I love the scenery of the worlds of The Sims 3 so I posted some screenshots in the “I still love scenery” thread.
@suzses suggested to me to create an own thread or blog of the journeys of my Sims.
I thought about it and came to the conclusion, that I am lacking the ability to create a real “travel blog” without introducing my family to you.
And then I thought that I would post about my family and their lives, including their travel destinations.
But I play this family since 2012 and am overwhelmed with the amount of pictures I have taken since then and that it is completely nonviable to start at the beginning of this thread with the founding of the family.
So I will gradually explain who is who during my posts.
And after this long explanation: Meet the Helmquists and maybe you like them as well!
The first picture is a small extract of the main family, but there are a lot more family members I play with.
In the top row there are (from left to right) Tristan van Gould/Freia Helmquist/Henning Helmquist
in the second row are Travis Helmquist/Haldir Helmquist
the long third row shows Misty/Emerson/Timon/Thor/Tius/Thom/Tara/Thalan/Haden/Torben/Timothy/Harlow/Heath and Tyler with his wife Stella
they have two boys: Timian and Taius
This post is about Tyler and Stella and their journeys
at the beginning of every travel the both sit together and decide where to go
at the moment they are in Willapa Valley (by 99simsonthewall) together with their son Taius
two of the family dogs (T-Rey and Rasta)
the family´s cat (Streuner)
and two horses (Franco and Gracia)
edited, because I deleted some of the pictures by mistake somehow
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Taius learns to ride and explores the new town at the back of Gracia
edited, because some of the pictures have been deleted by me somehow and had to be uploaded again... :-]
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As said, Tyler and Stella cleared things up and gave their orders to the workers ( me!) how they wanted their living room to look.
Outside it was weeded
before
after
inside the highlights were changed from green to their favourite color black and the interior was changed as well
before
after
in the evening they went out eating and bowling
Tomorrow, if there is no rain they will go to one of the beaches and get (hopefully) a suntan!
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a few hours later they came back home
they groomed the horses again and it seemed that Franco liked it
meanwhile Taius played with T-Rey
in the afternoon the family decided to go to one of the beaches where Tauis played with his father in the water and Stella went windsurfing
as soon as Stella came back to the beach she went to her husband (both are constantly flirting )
when the sun set they went to the bar next to the beach, Tyler and Taius play table football and Stella blows bubbles
at home they eat a bit and play video games until bedtime
and yes, Stella, Djinns are fabulous
Let´s see, what tomorrow brings!
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Tyler snuggled with his best friend T-Rey while Stella phoned Taius to tell him where they were and that he could come as well, which he did (obviously )
Taius has the diciplined trait so he wants to practise martial arts a lot. Since his father has much more experience in it, he lost the sparring match. But no-one was hurt and in order to remember this wonderful day, Taius asked his dad to make a photo together.
After that all three of them relaxed untill it was time to go home
It was already dark, when they came home. Taius had the chore to cook, so Stella and Tyler had the chance to watch the barn in the dark
After a nice warm, sunny and chilling day they fell to bed and dreamed about their next adventures, perhaps!
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Stella was painting (she is a painter actually)
Taius was improving his riding skills with more or less success
Tyler first groomed Franco and then rode through the woods (Tyler is a loner)
the dogs watched TV
and Streuner practised hunting (in his imagination the toy mouse is a much bigger prey )
in the evening the family attended a party thrown by one of Tyler´s brothers, Haden.
