A Little Announcement

 So I feel like this isn't a Sunday worthy post but this is all I have finished at the moment.  So here we go. I have been thinking about my sim family and I still love them I really do I'm just in a rut at the moment and haven't been wanting to play. I've been reading a lot lately and this is just how I am. I love to read when I feel like it and then when I feel like it. I love to play video games. I have a few different video games that I rotate between and the sims are the main ones but I also love Assassins Creed, Among Us, Nintendo games, and so on. But normally when I feel like this I can watch YouTube videos or look through the plans I have for this family and it helps get me back into the game. But lately, I've been wanting to start the Not So Berry challenge. It's a very popular challenge that was created by LilSimsie and AlwaysSimming and it's a very popular sim challenge. Not only does this challenge look fun bit it is something that I can do with the auto aging on and I think that is what truly appeals to me right now. I didn't know how much that feature can help a legacy until I started the Disney family. We are almost a year into this game and we are only one gen 3! Not just gen 3 but the beginning of it! So I've been wanting to play this challenge and with it, I don't just want to play with auto aging on I also want to do without cheats and play it just how the Sims game is supposed to be. I mean there are a few things that I will need cheats for such as CC but I don't know if that really qualifies as a cheat. And I also have a few generations in this that will require the extreme violence mod which is one that I've never had but has been truly interested in. So I can't wait to see how those generations work out. 

But this wouldn't be a true ShayKay's challenge if we didn't go all out! So I have been scouring the web looking for additional generations and we currently have a whopping 30 gens to go through! Out of these 30 gens, I have 2 that I created to bridge the gap between some of this amazing content. I just wanted it to be as cohesive as possible. So The first 10 generations are the original ones that LilSimsie and AlwaysSimming created back in 2017. I have that link above if you want to check it out. Then the next 8 generations are created by the amazing Gerbithats. These gens have a little darker side to them here and there but overall I think really works well with our legacy. Those got me to 18 generations and I really wanted more generations so I went back on the web to look for a more updated version of the Not So Berry challenge since it has been out for a few years and there have been so many things that have come out for the game since then. So I found another 10 generations that were created by McSimmer. This one really felt to me to tie the first two versions together so well but the way Gerbithats ends and this one begins I needed a filler to make the story make sense so I added the Amethyst generation. So that put us at 29 generations and I just could not allow an odd number so I made the rainbow generation to get us at 30 generations. 

Being the overcheiver that I am I made these template looking things that I plan on putting the picture of each our legacy people in. I think they came out really good and since I did it on Canva I can easily add more generations to it or change things around. I could've posted them all here but I think the little slideshow thing that Canva shows looks way better so you can check out what I made and hope to achieve every generation here. Since I used other people's legacy outlines for the bonus generations I didn't want to mix them up even though there were some generations that I think would've worked better if I did mix the three versions up but I didn't think it would be fair to take their creations and mix them up like that, so I left them all in order. 

Now I plan on making a plumtree just for this family too I don't plan on making another blog or even another Instagram for these sims. I actually made a poll over on Instagram this week to see what the majority would prefer and they preferred them all being on page. Our Dinsey family is going to remain our main focus and over here I still plan on posting about them every Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday. For the weekends/weeks that I plan on doing bonus posts there will still be bonus posts. But the blog is called ShayKays Sims so I feel like we can still do both of them over here too. I'm going to start putting headers in the title so from now on the titles will be like "Berry Sims: The Intro Post" or "Disney Sims: Maleficent's Wedding Dresses," plus I will make sure to tag everything like I normally do. I think for the Berries I will keep the tags shorter probably just three tags: whatever generation we are on, color, and the berries. Even though we are one place I think we can have both and be very separated at the same time. I plan on releasing Berry content every Thursday and Saturday here unless we have Disney content coming and I will let you all know when that happens ahead of time. Then as for Tuesday I think I will post Berry sims whenever I don't have a Tag Tuesday post. Like this Tuesday I will be posting our very first Berry sim post.

Things on my Instagram is going to happen a little differently than over here. Evertyhign is going to be on the same page just like over here but over there it's way more easier to post about multiple different things than I can over here. So my plan is to have Berry posts Tuesday and Thursday and then Disney the rest of the time. I think I will use Saturday as whatever we have left over. I'm trying to make everything more cohesive and with 1 character that we mainly focus on each day versus right now we just focus on whatever story is going on at the time.  If I post any polls or questions they are still going to be more geared towards the Disney sims but if you have any other things that we should do with the Berry sims I want to hear it too. My Berry family is going to be more for me to play and have fun versus what my Disney family has morphed into. I really do love my Disney family. It just sometimes gets overwhelming and with this I don't have to overthink it like I do with my Disney fam. 

Steve's a Young Adult!

We had a really laid back birthday for Steve. He just wanted to spend time with his family, Brittany, and Leo. They all had dinner at the house and then followed up with a cake for the birthday boy! Maleficent brought Judith and Aubrey brought her family. As soon as he became a young adult he started his military career and because of his hard work he was able to start a few levels ahead! He has even got 2 metals already! Anyways Leo was the first to arrive at the party! It was the perfect way to start the party with these two best friends. Leo was really needing his friends right now as his mother just passed away so it was a nice distraction for him. 

Leo ended up staying the night with the Disneys which is why he was the first guest to arrive. But before they could party everything started off as a normal day. Steve did his homework and they all ate breakfast together then it was time for the kids to go to school.

Steve also worked out as soon as he got home while Dina made his birthday cake! But soon the guests started to show up. We had Antoine, J's son who spent a lot of time with Wendy. Maleficent showed up and helped Dina in the kitchen. 

