The Kirby-Romilly wedding

Round 27: Summer 2026

Finn Romilly and Victoria Kirby are both 25.

It's 7am on her sister's wedding day and Rebecca is all ready for the proceedings to start. It looks like it's going to be a beautiful day; even the apple trees are co-operating!

An hour or so later when Finn and Caitlin head out, it's looking a little less promising. Hopefully, the rain stays away at least for the ceremony.

The wedding will be Amar's first job as a professional photographer and he's not worried about the idea of rain at all. If it's raining when it comes time for pictures, there are plenty of good locations indoors. He's already sizing them up.

Amar has already been given one final warning from Finn, to keep his eyes and hands away from the female guests.

Finn seems pretty convinced by Amar's reassurances. Victoria will still be watching him carefully. She's already spotted him eyeing Claudia this morning and it better not go any further than that.

Then again, he also agreed to a game of catch with Declan to keep him occupied while his parents were preparing and waiting for the guests to arrive. Victoria's not sure what to make of Amar.

Finally, it's time for the ceremony to start. All the guests have thankfully taken their seats on time.

Everyone except Troy and Josie, that is. They're too busy flirting on the porch.

Amar is ready and waiting with his camera and is trying to avoid getting in the way of the girls behind him.

Not that Rebecca would mind Amar "getting in the way" a little! She doesn't remember Amar being so hot when he was dating Claudia!

Across the aisle, Declan is entertaining one of Finn's groomsmen, Calvin. Calvin doesn't really know Declan very well but that's never stopped Declan.

Once his parents start the vows, Declan knows it's time to clam up.


And so after being together for 12 years and having two children together, Finn and Victoria are, at long last, married!

Have you ever seen a pair of 5-year-olds happier to be at a wedding than Finn's nephews, Justin and Xavier?

And hey look, Troy and Josie managed to actually see the ceremony after all.

At some point while her parents were saying their vows, Caitlin managed to wrangle herself out of her aunt Elspeth's grasp to take a nap on the dog bed.

Finn scoops up Caitlin just in time to catch Elspeth gazing adoringly at Amar. Finn isn't particularly happy about this development.

Not that Finn's really worried about Amar making a move on a 12-year-old - he's not that sleazy! Finn just isn't fond of the fact that his baby sister is starting to notice the opposite sex.

There didn't seem to be a single guy at the wedding who Elspeth didn't make eyes at over the course of the day.

Although in Calvin's case, Elspeth was far from his only admirer.

He could do quite well for himself if he was straight but alas, he doesn't swing that way!

Henry has considered Victoria a part of the family for a long time but he and Araminta are thrilled that she's now officially a Romilly.

Victoria's pretty lucky on the in-law front. She became good friends with Ione when they were pregnant at the same time and they've remained close over the past 5 years.

On the whole, the two sides of the family seem to be getting along very well.

Except for Rebecca and Ione, oddly.

Ione's six months pregnant with twins and she doesn't have the energy to argue with a 17 year-old, so she escapes to the kitchen and chats with Calvin instead.

Over the years with Claudia, Jacob has become quite good at seeing when Rebecca needs defusing and he distracts her with a game of Rock, Paper, Scissors. Juvenile, yes, but whatever works!

Declan, meanwhile, is currently continuing his aim of entertaining every single person at the wedding. Right now, he's showing off his handstands to his aunt Claudia.

Before moving onto regaling Evan with stories about school. Declan has just started kindergarten.

He's also keen to talk to Jacob about his grandparents' telescope. His dad was showing it to him before the wedding and he's now decided that he must have one of his own.

Caitlin is quite the little social butterfly too.

With so many family members and friends around, Caitlin is being absolutely doted on and she's lapping it all up.

A bit too much excitement for a little one, maybe? Hopefully, that'll wash right out!

Trent has always liked Finn, ever since he and Victoria started dating, when they were just 13. Megan and Finn, however, have had their share of tension.

Since the engagement though, Megan has slowly been softening her stance towards Finn. She might even say she likes her son-in-law now.

He's certainly treated Victoria a lot better than Amar treated Claudia, so Finn has that going for him at the very least.

Megan wasn't thrilled about the idea of Amar being at her daughter's wedding but he's been behaving himself so far. She's still glad she'll never have to see him again after today.