(well, at the moment only family members of the Helmquist family live in Willapa Valley, and they are in total 11 Sims, 2 dogs, 2 horses and a cat, so when there is a party, there is just family around ) (or service Sims, which is annoying)
cousins Tauis and Jasper
Haden and his husband
Benny and Torrance
at first Tyler seperated from the others, but the icecream got him to the others and at the end he even talked to his brother and his son
(ok, not a good picture of talking to his brother :-))
They got home very late so they went to bed immidiately.
edited, because I confused the names of the cousins and corrected that
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Tauis took Gracia for a ride at the marvelous beaches
his mother Stella watched their house (ok, she rode Franco to be precisely )
Tyler wrote on his book
and when Taius and Stella came home they had to broom the horses
and in the evening the family attended a party thrown by Haden again (yes, this is the problem when just 4 families live in the world and all of them are family members, you will always meet somebody you know )
at first they ate with Heath (in the background) and Haden (the one in blue)
then Tyler danced with Haden
and Heath
and Haden´s husband Quirin
Taius was a nice boy and cleaned the table
and after this he thought about the emptiness of life (oh man, teenagers are strange )
Stella played chess on her own
but as the evening went went on all of them did, what Sims like the most: socializing!!!
when they came home and went to bed they left their pets in a pitiful condition ;-))
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but the family didn´t notice, because they were waiting for big things to come
so they were killing time, Taius was napping at first and then he went upstairs to the easel to draw,
while his father wanted to draw his beautiful wife
she liked it
and then the big event started
Rasta gave birth to 3 puppies!
meet Tyron, Raja and Tex (from left to right)
and as you can see, the first thing Tyron was thinking of was the TV, where I´ve found him after Rasta was celebrated to get such sweet pups
meanwhile Raja and Tex played together in the living room. They are so little that my Sims have to watch out their steps from now on so they don´t step accidently on a puppy
Tyler and Taius played with the little ones
and as everywhere in the world: daddy loves his new doggies, although he was against them at first
but Tyler also had to scold Tex because he scratched some furniture, about which Tex was very sad
in the evening Stella watched TV with Tyson while Rasta played with her daughter Raja
after a long and exhausting day everyone went to sleep
(I love the thought bubbles about their heads
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I don´t know, what kind of printing ink they use to print the paper, but both my dogs and my horses think the newspaper is tasty!
bad conscience!
the family visited another beach today
Stella and Tyler proudly watched their son surfing and talked together what Taius could do better
because Taius was thrown off the board
so Tyler himself went surfing to show his son how he should do it, but Taius played pool football with his mom
so he couldn´t see the stunts his gifted father was doing
and the embarrassing fail he had (upps, good that his son didn´t see it would have ruined the god status he has in the eyes of his son, lol)
he then decided to read, but was asked to join Taius at the water slide
both boys have maxed athletic skills, but water sliding seems not to be their best sport
in the late evening Stella dragged her husband to a lounge, where they had bad drinks and were the only guests (I went into townview and saw that the other 9 residents had a party at one of the brother´s houses)
so it wasn´t Tyler´s best day and he was a bit down.
But when they arrived at home Stella knew how she could lighten up his day in the end and asked him to watch the stars with her
so when they went to bed he wasn´t too annoyed that the puppies were sleeping in the bedroom
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after a good breakfast (they had lobster thermidor)
it was time to grow up the puppies
meet Tex (he will be Adam and Torrence´ dog)
Raja, right (she will be Haden´s dog)
and Tyson (he will stay at the family)
this was his first action as an adult
while the family packed up their baggage
Tyson learned to use his legs
of course the teen was the fastest to pack (his mother had to pack the many things he missed )
so Taius decided to spend his time with Tyson
they snuggled and played
and then they went to the beach at the near of their house for a last time
at the beach Taius and Tyson played together (the parents were still packing )
and in the evening the two went home again
Tomorrow they´ll go back home to Moonlight Falls!
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After everyone entered the clownsmobile (I really wonder how many Sims fit in one car?)
