Rainbow Ridge Prosperity

 Welcome to Rainbow Ridge Prosperity!  My last Prosperity hood made it to generation 3 before my computer died, and although I recreated most of them through simPe, it just wasn't fun anymore; they didn't hold the same magic they had before.  So, I'm starting fresh!

 The Marsh Family

 Emily Marsh is a single Mom with four daughters.  Sadly, she has never been in love or experienced the joys of woohoo.  You see, Emily was raised in "the system", being passed from foster home to foster home.  As soon as she turned 21 she began the mountain of paperwork (ie made a quick phonecall)  that would enable her to adopt children that were like her; lost in the system.  Emily is a Pleasure Sim, who just wants to Become a Game Designer, and her OTH is Dance. 

 The girls are a little reserved around each other, but they'll be a regular old family in no time, I'm sure.

 The oldest daughter is Sara, who is a neat Virgo (is there any other kind of Virgo?).  Her only friend at the moment is Goopy Gilscarbo, which is kind of sad, really.

 Hannah is quite playful, lazy and neat.  She's a Capricorn who loves Cuisine.  Sounds like a personal ad, right?  Well, not yet, that will come later. ;)

 The youngest is Lee.  She is a playful, nice Aquarius who loves Nature.  She hasn't learned one single toddler skill, but has managed to get four charisma skill points, mostly due to neglect.  The charisma bunny was the only thing she could reach on her own. 

 Christine is the most outgoing of all the Marsh children.  She has been to nearly every house on the cul-de-sac, but hasn't made friends with any of them yet.  She's a lazy, sloppy, Libra, which annoys her neater sisters. 

Nothing exciting happened at the Marsh house on the first round, if you don't count passing out and being in the red constantly.  Lee managed to grow up, but not well.  The first thing I had her do was catch up on her sister's homework.  Emily got a job in the Criminal career track, and that's about it.  No new friends or romances in the works yet. 

The Mullins Family

 Michael Mullins is a handsome widower who has come to Rainbow Ridge to escape painful memories.   He's an Aries, and a Family sim, who only wants to marry off six children one day. 

Ok, so he has a little temper, but see, he isn't all that bad!

 Ok, maybe a tad inappropriate....

 And rude!  He had better learn to like Dagmar soon, cause she's the one I picked for him.  He is very outgoing, and mean, so he has to take any friends he can get.

 His oldest daughter Susie is also mean and outgoing.  She is better suited to her aspiration however, as a Romance sim.

 She is a good "mother figure" for her sister Tricia, though.  Tricia is a typical Virgo, and like the other girls on the block, she has yet to make a friend.

Joshua is serious and shy, and actually likes to play with his younger brother, Kevin.  Joshua and Kevin are the only siblings who are friends, so far.

 Kevin is a cutie, but is also a mean little Scorpio who is always in the red!!

 His Grandpa Thomas doesn't mind though, and always takes good care of him.

 When he's home, that is.  Thomas is a Fortune sim, so he had to get a job right away, leaving Michael to actually care for his youngest during the day.

You can see how well that turned out, and how caring his Dad really is.

 But like I said, Michael's not all that bad, he can get down and boogie, or smustle, with the best of them.  Joshua's a pretty good dancer already, he's got the moves!

 Surprisingly (NOT), Tricia isn't doing so well in school.  It appears to be an epidemic in the cul-de-sac, children in the red who can't bring their fun up.  Apparently they are ALL "not in the mood to do that right now!",  preferring to complain about the lack of fun rather than, oh, I dunno, actually doing something FUN!

 Thankfully the adults in the house aren't as hard to please.  Although Thomas' LTW is to have 6 pets reach the top of their career, which probably won't happen in his short lifetime. 

 Somehow Kevin manages to grow up well, and actually learned one skill, thanks to his Grandpa Thomas.  He now knows how to walk!

 His older sister Susie, however, is always breaking down.  Seems Susie just isn't quite nice enough to get that first kiss.  Guys run when they see her coming down the street.

The Randolph Family

The Randolph family is a little complicated.  Maria and Robert are married with three daughters, but due to Robert's wandering eye and Romance sim ways, they have separated.

