2. Thanks for coming over. Oh, do you want more coffee? Great, get me some while
you’re up. I know some people don’t like looking at wedding albums, so I’m glad
you’re interested. I don’t know why you wouldn’t be though – Palmer and I are
pretty awesome.
This first picture was my first day in the house, right before the wedding, before I
became Lexie Vermachtnis. I was still getting to know Palmer’s family but we were
all focused on the wedding first and foremost. I was so excited that I was already
wearing my veil.

3. Once everyone was on the same page, we split up by gender to go get
ready. Palmer and Max were in the kitchen for what seemed like
forever. It was tough to keep Palmer from seeing me in my dress
when he and his dad wouldn’t stop lounging around the common
areas, congratulating each other on good grades or whatever.

4. Penny and Madeleine helped me get ready. We had picked out a
gorgeous big dress with a long train. My colors for the wedding were red
and white. It was a little tough finding a classy dress for Penelope with
that big rack she was carrying around in those days. Don’t tell her I said
so, though.

5. All dressed and ready, I was super psyched to be getting married,
although Penny was seemingly just as excited to be part of it.
Since I’ve always been a romantic, flirty girl, I thought I might fear
the wedding but I had not a care in my heart. I guess it’s because
Palmer and I are so perfect, not to mention perfect for each
other.

6. Penny invited Paul and Prescott over early. Palmer sent out the
invitations and he wasn’t on the best terms with either of them so
we wanted to make sure they showed up.
We were having an evening wedding so Parker, Palmer’s twin and a
vampire, could come. We have a few other vamps in the family, so
it didn’t hurt that they could attend either.

7. When the guests arrived, it was like a flood of people descending on our lot.
They converged on the house from both sides and broke like a wave, flowing
further into the backyard where the ceremony would be held.
To be honest, I was kind of surprised as many people came as did. For some
unimaginable reason, Palmer and I rub people the wrong way sometimes –
probably a problem with those people, of course – but it was great that so many
were there to witness our big day. A treat for them, I’m sure.

8. Before the guests could get very far, though, a fight broke out in the front
yard between Parker’s wife Elle, a former cow mascot, and Morris
Vermachtnis, Palmer’s uncle. Elle got soundly trounced and slunk off to
nurse her wounds. I’ve never liked her much so I really wanted to run
outside and cheer for Morris but I restrained myself somehow. Palmer likes
her and God knows Parker adores her. I think she’s a pig-headed, trash-
mouthed witch, though. Mean sims – am I right?

9. I didn’t know most of the guests, but some of them were pretty questionable
even by Vermachtnis standards. There were a couple zombies hanging
around, and there was this one girl named Roxy that kept telling me I better
make beautiful babies “or else.” What nerve. Who does she think she is, the
creator? Whatever.

10. We had plenty of seating but the guests still shuffled around like a bunch
of idiots trying to all sit in the same places. It took forever for the
majority of people to get seated, and even then there were some
hanging back, standing around the edges of the seating area. Penny,
Max, Madeleine and Aunt Macy knew what to do, though.

11. Finally, with most people sitting, the music started up and I walked down
the aisle to where Palmer was waiting at the arch. I could feel
everyone’s eyes on me, and I could easily imagine their thoughts – how
beautiful I was, how lucky Palmer was, how amazing my dress was. I’ll
bet there was more jealousy than most people would care to admit.

12. As I approached the arch, Palmer turned and flashed me a smile. He
said later that he thought I’d never looked more beautiful than when I
was walking down the aisle, ready to marry him. He didn’t look so bad
himself, either.

13. We said our vows, mostly about how great each other was.

14. And then out came the rings. Before I had my children, that was
the happiest moment of my life. I felt absolutely giddy.

15. It seemed like only a matter of moments, but just like that, we
were married. I had become a Vermachtnis and a legacy sim.
Probably the best thing to ever happen to their family.

16. After the ceremony, on the way to the reception, Elle started another
fight. This time she was fighting Macy, who gave Elle her second beat-
down of the night. Personally, I think Elle is the type of person that
could use getting her butt kicked on a regular basis. Serves her right
for starting stuff at my beautiful wedding. Good ol’ Aunt Macy,
though – she knows where it’s at.

17. Palmer and I snuck away to have some quiet time
before we showed up at the reception. After some
totally hot woohoo – which all ours is, in case you were
wondering – Palmer asked, “May I have this dance?”
and we danced slowly right there in the bedroom,
husband and wife. So romantic.

18. There were so many people there. I’ll
try to point them out to you. I hung
out for a while with Parker, who is a
vampire/alien/plantsim. Morris and his
wife Lydia were loving up on each other
all night. Madeleine and Max spent
some time catching up with Max’s
brother Mickey and their uncle Jordan.
Jordan’s daughter Marlie was also
nearby.

