The Stone Family

I hesitated to post this one because this family is undergoing a bit of change and transformation.  But, the Stone family being one of the first I ever created (even if it wasn't as complete as it is now), it would be unfair to let only the "younger" families dominate.  So, here we go!

Jonathan and Steven Stone moved into Old Town prior to incorporation.  They had no family in town, they knew no one...they came to town simply to find someplace quiet to live.  However, as things turned out, their own families followed them...sort of.

Jonathan is unemployed and quite happy about it.  With his family's growth, their combined income is more than enough to let him stay at home and do nothing.  Well, not exactly nothing...he's the one in charge of cooking meals and cleaning dishes, of watering the flowers (and there are a LOT of flowers--they live in the big house on the hill, the one with the island in the middle of the pool from Neighborhood 1), all the home duties.  He does everything he can to make life easier for his housemates--all seven of them.  Of course, only one of them--Steven--is his significant other.  Jonathan's sister is Rachel Generic, the Exorcist living in the house with six other women, a man, and his daughter.

Steven Stone is Jonathan's most beloved.  A Coach, he can often be found swimming in the pool, when he isn't putting his athletic prowess to better use elsewhere in the house.  He and Jonathan have been a couple for a long, long time.  His sister is Alicia Green, wife of Theo Green.

Shortly after settling down with Steven, Jonathan's college roommate, James Trenton, moved into town with his boyfriend, Miles.  Needing a place to stay, the two men moved in with Steven and Jonathan, and haven't left since.  Both men are Exorcists, though they both started out as Coaches like Steven.  Actually, James moved in with Miles after he caught his then boyfriend, Kyle Jones (previously Dylans) cheating on him--or trying to--with Bella Goth.  That broke their relationship--though it had always been a one-sided platonic relationship anyway--and James let himself be courted by Miles.  James has one brother, also living in town.  Miles has no relatives living nearby.

Due to a series of moving and resettling, the Stones' bank account isn't as flush as it could have been.  Indeed, most of their money stayed with James' brother when they were living with him--we're talking like almost 1,000,000 Simoleons here.  And moving into that big house on the hill killed the rest of their budget.  So, the Stones opened their house to boarders...and as a result they're tied to more houses in the neighborhood than simply marriage or siblings.

Cordelia Dylans is Kyle Jones' younger sister.  After losing her job, she visited Kyle for advice, and wound up staying with the Stones.  After a little relaxing and retraining, she was ready to begin a new career...and opted, surprisingly, for the Circus.  She's quite fearless as a Lion Tamer.  However, with her own passions leaning towards performance and music, she's ready for a career change.

Gloria moved in after returning from Europe to find her father remarried and living with her brother and his son, all of them living with Ginia Kat, her father's new wife.  Satisfied at least that her father was happy, she settled into her career as a Fashion Columnist and watches out for her family from afar (or a-near, as the case may be).  Her girlfriend, Vivian also moved in at that time.  Vivian sometimes handles the cooking in place of Jonathan...as a Celebrity Chef, she's as skilled as he is in the kitchen.

Amelia Farmer is Monty Farmer's younger half-sister.  Seeing as how she's only a couple of years older than her niece Lisa and her nephew Chad, she doesn't really relate well to her older sibling.  With the Stones, however, no one really notices her age (they're all more or less the same age anyway).  Although she had a career as a Rock Star, the late hours took their toll on her.  Now she's happy working on a daytime schedule, working in the Business field.  The hours aren't spectacular, but at least she's not working 9 hours a night anymore--just 7 during the day.  So she's happy.

And the rest of the household is happy too.  So that's all that matters, right?