Uni kids (B), March 2047

March 2047 (Autumn)

Sylvia Draper and Alice Jacobson are 21 and Ramona Nihill, Ruby Lane and Jon Clark are 20. 

(Simon is 22)

Alice and Sylvia have just begun their final year of university. 

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No sunlight

Round 37: March 2046 (Autumn)

Alice Jacobson and Sylvia Draper are 20 and Ramona Nihill and Ruby Lane are 19.
(Simon is 21 and Jon is 19)

Narrated by Sylvia Draper

People were surprised when I got together with Simon. He’s not the kind of guy anyone imagined me getting together with.

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Wallflower

Round 37: March 2046 (Autumn)

Matthew and Simon Lane are 21, Aurora and Bianca Moretti are 20 and Gabriel Nott is 19. 
(Brendan is 23, Sylvia and Ruby are 19)

Narrated by Bianca Moretti

I don’t know how Gabriel manages to do so much writing and still maintain a 4.0 GPA, but here we are.

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Catch hell blues

Round 37: March 2045 (Autumn)

Sylvia Draper and Alice Jacobson are 19 and Ruby Lane and Ramona Nihill are 18.

(Simon and Matthew are 20)

Narrated by Ramona Nihill

As soon as I found out there was a newspaper here, I decided I had to write for it. So perfect for a journalism major like me! I’ve spent most of my spare time since then putting together some writing samples to submit to them.

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You say it's your birthday, January 2045

Round 37: January 2045 (Summer)

Seeing the kids have a few weeks before they go back to school and Ethan has some vacation time saved up, he and Maia have decided to take the family on their first holiday.

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You say it's your birthday, May 2044

Round 36: May 2044 (Autumn)

Steve Nihill has earned two promotions in fairly quick succession and wife Olivia thinks that's a pretty good reason to celebrate!

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Satisfied mind

Round 36: February 2044 (Summer)

last update/Ruby's next update/next update

Lane 2 household profile

Luc Lane is 51, Asha is 47, Ruby is 17, Marcus is 15 and Felix is 13. 

(Grace is 14)

Narrated by Marcus Lane

Dad is semi-retired from touring now, so he’s been at home a lot more recently.

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The moon

Round 35: November 2042 (Spring)

last update/next update

Lane 2 household profile

Luc Lane is 49, Asha is 45, Ruby is 15, Marcus is 13 and Felix is 11.

Narrated by Ruby Lane

It’s normally Dad who goes away on tour but Mum recently got the opportunity to do the same and she jumped on it.

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Open mind

Round 35: January 2042 (Summer)

last update/next update

Nihill 1 household profile

Steve Nihill is 47, Olivia is 45, Ramona is 15, Jacinta is 12 and Theo is 7.
(Ruby is 15, Marcus is 13 and Everett is 12)

Narrated by Ramona Nihill

Jacinta will be attending Sullivan High with me this year and she’s pretty excited about it.

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In this world

Round 34: November 2040 (Spring)

last update/next update

Steve Nihill is 45, Olivia is 43, Ramona is 13, Jacinta is 10 and Theo is 5. 

(Bianca is 14, Ruby and Gabriel are 13, Charlotte is 11 and Grace is 10)

Narrated by Olivia Nihill

Steve and I finally admitted to ourselves that we’d outgrown our old house and moved to this new place, not very far from where we used to live.

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Shaking through

Round 34: July 2040 (Winter)

last update/next update

Luc Lane is 47, Asha is 44, Ruby is 13, Marcus is 11 and Felix is 9. 

(Ramona is 13)

Narrated by Ruby Lane

Our family got a new member this month, when I adopted a stray cat, who I named Boots.

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Quiet

Round 34: September 2039 (Spring)

last update/next update

Kit Royce is 79, Max Nihill is 52 and Zaria Royce-Nihill is 51.
(Kendal is 63, Tatiana is 56, Asha is 42, Josh and Elspeth are 25, Mitchell is 20, Jessica is 19, Declan is 18, Ruby is 12, Marcus is 10 and Felix is 8)

Narrated by Zaria Royce-Nihill

During my campaign, I promised to put in place a grant to offer financial assistance for college and with the help of Tatiana, the hood council’s Education rep, we achieved that.

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You say it's your birthday, January 2039

Round 34: January 2039 (Summer)

Beau Hamilton is a whole year old this January!

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Margarita

Round 33: July 2038 (Winter)

last update/next update

Steve Nihill is 43, Olivia is 41, Ramona is 11, Jacinta is 8 and Theo is 3.

(Ruby is 11)

Narrated by Steve Nihill

I’ve always wanted a big family, so I thought I’d find myself wanting another baby as Theo got older.

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Static to the heart

Round 33: May 2038 (Autumn)

last update/next update

Luc Lane is 45, Asha is 41, Ruby is 11, Marcus is 9 and Felix is 7.
(Ione is 42, Olivia and Lia are both 41 and Ramona is 11)

Narrated by Asha Lane

Now that Luc has been touring for a few years now, we’ve all got used to it and have settled into a routine.

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Kids, April 2036

Round 32: April 2036 (Autumn)
Principal: Tatiana Lachance
Teachers: Pamela Gray, Finn Romilly
Students: Matthew and Simon Lane are both 11, Sylvia Draper, Alice Jacobson and Aurora and Bianca Moretti are all 10, Gabriel Nott, Ruby Lane and Ramona Nihill are all 9, Marcus and Charlotte Lane are both 7, Jacinta Nihill and Everett and Grace Benton are all 6, Michael Gottlieb, Keira Romilly, Thomas Moretti, Daphne Kirby, Elmer Miguel and Felix Lane are all 5 and Will and Levi Draper, Ryan Moretti and Jude Clarke are all 4.

Narrated by Finn Romilly

This year, we have our highest enrollment ever at Sullivan Primary.

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Tornados

Round 32: February 2036 (Summer)

last update/next update

Steve Nihill is 41, Olivia is 39, Ramona is 9, Jacinta is 6 and Theo is 6 months.
(Asha is 39, Camilla is 23, Ruby is 9 and Grace is 6)

Narrated by Olivia Nihill

This week, Ramona and Jacinta started back at school after six weeks of summer vacation.

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Green

Round 32: January 2036 (Summer)

last update/next update

Luc Lane is 43, Asha is 39, Ruby is 9, Marcus is 7 and Felix is 5.

Narrated by Luc Lane

I do so much travelling on my own but seeing the kids still have a couple of weeks before they go back to school, I thought I was time to go away with my family.

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Better be home soon

Round 31: September 2034 (Spring)

last update/next update

Luc Lane is 41, Asha is 37, Ruby is 7, Marcus is 5 and Felix is 3.(Kit is 74, Olivia is 37, Ramona is 7 and Jacinta is 4)

Narrated by Asha Lane

For the last five weeks, I've only spoken to Luc on the phone or through the computer.

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The passenger

Round 30: February 2032 (Summer)

last update/next update

Luc Lane is 39, Asha is 35, Ruby is 5, Marcus is 3 and Felix is 8 months old.
(Linnea is 72, Steve is 37 and Ramona is 5)

Narrated by Luc Lane

Ruby is in kindergarten now and she talks non-stop. Asha and I can hardly get a word in over dinner!

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