Easter, Etc.

Well this has been a busy, busy week at the VS House

Tiffany
Tiffany's entire family (Mom and Dad, 7 siblings, 3 in-laws, 2 nieces and a nephew) came to visit her this weekend. Anytime a person goes from planning life around two people to planning life with 15, there's bound to be symptoms that resemble culture shock. So while dealing with all the issues that come along with trying to plan a weekend with 16 people isn't always easy, it was definitely a fantastic weekend for Tiffany. Between visiting the City Museum, the St. Louis zoo and the HeadStart where Tiffany works, Tiffany squeezed in time for quality talks with the family she hasn't seen in several months. Have her family there for her 21st birthday (Easter day) was so much fun and saying goodbye to everyone was emotional and only bearable with lots of reminders of the next time everyone would be together again.

Heather and Amanda
While Heather and Amanda's Easter was a little less rambunctious than Tiffany's, they also had a fun, relaxing Easter weekend. Amanda's friend Karie from her EMU days was visiting for the weekend so Amanda had the fun of showing a friend around our city. They also visited the City Museum as well as the Farmer's Market we VSers often frequent and the three of them spent a fun evening at our friend Dae's house.

Wind down...
As there always is at the end of a looked-forward-to event, the three of us are now working on settling back into routine. Tiffany continues to work on Godspell and trying to educate three-year-olds, Heather resumes adjusting to a new place of employment and Amanda goes back to the always adventurous world of La Clinica. And as we go through the motions of familiar routine, we hold sweet moments, hugs and special times close to our hearts...right where our loved ones always are anyways.