Oldest daughter Millie stayed with her Mom and younger sister Pammy.  Millie is a friendly Aquarius, who quickly made friends with Orlando Bertino.  She's the only child in the neighborhood to befriend another child outside of her own family.

 Pammy is a shy, nice Cancer.  Pammy spam follows.  :)

 Ok, not so much.  But she's cute, no?

 The poor thing was trying to sleep when my obnoxious self sim kept barging in to critique the mobile.  (She gave it a thumbs down and a raspberry, by the way)

 Despite her family breaking up, Pammy grew up extremely well, having learned how to walk and use the potty, thanks to her Mom, Maria.

 See, still a cutie.

 Maria has issues, and definitely plays favorites.  She refuses a friendly hug from daughter Millie.  Did I mention Maria was a Scorpio? 

 Thankfully, the girls get along very well, no jealousy between them, yet.

 Maria tries desperately to make some friends, she is a Popularity sim with a LTW to Become General.  She's gonna have to change her attitude a bit though, before she can obtain that!

The "Other" Randolphs

 Pammy's twin sister Jessie picked the short stick and ended up moving out with her skirt chasing father. 

 I obviously find her adorable too, and have too many unnecessary pics here to prove it.

 Jessie uses the potty...

 Jessie grows up well, having learned to use the potty and walk from her now elderfied Daddy.

 Like most of my sims kids, the first thing she does is run for the fridge, very grateful she can care for herself now.

 She's a serious little Scorpio, though, and her only friend is her Dad.

 She has more toys than any other home on the block, and yet she prefers to read.  Weirdo.

 She brings home Christine Marsh from school, but even though Christine is actually very nice, the two don't manage to become friends yet.

 And speaking of the Marsh family, Robert, the Romance Scorpio who wishes to have 20 simultaneous lovers (and who doesn't?) tries to hit on Emily, but despite the two bolts, she's just not interested.  Yet. 

The Boyd Family

 The Boyd family is made up of Dad John and his three children.  Youngest child Shelley often passes out from exhaustion on the floor in front of her crib.

 Luckily for her, oldest brother Ethan actually has a heart and takes care of her when he can.

 Like his neighbor Robert Randolph, John is a Romance sim who wants 20 simultaneous lovers.  It's apparently working for him though, he is a chick magnet.  He has three bolts with Melissa Fancey and my sim self, hehe. 

 He also has a couple of bolts attraction with Marylena Hamilton.  Here she's telling him how hot he is, and he's agreeing.  "I am a work of art!"

Teen son Nicholas is an outgoing Leo.  He's a Popularity sim who wants to become a Celebrity Chef.  Too bad his OTH is music and dance.   I'm sure he'll make it work somehow.

 Ethan and Nicholas hate each other, for reasons I have yet to discover.  Ethan has no skill points at all and is still managing to nearly flunk out of school.  Like his brother, he's Popularity, and wishes to become the next Captain Hero.    He's a lazy Capricorn, and tried and failed to befriend Meadow.  Seriously, does that ever happen?

 Ethan's lack of skill points nearly got him killed trying to fix the TV, and to his credit, his Dad John was worried, not laughing.  :)

 Dancing is the only thing that keeps Nicholas smiling.  He's nearly flunking school too, and also works part time as a Nursing Home Attendant, since his Dad is still unemployed and they need the money.

 Dad has a job, though, collecting women so he'll be happy and easy to please when he's older.  They follow him everywhere, swooning over him constantly.

 Somehow Shelley manages to grow up and runs to the fridge to feed herself, thankyouverymuchfornothing!

 She tries to befriend neighbor Sara Marsh, but Sara bails out at six o'clock on the dot, leaving Shelley hanging.  Shelley is another Scorpio and is best friends with her Dad, John, and brother Nicholas.  Seems she has no loyalty for all Ethan did for her as a toddler.

Did I mention I love Nicholas?  I'm just happy to have one nice extrovert in the 'hood!

That's it for round one and introductions.  I intend to play in "yearly" rounds, so will probably have frequent, but short updates.  My last Prosperity challenge ended up getting quite complicated to follow, even for me, so I'll see how this style works.  Thanks for reading!!!!!!!