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Harriet's weddingday

Dear diary,

My dear daugther Harriet is married. It was such a lovely day at such a beautiful church! Harriet choose not to get married at our home church but at Shinji's church. I completly understood as soon as I saw the church. It's so beautiful!

Above with all my daughters except Olimpia. She was sick. Charlotte is now back home. She and Lukas are not going on missions outside the country anymore. I'm very relieved. But Charlotte is wearing pants now. It's very sad to see my daughter go this way. I tried talking to her but she kept saying that Lukas is okay with it. If that's true, I must accept it.

The church with the two crosses. Such a beautiful reminder of his grace.

I adore this photo. So beautiful in the eveninglight. Just like a fairytale.

And just after the wedding, Evangeline, came with wonderful news! She is expecting a second baby! She and Chevin have a boy, Raimundo and are hoping for a girl this time. And so do I since I only have grandsons!

Love, Elianna

[thementalist221b]

Got to perform for these incredible people tonight! Descendants of Conan Doyle himself, Elite authors, Sherlock societies of shred awesomeness from around the globe! As a total fanboy, wow! #sherlock #themonographs #thedeductionist #Sherlockian #doylefamily #realdeduction

[ryaneburgess]

Sunset on Sundays #Sunset #Kentucky #Lake #KyLake #water #reflection #doylefamily (at Land Between The Lakes)

[myfriendmarylikeswhales]

#tbt #austin #Texas #keepaustinweird in 2 weeks this will be my life again only now w a beautiful baby and the rest of the #DoyleFamily. @anniedoyle14 @bpadoyle @marydoyle @nadspena

[fundiesimsfamily]

My parents anniversary

Dear diary,

my parents have been married for 45 years! And still, when they look at eachother you see so much love. They have been blessed incredible for all those years. And they have both been such a blessing to so many of us.

My mother recently turned 65 years old, my father is already 71 years old. We love every visit of them and we get plenty of them. They love to see their many grandchilderen.

I have 6 siblings. Abby is my oldest sister. She is married to Sam and together they have 9 childeren, Isa, Karen, Samuel, Victoria, Adeline, Albert, Cecelia, Eleonor and Leonard. Isa, Karen and Victoria are already married. Isa has two childeren and is expecting another. Karen has one child and Victoria is a newlywed.

Beau is my eldest brother. He is married to Isabel and they have 9 childeren too, Maggie, Wayne, Susie, Clint, Finnley, Addie, Holly, Macie and Oliver. Maggie is already married but doesn't have childeren yet.

Then there is my sister Christina. She is married to Aaron and they have 9 childeren also, Abel, Tina, Amos, Brenda, Josiah, Sandra, Micah, Isaiah and Patricia. They are all under 18 so no one is married yet.

Then there is me. Me and Marco have 16 childeren, Charlotte, Lucy, Evangeline, Roger, William, Aimee, Susanna, Charles, Matthew, George, Florence, Benjamin, Ann, Stephen, Clara and Olimpia. They are all under 18. And we have a little surprise, we are expecting #17! We feel so blessed to add another little one to our growing family. (AN: the ages are the spreadsheat ages. Because I age them up faster a lot of them are married in game)

Fifth is my twinsister Fiona. She is married to Fredrick. They have 4 childeren, Nathan, David, Rebecca and Esther. Their childeren are all under 6.

My second brother is Gabriel. He is married to Tamara and together they have 7 childeren, Elijah, Ethan, Emily, Ezra, Edward, Evan and Eleonor. They are all under 10. Tamara is expecting too, around the same time as me. So special!

And then there is my little sister Hosanna. She is married to Ronald and they have two childeren, Ellen and James. They are both young too.

Love, Elianna

[fundiesimsfamily]

Benjamins big day

Dear diary,

My daughter Ann is already a teenager. She is such a spirited young girl blosseming into a young woman. I love to see the development in my girls when they go from child to woman.

