Happy Family

Hey, it's me again - Byron Preston.

I gotta tell you, life is pretty darn good. I mean, there's still stuff I want to do, like earn a whole lot more money, but just being happily married and watching my daughter grow up... Well, it's pretty darn good.

Julia is a child now, and a smart, pretty, happy child at that. Okay, maybe I'm just a little bit biased. Still, she's great, you know? Sometimes I just look at her and can't believe she came from me. She gets good grades at school, and she loves when mom teaches her stuff. She's already saying she's going to go to college one day, and I don't doubt that she's going to do very well when she does.


It's funny how Faith and Julia are so much closer in age than Faith and I are, even though she's my sister and Julia's aunt. Well, it happens like that sometimes, I guess. Anyway, Faith studied real hard, got herself a bunch of scholarships, and left for Sim State. I worry a little about how she's going to cope socially, seeing how very shy she is - that can't be easy for a popularity sim... But there are some other Prosperity kids her age going too, so maybe they'll look after each other. After all, we did when Isabel and I were in college!


Isabel decided she wanted to be a chef. She started making candies, and watching cooking shows, and said she wanted to have one of her very own one day. Of course she did it, too - nothing gets in her way when she makes up her mind about something like that. Then after she proved that she could do it, she turned right around and went back to the army again. Go figure. But when she isn't working, nothing makes her happier than painting. Julia likes it, too, and they have these two easels standing right next to each other in the living room... I love seeing them together like that, laughing and talking about their paintings.


In fact, I just love my wife and daughter, period. They're the greatest. Isabel and I have decided not to have more children; why would we want to, when Julia is everything we could ever ask for? And, you know, the baby-toddler stage isn't that much fun, honestly. It takes up so much of our time - time that we can spend together now, instead of changing dirty diapers.

I'm in business now, and my stepfather Komei has apparently decided to go into politics - and you know, I'm still not sure what it was he did before. Doesn't matter, though, as long as he makes my mom happy...

"I really wish I hadn't had a hamburger for lunch..."

Verity - fulfilled impossible want, max all skills
Komei - reached top of first career and fulfilled LTW, Criminal Mastermind
Isabel - reached top of second career, Celebrity Chef