Mesa Valley

Mesa Valley is a world by RFLong at the official Sims 3 forums. It's sort of post-apocalypse desert, which I thought was appropriate, since in fact Fort Sim seems to have blown up. :-) 

When the family arrive, Elden immediately finds a trailer where he can continue working on his novels.

They bury Daisy and David in the local cemetary. Of course they have to come out and check out the new place for themselves!

Francesca, Frederick, Corey, Jesse and Victor move into a large house, while Samantha and Tom take the large house right next to theirs.
Wesley and Keely move into a smaller house nearby - they didn't want to stay behind in Fort Sim when their only daughter moved out.

Francesca and Frederick hang some of their old paintings, and have a housewarming party. Everyone in town shows up, even Elden.

The adults party deep into the night - lots of dancing and chatting - but of course Victor has to go to bed early, because he starts school the next day.

I think he wants to be on the school team, maybe?

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Tom and Samantha have less than a day to settle in properly, because Samantha was pregnant when they moved, and the baby is due the day after they arrive.

Tom wants to have five children, but Samantha feels they should take their time and work on their careers in this new town first, after this first baby is born.

They quickly furnish their house to make it ready. Fortunately they have enough money to decorate the living room and the main bedroom straight away.
They hang a few of Elden's paintings, buy some toys and Tom gets himself an aquarium. The crib goes in the master bedroom for now.

Their house is perfectly furnished for two Sims and a baby.

They would love to have more pets, but for now, fish are the only pets available. Tom actually brought some in his inventory!

Other than these families there is nobody in town. Immigration is off and the only other people there are service Sims.

Tom and Samantha feel they're ready for the arrival of their first baby. Samantha decides to stay home for the birth.

It's a little girl, and her name is Regina. She's clumsy, but a genius nevertheless.

They want to settle in after the birth, Tom brings their new baby to the bedroom, and wants to go back to get some coffee...

But then, they get a big surprise. Samantha just had *another* baby girl.

They call her Terra. She's brave, and a slob.

And before the idea of twins has time to land for either of them... another girl is born.

They name her Harmony, and she's brave and good. Tom wonders whether it's possible to get all three of them into a single crib, but it doesn't seem a good idea. They'll have to sell something to be able to afford two more cribs.

(No idea why this happened - no fertility awards, no 'kiddy channel' music... One reason could be the fact that they're in an empty world, so the game engine is trying every way it can to create more residents?)