What's his problem with the cake anyway? It's a beautiful cake!

Charlie is rubbing his hands together in glee at the mere thought of digging into that cake.

The newlyweds will of course get to sample the cake first.

Finn approves!

All day, Victoria's been waiting for her mother to start nagging or complaining about something but so far, she's been very well-behaved.

Maybe they should pump her full of wedding cake more often!

Thankfully, Finn and Victoria's wedding has gone off without a hitch. Everyone had a wonderful time, especially the newlyweds.

Most couples might be heading off on a honeymoon after their wedding. Finn and Victoria don't have the money for that, so they'll be heading back home to Exeter.

The closest Finn and Victoria will get to a honeymoon for a while is one blissful evening in their apartment, while Declan and Caitlin stay the night at the Kirby farm.

Extras:

Prepare for pic spam! Just be thankful I'm not subjecting you to all of them. I went a little insane.

So after the wedding, Amar set up his tripod in the yard and took some less candid shots.


Victoria was generally co-operative for photos this time (which is more than I can say for Finn and Trent!) but at one point, she wandered off and sat on this bench behind the barn. So I thought I'd go with it.

But I still made her come and pose under the arch as well.

And in the orchard. Not that you can tell it's the orchard because I was dumb and didn't angle the picture correctly. Can't you just imagine Megan ranting about grass stains in the background? I don't think Victoria is the type to worry much about that kind of thing.

Speaking of Megan...here she is! I've never noticed before but even with the surgery I did on Victoria, I can still see a lot of resemblance between her and Megan. Except the chin. That's all Trent.

The happy couple with Henry and Araminta. Finn's parents were, by the way, extremely irritating to pose. Does anyone else find elders tricky to pose? Even with Look at Player, they seem to often tilt their heads up rather than looking straight on (Araminta is doing it here, Henry is not).

Aw! Family portrait - Finn and Victoria with Declan and Caitlin. I almost wish Caitlin was a little bigger so I could do more of a close up without cutting her out.

Finn with his sisters, Elspeth and Ione. This picture is probably more indicative of Elspeth's features than her profile pic.

Victoria with Claudia and Rebecca, her sisters and bridesmaids.

Finn with his groomsmen, Jacob and Calvin. Finn and Calvin haven't hung out much together "on camera" but they've been good friends since childhood.

The whole bridal party!

Notes:

• Business first! I've rearranged the play schedule slightly so I can wrap up the whole Adrienne/Nick thing in a more timely fashion.
• Finn and Victoria are the third generation to get married in front of the apple trees at the Kirby farm. Victoria's grandparents and her parents got married in the exact same spot. Bonus grouchy Megan in the latter post! I notice I was blaming it on Betsy then but as we all know now, it was just as likely to be Megan's fault!
• I ended up chickening out on moving Finn and Victoria into the farmhouse and leaving Declan and Caitlin in the apartment as placeholders. I'm pretty sure it would have worked but I ended up making a cat for them in CAS, dropping her into their apartment, adding them to the household with InSim and then moving them all back out at the end. The family also had to give back the $120,000 they took with them, which I'm sure they would have been very sad about. That would have paid for a honeymoon, a house and Finn's masters! And Finn and Victoria did actually get a night by themselves in their apartment - I didn't move Declan and Caitlin back in until the next morning. ;)
• Just realised Troy and Josie are colour co-ordinated! That was unintentional. I had to do a quick change for Josie because her formal wear was much too evening-y for this wedding.
• Finn and Victoria's wedding cake made me hungry in a bad way. Some people go nuts for chocolate; sponge cake with jam and cream is my weakness.
• All the grandparents were so adorable. I think they hung out more with their grandkids than they did with any of the adult guests. Henry, especially.
• An unrelated question for all of you: I get a lot of questions about custom content I use and as you know, I've already done posts for hair and clothing. I'm putting together one for objects but it's quite a task. I've compiled a list of all my babies'/kids' stuff but are there any other kinds of objects you'd like me to include? Posters? Wedding stuff? Clutter? School stuff? Something I've missed? I can't promise I'll include it all, because it's harder to figure out where objects are from but any suggestions you guys have would be welcome.