A lot has happened in the little family
since the last chapter, but not all of it makes good story additions (or at least, I can't think of a way to make it into one, so I'm probably just having writer's block),
so I thought I'd just do a quick picture post and update between
chapter ten and the next.
Moriah
Despite being heavily pregnant (again!)
while taking care of her already large family, Moriah has been hard
at work trying to improve her grasp on her magical talent in case
Buster's sinister intentions come back to haunt her.
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| A beautiful bride. |
Turns out the baby was actually
triplets, so life got awfully busy after that, and poor Moriah's good
intentions to improve on her magic (and go back to work) remained
only that: intentions.
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| You'd think after having three kids already, Xander would stop freaking out whenever Moriah goes into labor... |
Xander
With three new babies in the house, and
three teenagers as well, plus being the major breadwinner in the
household, poor Xander has been working hard to just keep his head
above water and hasn't had much time to focus on personal stuff (thus
the lack of good pictures of him). He's still a sweet daddy and
husband, just busy busy busy! He's definitely getting on in years,
and I had to really rush to get in birthday parties and Moriah's
bridal shower in before the wedding and his age transition!
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| With a wife and now at least one child who are wizards, Xander got curious. This didn't turn out well, but at least he tried! LOL |
The Triplets
The triplets were born just before the
twins aged up. Their names are Isabella, Inigo, and Ilian. Mainly
because I liked Isabella, and then I discovered there were two more
and I couldn't think of anything for the boys. Inigo is, of course, a
reference to The Princess Bride, which is one of my favorite movies.
Ilian is the only other boy's name I could come up with that sounded
vaguely Romani. I probably should have used a baby name websites or
something, but... I was feeling lazy. Yep. And since I am again
feeling lazy, I won't tell you anything about their traits and
whatnot just yet.
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| Ilian |
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| Inigo |
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| Isabella |
Lilah
Poor Lilah! This girl just can't catch
a break. As the oldest, Moriah and Xander expect her to take up a lot
of responsibility around the house, but meanwhile she's also dealing
with personal problems of her own, which you'll see in the next
couple chapters.
She is pretty much constantly grounded,
and the house is always so crazy that she can't manage to get her
grades up because she never has time to do her homework. Not to
mention she has fallen for a friend who just won't return her
feelings (you'll find out more about that in chapters to come), and who grew up too fast for Lilah to have a chance with
her. True, Lilah is Evil and Insane, so you can't feel too sorry for
her, but still... she holds a special place in my heart. She
definitely hasn't shown any signs of magical talent thus far either,
so one more downside to being her. Poor girl.
She did however, have a great time at
her prom, at least initially.
She was even voted prom queen, which
was a brief shining moment for her. Then it all went downhill. She
offered to dance with a guy because she felt sorry for him, but he
turned her down, and then she managed to get into a fight, so she
came home in kind of a funk.
Timo
Timo is an odd one. He was the
only one of the kids to really form a strong relationship with the
“toy/imaginary friend” sent him by a long lost aunt, and he and
Peaches have stayed close well into his teen years.
Aside from his relationship with
Peaches, you'd almost think he was a Loner, since he tends not to
interact much with the rest of the family, even his twin, Mattei,
aside from the mandatory helping with the triplets.
But when Xander and Moriah went away
for a spur of the moment vacation, Timo was the one who promptly
threw a teen party and started flirting with a girl, though he was so
tired he didn't really get anywhere with her. The cops actually ended
up being called, and he got a pretty little lecture.
However, he didn't end up getting in
trouble with his parents at all, though Lilah did, so he may be
sneakier than he lets on.
Timo is definitely a wizard, and was
already flying around on a broomstick as a child, so he may end up
being the heir in this family (if I can get over my love of poor
picked-on Lilah).
Mattei
Mattei is the quiet, studious, good
child in the family. He's friendly to everyone, helps his parents
around the house, always does his homework, and even taught two of
the triplets how to walk and go on the potty. He's sweet, but he
doesn't have a whole lot of personality aside from being sweet and
helpful, so I probably won't focus a whole lot on him. Characters
without drama don't add a whole lot to my story. LOL.
The Wedding
Xander and Moriah had a destination
wedding at the beach, and all their friends and family were invited.
It was just beautiful.
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| Xander and Moriah exchange vows. |
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| Putting on the rings |
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| Xander's Groomsmen: Timo and Mattei |
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| Moriah's Bridesmaid: Lilah |
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| Kissing the bride. |
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| The wedding party and guests. |
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| The Hemlock men enjoying themselves at the reception. |
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| The wedding cake. |
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| Moriah cutting the cake. |
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| This wedding picture concept came from one I have from my own wedding. |
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| A voyeuristic peek at wedding night action. |
Well, that's it for the update. Next chapter resumes with a new narrator! I'm excited to get into her perspective! Enjoy, and thanks for reading!
