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The Watley Family Story
yoursharona34
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YAY! Here it is! The first ever thread for my Simself family. 
This is the saga of the Watley Family.
LATEST FAMILY PIC
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The blog is the main source for the story:
http://watleyfamily.wordpress.com
Ever since Sims 1 (which I played to death), I've enjoyed playing Sims based off myself and my friends and family. I guess it just makes me feel closer to them in this little virtual world.
SharSim is the only one in that ^ pic who is real tho. 
And she is a much glorified version of me of course.
The chapter list is here: http://watleyfamily.wordpress.com/chapters/
I am going to echo what Asterravos has in her thread:
I love to chat.
This is the saga of the Watley Family.LATEST FAMILY PIC
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The blog is the main source for the story:
http://watleyfamily.wordpress.com
Ever since Sims 1 (which I played to death), I've enjoyed playing Sims based off myself and my friends and family. I guess it just makes me feel closer to them in this little virtual world.
SharSim is the only one in that ^ pic who is real tho. And she is a much glorified version of me of course.The chapter list is here: http://watleyfamily.wordpress.com/chapters/
I am going to echo what Asterravos has in her thread:
I love to chat.
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Generation One - Sharona’s Story
Beginnings, Part 1
Beginnings, Part 2
Beginnings, Part 3
Beginnings, Part 4: Alone in Starlight Shores
Beginnings, Part 5
Beginnings, Part 6
Married With Children / Rising Star
To come… I have loads of screenshots (hundreds… thousands??) but have never done updates for this era of time between Sharona coming back from Starlight Shores, her rise to stardom as a Vocal Legend, and marrying Garrick and having children. I will work on this section someday.
Generation Two - Jemma, Grayson, Tegan, Blue.... and More Kids
001 Family Pictures (06-17-12)
002 Jemma’s Child Birthday and Her Unicorn (06-19-12)
003 Tegan is Born (06-30-12)
004 First Big Gig After Tegan, and Adairna Jonso Cameos (07-19-12)
005 Family Picnic (07-27-12)
006 Jemma Shows Off Her Ballet to Thaddeus (07-28-12)
007 Sharona and Garrick Model New Clothes (08-15-12)
008 Grayson Turns Child and Tegan Turns Toddler (08-30-12)
009 Jemma’s Last Day as a Child (09-23-12)
010 Jemma Ages to Teen (09-25-12)
011 Jemma’s “Date” With Pudding (10-01-12)
012 Jemma Meets Stevan (12-01-12)
013 Family Recap, Jemma’s Room and Boys (12-16-12)
014 Bye August, Prom With Stevan (12-23-12)
015 Jemma and Stevan’s Prom (03-05-13)
016 Jemma and Grayson Consider University (03-29-13)
017 Grayson’s Teen Birthday (03-30-13)
018 Aging Cats, Memories and Family Photos (03-31-13)
019 Rain, Rain (04-02-13)
020 Summer Festival and Sad Cat News (04-05-13)
021 Day at the Beach (04-10-13)
022 Family Jam (04-12-13)
023 Family Announcement (04-20-13)
024 Jemma’s Special Surprise (04-23-13)
025 More Festival Fun (04-25-13)
026 Jemma’s Night Out With Mom (04-28-13)
027 New Visitors and The Magical Lights (05-03-13)
028 At the Club and Tegan Turns Teen (05-07-13)
029 Baby is Born! (05-11-13)
030 Kids are Growing (05-12-13)
031 Borage and Bot (05-16-13)
032 House Pics and Family Randomness (05-20-13)
033 oh deadmau5, you're so random (05-24-13)
034 Jemma's YA Birthday (05-25-13)
035 More of Jemma's Party (05-30-13)
036 Jemma's Grad and Baby Blue is Toddler (06-02-13)
