremy and Abner were fishing by the pond, a very strange old lady appeared. After the burglary attempt on the Benet's they were suspicious and grabbed a rope hoping to catch her. In spite of her age she was too quick for them and disappeared into a mist. They had heard the old wives tales about witches, soothsayers and sorcerers etc and while it was part of their culture they had never really paid it much mind.

Samuel saw something glittering in the sunlight and went to investigate. It was a golden lamp but of course never having seen one before Samuel had no idea what it was. When he bent to pick it up it got warmer in his hands and a purple smoke appeared. When it cleared a genie was before him and said he would grant Samuel a wish ! Samuel thought for awhile and said since his family had grown so much he would love to help them out. So he wished that the Lindt family would never have to worry about having enough food and could care for their families. Out of the air appeared a bag filled with dried fish ! Since cash wasn't invented yet they could use this to feed themselves and to barter with other families for things they may need. The family was very surprised when fish kept turning up all over the lot ! The genie had indeed blessed their family. As Shoshana aged to a teenager she hoped this would mean a suitable mate could be arranged for her.
Lindt: Samuel, Rebecca, Jeremy, Abner and Shoshana

Tesime - Round Eight : The Stonegate chapter

Trouble never seemed to be far from the Stonegate's front door. Food stocks ran low and hunger threatened the family. Not only the humans were having this problem though, as animals began to hunt closer to the village for the first time ever. While trying to catch some butterflies one afternoon Dawn got too close to the edge of the forest and a momma bear jumped out and grabbed her. Dad Jared ran to get his fighting stick but by the time he got back to where Dawn had been she was gone for good. Jared and April were devastated by the loss. They never thought they would be as sad as when they lost Cruz to the great fire but they were wrong.

Older brother Marcus tried to spend more time with May hoping it would ease her sorrow. Mom April on the other hand felt that stretching and moving around would be her cure. This was the first recorded case of using yoga and jogging to ease depression. Of course the jogging might have been her way to ensure she could outrun any future bear attacks !

April came across the ghost of her youngest son Cruz one night. Marcus heard her scream and thinking it might have been another bear rushed to scare it off. Unfortunately it was him that got the scare ! There in the road between the hut and the ocean stood what looked like a man but was covered in hair like an animal. While it looked dangerous it did not make any attempt to attack so Marcus watched it for awhile. The manimal was startled by the ghost of Cruz and ran off. Thus legend of Big Foot began.

Stonegate: Jared, April, Marcus and May

* I have never encountered Big Foot in my game before so this was a shock ! Have you ? What does he do? *