It’s been a while since my last post. As we left the Starr family, Don and Jacklyn had recently found out that they were expecting another child. They already had a little girl named Druscilla.

Since the death of Darlene (Juan’s wife and Jacklyn’s mother), Juan had made a huge effort to get along with his daughter better. As was usual, Jacklyn made this very hard indeed. As he tried to talk with her, Darlene yawned loudly to let everyone know how bored she was with the conversation. It hurt Juan that his daughter acted this way…but…what could he do?

Juan loved his grandchildren and wanted to be near them. When it was his grandaughter Druscilla’s birthday, Juan joined in the celebration.

By this time, Jacklyn was due to give birth to her second child any day.

Druscilla grew into a healthy toddler, with a healthy set of lungs! She seemed to have her mother’s disposition, even though in appearance she favored her father Don.

Another girl was born to Don and Jacklyn. They named her Penelope. Penelope had inherited her mother’s unique colored skin.

Jacklyn made sure that Don helped her to care for the children. Why not? They were his kids too…and with a baby and a toddler the house was oftentimes hectic and noisy.

I don’t know if it’s just me…or bad luck…or what it is. But every time a butler has been hired it never seems to work out. They are worse than the maids I think. They just stand around and don’t do much of anything. This one stood around with his hands over his ears. Ummm….aren’t you supposed to help with the kids too?? Or something??

Anyway, he didn’t last very long.

Jacklyn and Don tried to relieve the tension with a bit of play time.

Juan likes to hang out at the graveyard…*shrugs*. He did find a death flower plant and managed to harvest a death plant. It’s in his inventory. But….since he’s already going to live so long…I need to see who he can give it to.  *Makes note to myself*

*sighs* hmmmm….wonder if this is a sign of things to come….??  Druscilla resists being taught to potty and prefers to wet herself.  “Jacklyn! You come and take care of this child!”

“See, this is the way it’s supposed to be done!” Don clearly favors the more easy going Penelope over the difficult Druscilla. Oh yeah…by the way…Penelope is a toddler now…I forgot to mention she had a birthday.

Grandpa Juan often gets stuck with babysitting his two grandaughters. Druscilla behaves for him most of the time, though she likes it when he carries her around everywhere. Penelope, on the other hand, loves to play with her little doll Riley. Looks like she’s getting some practice of biting Riley.

Druscilla and Penelope and both vampires.

At the Sekemoto house:

While I won’t be following this family closely any longer, I wanted to give an update:

Since the death of Sam Sekemoto’s wife Lisa  (who is also the mother of  Glen, Jo, Noemi, and Danna), the kids have grown up a bit.

Glen has 81 days before he becomes an adult.

Jo has 8 days before she becomes a YA.

Noemi will be a YA in 14 days.

Danna just became a teen and will be a YA in 14 days.

I don’t know about you, but I really hate the look of the vampire/ghost combination. Wonder if there’s a way to turn them to normal???

And last of all is Sam. He is coping since the death of his wife Lisa…but it has been hard. He will be an adult in 80 days. Yep…that’s right…as of now he’s only a YA. Those vampire/ghosts sure do live a long time….but just don’t let them get thirsty!

Hmmmmmmmm…….

Jo Sekemoto is now a school aged girl. Her big brother Glen is still at home and is pursuing a military career.

Sam and Lisa now have three daughters that have been born since he was resurrected: Lisa is holding daughter Danna. Sam is holding new baby daughter Noemi, and Jo.

I played this family for a while and….

Jo became a teenager.

Jo Sekemoto…absent minded, loves the outdoors, and artistic.

Unfortunately Lisa seems to have met the same end as Sam did originally. I think it is death from “extreme thirst”. Apparently they don’t monitor their need to drink human plasma very closely

Even though Noemi was the youngest, she grew into a school aged girl before her sister Danna (my guess is because Danna is a vampire/ghost)? Odd…

Sam was devestated by the death of his wife Lisa.

The grim reaper came for Lisa as Sam wept.

Danna is a school aged girl.

Noemi Sekemoto – artistic, loner.

At the Starr family:

Juan is coping after the death of his wife Darlene.

Don and Jacklyn are expecting their first child.

Don has now completed his transformation to vampire.

Don freaked out when Jacklyn went into labor.

They headed out to the hospital.

Don and Jacklyn had a little girl. They named her Druscilla (Lothario) Starr.

Don and Jacklyn are expecting their second child.

When Jacklyn liked something, she would not quit until she got it….and she wanted Don Lothario. Maybe he was a little older than she was…but that didn’t bother her at all. If Don didn’t call her she had no problem picking up the phone and calling him.

