Round 7: Ben and Starla Cipriani

**Update voiced by Ben Cipriani**

Welcome back to our home. It's changed a bit since you last saw it. After the birth of our twins Toby and Trey we desperately needed more room. Thanks to a big bonus I got from work, we were able to build a second story just for the boy's bedrooms.

Speaking of the twins, they had a birthday recently and now they are busy with school and friends. It is a relief for Satrla and I. No more diapers to change, no more bottles. We are definitly moving into another stage in our lives as a family.

Look at them! All such well behaved boys. And all thanks to their mother...okay I may have had a little to do with it, but I have been so busy working lately making sure all of the bills get paid on time that it was hard to find time enough to spend with them.

Our oldest, Owen, became a teenager this week. We celebrated with just our immediate family, but we had a great time.

**Stats for Owen will be posted next round**

A handsome guy, if I do say so myself. Though seeing him like this makes me think back to the time when he was first born...Starla and I had to figure out everything as we went. Now that we were seasoned parents, we would have to tackle the challenge of teenagers.

Here is a random shot of the guys having some fun before heading out to school one morning.

And then I got hit with a big shock. After all of my years of dedication and hard work in my life of crime career, I was fired! All due to a bad decission. How was I supposed to know we shouldn't have escaped the heist by boat? Either way it got me pretty down.

I looked for other job opportunities, but nothing sparked my intrest, I was getting older and I had no desire to start over. And due to my "firing" I was black listed from the Rose Island crime ring. Not that I would want to go back to that...it has always been my dream, but I can't compromise myself or my dignity.

**Stats for Aiden will be posted next round**

In the midst of my depression, our second son Aiden grew into a teen. His birthday practically went unnoticed. I worried that he would be upset that we had a party for Owen, and not for him, but he was such a happy and understanding kid that he never mentioned it.

Hewas even a shoulder to cry on for his old dad while Iw as trying to sort out my employment situation...or lack there of.

But I didn't sit around for long. I found a new passion in cooking. I started baking like a man possessed, and found that I was rather good at it. At the same time, Starla found a hobby of her own...

She started making boquets and selling them for a modest profit. But our funds were quickly running low again, and I did not want to revisit the poverty we had experienced in the past, so we had an idea.

With the help of our teenage sons, we opened a modest home business on our back porch of all places. Combining my cooking prowess and Starla's flower power we were a force to be reconed with and soon business was booming. We had found our true calling, and the income came in handy.

We got the attention of the local news paper reporter and she was so impressed by our business, and the rags to riches type story our family had that she bestowed upon us the highest honor in the business world, the Best of the Best award.

We hung the award with pride, but we were both thinking that we needed to think about purchasing a community lot for our busniess. It was really begining to out grow our back porch. While we weighed our options and saved some money, Starla decided it was time to enroll the boys in private school.

Headmatster Visit Score:

Food Points: 47

Tour Points: 36

Schmooze Points: 11

Total Points: 94

As you can see, the boys were accepted and we were very proud...and relieved. A headmaster visit can be pretty stressful! But that about wraps up our update this time around. Sorry that we forgot the stats for Owen and Aiden...Starla will get those to you next time.

Family Stats Round 7:

# of sims:6 # of pets: 2

Family Net Worth: 51,694

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