037 Jemma's Adventures With Men (06-04-13)
038 Summer Nights at Los Sueños (06-05-13)
039 Random Necessities (06-07-13)
040 Cats Are Not Immortal (06-11-13)
041 Jemma and Stevan Love, Part 1 (06-13-13)
042 Jemma and Stevan Love, Part 2 (06-13-13)
043 Parallel Love (06-17-13)
044 Surprise! ...Or Not? (06-18-13)
045 Grayson's Turn (07-03-13)
046 Grayson's Adventures in China (07-07-13)
047 Tegan's Awesome and Amazing China Adventure (Part 1) (07-09-13)
048 Tegan's Awesomer and More Amazing China Adventure Sequel (07-09-13)
049 Jemma and Jovanna (07-20-13)
050 Grayson and Tawnya and Growing Up (07-25-13)
051 Shar's Recap and Garrick's Surprise (07-27-13)
052 Garrick Speaks (08-04-13)
053 Babies, Birthdays, Cats and Babies (08-11-13)
054 Garrick Thru the Ages (08-18-13)
055 If You Love Something... (08-18-13)
056 Tegan Goes to Prom... Kind of (08-29-13)
057 Let It Go (08-30-13)
058 And Babies Makes Seven (09-16-13)
059 Jemma is Moving On (09-23-13}
060 Some Things Gotta Change (09-27-13)
061 The Blue-Haired Guy, Part 1 (10-06-13)
062 The Blue-Haired Guy, Part 2 (10-07-13)
063 Shar Has a Bitta Fun (10-13-13)
EXTRA Family Pictures for Chapter 063
064 Jemma and Phoenix, True Love (11-22-13)
065 Jemma Has a Secret (12-14-13)
066 Jemma Tells (12-23-13)
067 What's Been Happening With the Rest of the Family (12-29-13)
068 Creepy Vamps and Tegan Gets the Boot (01-12-14)
069 Mushy Mushy Love Stuff AKA Engagement! (01-18-14)
070 Love and Dancing (02-20-14)
071 Blue's Prom and Jemma's Chat With Jaxen (02-21-14)
072 Talking About Baby Names... + Babies! (02-22-14)
073 Meet the Babies! And Ghosts and Stuff (02-28-14
074 Jemma's Epic Bachelorette Party, Part 1
075 Jemma's Epic Bachelorette Party, Part 2
076 Jemma's Epic Bachelorette Party, Part 3
077 Jemma's Epic Bachelorette Party, Part 4a
078 Jemma's Epic Bachelorette Party, Part 4b
079 Jemma and Phoenix's Wedding (04-05-14)
080 Official Wedding Photos, Jemma & Phoenix (04-05-14)
081 Jovanna's Birthday and Moar Babies (04-06-14)
082 Toddler Spam! & More (05-04-14)
083 Jovanna's First Chapter! (05-11-14)
084 Jovanna's First Kiss... Sorta (05-20-14)
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not finished, currently at 118. See Chapter List at https://watleyfamily.wordpress.com/chapters/
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Adairna Jonso by yoursharona34 (Jonso Legacy)
Vandeen Jonso by yoursharona34 (Jonso Legacy)
Eddie Starr by Mikezumi
Krisztina by krisztinavalo777
Shae Roque by Buffyspiker
Sunny Flower by Sunflower
Borage Montigo by TheNay83
Flannery Dove by AnonymousMiss
Phoenix Severus by Lenei13
Threads and Legacy Stories I'm Reading
A Dove of a Different Color by AnonymousMiss
Chasing Rainbows by Arrowleaf
Montigo Legacy by TheNay83
The Danevbie Legacy by sErindeppity
Twisted Color by fruhurricane
Until Death Do Us Part by Yimiki
Nova Park by Lenei
Adams Family ISBI by Mikezumi
V's Walk of Life Challenge by VRStevenson
Cleroux Family by Asterravos
My Other Legacy Story
The Party People by yoursharona34
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Chapter 06-12-12 Family Pictures
This was the family as of summer 2012. Garrick holding Grayson the youngest, and Sharona with Jemma. Jemma is turning child tomorrow...
Lil' girlie.
Here is Grayson having some breakfast:
Shar trying to teach him how to talk:
And Garrick being flirty, as he does.
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I really do need to check out your whole story. I seem to be doing things in random pieces. I will get there!