Laughing into the phone while talking to Don, Jacklyn said “Uh-huh. I’ve heard the rumours that you are a heart breaker. Surely you don’t think that will stop me, do you? I always have liked a challenge!” Jacklyn sure didn’t want some boring guy like her bigger sister Nicola married.

Just as Jacklyn hung up the phone from talking to Don, the repo man came into her room and began to take some of her things. “Can’t you see I’m on the phone!” she screamed at him. He just ignored her and took the mirror that stood behind her. (It looks like he’s trying to take Jacklyn…which would probably be a relief to her parents if he did…laughs!)

Darlene was 95 and feeling her age. She rarely went out with her friends anymore. Usually she just stayed home and made sure her family were fed well…even though her appetite had decreased and she hardly ate anything herself. She just felt old…and usually Jacklyn’s behavior didn’t help matters very much.

After laying down for a while, Darlene got out of bed…but she felt so odd.

She must have let out a cry because Jacklyn came running to see what was the matter. She watched as her mother passed away.

Juan was right behind her as he rushed up the stairs to see what was wrong with Darlene.

The grim reaper was there to take Darlene’s soul.

Darlene begged the grim reaper for just a little more time. If only she had a bit more time with her family….to see her grandchildren.  Knowing her pleas were useless, Darlene looked one last time at her husband and her daughter and then was gone.

Jacklyn felt very sad that her mother had passed away. She went to visit Don because she needed to talk to someone or she would go crazy.

“There, there”, Don said to Jacklyn. “It’s going to be all right.” He did his best to comfort Jacklyn as she flung herself into his arms. Now this was something he could get used to!

Jacklyn kissed Don for the first time. It had felt so good to have his arms around her. It looked like she was going to be just fine with Don’s help.

Juan continued to go to work. He mourned terribly for his wife. Sometimes it was difficult for him to control the overwhelming sadness he felt at his loss.

He always tried to pull himself together before he went home. He wanted to appear strong to Jacklyn.

Don started coming around just about every day to see Jacklyn.

Rodney Keaton, husband of Jacklyn’s older sister Nicola, dropped by one day. He was surprised to see Don at the house. He knew what kind of guy Don was and didn’t really like what he had heard.

Jacklyn exhibited her usual manners and basically ignored Rodney as she and Don made out in front of him. Unfortunately, Juan was not at home at the time. “Well, I’m gonna go. Tell Juan I dropped by, will ya?” Rodney asked as he got up to leave. “Uh-huh”, Jacklyn mumbled as she continued to kiss Don.

Don eventually agreed to move in with Jacklyn….though marriage was out of the question.

Jacklyn never was one to think things through very well. She based her decisions on what she thought she wanted at the time. Now she wanted Don to be her mate…so she offered to “turn” him into a vampire. Don shrugged and said, “why not?” and that’s how Don’s journey to become a vampire bagan.

Juan continued to disapprove of his youngest daughter’s behavior. Asking Don to move in with them….then turning him into a vampire. Did the girl never think??? Any time he tried to talk to her about her behavior she would get angry and begin to yell uncontrollably.

Juan just wanted to give up.

Juan was worried about his youngest daughter, Jacklyn. Since she had become a teenager, she seemed to have changed. Jacklyn was no longer his sweet little girl….and she reminded him of that every day. Juan was hoping it was just a temporary stage that she was going through.

Jacklyn tended to mope around, spending little time with the family. Her grades were also beginning to fall and Juan and Darlene had to constantly remind her to do her homework.

She wasn’t friendly to older sister Nicola, even going out of her way to avoid sitting by her when she otherwise could. If the truth be known, this didn’t bother Nicola all that much. She was too concerned about her own life to worry about her little sister’s bratty behavior.

Nicola liked to visit her Aunt Lisa’s house. Lisa was quite a celebrity and once she even gave Nicola her autograph. (Lisa is Darlenes sister, Darlene is Nicolas mother). Nicola noticed that Lisa was pregnant with Sam’s baby. This would be their first child since he had been resurrected. (read last post for full story).

Lisa and Sam had a little girl named Jo.

Jo Sekemoto, toddler.

Lisa and Sam had another little girl who is a ghost/vampire.

Jacklyn was even rude to her mother’s friends when they came to visit. Usually she ignored them completely, refusing to speak to them at all.

Darlene tried to talk to her daughter, but it never seemed to do any good.

“Please mother, I told you before…I DON’T want to talk to your old friends! They bore me to death!”

