Spring
After months of seemingly unrelenting rain/snow, cold and cloudiness, it looks like spring might have actually sprung here in St. Louis. We had a beautiful weekend with 70-degree weather, lots of sun and plenty of time to enjoy all that spring-time goodness.

At Work
Tiffany's HeadStart classroom welcomed two new students to the room this past week. Both are barely three-years-old and each brings some new issues to the room. Little Uriel only speaks Spanish and burly Cameron has limited speech ability. So, as always, the challenges of working with low-income families abound. At least you she can honestly say that working at HeadStart is never dull.
Amanda had a very busy at work this past week. As La Clinica dives into a new season of much needed fund-raising, is seems that the hours in the day are becoming less and less adequate. Always the resilient Clinic Manager, Amanda continues to hold her little ministry together.
Heather is still adjusting to her position as an Administrative Assistant. She's getting used to the sometimes frantic but often slow pace of her days there. Being out in the "real world" as they say, has also exposed her to some different political points of view. Keeping a respectful attitude while disagreeing strongly is not an easy challenge.

Friday
To start off our weekend, the three of us plus Dae and Dan went out to a local bar and grill called Blueberry Hill. It's a little St. Louis landmark with walls covered with pictures of celebrities (Nelly, Indigo Girls, Bob Dylan, etc.) that have frequented this trendy little restaurant. We had a great meal and basked in the glow of feeling so ultra hip.

Saturday
The last few weekends have been pretty hectic here at the house so this Saturday was absolutely perfect because we had NOTHING to do. We slept in, ate cinnamon rolls and read our books. Ah, simple Saturday. That evening, we had Dan, Dae, Clay and a friend of Clay's (Dave) over for a pizza dinner and games. The pizza was good, the discussion lively and the games far too noisy. Good times.

Sunday
Sunday was the first meeting of the Godspell cast at church. Tiffany is directing a minimized version of the classic musical with Amanda contributing to music leadership and Heather playing a huge supporting role as stage manager. It was a really exciting meeting that gave us all something to look forward to in the coming weeks.