Zumi and the Winchester Brothers
The Watcher's Caretaker - A Limited ISBI
No worries, you've seen most of the recent stuff anyway. There's not much here yet. I'm putting the last chapter up in the G.D. thread.
Thanks for popping by.
Zumi and the Winchester Brothers
The Watcher's Caretaker - A Limited ISBI
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Chapter 06-19-12 Jemma's Child Birthday and Her Unicorn
It was time for my beautiful firstborn Simdaughter to age to child!
We were so happy that our ex-butler Thaddeus came to the party. There he is blowing his horn. (And don't mind half-naked Donald Bergman in the background blowing I-don't-know-what.)
There she is with the sparkles.
And here she is with her cute new hair. Some kinda weird thing going on with her mouth there, I don't know what. Maybe she was licking her lips too much and they got sore..LOL.
And she likes her cowboy boots.. she saw those in the CAS store and just HAD to get them. So I let her because, well, she's Eccentric.
Here she is reading books on mommy's new MultiTab.
Shortly after she aged, she rolled a possible Lifetime wish of mastering painting and writing. (SharonaSim writes, and daddy Garrick paints, and she had read a lot of books as a toddler). But I wasn't sure if I wanted her to want that just yet so I didn't click it.
Aw, she's so cute.
And mommy thinks she's so cute!
First day of school.
I think she was a little scared.
She took the initiative to sign herself up for ballet for afterschool. She's smart little thing already, and instantly knew how to type.
She enjoys playing peek-a-boo with baby brother Grayson.
The next night Daddy saw a knowing light in the sky when he was jamming along with a track on his bass.
Although Jemma was tired and it was late on a school night, he just knew she would want to see this. They traveled to the fishing hole past the big house and down over the hill.
Sure enough, there were horses gathered around.
And then they saw it!!! A *black* unicorn!!
I've always loved unicorns since I was a kid. I had been thinking moments earlier when I was playing my game, when SharonaSim and Jemma were eating supper. I thought ooh, I'd like to have Sharona ride a horse again. She hasn't had a horse since she was single and lived in Appaloosa Plains and she used to take Bolt riding, and even got a few competition trophies. I thought, maybe we could get one here in Starlight Shores since we now have a new big house and huge lot.
Anyway, It's a good thing I acted on this. Jemma watched the unicorn and even fed him a treat.
Then she rolled the Lifetime Wish for adopting a unicorn! I said YES! She will accept this lifetime wish, thank you. Being a Fairy Tale Finder is so much better than being a boring writer and painter. LOL.
I'm so happy I'm gonna have a unicorn.
Oh... so the cowboy boots I (we) picked. Cowboy boots = riding boots for horses? What a coincidence.
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Here's the current family pic. Garrick holding Grayson, Sharona, and child Jemma.
Then Mommy found out her pregnancy results right during the family photo shoot!! And promptly whipped into her pregnancy gear. A third child is on the way!
Jemma is looking more grown-up with her hair long and combed out.
She's been practising her painting and getting really excited about colors:
So much that she wanted to dye her hair in a funky color. So I said, ok we'll just go easy at first and just do the ends. She was happy enough with the results.
Mommy-Simself's now got that more mature, third-time-pregnant look (I did a lot of CAS work on her face, still trying to make her look like myself but it's so darn hard.. I have such a difficult face.) CURRENT NOTE: I hate that Simface now.
This must have been after a fall, because I'm clumsy...
Ooops, baby is coming!!!!!! The butler freaked out. I took myself to the hospital because Garrick, being stir-crazy from the house, had gone to a Sim show at Verde Park.
He met me at the hospital, and here we are in the limo with new baby.
Here she is, her name is Tegan and she is Excitable and Brave. Look at her eyes - I can't wait to see what she will look like! 'Course... I guess all infant eyes are like that.
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Adairna Jonso from Sunset Valley was in town. I had to arrange an interview with her since I am writing her story, The Party People: The Legacy of Nakaiya Jonso. Garrick and I met up with her last night.