“Look at me Jacklyn!” her mother said. ” Jacklyn looked up, seeing the anger in her mother’s eyes. “The next time you act that way to one of my friends you will be grounded! That means no computer, no t.v. and no going out on the weekends. Do you understand?”

“All right, all right!” Jacklyn said, just wanting to get out of there and go to her room. She could tell she had pushed her mother just a little too far this time.

It bugged Jacklyn that her parents got along so well with her goody-two-shoes older sister.

Of course it didn’t help that everytime they tried to talk to her she would barely mumble a few words before asking, “May I be excused? My show is coming on now?” Without waiting for an answer she got up and sat down in front of the t.v.

Jacklyn usually watched horror shows…full of blood and gore. No one else in the family cared to join her…which was just fine with Jacklyn.

Nicola occasionally made an effort to spend time with her younger sister. She would invite her out to dinner and to listen to music at a hangout near where they lived. Jacklyn liked the music and would usually dance alone or with Nicola. One night Nicola met a guy named Sherman Bagley.

Nicola and Sherman eventually became good friends. They often met on the weekends and danced the evening away.

Nicola was completely smitten by Sherman. She tried to kiss him, but he gently backed away from her. “Woah!” he said, laughing and placing his right hand on her shoulder. “Don’t you know the guy likes to make the first move!” Nicola laughed….embarrassed that she had gotten carried away.

That night as they said good night, Sherman put his arms around Nicola and drew her very close to him…hugging her tight. As he did he kissed her gently on the neck…his lips barely touching her skin…Just enough to send delightful shivers down her arms.

Jacklyn soon had a birthday.

Jacklyn is now a young adult.

Jacklyn Starr, Y.A.

Nicola and Sherman were dating regularly now. Jacklyn met a few nice men at the neighborhood hangout…but no one that really excited her.

Nicola and Sherman became engaged. Nicola could hardly wait to move out of the house and live with him!

Juan and Darlene were very happy about the engagement of their daughter to Sherman. Darlene would like to know his family better though. She knew he lived with his mother and his sister. She would make a visit to meet them very soon. They would soon be family!

Darlene eventually met Shermon’s mother. She liked to be called “Ma Bagley” by everyone.

Darlene also met Sherman’s sister, Rhoda. She couldn’t help but think they looked down on her because she wasn’t as well off financially as they were. In fact, Darlene thought “Ma Bagley” was a snob!

Nicola and Sherman married in a small, intimate ceremony. Ma. Bagley was NOT thrilled about this wedding!

To show her disapproval, she left while they were saying their vows. Nicola and Sherman were happily married and are now husband and wife.

With Nicola married and out of the house, and with daughter Jacklyn now an adult, Juan had plenty of time to pursue his hobbies. He maxed out his painting skills….

….he also maxed out his musical/guitar skills.

Darlene spent more time with her friends…and she even had moments when the house was quiet and relaxing.

Jacklyn met a guy that she seemed to like more than the others. His name is Don Lothario.

Don invited her to his house for dinner one night. Jacklyn was shocked by his house. It was really an old barn! There was no way she would even consider moving into this dump!

Don made….hot dogs….for dinner for them. I guess that’s all he knew how to fix?

And then a friend of his showed up….and then Don crashed out on the floor!  I don’t know…it wasn’t exactly a dream date, that’s for sure!

Darlene is 92 now. She and Juan are still in love….but she won’t live much longer…unless she accepts his offer to “turn” to a vampire. Will she??

Darlene and Juan now have two teenaged daughters in the house….so you can imagine that at times things tended to get quite hectic.

Darlene, being the only non-vampire in the family, is now an elder. Although Juan has offered to “turn” her many times, Darlene has declined. Her sister Lisa is also a vampire.

Juan knew that as a vampire his lifespan would be much longer than Darlene’s would be….if nothing unusual were to happen anyway. He loved Darlene very much.

It had actually worked out quite well for Juan that Darlene had declined his offer to turn her into a vampire. He was able to drink from her to satiate his need for human plasma….and she was happy to provide that for him.

Oldest daughter Nicola had a birthday and is now a young adult.

Nicola Starr….technophobe, neurotic, excitable, & heavy sleeper. She is now a young adult.

Looks like Juan is interested in introducing his oldest daughter to the young men of the city already!

Nicola has a job at the cemetery.

One day Darlene decided to visit her sister Lisa. Even though Lisa is older than Darlene, she is still physically younger because she is a vampire and has a much longer lifespan. Darlene talked to her sister for a long time. She could see how lonesome she had been since the death of her husband Sam Sekemoto.

