Welcome back Jenny!

I'm really glad to hear that your family isn't doing too badly! A year for the game is 3 hours and 30 minutes so after a week your families really shouldn't have been there, you really lucked out!

It's kind of weird though, because the game saves the last time you had it open and then when you open it again it applies all the time that has gone by. It only applied about 22 hours

Make sure you check that your computer's time is correct, sometimes that will make the game act a little bit odd.

Oh well, not going to continue questioning good fortune too much Best of luck with your little families!