19. Prescott and Sierra and Paul and Caryl
came. All Palmer’s siblings and their
SOs came, except Malcolm who is a big
jerk. Aunt Macy hung out with her aunt
Joy (in red), Jordan’s punky wife Carissa,
gen 3 Gage’s wife, Julie Vermachtnis,
who had the nerve to wear *her*
wedding dress to my wedding, and Zoe,
the wife of generation 2’s Clay (in blue).

20. Penelope spent a while hanging out with
Clay and Katie, the wife of Max’s uncle
Julian. Max and Maddie got into it with
Zaube I, one of the zombies who attended.
She was about to start a fight with Max so
she had to be asked to leave.
Troublemaker. Marlie and her sister
Susanne spent all night playing in our attic,
way past their bedtime. Jordan and Carissa
are too permissive with them. Not all
parents are as great as Palmer and I.

21. Eventually the party simmered down in the wee hours of the
morning and Palmer and I left for a redeye flight to Twikkii Island
for our honeymoon. When we got there we were both exhausted
and a bit jetlagged so we headed down to the beach to unwind for
a while. We quickly realized we would need to change out of our
warmer clothes. A knit hat and beaches don’t really mix, even if I
do look really hot in it.

22. We stayed at a lovely house on the beach that Max and Maddie
had purchased when they visited Twikkii Island. It was so relaxing
to just sit on the shore and watch the waves roll in.

23. We really enjoyed the cuisine there. Palmer ordered Pineapple
Surprise at every food place we went to but I tried different things.
Sometimes I even ordered twice. I was so hungry all the time, though
I didn’t know why yet.

24. We met this local named Carla (some island name, huh?) and even
though we didn’t hit it off with her right away, both of us really
wanted to be friends with her for some reason. It was a little odd.
I can’t really explain it.

25. We heard about this mysterious witch doctor who lived on the outskirts
of town, so we went to visit him. When we got there, though, he
complained about all his stuff being broken and said he couldn’t entertain
us. I think he was lying because he had some perfectly good chips in his
fridge. When he left the house, Palmer and I helped ourselves to the
chips then left. I got the hint that he wanted us to help but we’re not
mechanics for God’s sake. How selfish of him.

26. Even though we had been dating for a long time, Palmer and I were still
more used to being alone most of the time. Now that we were together
all day every day, we had to balance having some alone time with being
together. Palmer had his MP3 player and I had my books, and we just
tried being respectful of the other’s space. Being respectful is hard for us
though. When you’re as important as we are, respect for others just isn’t
that valuable. Not to us, at least.

27. On one of the beaches we visited
we found an old pirate ship.
Max and Maddie had talked
about it, so we knew we had to
try it out. It was a lot of fun, and
Palmer always loves an
opportunity to practice his
maniacal laugh.

28. The other thing Palmer was really into was
building sandcastles. For some reason, every
time we got to the beach he wanted to build
one, so he left a sandcastle on every beach we
visited. Sometimes I helped him but he built
most of them by himself.

29. We were both in an amorous mood most of the time. We bent the
rules of propriety more than once, and got a good bit of attention for
it. Whatever. We were newlyweds, what did people expect?
Decorum? Not likely.

30. I figured out after a little while that the reason that I was so hungry
and run down all the time was that I was in the early stages of
pregnancy already. I was really happy about this since Palmer and I
had wanted to start our family right away. I could barely contain my
glee as I told my new best friend, Carla.

31. Carla also taught us
the hula. I never
really got the hang of
it but Palmer was a
natural.

32. That night, a very strange thing happened. Without being invited, Carla came
over and sat down at our mahjong table. Both of us love mahjong so even though
it was a little weird for her to show up like that, we jumped at the chance to have
a third to play with.

33. I think we just encouraged Carla though
because, again without any provocation
from us, she decided to spend the night.
She took a bath, slept in our bed (!) and
even joined us for omelets. Once we
were done eating, we left the house
quickly and didn’t come back until
evening. Thankfully, by then Carla had
gone home. I know we both had
unnaturally strong urges to be her
friend, but that was just too weird.

34. Our honeymoon had finally come to an end and we were eager both to
get home to get started on our family, and to leave the weirdness with
Carla behind. Oh sure, when we got home we still wanted to be BFFs
with her, but we were glad she couldn’t follow us home as easily once we
were back in Halcyon River Hills.

35. And that’s the end of our wedding and honeymoon album.
Now, since you’re here, let me tell you another story about how great
Palmer and I are . . . Wait, where are you going?! Come back! We’re
really awesommmmmme . . .
(Thank you for reading, everyone! As always, come to SiMania for
more great simmers and stories. Take care!)