they drove to the airport and headed home to Moonlight Falls
At home Taius went straight to one of his grandpas (this is Haldir) and told him about the adventures happened to him at vacation
the dogs had to have some exercise, because they had to sit in their transport boxes during the flight
the old girl Sissy noticed her young master a bit later, after her midday-sleep and greeted Taius joyfully
therefore she got some cuddling
after everything was unpacked and the gifts wered presented, everyone did something on his/her own
every day ends, so everybody went to bed/sleep
because it was warm and dry outside Tyson and T-Rey stayed in the garden and slept on the benches
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Taius had to go to school, where he decided to stay outside and do his homework (it counted as a regular school day so I let him have some fun in the schoolyard, no photos, because I did notice that he didn´t enter school too late)
his mum worked on a new sculpture, watched by the pets
grandpa Travis was walking one of the dogs
and was greeted by the other pets when coming home (they had to wait for him, because he had a phonecall)
when school was out Taius came home and asked his dad for a fight (he won)
then Tyler made dinner
and then the family had some fun
Taius was looking forward for the weekend, because his grandpas told him that they wanted to visit Bridgeport and wanted him to come with them
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I really don´t know how this many dogs fit in a small car?!?
Tyler went fishing right away
he was later joined by his pa
the dogs did what the dogs liked
when school and work was out, the other family members came to the lake as well. Stella and Tyler talked, Haldir and Taius joined Travis fishing
when it was getting late all of them jumped into the car (really, how do they fit???)
Taius found Streuner the cat in his room and cuddled and played with him before going to bed, the granddas were already sleeping
Stella and Tyler watched the stars before bed
although I really think that they watched the structure of the house and the trash cans, which were more interesting than the always being there stars
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Haldir was a bit faster and was already out of the house, when Tyler began his day with cuddling with his best buddy!
Both were a bit hungry, I guess, the way they looked at the icecream-van gave me this impression
they headed to the library
Tyler and T-Ray went straight to the summer festival
Haldir met one of his three daughters, Harlow, they greeted themselves kindly and talked together until Harlow had to go. As Haldir and Tyson got hungry they joined Tyler and T-Rey at the festival.
Meanwhile at home Travis cooked hummer, which he, Stella and Taius ate at the veranda. Why they sat at the table facing to the kitchen and not to the garden is a mystery for me
when the others came home Tyson demanded a hug from Tyler
until bedtime the family did what everyone liked, which means that Tyler is doing something on his own, far far away from the others
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(Although some of you must already lie at the sofa, crammed with too many good food )
Have fun shopping!
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When they were back home Tyler and Taius decided to visit the beach, because the weather was so fine!
at the beach they played together
meanwhile at home the granddads and mummy ate together, again looking into the kitchen, not to the pool (stupid Sims )
they talked together, but I don´t think that Haldir and Stella are really listening to Travis, because both of them are slobs, Travis is neat. (which means, that when Travis and Haldir spat, they disagree about tidiness)
Tyler and Taius were hungry, too. And because tomorrow Taius will travel to Bridgeport with his grandpas, Tyler decided to eat out with his son at the diner.
Tyler´s brother Timothy was also hungry and was straight behind them
as the both were eating (when they arrived at the diner it was still very early in the evening) half of the neighbourhood wanted to get into the diner to get some food
after dinner they stayed a while and talked to friends and family
back at home the family went to bed, observed by the pets
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so he and his grandpas took the plane to Bridgeport.
Haldir´s sister Dianah lives there with her family, so she bought the property where the family of her and her husband could stay during their visits in Bridgeport (isn´t it neat when the family has too much money? )
Then the house got to meet the fixer upper team
they started with this
(sorry for the little picture, but I´ve forgot to take a screenshot, so this is a pic from the wiki site)
and ended with this
Taius, Haldir and Travis arrived in Bridgeport on a rainy afternoon. So they decided to visit the art museum in the city.
All three of them are artistic, so this decision was obvious!
the graffiti tags are made by Dianah´s husband Jamie (some days soon I will come to Bridgeport longer than now and then I´ll play with them again! As I said in the beginning of the thread, this is an ongoing save since a few years now, here´s an evidence!)
at the arrival Haldir tried to look at the art (why he was thinking of a car when watching the flamingo I don´t know )
and was enlightened
Travis and Taius chatted at first
then Taius thought about his miserable ( ) life
Travis read (of course :-)) this is what you do in an art museum)
Then Haldir noticed that Tyson was murdering an expensive sculpture and had to scold him.
