Jade doesn't mind, though. Like her brother, Aspen, she's not the party-type, either.

"Hey you grew up well all by yourself, Jade! I'm sorry we missed it!" (With all the kids around, it's hard to keep up with all the transitions!) 

Okay, I had to include this shot from the Curious house to show you how UUUUGGGLEEEE Vidcund's alien son is in my game! And he looks much better here than he does without makeup! And that's Pascal and Aiyana's (the maid) baby he's feeding. 

. . . which eventually leads to this. :-) So Orchid and Albert decide to meet in public to plan their wedding, to actually get it done. But there are always changing rooms! Ah, Sims in love! 

. . . and that leads to this (especially if Albert is in his red undies when Orchid stops by!) . . .  

. . . usually THIS happens . . .  

Since their engagement, Orchid and Albert spend a lot of time together at his house, as well as hers. She says she's coming over to plan the wedding, but . . .

Ah, Wisteria gets the honor of meeting Lilac's husband, Jess. Maybe the hairstyle reminded him of his wife! 

Wisteria is also looking for her soulmate, and couldn't help but notice the handsome mailman that comes to their house every few days, Shane Brown. The next time she sees him, she invites him in for some coffee and starts getting to know him. "So is that 'Neither snow, nor sleet, nor rain, nor whatever' mailman stuff true?" "Well," Shane says, it would be if we ever had any weather around here!" We'll have to see if things progress between the two or not . . .  

Orchid and Albert hold each other, happier than they've ever felt, and so amazed that they found each other and can now be together forever. 

Albert pulls her up, puts the ring on his finger, and says, "I love the ring, and more importantly I love you more than anything. Let's make this official. YES!" 

She pulls out a box with a man's diamond ring inside and presents it to Albert, with the question, "Will you marry me? You haven't officially said yes, yet, you know." 

When they have both recovered, Orchid, with tears of happiness on her face, says "I really want to make this official," smiles, and gets down on one knee, not caring in the least about grass stains possibly getting on her formal gown. 

"You always have been my husband in my heart since we were teens sharing our first kiss; will you do me the honor of making it official?" In response, Albert simply grabs her and kisses her with more passion and love than either of them have ever experienced before. 

Orchid takes Albert's hands in hers and says, "Albert, I want to thank you for being so patient with me. You have been so understanding about my needs and how Darren's death affected me. But enough time has passed that I think I can finally ask you something, well, very important." 

"Orchid, you sounded nervous when you asked me over, what's up? And, wow, you look great! What's the occasion?" 

"All right, NOW you know how to study and you've grown up so well! Congratulations!" 

All of that sneaking out, along with having never learned to study properly, has led to Wisteria having horrible grades! Grey takes it upon himself to try to help her out and finally teach her to study right! 

Meanwhile, Wisteria also has been having her own "special dates," unbeknownst to Orchid and her uncles! Here she is sneaking back to the house afterwards. 

Orchid thinks Albert is so sweet to say that. It almost makes her cry to think how lucky she is, to have a second chance with her true love! (With a little "help" from Grey and a dishwasher, heh, heh. But Orchid doesn't know about that.)