Dear Mom And Dad,

Dear Mom and Dad,

Thanks for the reassuring call.  It was good to hear your voices, and to get your advice.  I invited Herb over right after we hung up.  He got here really fast and I was so glad to see him!  I told him everything. 

The worst thing of all happened tonight.  Someone broke into my house!  I don’t think they took anything, but there was definitely someone here.  I heard them bumping and banging around.  I called the police right away, but the officer came too late to catch whoever it was.  I spent the rest of the night tossing and turning, unable to sleep.  I finally got up to write to you guys.  I wish you were here...I don’t feel safe by myself anymore...

Your frightened daughter,

Florence.

🎄🎄🎄Merry Christmas from Bluewater Village!🎄🎄🎄 The formatting on the Christmas letters I just posted was truly awful, so I’m saving those for another time. (They were all jumbled together and I couldn’t get them to separate.) I hope you’re all having a merry Christmas (or just a good day if you don’t celebrate). I’m looking forward to another year of sharing stories and sims here on tumblr with all of you. ❤️❤️❤️

This concludes Round 3 at the Delarosa house!  Look below the cut for thoughts on this round, as well as some extra pictures.  Next up, the Tinker house!

The burglar breaking in was completely random and unexpected.  I opened the lot and had it on speed 3 because Florence was sleeping.  The robber took me totally by surprise.  Obviously, though, I ran with it.  I love the picture of Florence on the phone with the cops.

It also gave her a reason for a quickie engagement with Herb, which was something I wanted to do.  We’re on round 3, after all, and Florence hadn’t even gotten married yet! 

Because Florence was getting married, I recreated her parents in CAS and placed them in an alternate version of Bluewater.  Most of the round was actually played in that alternate Bluewater so that I don’t end up with William and Mary running around in the regular neighborhood when they’re supposed to be in Riverblossom Hills.  

To create the older Delarosas, I started with Florence for both of them and mixed her face with the face template the original William and Mary sims were apparently based on in the original Bluewater Village.  (I based that on the pictures of them on the Sims Wiki.)  I could have sworn I’d seen versions of her parents recreated by someone else, but I couldn’t find them when I looked.  (Admittedly, I didn’t look very hard…)

Naturally, one thing I had William and Mary do was help Florence with the garden.  This used to be their house, and they’re plant lovers just like their daughter. It was nice to have some additional gardeners.

Florence and her mom’s conversation in the clothing store was another spontaneous thing.  I now imagine that Florence is closer to her dad than her mom.  

Florence and Herb’s staged wedding happened at Hunter’s Park.  I tried to get good pictures, but, well…

Yeah.  Between the dip through the wall of the gazebo and the strangely-dressed townies, it was an interesting wedding. 

Florence had Breanna Custer for a bridesmaid, and Gilbert was Herb’s best man. I love these guys as friends.  I’m hoping that the Delarosas will play the same roles for Breanna and Gilbert when they get married.  (Also, Breanna looks really good in that Egyptian outfit.)

Flo and Herb’s actual wedding happened in the greenhouse, which I thought was fitting.  (They need some lights in there, though!  Whoops!) They didn’t have the fancy formal wear, but it was still a really cute wedding. 

And naturally, after the wedding (in either neighborhood), there’s the wedding night.  I love their photobooth pictures on the wall and the way they look at each other.  You can tell they’re just so in love.

We’ll have to see what that woohoo leads to next time, though.  (I’m pretty sure you can guess…)

Thanks for reading, and thanks for waiting so long for this round to post. I hope you enjoyed it.  (I’m writing this before it even posts, so I’m sure I’ll have replies to send as the round goes up.) 

Next up, the Tinkers, where I’m sure chaos will reign supreme.  What else can you expect with two pregnant sims who might have bought cheesecake, plus two toddlers and a child. Yay!?

Well, it’s late, and my hubby is waiting for me, so I’m going to sign off.  It really was great to see you guys for the wedding.  I’m hoping that we’ll have another reason for you guys to come visit soon enough.  I’ll let you know as soon as there’s any news.

All my love,

Florence

We all went out to Bernard’s Botanical Dining for dinner, so Mom and Dad could get to know Herb a little, and so he could get to know them.  Dad ordered champagne and toasted us, which I took as him giving us his blessing.  I think he and Mom would have liked for Herb to go up there and ask before he proposed, but it’s too late now!