but Haldir couldn´t stay angry for long (no wonder, Tyson is such a nice dog!!)
and they chased each other, cuddled and played (imagine this in a real art museum )
(have you ever noticed the urinal in the art gallery? I have seen a few Sims using it as well )
but Haldir couldn´t stand being without Travis for long, so he searched for him and they talked together
(noticed the look the barman gave them?)
then it was time to get home
Haldir filled Tyson´s bowl
Travis played chess at first
Tyson slept
Taius went into the whirlpool, where he was joined by Travis and Haldir later
And for those who wonder why Travis and Haldir look so young although they are already grandgrandgrandgrand...pas: they are fairies and I play on the longest lifespan! And I disabled the fairy wings, because the whole family would blink and twinkel and couldn´t be seen properly by me. (ok, this thread isn´t watched by so many people, but I wanted to explain )
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in the evening they all went to Waylon´s Haunt, where they bowled, played pool billiard, drank, etc.
they had alot of fun and came back home very late
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Since Travis was still sleeping, Haldir played with Tyson who was awake early as well.
then he went outside to draw the town, while Travis was walking the dog
when Travis and Tyson came back home, the 4 of them went to the summer festival. (I placed the lot on the former butterfly park, which I´ve found useless. And I´ve needed the space of it´s former lot for some residential houses)
it seems that Tyson had drank too much, because he peed the second time
in the afternoon they went to the gymn, all them had wishes to train
(I restarted the game before they left the festival, so now suddenly it was foggy and dark!)
Taius spotted a cousin of his so he went to Cassius. I don´t know what to say about their fascinating sight, when they looked upon the girl training in a bikini
meanwhile Travis was breaking boards and Haldir went to jogg
after the training Travis took a shower and changed into his evening wear (why not, hm?)
and Haldir was dancing (crazy Sims! )
and speaking of crazy Sims:
who takes his bird to the gymn???
in the evening the fog cleared so when they drove to the Bogart Overlook it was lighter than in the afternoon
(and it was full moon as well)
Haldir baked some pizza, which seemed to be oddly satisfying for him
they ate
and then it was time for going home
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They greeted the family members
then Haldir checked his mails
Taius went swimming
Tyler played and cuddled with Tyson
and all of them went to bed and were happy to be re-united
sorry for the poor quality of the pictures, but I can´t play Moonlight Falls on highest resolutions as all my other towns, because this town is completely overcrowded with too many Sims and too many big houses. But it´s my hometown since it came out with Supernatural and I love the Sims, which live there, so I have to deal with this poor quality!
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Taius had to go to school where he met his best friend Solve who actually is a brother of Travis, Taius´grandpa.
they talked about Bridgeport until school was out (of course not, Taius is an attending student )
Tyler took care of Tyson and when it stopped raining both went for a walk
Stella played the guitar
and the pets at home did what they wanted
When Travis came home from work they all greeted him
and he brushed Rasta
(ok, you have to believe me, there really is a dog underneath the bush!)
when Tyler and Tyson came back, Tyler and Streuner had quality time together (they seem to love each other, Streuner is always in the near of Tyler)
when it was dark Taius asked his mother to throw the ball, while Haldir and Travis read something (simultaniously!)
shortly before going to bed the family ate together and talked about their day
(I know, you shouldn´t eat shortly before going to bed, but my Sims can take it, they are too thin anyway!)
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The new world is Caldey Isle by StellaToronto Sims. It´s a roadless world, so I have to make sure that my Sims won´t die from starvation when going from a to be. But it has a feeling of being old and I like when worlds have certain themes attached to them (and don´t always look like an American town)
and this are the Sims I took to the island
I don´t know when I´ll come back to them, because at first I´ll have a look at the dreadful error 12 in Moonlight Falls, but the island is unpopulated and I have got a few towns which have too many Sims, too. So every time my family will travel, I plan of taking some Sims and putting them to Caldey Island. It will be an uphill job, so enjoy the pics, I don´t know when "I´ll be back" to it.
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