Juan had the unusual opportunity to take the urn of a deceased person to the science lab so they could attempt to revive them. He wasn’t sure about even trying it, but Darlene insisted that he take the urn of Sam Sekemoto. Sam had died too young…leaving her sister with two boys to raise and very lonely. So Juan took Sam’s remains and had him revived.

Sam moved in with Juan and his family, but he had no intentions of staying there. He left early the next morning to find his wife Lisa and his sons.

Lisa was very happy to see Sam again. She could hardly believe that he was alive again.

Solomon was also very shocked to see his parents once more together.

Glen had a birthday and is now a teenager. It’s a good thing he didn’t stay this way…teenagers can be so cruel!

Glen Sekemoto is a teenager. He is brave, athletic, and a computer whiz.

Bertha Alto, daughter of Marina (Starr) and Gilberto Alto is already a school-aged girl and about to be a teenager. (I have neglected her terribly I know!) She is also Gonzalo’s sister and the niece of Juan Starr (Juan and Marina are brother and sister).

Bertha Alto, teenager. Bertha is a couch potato, good, clumsy, and has star quality. And I just love her deep blue-violet eyes!

Bertha’s older brother, Gonzalo Alto, is now a young adult.

After Sheila’s death, Mika and Tammi continued to live in the Sekemoto home.

They still had not been able to conceive another child, yet they continued to try. They didn’t want little Jonas to be an only child.

Lisa and Sam’s daughter, Samantha, had been dating Mortimer Goth for a few months.

Samantha had fallen hard for Mortimer.

Mortimer had come over to celebrate his birthday.

Samantha watched as Mortimer became an elder.

Samantha didn’t mind at all that Mortimer was now an elder. If anything, she felt he looked even more distinguished.

Mortimer lived in the mansion with his brother Jim and a family friend (River McIrish). Even in a mansion it was occasionally a little too crowded!

Samantha moved into the Goth mansion when she suspected that she was pregnant with Mortimer’s child.

Mortimer was happy to hear that he was going to be a father. He loved Samantha and asked her to marry him. She said yes!

While on an outing downtown, Darlene noticed Mollie and Mollie’s husband Roger Keaton.

Mollie’s labor had begun. After having a contraction, Mollie headed off to the hospital. Darlene ran ahead to let the doctor’s know that she was coming.

Mollie and Rodney had a little girl.

Juan and Darlene’s youngest daughter, Jaklyn, was finally having a birthday to become a teenager.

Jacklyn is now a teenager. She loves the outdoors, is grumpy, a party animal and mean spirited.

Juan is excitable, so perhaps seeing his youngest daughter grow up was too much for him!

Sisters Nicola and Jacklyn Starr.

Nicola and Jacklyn….daughters of Juan Starr and Darlene (Bunch) Starr.

Mollie and Rodney continued to spend most of their time together. Mollie discovered that Rodney lives in a huge house with his mother.

Rodney asked Mollie to marry him.

Mollie and Rodney were married and Mollie moved in the house with Rodney and his mother.

Stevie retired from his job at the age of 90.

Juan and Darlene’s daughter Nicola is now a teenager.

Darlene with her daughter Jacklyn, who is now a toddler.

Juan with his daughter Jacklyn.

Jacklyn Starr

Solomon, son of Sam Sekemoto and Lisa (Bunch) Starr is now a teenager. He is easily impressed, a loser, and friendly.

Solomon with his little brother Glen. Glen is Sam’s last son/child to be born. He was born after Sam died.

Glen Sekemoto.

Sheila discovered that her brother Stevie had died at the age of 93. She made a visit to see how the family was doing. Poor Jacklyn was not in a good mood!

Darlene and Sheila talked for a while. The death of Stevie had been hard on his son Juan (Darlene’s husband), but they were comforted by the fact that he had enjoyed a long and happy life. (I couldn’t find the urn).

Mika and Tammi’s child was finally born….a little boy they named Jonas.

Jonas was soon a toddler.

Jonas Sekemoto.

Sheila was now 94. Her twin brother Stevie had passed on…and her husband Leighton had also passed on. Sheila knew it wouldn’t be long before she would be joining them.

The ghost of Leighton made an appearance. He and Sheila spoke for a long time as their son Mika watched in stunned disbelief. Leighton stayed until the morning light before his spirit returned to rest in his urn.

Sheila still loved to cook and her cooking skills were quite high.

While in the middle of cooking dinner, Sheila reached the end of her life.

The Grim Reaper seemed touched by Sheila’s son, Mika’s, grief.

He also knew that, once started, the process could rarely be reversed.

