Roque - January 2026

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Roque 2 household

The Roque Family

Gunnar is 64, Ella is 62

(Yuan Zang is 36, Cole Rai is 35, Marcus Young is 34, Françoise Roque is 31, Madeleine Rai is 28, Eleanora Roque is 21, George Roque is 11, Charles Roque is 9 and Noémi Roque is 3)

Narrated by Ella

It's strange to be back after 2 years, but our kids come by quite a lot, so we already feel quite at home. I'm glad to see Maddie and Cole this much, and it's a plus Gunnar and Cole get along so well, they both love music, a different kind, but they can discus it for hours.

I was really excited when Maddie announce that she and Cole were expecting their 1st child, and I was glad Gunnar agreed it was time to move back, after all we've seen everything we wanted to see.

The downside to having only 1 kid, is that you don't get to go shopping for babythings that much, so I was very happy when Maddie asked me to come along when she went looking for things for the baby.

We don't always see eye to eye when it comes to decoratingtaste, but I wasn't there to tell her what she had to buy, I was there to give her advice. What she and Cole eventually decide to buy is up to them.

I could see she didn't agree with me on everything, but at least she listened, and even tried looking at things the way I adviced. I'm eager to see what she eventually decides on.

I'm sure Gunnar was as happy to be back as I am. I know he missed spending time with his grandkids, after all he lived with them untill we left. He was more than happy to oblige when George and Charles begged him to go ice skating.

I tried my luck on the ice as well, but I have to admit I think I'm getting a little bit too old for these kind of things, so I went to sit down quite fast.

I think Gunnar underestimated the whole thing, because he joined me on the bench very soon. Thank god they have cushions on those benches, because we decided to stay there for some time.

After all we didn't want to spoil it for George and Charles, and they definatly weren't ready to go home yet, despite all the falling.

When we eventually got them home, we rang Fran and Yuan so they could meet us there with Noémi. We arranged a little play area for the kids in our livingroom, so we could keep an eye on them the entire time.

With Fran and Yuan's wedding set in May 2027, so there still is plenty of time to plan everything, but they both are already busy with it, and are constantly checking for our opinions.

They mostly want our thoughts and idea's on where to go on their honeymoon. Even though they're not sure they're going on a honeymoon, with the kids and all, I think they like to dream away about the possibility.

Since we came back it seems like we always had a constant stream of visitors, mostly our dautghers. On one of her last visits, Ellie brought her new boyfriend with her. Well, he isn't exactly new anymore, she's been dating him for some time now, and they live together.

But she finally decided for Marcus to meet the parents. I know Gunnar was worried about the fact that Marcus is so much older than Ellie, and his demanding carreer, but I think meeting with him has eased his mind.

We both could see that Ellie was happy, and that's really all that matters.

I was glad to be able to go back to work at the shop, but this time I'm just a employee. My hours are good, and I have a lot of time to bake pots at home.

I've also started painting again. I did it years ago, but eventually stoped because of life getting in the way. Now that I have more time, I thought it would be nice to pick it up again.

Gunnar and I both have our own hobby room, and he speds quite a lot of time in his as well. He's still playing the drums and I don't think I would stand him playing in the livingroom the entire day.

When we were on our trip Gunnar I discussed our future as well. He's almost ready to retire from the army, and he's not ready to sit around doing nothing, and so he came with the idea to open his own music store.

We started planning, and now that we're back he went ahead with the plans we made. With the visits from children and grandchildren, it took us some time, but we made it.

There wasn't a festive opening, but it seems like we didn't need that. Customers seem to find their way to 'Gunnar's Tunes' without it.

Gunnas was estatic. It seemed like his musicstore was something the people of SimsVille and Simmeria have been wanting for some time.

Every day the store is open it's packed with customers. Gunnar doesn't even has the time to properly restock when the store is open, but he doesn't mind having to do that when the store is closed.

Notes:

• Gunnar and Ella are back! I wasn't sure how I would handle another emptynester's household, but they were quite fun to play, with their daughters dropping in, and the opening of the store.
• I saw pictures on meetmetotheriver's tumblr where Gunnar had a music store, and I loved the idea. First is was only the idea of a music store I loved, but who would beter to run it than Gunnar, and so Gunnar's tunes opens his doors.
• I've added yet another page to the sidebar, the SimsVille Yellow pages, where I'll be showing off my community lots, owned or not.