Even Moriah came she just aged up into a young adult and moved to San Myshuno with Kassandra! She has definitely started experimenting with her outfits. But she came because she was friends with Steve and has been really close with the twins since they are all about the same age. 

But I think Steve's favorite guest was Miss Judith but she definitely didn't get her nap in because she was CRANKY! She just was not having it today and poor Steve was definitely her target today. 

But soon it was time to blow out the candles and Steve became a young adult. One thing about teens and young adults they don't really change much they just normally fill out some. 

Brittany was there and made sure to give him a kiss after he blew out his candle. I think are adorable and it was adorable!

Uh oh, it looks like that Zander is getting the wrath of Judith now! She is one sassy toddler when she is tired. 

The trio ended up spending the rest of the day down in the gym so that they can all work out. They all started their military careers and part of their careers is working out so the trio hangs out in the gyms a lot. 

But sometimes they all have to wander off and just hang out throughout the Disney house. 

Since starting his military career Steve is now up to 3 metals! I think we are going to do a little deployment and they are all going to go figure out the Strangetown mystery. 

They have been sparring getting ready to go to Strangetown. They were told that if it gets any worse they going to be deployed.

Steve wrapped up the day with Brittany before going to work. They have a lot of fun hanging out and then he went to work. 

Aging Party

Since I'm about to age up the twins I want to go through and age up the other kids in the sims that I have in my played files. My sims don't age on their own I have to manually age them up and I've been keeping their friends in my play folder so that they only age when I want them too. So today's aging party we will have family members, friends, and friends' families all aging up. I have 14 sims today that have aged up since the last time that we've done this and I'm not going into too much detail with every single one but I'll introduce them and their connection to the story. I only have one picture for each one too but the ones that we play with a lot you'll know who they are. So let's start with the family members! 

Nina is Dina's sister who is Mickey's wife. She eventually had three kids later in life and two of the three aged up! We had Moriah who aged up into a young adult. She's the oldest of the three kids and she's honestly the one that we've seen the most I think. We watched her grow up, she was at Aubrey's wedding, and she is best friends with Kassandra who is Aubrey's step-sister. But since Aubrey got married we haven't seen much of Nina's family but occasionally we see Moriah in the background of the parties at Adam's house or hanging out with Steve, spoiler she will be at Steve's birthday party on Friday! Nina's second child that aged up was Lucas. Lucas is the only boy and the youngest child. He aged up into a teen. He's rarely seen I think we see him more on Instagram when I have space to fit in some of the side characters. We actually saw them all the same day that I aged them up because the father passed away. Side note Lucas really reminds me of Clark Kent he has a very strong face. 

Moriah Caliente 

Lucas Caliente 

I shifted over to J Huntington's house next who is Aubrey's biological dad and he has three other kids, and two of them aged up here. I first aged up Kassandra into a young adult. I like to have a young adult in each house that has elders as parents just in case they pass away. Again Kassandra is one that we've seen the most because Aubrey spent a lot of time at their house both when she was a baby and when they moved to town so she could help out with the little kids. The last time that we saw her was at Morgyn's birthday party where she was caught flirting with Zander Flex. I've been debating on sending her and Moriah to college but I don't really want to do another side story with their families I kind of want to let them go off and have their own lives and see how their stories play out on their own. I might do that soon. I then aged up Jodi, who is the youngest in the Huntington house. I aged her up into a teen and she looks freaking fierce I really want to give her some facial piercings and I will but I have plans for that! 

Kassandra Huntington

Jodi Huntington

That's all of the family ties that I've aged up since the last time so let's move over to friends and their families. Since we are in Willow Creek let's go over to the Vatore family. Karla has been a big part of the story since we aged the twins up into teens. Steve had a crush on her and became friends with her first but then Adam swooped in and ended up winning the girl. She's been dating him ever since but she has no clue who he is yet but she will find out this weekend! I think technically her brothers were supposed to be twins and then she was the younger sibling but they all look like triplets so I aged them all up together. We've seen Eli and Tyson some whenever Adam's over at their house but other than that they really haven't been in the story. Both Karla and Tyson are vampires and Eli is just a sim. I don't know if they will turn him or let him live his life. Tyson is evil though and Karla is just a sweetheart. I love her and have tried to think of ways to keep in her the story but as for now, she is just going to be living her life. We'll just check in with her from time to time after she and Adam split, kind of like what we will be doing with Moriah and Kassandra. 

Karla Vatore

Tyson Vatore

Eli Vatore

From here I went to Sulani because there was one family that I wanted to age up some of the kids but to be honest I will probably move them out of there soon because I want that to just be Neverland and since their ties to Sulani passed away I think we can move them soon. I have plans to do it soon I'm going to move some people around soon. Anyway, I'm talking about the Romeo household. Leo Romeo is  Steve's best friend so he had to age up into a young adult and join the military career with his best friends. I also aged up his younger brother Jeff into a teen. Their mother passed not too long ago so I think they might move out of Sulani soon. 

Leo Romeo

Jeff Romeo

Now let's head over to Widenburg we have 5 people who aged up here so let's start there in the Munch house. The Munch sisters are who have been like our version of the Bimbettes. They all follow Adam around and are all dating him. Since he will be aging up soon I aged these three up into young adults already. I updated a couple of their outfits but for the most part, they are completely the same as they were when they were teens. 

Leigh Munch

Joy Munch 

Audrey Munch

Then finally our last house that had people aging up is the Rocca household. Here we have Brittany and her younger brother Luka both aging up. Brittany is now a young adult and Luka is a child. I can't wait for her, Steve and Leo to move to Strangetown for a little while. 

Brittany Rocca

Luka Rocca