I had my first big gig after having Tegan. I wasn't doing too many shows with having all the babies, but am slowly getting back into it.
I guess I still got it, the fans love me. More showed up after, to come front and center and swoon pink hearts at me.
Including hubby Garrick. Oh he's so cute with his crowd reaction.
I sang right to him. "This is for you baby!! Wig wig wag!!"
I was in the mood to crash a party, seeing it was Friday night. Turns out Adairna was having a party on the next block over.
Adairna was inside. (Unbeknownst to Sharona and Garrick, I the creator noticed she was being her usual nutty self.
Apparently this hospital escapee was not amused by something. She was waving her arms and yelling, "Roooooo!" (Oh, and I guess my clothes changed cause it was a casual party, although I would have kept my red dress on.)
Man, what is up with her...?
But this girl was excited to get my autograph. Maybe she had just been to my show.
I went inside to meet Adairna. She seemed pretty nice. (darn that stupid CC hair, caused me a ton of editing time in my legacy..)
She and Garrick got along real well. They went all party-animal "WOO!"
Awww she's still pretty.
When we got home, Jemma was extremely ****** off because babies Grayson and Tegan were screeching all night and the butler was only half taking care of them. I guess we forgot to tell the butler we were going out.
They woke Jemma up and everything, but by the time she got downstairs they were sleeping.
Whew, what a night. I'm tired. (So is Garrick - you can see him in the mirror. Tee hee!)
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Oh, and didn't I say I've changed Shar Simmie a TON!? LOL.
I KNOW!! It never really hit me how much. She's gone through quite the transformation.
Yay! I'd love to recap all my old pics and history too.
I just started the Beginnings Part 5 and still have about 2500+ screenshots to go through for that middle period before Jemma and Grayson are tots. :shock:
:shock: Good luck sifting through pictures!
Left you a comment on part 4
I just posted Part 5. 8)
I just think Jemma's little girlie bum is too cute.
Ahhh... Jemma enjoys the bubbles.
It was Saturday and none of us had to work. We lazed about in the morning, but It was such a nice day that we decided to enjoy the afternoon with a family picnic.
Firstly, Garrick and Sharona show off their new shirts they got for Canada Day. HAPPY CANADA DAY, July 1st!
"Hurry Daddy, let's go!"
"This is where Daddy and I met Domino the unicorn. Do you think we'll see him today?"
Daddy plays with baby Grayson.
Then Daddy entertains with the guitar and Jemma tries fishing.
"Mommy, OW! Don't throw so hard!"
Peek-a-boo!
"Look! Crawwy tings!!"
What's a picnic without ants?
"Teddy, that's a unicorn. They are magical creatures and they have a shiny golden horn. But I'm gonna have a black unicorn - they are even more special!"
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Our former butler Thaddeus came to visit. Aww he looks so smiley and happy now that he's retired.
"Hi Thaddy! I'm all grown up now!"
"W-what are you going to do there?"
Thaddeus: "Well aren't you the cutest little thing!!" *pinches her cheek*
"Thaddeus, can I show you what I learned in ballet class today?"
"I go like this..."
"And then straight out with perfect balance!"
"Was that good?"
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Sharona and Garrick went shopping at the Sims 3 store! Doing some modelling here just for fun.
This dress is from Date Night. I recolored it pink from the yellow and teal it had. "Wild Card Buckled Dress"
This one is the "Steampunk Swashbuckler" which VampireXheart gifted me. I had it on my wishlist cause I figured it would be a good rock outfit. I think it's cute. I recolored it from its not-so-nice brown and greys. And it looks nice with these shoes.
Let's try it out.
"Woo! Rock it, Shar!"
This one is from Date Night. "All-in Layered Cocktail Dress"
This was a gift from SilverDayBreak (Afternoon Jacket):
This was a gift from AnonymousMiss (After Party Dress):
And this was from IvoryButterfly (Music Video Vixen Dress):
All from the store. I think they are very cute!
"Daddy approves."
Now here is Garrick modelling some male clothes from the Date Night set.