My son Benjamin got married. We were all happy for them to get engaged but soon after we heard devastating news. His fiance, Mary, is pregnant! I couldn't believe it but I had to face it. I'm going to be a grandmother way to soon because he has been seduced. No good can come from wearing pants. (AN: Yes, she blames the pants for all of it)

All my boys, Roger, Matthew, Marco, Benjamin, Stephen, George, Charles and William. And me and Marco with the bride and groom. Ofcourse she couldn't wear white anymore.

It was a lovely ceremony but it hurted so much to see her belly. But so thankful to know they are married now and this baby will be cared for.

Love, Elianna

[fundiesimsfamily]

Baby Doyle #16

Dear diary,

We have been blessed with yet another little girl. We named her Olimpia Fulvia Doyle, named after Olimpia Fulvia Morata. We now have 16 childeren, 7 boys and 9 girls. We feel so incredible blessed with our childeren, each and every one of them is so special to us.

In the meantime, my son Benjamin is engaged with his girlfriend Mary Crawley. We are thrilled for them but I'm also very relived that they are getting married and nothing bad has happend. A woman wearing pants isn't something to joke about. I'm hoping Benjamin will change her mind and she will stop wearing them.

Love, Elianna

Below the cut what Elianna doesn't know....

It started with only this...

Then a simple kiss

But it soon got more intense

Until all rules where pushed aside...

Really, all of them...

[fundiesimsfamily]

20th anniversary

Dear diary,

Marco and I have been married for 20 years now. I can't believe it has been so long since our marriage. And I love him even more now then I did the day we got married. He is just the sweetest and most special man I have ever meet.

Since our weddingday we have been blessed with 17 childeren and we are now expecting our 18th baby! We have been so blessed as a couple by the Lord.

And we are already going to be grandparents! Our daughter Charlotte is expecting her first baby. So special! It sad that she doesn't live close to us otherwise I would visit her everyday. But we talk all the time on the phone so it's like I'm there all the way.

Love, Elianna

[fundiesimsfamily]

Me-time

Dear diary,

In a family with 12 childeren it's hard sometimes to get a moment for yourself. I love the early mornings. Sometimes I'm done before the childeren come out of their beds, starting showering and demand breakfast. Those moments are just for me, in a chair, relaxing. Especially now that I'm expecting another baby it's almost needed.

But sometimes those moments also give me some heartache. Those moments are the moments I start to think about my childeren, their future and their current behaviour. Currently I'm worring about my son Charles. He is front hugging his girlfriend, Daisy. None of my childeren done that before. It's new to me and I don't know how to handle it. Marco seems to be fine with it. I worry, like I would when it would be one of my daughters. Is Charles going the right direction in life?

Charles did propose recently to Daisy so I have to worry less about him. He will be fine once married.

Love, Elianna

(AN: an update of the real ages of the childeren since I age them up faster to get them out of the house to make room for more childeren. Charlotte&Lucy 12, Evangeline 10, Roger 9, William 8, Aimee 7, Susanna 6, Charles 5, Matthew 3, George&Florence 2, Benjamin 1)

AN: What mom doesn't know....

[fundiesimsfamily]

Engaged!

Dear diary,

I'm engaged! I still can't believe Marco actually proposed to me and wants to marry me. He is the sweetest and he made such a effort to make the proposal special. Ofcourse he asked my dad before he proposed. He invited both my mom and Fiona with us on a date to chaperonne. We went to a restaurant and had a wonderful meal. Then he took me to a waterfall and there he went down on one knee and asked me to marry him. I was so surprised I didn't say yes right away. He had to wait a little bit. He was so happy when I finally said 'yes'.

Since the engagement we have been weddingplanning and I went over several times to Marco's house. It has to be ready for me to move in, in just a couple of months.

Love, Elianna

[fundiesimsfamily]

Engaged!

Dear diary,

Samson proposed to me! I was so surprised! We have been courting for about three months. I have loved getting to know Samson better and better. The feelings I had have only grown more in those months.

I didn't knew that Samson had asked my father for permission to get married so it was a complete surprise for me when he went down on his knee and asked me to marry him, to be his wife, to be always at his side. I was stunned and needed a moment to get myself together to answer him. Ofcourse it was 'yes' that came from my lips.

