Moving In: The McMillian Family

James McMillian is a more recent transplant to New Eden, unlike most of the residents of the neighborhood, he didn't move here from Eden. He's originally from Apple Valley. He became acquainted with the area when his brother began dating (and later married) an Eden native, Suzanna Carr. Employed in the architecture and construction field, James was naturally interested in the move to New Eden and the building and city planning process. After exchanging a few e-mails with Robin Young about the types of building materials being used and what grade of asphalt was being used on the streets, he was offered a job by the neighborhood to access the construction work that had been done so far and oversee any future projects.

Taking his job seriously and wanting to make sure his choices were what the sims of New Eden wanted, James set to networking immediately after moving to New Eden. When their time came in the rotation for the first few sim days, every household knew to expect a phone call survey from James about what they liked about New Eden so far and about what improvements they would like to see made. As you would expect, some sims were more eager to share their opinions than others.

James' efforts towards networking weren't only for professional reasons, but also for personal reasons. As a newcomer to New Eden and one of the only sims here who wasn't already familiar with the neighbors he was interested in becoming acquainted, making new friends, and as a single sim, he was also keeping an eye out for a potential date. Unfortunately many of the sims he met were already married . . .

 Or married and pregnant . . . 

Or had no interest in construction (any woman who wants to be with James has to accept that construction isn't just his career, it's one of his passions)

But sometimes someone who seems to take interest in his building surveys on the phone . . .

turns out to be rather obnoxious in person.

James doesn't mind that true love hasn't come to him as quickly and easily as it did with Bradford and Suzanna.  He's enjoying his life and work in New Eden.  Making friends with the neighbors, redesigning and remodeling his own bachelor pad and keeping busy with his work, redesigning the local art museum and boarding school for the junior and senior high school kids.

Moving In: The Havers-Rossi Family

 Alexis Havers was once a well known actress, appearing on not one, but two, international soap operas, Arrendale Heights and Pahala Shore.  Her career seemed to be going well until a widespread writers' strike put her out of work and practically put an end to international soaps as she knew them.

Part of the reason she decided to move to New Eden was as a last ditch effort to jump start her career and to keep her name and face in the public eye.  She had hoped that living near her agent, Winston Crabtree, would help her with that goal.  Winston had been honest with her before she had decided to make the move and told her up front that her chances of finding the kind of international work she was used to was slim to none and that she should probably focus more on smaller, local projects if she wanted to continue in the business. 

These days, according to Winston, the real fame and money to be made was in music, as evidenced by the widespread popularity of the band Aerial Bionic.  Even though she refuses to give up on her own stardom, totally, Alexis has decided to turn her attention to the career of her teenage daughter, Geneva, a member of the girl group, Glitter.

Alexis also decided to make the move to New Eden to have a fresh start.  When her relationship with her long time boyfriend had ended, the tabloids had a hay day with the story, so she decided to move with their two children, twins Geneva and Owen, to New Eden to start afresh and hopefully find better opportunities for them all.

When it came to opportunities for improving her love life, New Eden did not seem to be the place to be for Alexis.  There weren't many single men here, period, let alone many to her liking.  And the feeling was mutual.  Most of the sims Alexis met were immediately put off by her often blunt and snobbish personality and it was difficult for her to even make friends.  Lack of a decent social life made her wonder if New Eden was the right place for her, but she had no doubt her kids would have more opportunities and a better time fitting in here and that was enough to make her want to give New Eden another chance.

The one exception to her floundering social life was a former co-star of hers, Neil Hayes, who she was more than pleased to pursue a flirtation with and luckily for her, the feeling was mutual.

Alexis may not have been known as the most devoted mom.  It's no secret that motherhood came as a surprise to her.  It certainly wasn't something she'd planned on when she discovered she was pregnant, with twins no less.  Even though her career kept her traveling away from home when her kids were small, she did have a good relationship with both her daughter and son.

She was the kind of mom that wanted to be one of her kids' best friends.  It meant that they were close and had fun together, but it also meant that she didn't mind letting her kids do as they pleased most of the time.  Her career in local theater had her working mostly evenings and nights, which meant the kids were often home alone after school and have no qualms about taking full advantage of their freedom and it doesn't take long for the Havers-Rossi household to get a reputation for being a little unruly.

Moving in: The Huffington Family

Heather Huffington never thought her life would be like this. She always thought she'd finish college marry a rich man or get a glamorous high paying job and move into a fancy house. Instead she's found herself an unemployed, single mom, renting a modest two bedroom apartment.

She met him in college. He seemed sweet and shy and at first she wasn't sure if she wanted to give him the time of day.


But once she did, things progressed. They started to fall in love. After graduation they moved into a house together with his sister and another recent graduate.

Their relationship didn't last long. Neither one of them was eager to commit and neither one was perfectly faithful to one another. When he caught her fooling around with another man, he couldn't forgive her and the relationship was over. He didn't believe that the baby was his when she found out that she was pregnant shortly after she got cheating, but she knew it was. After Lance was born they had a paternity test done to prove what she already new. Gareth had seen Lance a few times, but shortly after he was born, she made the move to New Eden and Gareth took off to pursue his dream of becoming an internationally famous rock star.