Ohh... whoops, I forgot to dress him!! *ahem*
Ahh here we go. The Strikingly Sparkled Blazer:
Ink Drop Poker Pocket Shirt (wow that's a long name). I recolored this to his favorite color, Spice Brown.
I couldn't find what the name of this one was, and I'm too lazy to keep looking...
But I think he looks pretty swanky. And I gave him a new hairstyle after. I decided to emo him up a little more, since you know, he is getting old too and would like to look young again like the cool kids.
"Wow, my hair is growing!"
"****, I look good."
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BONUS VIDEO: Garrick Sings Bad Karaoke
On the blog at: http://watleyfamily.wordpress.com/2012/08/15/08-15-12-sharona-and-garrick-model-new-clothes/
So, after all that new clothes we got and the modelling and such, Garrick went and got me pregnant again! D*mn him and his baby-making needs! I never even wanted one baby! (oh wait, that's me in real life)
Then it was time for Grayson's child birthday. Of course we had a party.
Here I am dancing with our best family friend Will Wright.. and there's some strange guy on the bar.
The new butler holds him while we blow out the candles. Jemma is decked out in her "formal" wear.
Grayson is excited!
There's the sparkles!
And as a new little man is even more excited that he can eat cake. He looks a lot like Garrick.
He wanted to take off that silly sweater the birthday sparkles gave him, and put on his favorite color orange.
His first day of school didn't start out too well....
Jemma said, that's ok Grayson, that kind of thing happens in the Sim world all the time. It didn't even hurt, did it?
Then it was time for Tegan's toddler birthday!! "Oh Gawd here we go again" I say.
It was just a private celebration, the kids were off at school or playing.
I thought "awww I'm only going to have to do this one more time."
And here is little Tegan! She also looks like her daddy. Still with my blonde hair.
Jemma instructs Grayson on how to run the baker's stand.
Is she wiping away a booger here??!
They do their homework together but Grayson is like "Haha this stuff is easy!"
No problem!
I am more brilliant than you already, big sis.
"I'm all done!"
So he goes to practice some chess on his own.
When Jemma is done she joins him for some gaming fun.
"Aww that was fun sissy, thanks!"
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So as we last heard, SharonaSim was pregnant with yet another baby, making the family kid count now to FOUR!!! Yes you read that right, I have four kids. Holy beep. The new baby is a girl named August.
We'll see more on August later but... it was soon time for Jemma the oldest to grow up. And ohhhh Jemma did NOT want to grow up. She was having so much fun being a kid and doing kid things.
She spent her last Saturday as a kid having as much fun as she could.
Going on a submarine adventure and splashing in the tub:
Riding the spring rider:
Which younger brother Grayson enjoyed as well:
Then she suddenly had a brilliant idea:
She was going to take Grayson to the park where she had first met Domino the unicorn and they would stay there all day and night in hopes of meeting her unicorn again before she grew up.
Before they left Daddy had a gift for her. He said you can't open it until the day AFTER you turn teen. Hmmm what could that be??
Then she and Grayson took off for the falls.
Where they waited and waited.. not much to do since she didn't even think to bring food or a book to read.
Grayson got bored and left. It soon got dark. Jemma she wished she had Mom's tablet to at least play some games.
Unfortunately she was called home. After all, she was still a kid and couldn't stay out after curfew or else would be brought home by ...the police!! That would be scary, so she rushed home. She called her school friend Brendan (who she had a little crush on), but sadly he didn't feel like talking to her since he was already grown up.
"Okay. Now this SUCKS being a kid. I want to grow up."
The next day was birthday time and thus family portrait time. Jemma and Grayson are sitting. Sharona is holding August and Garrick is holding Tegan.
Jemma: "This still sucks!"
"But wait now... maybe growing up might be better. It means I would be able to go to the falls without an adult and stay as long as I want, to find my unicorn. AND maybe Brendon will hang out with me once I'm teen!"
They had a small party with just the family. Jemma wanted to wait to have a party with her friends at another time.
Oooh, this IS kinda exciting!
Here come the sparkles!
And....!!
To be continued...
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