#august 100

The Wynn-Diesel-Raymond family ate and enjoyed their Tilapia dinner with lively conversation..some even grabbed seconds!

Jina and Tina had a moment to catch up with each other, and Carmen played a lovely song on her new guitar as well. :)

Then Ryan asked everyone to quickly change clothes if they wanted to, and follow him and Carmen over to Oasis Springs...

Carmen:  What’s in Oasis Springs, Ry?

Ryan: We’re going to the new Bayside Bowling alley.

The family arrives at Bayside Bowling which was made by @mysimsloveaffair

And Tomika Cunningham is waiting for them.  She’s decorated a section with balloons for the guest of honor!

Carmen: Tomika! I knew you were in on this! Give me a hug, thank you so much!

Tomika:  Yeah the girls called me and said I could arrange some bowling for you guys!  I wanted to do something, chile.  I’m glad to be a part of your special day, Carm.  Happy Birthday!  I set up two lanes for us to bowl...we just have to separate into teams.

Carmen:  I don’t think we have enough people, do we?  Is Sabien here?

Tomika:  Nah, he couldn’t make it..he’s got a political rally up in Windenburg today that he had to speak at.

Carmen: Aww, well tell him we said hello!  I hope he’s recovered from that butt whooping Ryan put on him yesterday!  You know I heard all about it. Every boring detail..Ryan wouldn’t shut up. lol  *mocking Ryan* ..“I beat tha Mayor!” 

Tomika laughs: Oh my goodness! lol  Well, it’s not just Mayor that he wants, he wants to be President, chile.  So, he’s working hard on that.  But yes, Sabien was plenty butt hurt over his loss. Our guys are so intense!  Why they gotta be like that over a chess game? 

Back at home...Ryan greets his wife with a kiss

Carmen: You gotta see what I found at the Flea Market, baby!

Ryan:  Aah-aah-aah...shh.  *he smiles at her* Go get pretty..and don’t take all day...meet me in the kitchen.

She doesn’t ask questions. She smelled the good food as soon as she entered the house.

Tina heads for the den so she can take the heels off her aching, swollen feet..and greets Vin there watching the Sunday football game.

Carmen is overwhelmed when she rounds the corner into the kitchen and sees all the effort put into making her day so special.  They’ve gotten gifts! A lovely basket of goodies and a guitar!  They’ve made homemade candies and Jina has made her favorite dish...her delicious pan fried Tilapia. Not to mention, all the beautiful decorations! Her birthday is everything she wanted.  Her family is all there!

Carmen:  You rascalssss..*laughing*  This is so beautiful. I’m so grateful to have such a healthy, loving, wonderful family..thank you all!  I got my guitar! Yayyy!  

Ryan:  You deserve so much more, baby. And I hope you and I have many more years so I can give it all to you.  I love ya.  

Ya’ll ready to dig in?  

Everyone: Ohhh yeah!  

Ryan removes his sunglasses and closes his eyes to give thanks for the food and for his family, and most of all, for his wife and all that she does.

Ryan: The food looks and smells good, Jina...Let’s eat! We got thangs to do!

Carmen: There’s more?

Meanwhile....

Loren goes into the upstairs office to eat breakfast with her Mom, Jina.  Jina’s been working all night on her comedy routine with little to no sleep and hardly eating.  No one in the family sees her lately because she’s working so hard on becoming a good entertainer.

Jina:  Hey Rennie!  You feeling better?

Happy to finally have her mother’s attention, Loren kicks her legs out and back against the ottoman:  MUCH better!! *giggles*

Jina:  Watch your feet, honey, don’t wanna scuff that.  Hey..Listen, Daddy told me he explained you couldn’t do your sleepover this weekend, but we’re still gonna have a good time with the whole family for Mimi’s birthday, right?  And maybe even go to the new bowling alley in Oasis Springs!

Loren:  I can’t wait to go..I’m excited to see Aunt T and Uncle U, it’s been a long time.

Jina: They’re looking forward to it as well.  Aunt T can’t bowl tho, because of her pregnancy, but she’ll still have fun.  And you know..we still wanna celebrate you making the honor roll.  You deserve that so much.  So, have you thought of anything else you wanna do?

Loren has thought about it..and she really wants her parents...both of them together.

Loren: I wanna spend the day with you and Daddy!  We don’t have to go anywhere, just play some games! 

Jina: That’s a plan, sweetie! Lemme shut this down right now, and go shower and change..me and Daddy will meet you downstairs!

After the game, some of them went to get drinks at the bar.  Tina aka Aunt T and Loren spend some time catching up, it’s been awhile.  And Vin chats with Cookie Lyon about his workout regimen.

They move into the little VIP section Tomika created for them, waiting for Carmen to join them.  As she walks towards the group, everyone starts singing “Happy Birthday To You...!”  And a pretty red-headed stranger says a soft “Happy Birthday” as Carmen passes by.  

Loud familiar chatter fills the air in that section of the room, as the family exchanges jokes and lively conversations.  Jina’s sprinkles some of her new jokes into the mix and more laughter erupts!  They sip their tasty cocktails for an hour or so more....fully enjoying each other’s company.