Hi and welcome back to the MacTavishes!  As you can probably see, we are now officially in the Third Generation!  Exciting times!  In other news, the past week as been particularly news-worthy for myself, but this is a blog about a pretend family, not a real one, so that’s enough said.   I did however take the opportunity to re-install windows and TS3 whilst waiting for the results of the heir poll.  So yay!  And I didn’t lose the MacTavishes!  Double yay!

Pascal:  “Awkward silence*

Chance:  *Determined eating*

So guys it’s the big day.  Are you excited?  Guys?  Onwards then…

On your marks!  Get set!  GO!!! 

Somehow I don’t see a lot of money to be made in gambling on Gnome-Racing.  They may start at the same point, but where they end up is anyones guess.

Just to make everyone that little bit more jittery, one of the ghosts decides to make the coffee jittery. 

Still that didn’t stop the family from getting to the church on time.  As promised a quick peek at the insides of my custom marriage ceremony place.  This is the long end, where there is prettiness to surround the newly married couple.

This is the bar where they can drown their sorrows.  On the other side is some toilets, for delicate nervous tummies.

And because it is inevitable that someone will starve to death during the ceremony, here is an outdoor eating area added onto the side of the building.

The view is rather nice if I do say so myself.

The lot is 15×20, so I managed to fit in quite a bit while sticking mostly to traditional building conventions.  But enough of my leet building skills, time to see what the family is up too!

Griselda:  “Awww.  My babies are getting married.  *sniffle*

Griselda promises to be an entirely different breed of Mother-in-Law to Kaylynn.

As you can see, this is almost completely a family affair…with the exception of the wedding crasher Walter Grisby (You can tell from the nose)

Sorry buddy, no bridesmaids here, they’re ALL brides today.

Pascal:  “Ma chere, it feels like only yesterday you chatted me up with your crazy stories…Now, with most of my youth behind me, I am the ‘appiest man in life.”

Bliss:  “You are my life, my fate and my heart.  I am glad to be your wife…FINALLY!”

First up is Pascal and Bliss, they have waited LONG ENOUGH!  Finally they are man and wife.

 Next up Chance and Betty.

Chance:  “I can’t wait to spend the rest of my life with you!”

Betty:  “I know, I’m so awesome!”

Chance finally gets his kissies now that they are wed.

Finally, we come to the babies of the family, Destiny and Maximus. 

Maximus: “Yay!  I’m a real grown-up man with a wife now!”

Destiny:  “This is a solemn and serious occasion Max…D’you wanna make out now?”

Maximus:  “‘Kay!”

And with this last PDA, the children of generation three have all found life-long happiness!  Go them!

 This is just to show you how crowded the party got.  I think I’m going to have to remove the seats, seeing as none of the guests used them anyways.

Oh, also.  Where is Griselda?  (Yes, she’s in the photo…)

 Aww their first dance as husband and wife.  Sweet…although this is one time I miss the ‘slow dance’ from TS2

Pascal:  “Zis..Zis is so beautiful…where is my wife?  I must make kisses with ‘er now!”

Yeah to be honest, I’m not sure where Bliss is…there are too many sims! 

 Weston isn’t so cute now he isn’t a little boy…but you can sure tell he’s a MacTavish!  He has also inherited Kaylynn’s love of vigorous cardio work-outs.  Don’t know if your cousin’s weddings is the right place for it though.

Chance:  “Yeah baby!  I’m the Heir… Look at my serious Heir face!”

Chance won the heir poll with 48% of the votes…Gratz Chance.

 Bliss:  “It’s nice to just sit back and relax… Don’t have to worry about anything any more…mmm cookie.

Destiny:  “I know, when we move out, we’ll be set for life!”

The girls seem rather pleased with the outcome however.

Once the ceremonies had been completed Griselda snuck away to enjoy the echoing silence of her huge EMPTY house.

Griselda:  “Well of course I did, I’m too old to party now…”

There is no such thing as too old for a girl who held a party to welcome her first-born into the world. 

Pascal:  “Uh… could you have not waited until private time to merge your essences?”

DestinyMaximus: “SILENCE MORTALZ. WE SEE ALL AND KNOW ALL AND WE ARE NOT AMUSED.“

Please don’t ever do that again you guys.  It’s creepy. 

 Speaking of creepy…

Too many cookies huh Bliss?

Bliss:  “Oh please, standing next to Destiny is enough to make anyone look like they’ve gained weight in the space of an hour or so…she’s so skinny…b*tch.”

Okay, I’ve heard that women often gain weight after marriage, but that’s kinda silly don’t you think?

