Thursday, April 5, 2007

Round 13: Jayapalan Family

Last week in the Jayapalan household Rob and Elise were married and welcomed twins Genevieve and Gared who then became toddlers, Rob got a job in the athletic track, Daryl retired, Cosette and Franz were married and moved out into their own home.

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front of house
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back of house
With a growing family and a lack of space on the lot, the family was forced to expand upward. They added a third story with a couple of bedrooms and a bathroom. They also added a nice sized garden in the back which was Marriah's pride and joy.
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The round starts with a surprise.
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Elise is pregnant again thanks to risky woohoo...I had no idea that she had even gotten pregnant again when I left them last round, but we gotta roll with the punches!
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Luckily the twins are about to become fairly self sufficient children as their birthday party was planned for later that evening.
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Daryl pitched in and tried to get the kids fed and ready for their birthday when the unexpected happened.
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Grimmy comes calling for my dear Daryl. I had not realized that his time was so near, so this was a bit of a shock. The family took it prety hard, but they still had a couple of birthdays to celebrates and they all knew that Daryl would have wanted them to carry on.
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After putting him in a suitable resting place, the family had nothing to do but to go on with the birthdays.
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Happy Birthday Genevieve!
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Happy Birthday Gared!
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The celebration was somber as the families thoughts were still on Daryl.
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After the loss of her husband, Marriah struggled with depression.
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So she poured herself into her gardening...
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...and into her grandchildren. With another one on the way Marriah wanted to make sure she was there to help Elise and Rob as much as possible.
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So she decided to retire from her day job.
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And ensure that she would be around to see the birth of her next grandchild.
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And it was almost time for the baby to make it's apperance. The whole house was a buzz with excitement for the arrival of the surprise baby.
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Elise went into labor and had a little girl, but once she had her the pain started again. Having had Genevieve and Gared she knew what this meant.
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And the family lovingly welcomed their new set of twin girls Anastacia and Isadora.
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With Marriah's loving attention to the new babies and Genevieve and Gared in school full time, Elise finally found time to go to work.
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She got a job in education and was excited to be working for the first time since college.
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And we will close the update with a couple of birthdays...infants grow so fast!
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Happy birthday Anastacia!
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Happy Birthday Isadora!

Accomplishments this round: Daryl passes away at 75 days old, Genevieve and Gared are children, Elise has twins Anastacia and Isadora who then become toddlers, Elise takes a job in the education track, Marriah retires to help with the new babies

Ongoing point total: 103

2 comments:

Roo said...

Aw, Daryl! You will be missed.. he was so handsome! *tear*
Okay I'm sorry.. but there's always one isn't there? I mean those kids are so adorable.. um, with the exception of Anastacia... she's not ugly but uh.. wow not exactly pretty either *snickering*
3 out of 4 isn't bad! At least she isn't Cabrera ugly LSHICB!

Anonymous said...

Jeez - I just read Ruby's comment and I'm dying from laughter. Although, I didn't think Anastacia was that bad!
Poor Marriah - losing Daryl - at least she got to see the new twins!