A fire broke out on the stove from the food that Sheila had been cooking.

For some (stupid) reason, Tammi ran right into the kitchen with the fire blazing….holding baby Jonas.

The fireman arrived, but the fire had gotten a little out of control. At least Tammi moved away from the flames a bit.

Tammi got a good scolding and yelling at by the fireman for bringing the little toddler to the scene.

Even though Tammi Babb had turned Mika down when he asked her to marry him, she did agree to move in with him. Mika continued to grow closer to Tammi and he still wanted her to become his wife.

Eventually Mika was able to persuade Tammi to marry him. This time when Mika proposed, she said yes! They were married in a small ceremony.

Mollie seems to be excited about getting pancakes for breakfast! Actually, she is in a good mood because she met a very special someone the day before….

Mollie had gone to the park the day before to enjoy some time outside…the day was so nice. While there she met a local celebrity by the name of Rodney Keaton. At first he was reluctant to speak with her, but eventually the two of them began to talk and get to know one another.

Rodney Keaton and Mollie became friends.

Leighton finally retired when he turned 90. He figured he would like to spend more time at home with his family. Daughter-in-law Tammi had an interesting way to celebrate!

He especially enjoyed getting up early and fixing pancakes for everyone. His cooking skills were getting very good!

Leighton and Sheila were getting older. It was good to see their son Mika so in love and married to Tammi.

Sheila also noticed that Mollie was spending an awful lot of time talking to Rodney on the phone.

Sheila and Leighton decided to make a visit to Lisa (Bunch) Sekemoto’s home. They had not seen her since the death of Leighton’s son, Sam. Their grandchildren were growing up quickly. Solomon was a school-aged boy and Samantha was about to finish high school.

Lisa and Sam’s youngest child, Glen, awoke from his nap. Big sister Samantha took him out of his crib to show to his Grandfather Leighton.

Leighton couldn’t help but see his own son Sam in the little boy….he looked just as his father had at that age.

Leighton cried as he saw his son Sam’s urn. He missed his oldest son so very much!

Mika and Tammi were soon expecting their first child.

Sheila and Leighton seemed to have worked out any past problems within their marriage. They acted very loving towards each other. They loved each other….their son Mika was married and expecting a child. Their daughter Mollie had been dating Rodney Keaton and seemed to have fallen hard for him. Yes, life was going very well.

Mollie and Rodney fell in love.

They were now in an exclusive relationship.

With his life and family very happy, Leighton was now ready to go. He had known it would not be long before he joined his son Sam in the afterlife.

Sheila was very sad as the love of her life slid into eternity, as was his son Mika, daughter Mollie, and future son-in-law Rodney.

The urn of Leighton Sekemoto.

The Grim Reaper came to take Leighton away with him.

Gonzalo (Starr) Alto, son of Marina Starr and Gilberto Alto is now a school-aged boy. He is mean-spirited, athletic, and excitable.

Marina and Gilberto didn’t have any other children as yet, although they were trying to have another one.

Nick Alto, father of Gilberto and grandfather of Gonzalo, continues to live together with Marina and her family.

Nick is a vampire and has a very long life ahead of him. He has about 47 days before he becomes an elder still!

Time for Gonzalo to have a birthday.

Oh my…..

Gonzalo is definately an Alto in the looks department….unfortunately!

Nick’s sister is an elder. She joined in on the birthday celebration for her nephew Gonzalo.

Marina was on her way to visit with her father Stevie when she stopped long enough to throw up! It appears she and Gilberto are finally expecting another child. Some genes just don’t need to continue……sorry.

While visiting with her father, Marina discovered that her brother Juan and his wife Darlene had another child….another girl. Her name is Jacklyn.

At about the same time Marina’s husband Gilberto was attending a party being given by Lisa (sister of Darlene) and the widow of Sam Sekemoto. As the party was going on, Lisa gave birth to a little boy…Sam’s child. Sam died before Lisa even knew for sure whether she was pregnant or not. So sisters Darlene and Lisa had children at about the same time.

Nick visited his old friend Sheila Starr Sekemoto’s house. As you can see, Sheila is an elder even though Nick is older than she is and is not yet an elder (he’s a vampire). As Sheila’s son Mika looks on, Nick offered to turn Sheila into a vampire. She not-so-politely declined!

Mika asked his girlfriend Tammi Babb to marry him, but she turned him down. Maybe he should consider proposing somewhere besides in the cemetery?? Just a suggestion.

Gonzalo Alto, teenager. (That’s the best I could do with the makeover I gave him *sighs*).