Andrea’s Weblog

A month afterward, I’m not quite at the point where I can talk much about it, but my dad passed away on May 29. He was living with Multiple Sclerosis and had an accident with his wheelchair. So, despite his illness, it was quite a shock. We rushed up to Maryland to be with my […]

Every year, Bel Air has a Turtle Derby on the 4th of July. This year we decided to participate–despite the fact that we didn’t catch a turtle.
Here’s how my sister sums up the morning:
We arrived at the turtle derby bright and early in hopes of getting a good spot in line. “Scooter” got in his […]

The girls, Finley and I are up in Maryland for 3 weeks, providing some TLC for their grandma and keeping grandpa entertained. Uncle Christopher and Aunt Kirsten also seem to be enjoying our company.
Getting all of us up here in one piece was not the best 12 hours, but it certainly could have been a […]

I don’t think I ever mentioned that last November we joined the mini-van club. We bought a Honda Odyssey when we realized that if Frank’s mom came out for the birth, we would have to take 2 cars everywhere because nobody could sit in the back of the Saab with the 2 carseats. Plus, there […]

We had our first McPherson camping expedition last weekend. Mistletoe State Park is less than a half hour away and seemed like a good place for our inaugural camping trip. Packing for the expedition was quite involved: tent, bike, food, swimming stuff, dog stuff, bug stuff, sun stuff . . . Much more than I’ve […]

Elizabeth and I ended up taking a last-minute trip up to Bel Air, MD to see my side of the family. We were hoping that Frank’s work trip to DC would coincide with our trip, but it ended up being a girls-only road trip. A girls-only road trip sounds pretty exciting–when one of […]

We had a great trip to Bel Air for Memorial day weekend. The baby
stayed quite active on all the flights (2 hops up and 2 hops back). We
had a bumpy descent into Charlotte which the baby seemed enjoy so much
he started bumping around too. I thought I was going to get sick with
all the bouncing, […]

Last weekend was a very exciting weekend for us. We skipped work on
Friday and headed to the North Georgia mountains to watch a
professional cycling race featuring riders as famous as Lance
Armstrong, Mario Cippolini, Jens Voigt, Bobby Julich, George
Hincapie…
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We planned our trip very carefully to accommodate my “condition.” This
entailed packing a full cooler and plenty of […]