Gareth was generous enough with financial support. But it was hard going through the day by day of parenting alone.
Heather knew she should get busy getting on her feet so she could support herself and Lance on her own, but she was feeling aimless and directionless. She would try to find times in the day to paint for a little extra money and spend the rest of her time caring for her little one.

She wasn't too proud to depend on the help of kind visiting neighbors. She was wary at first about inviting the husband of a STAR journalist into her home, but Shawn was sweet and helpful and eager to get practice for when he would have kids of his own.

Even more of a blessing to Heather was Neil Hayes, an actor neighbor who seemed to pass by her house every day. She never failed to greet him when she had the chance. He was also sweet and helpful, and single. Heather thought it was a shame she wasn't attracted to him in the least bit. Why couldn't she just find one man who had it all?

Moving in: The Cormier Family

When Richie Cormier, told his mother Rose that he had decided to settle in New Eden with his girlfriend, Tosha, he was surprised at the suggestion she gave him. Why don't you take Violet with you.

Violet is Richie's younger sister. Only a day away from becoming a teenager, Violet was being watched by social services and was threatened to be taken away from her home because of her failing grades. Rose Cormier was appalled at the thought and felt terribly guilty. Life had been difficult for her when her husband left the family while Violet was still a newborn. Rose has worked hard even into her elder years, putting in long hours at the hospital and studying to further her career during her time off. After Richie went off to college and wasn't home to help like he was when he was a teen, things got even harder, but Rose couldn't fathom how Violet had fallen so far behind in school without her noticing.

Rose hesitated to let her barely teenage daughter live away from her, but she knew she would be in good hands with Richie. New Eden Academy was supposed to provide unrivaled educational opportunities for young sims and with Richie being a new teacher there, he would be able to keep a closer eye on his progress. As for Rose, she longed to join her family, but felt she was too old and her roots in Eden too deep to start over now.

Living with her big brother and his girlfriend seemed like a fun idea to Violet. She and Richie had been close before he left for college and Tosha was pretty cool and easy to get along with.

There were several other teens in the neighborhood to make friends with. Many of them had moved from Eden also and were sims that she had met at Eden Elementary.

Violet was always searching for something fun to do around the house to keep herself occupied and ward off boredom.

She enjoyed spending time in the pool. Often she would just float in the pool, staring up at the stars in the night sky for what felt like hours.

Sometimes she felt like the third wheel in the family and wondered if she really belonged there. Richie and Tosha needed their alone time, like any young couple. They were always talking about what they wanted in the future, which for both of them was marriage and babies. Violet couldn't help wondering where or even if she would fit in when those things happened.

Her tiny bedroom in the two bedroom house had been designed for a little kid before she came in and redecorated with her own personal stamp.

When Tosha and Richie officially announced their engagment, Violet couldn't have felt more lonely.

Lonely and bored, still horribly behind with her grades, and now in the midst of the tumultous teen years, a change of locale, was not doing much to improve Violet's situation, so far.

Moving In: The Thayer Family

Fawn Thayer was born into a large family. She and her twin brother, Gareth, were the youngest of 6 children in their household. They were raised by their mother, Meadow, and step-father, Orlando, and only knew their biological father, Tristan Artist, later in life. The twins both had artistic leanings from a young age, Fawn in art and Gareth in music, and followed those interests into college where they both majored in the arts.

Their artistic leanings were inherited from their father's side of the family, from Tristan's parents who started the original art gallery in old Eden. When Tristan died, he left his parents' artworks to Fawn, choosing her over the 3 children he had with his wife, to continue on the Artist's tradition and maintain the art gallery.

Since making the move to New Eden, Fawn has started work on a new Artisan's Gallery.

The original design of the building has proven to be less than optimal for displaying artwork, so Fawn has enlisted the help of New Eden's newest resident, James McMillian to take a look at the building and help redesign it in a more efficient way.

Even from their first meeting at the gallery, James seems eager to get started on the project. Enthusiastic, he already has a lot of ideas brewing in his mind about the art gallery project.

One thing Fawn would like added to the art gallery itself is a workshop is a studio where she can work on her own art. For the time being, she's using her own house to work on her projects. Fortunately, her house is right next door to the art gallery, so everything is within easy access.


Fawn has taken a lot of care decorating her small house in good style. Careful not to let her space become too cluttered she's tried to fill it with beautiful things to make it her own. Being a single woman, with no intentions of getting married or having a family, the small house is a perfect size for Fawn, although she wouldn't mind having a second bedroom for when guests come to stay. Gareth often crashes on her couch when he's in New Eden between touring or working in the studio with his band, Aerial Bionic. With as successful as his band has been, he could afford his own place in New Eden, but since he's home so rarely, he enjoys spending time with his sister while he can.

Fawn tries not to let Gareth's visits cramp her style. She knows that her brother doesn't approve of her forming a romantic relationship with his agent, even if they are mature adults and Winston is professional enough not to let his romantic life interfere with his professional life.


Fawn doesn't worry about what her brother thinks about their relationship. A single woman gets lonely and Winston is always good company.


Not just in the bedroom either.


Neither one of them would say it's love or are concerned about making a commitment. They are both happy being single at the moment and enjoying each other's company occasionally. But who knows when a casual relationship may grow into something more