Here we have Martin and Karen Bancroft. They've just moved into a house in Sapphire Springs. What they don't know is that Sapphire Springs is for the so-called "odds-and-sods" of society, people who don't fit into the man-woman-two children model of family life. They were told Sapphire Springs was good for raising families. Which, as wannabe Quiverfullers, is their dream. 

Obviously, their first objective is to, ahem, use the marital bed. Sadly, we didn't get to hear that chime, so to speed things up I used BoolProp and the Tombstone of Life and Death. I also dragged her cooking skill to level 8 so she can make cheesecake. 

Not long after they've moved in, Karen hears the doorbell ring. A new neighbour! What Karen doesn't realise is that this is Abby Morris-Jones and her WIFE, Jenna. That's right, LESBIANS. Karen quickly realises the situation, but rather than berate Abby and Jenna face-to-face she decides to be friendly to their face and pray for them privately. She's secretly rather a placatory, non-aggressive sort of person who just wants to be friendly and not earn a reputation as a nutter. She decides to make lunch for the neighbours. (See the cheesecake? For some reason after her sweet fellowship session, she feels that she really wants some cheesecake. You'll see the effects later).

The rest of the day passes with little incident. The next day, whilst at her sewing machine, Karen gets up suddenly... PREGNANT! Praise the Lord! That's a decidely immodest outfit she's wearing, but she figures that she hardly ever leaves the house anyway, so it's only Martin who sees her. Martin himself isn't entirely sure what he wants out of life. He's been praying, naturally, but God hasn't shown him the answer yet. He gets so bored he decides to play in the (empty) bath one day like he used to do when he was little. 

The pregnancy passes with little incident. Whenever I play a fundie family, I always find that the first couple of days before the birth are quite boring. With the Bancrofts, I decided to open a small business and have Karen sell homemade stuff, but I closed it quickly because no-one was buying anything and I thought Martin should get a legit job. After all, I am essentially playing God in this game, so I can make Martin see that a proper job gives him something to do and earns him money. I always find home businesses difficult in Sims 2 so I tend not to use them.

I don't know if you can see this, but Karen's in the foreground holding one baby... and Martin's in the kitchen holding another! Yup, TWINS! (That's the cheesecake effect). Madison was born first, then Michael. Yeah, you see where I'm going with this... M-names. (I know the picture quality isn't great, I'll see if I can tweak that when I next play them. I have a custom-built gaming laptop so this should be doable). 

Here's a scene I thought was typically fundie... Mom eating whilst the babies just lie on the floor. A-star parenting right there.

By this point, Martin has a job in Politics. Like many fundies, he has political ambitions. He'll only ever get to be Mayor of SimCity, but it's a start. 

Here, we see that the twins have grown up, and Karen decides to start her kids early and reads the Bible to Madison. Dunno why she's talking about teddy bears. Maybe she's attempting to describe God as a big cuddly teddy bear who will always be there to offer comfort? You'll notice there's no TV. No way of just flaking out and watching mindless programmes with God-knows-what content. (I do occasionally allow a TV in Sims 3 fundie families, as there are more educational channels, plus the Kids channel can be used as a way of increasing the chance of multiples). 

Karen quickly gets pregnant again. She isn't happy to have to attend to a screaming Madison when she's heavily pregnant and has had very little sleep. She's attempted some sort of sleep training but she's too lazy to put proper effort into it. Hopefully when the twins are older she can have them take care of the babies whilst she gets her beauty sleep. After all, she's growing new blessings for the Lord, she deserves it, right?

Karen goes into labour in the living room with Madison beside her. Madison has seemingly already realised that this will be happening many times in her future and isn't reacting at all. You'll also notice that Martin isn't a very present father... he's changed a couple of nappies and fed them a couple of bottles, but the nitty-gritty of raising children is mainly woman's work.

Karen gives birth to third baby, Max. Madison and Michael eventually turn into Children, but I haven't got a photo of them yet. The last I played, Karen had three children and was pregnant with her fourth. Not much of note has happened so far, but we're only in early days.