My mother and my twin sisters, Heather and Jennifer, took off for a "Girls' Weekend" to Vancouver, BC over the last few days. They returned to their homes at Puget Island, WA and Hillsboro, OR this evening and my mother has posted pictures on her blog from the trip.

Liz and I had adventures of our own today. 8 tornados came through the St. Louis area. The good news: they passed our house on by. Others were not so lucky.