 Chance:  “So art makes Chance angry.”

Betty:  “Chance better change his tune if he wants more than kissies tonight.”

Yeah.  Guess who is really wearing the pants in this relationship.

I inadvertently did something BRILLIANT!  What you ask?  I placed the trampoline between the graves and the rest of the house, and now, the ghosts all gravitate towards that rather than waking up sims and generally getting up to no good.  So brilliant!

Also, everyone must see a flying robot ghost before they die.  Else their lives will not be complete.

*Heavenly Teddy Bear Choirs*

Bliss:  “Ah that’s better.”

I heard that the Body Sculptor gives awesome lighting, so I tried it out for myself.  It is awesome lighting! (And quicker and easier than getting Bliss to work off those cookies.) 

This shot is as good as any to formally introduce the Newest Mrs MacTavish.  Betty is a good unflirty virtuoso workaholic artist, who enjoys classical music, cookies and the colour pink.  When she married into the family she wanted to be a Hit Movie Composer JUST LIKE CHANCE!  but the first opportunity I got, I changed her lifetime wish to ‘Master of the Arts’ which is better for everyone.  And seeing as it isnt’ a career related wish, I made her become a teacher…The teenaged boys of Riverview will thank me for that later.  Although I could have made her a self-employed artist…hmmm.

Dallas Shallow:  “Teehee!  The back of the bistro is totally more fun than the front…even if it is shady and a little dubious.”

You learn something new everyday…Dammit I just wasted todays learning :(.

I know it is the front of the house, but look!  Cars!  Cars we stole from the crazy kids who just moved in.  Betty bought the Black Evasion, and Max bought the Yellow truck thing.  They also bought about 10k cash…ooops.  Ah well.  That is like a day or twos work for Marsh and Griz.

 Destiny:  “OMG!  Check out what I married!  A fireman…and he’s mine AAAAALL mine!”

Seems like someone cannot believe their good luck.  Nice to know Max’s new job meets Destiny’s exacting standards.

 Betty:  “My husband is so dreamy now…*sigh*”

Yeah I gave Chance a bit of a make-over, as fun as spiky hair is, I really liked the way all the different colours in his hair looked with this hair cut.  It feels like the right hair cut for him.  Oh and Betty really does love Chance.

See? 

Also, I was wondering why I was getting such a deja vu vibe from Chance, then I noticed his nose…and his hair and thought, he kinda reminds me of Crispin Glover…kinda…in a squinty way. 

Marsh:  “…and that son is where babies come from…” 

Maximus:  “Eh…”

The main reason this photo exists is so that I have something to point too when Destiny and Max DONT HAVE ANY KIDS!

 Guess what?

No.  It is a masterpiece!  And the final one Griz needed in order to complete all of the painting challenges.

Yes it is a masterpiece, just Max is totally awesome and blinked.  It is ALL his fault.

Betty:  “Must educate children…”

Actually according to your job description you’re wiping snotty noses and cleaning up their vomit and stuff.

Betty:  “Education is no joke!” 

*queue slow motion running…*  No wait, Max fails at that, so he must be fast-motion running. 

Maximus:  “There is a fire…I can sense it.”

You can smell the smoke?

Maximus:  “No, my ears are tingling.”

Things just don’t make sense to me in the Sim world. 

Sadly however, I have Twallan’s story progression, which doesn’t seem to recognise the need for more than one firefighter…So Max gets to drive the big truck all by himself on his first day!  Awesome!

Ocean:  “AaaaaRRRHHH  FIRE!!1!1!!!”

Fire, indeed!

Maximus:  “Never fear!  Fireman Max is here!”

Never fear Ocean, your Nephew-in-law will save the day!  Doesn’t he look awesome however?  I can’t wait til I can try out the fireman profession for real.

Meanwhile behind the flames…Oceans second son…uh…dammit one moment…

MEANWHILE behind the flames…Oceans second son DAVIS, plays in his crib unawares of the unfolding drama.

Brain (Yes Brain, not Brian):  “Thank you Uncle Max for saving my house and my little brother.”

Maximus:  “It’s all part of the job kid.”

Brain:  “He’s so heroic!”

Bob Newbie:  “Curse my teen-aged body, and it’s inability to win back my woman…we are destined to be together…”

Betty:  “If you snooze lalalala. You will lose ladedadeda.”

It appears Betty is quite happy with her fate thank you very much Mr Newbie.  Then again, at this point in time I have 8 sims in the house, so she hasn’t been forced to pop out babies yet.