And then suddenly, I felt like jumping into his arms and dreaming about him lifting me up in the air. Ofcourse I didn't give in to this temption. We did start holding hands. It's such a lovely feeling to feel his hands in mine. I can't wait to become mrs. Eaten.

Love, Susanna

[fundiesimsfamily]

Two birthday's

Dear diary,

My two youngest are already growing older. If I just could stop that proces for a little moment. At the same time we are so proud at our childeren, both me and Marco.

My youngest daugther, Lilias is a teenager now. She is becoming a lovely lady. She loves to be by herself. Not a really good trait in such a big family but she survives.

My youngest son, Phillip is now a courting adult. He is such a people person, always looking for someone to talk with. So it's now wonder that he is already courting a lovely lady, Alida. We are very excited for them and can't wait what the future holds for these two.

And then one more piece of news, my daughter Aimee is expecting her first baby! We are so happy for her and John. They are going to be wonderful parents to baby Carlson.

Love, Elianna

AN: This is the last post from Elianna. Her heir, Susanna will continue from here. She won't cover Phillips or Lilias' wedding but they both will wed and have huge family's.

One last photo of these two, Elianna&Marco. I loved going crazy with them having a ton of childeren. Although it was a bit boring at the end because it was al just a repeating of before.

[fundiesimsfamily]

Courting

(AN: time to start with the introduction of the fourth generation)

Dear diary,

I have been praying so much for a wonderful young man from church to see me and pay attention to me. Then suddenly my father mentioned that Samson had asked premision to court me. My father was alright with it because he knew Samson already for years.

He came living in our neighborhood when he was a teenager and I was still a child. He is very ambiteus in life and always full of ideas to start doing. I admire him so much.

I love starting to get to know him even more.

Love, Susanna

[fundiesimsfamily]

Another grandson

Dear diary,

We have been blessed with another grandchild, another boy. It's already Lucy's fourth son but she still keeps smiling and saying that she loves being a mom. I doupt it no second because being a mother is such a beautiful job. His name is Carson Richard Bauer.

At home we are enjoying the new porch so much. It such a lovely place to sit and enjoy. Marco and I love to sit here, both at the table and on the other side on a couch. Here we discus all the family matters. From our distance relationship with our daughter Charlotte, to all the grandchilderen and the upcoming birthday's, anniversary's and other milestones.

Love, Elianna

[fundiesimsfamily]

our 25th anniversary

Dear diary,

We have been blessed with a granddaughter! And Evangeline named her after me! Lianna Faith Carlson. It's so precious to hold this little baby girl. Especially after all those grandsons.

We also celebrated our 25 wedding anniversary. I feel so incredible blessed to have live all those years with Marco and we are still going strong. We had an idea, a wonderful idea. We renewed our vows. I had tears in my eyes watching Marco promes me all those things all over again. I can't wait for the next 25 years.

We have been blessed incredible with our 19 childeren and 7 grandchilderen with another one on the way.

Love, Elianna

(AN: Please ignore Charlotte's long hair. I forgot to look at the timeline of her when I made these photo's)

[fundiesimsfamily]

Renovation

Dear diary,

We have been renovating our home. So exciting. Our family has grown so much over the past years. We need room for all these people. (AN: I try to keep the house filled with beds and bath's as much as needed as the spreadsheet ages of the childeren).

We made the upstairs bigger and added some space at the side of the kitchen. The girls have a bedroom upstairs now too, just like the boys. In the old girlsbedroom and the masterbedroom, we made two new bathrooms and the new livingroom.

This created more room for the diningroom, we now have place for 20 people at the two table's.

The old livingroom is now our masterbedroom. Very confinent to have my garden close.

At the side of the livingroom we made another porch to sit and relax on. The one with all my plants didn't have space for that.

I'm totally in love with everything new in the house. I need more help cleaning it but I'm sure my childeren will help me out.

Love, Elianna