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2009-02-03T09:12:00.000-08:00

Super Steelers!!!

We watched the game with Rob and his friends and had a great time! Bob made the best chocolate chip pan cookie and we had pizza and wings. The Steelers winning was a fabulous ending to the most exciting football game ever played!!!

2009-01-03T08:47:00.000-08:00

When the gas prices started to fall this year, Bob suggested that we take advantage of the days left on our Disney passes. So, we decided to go to WDW for a day and enjoy all of the Christmas festivities. Rachel came home on Saturday, December 20th and we left on the 21st. We arrived at the Animal Kingdom on Tuesday, December 22nd at 7:45 am and had a great time. We were back home on December 23rd in time to get everything ready for Christmas! I hope you enjoy the pictures. One of my favorite new things that we saw was the 2 story gingerbread house at the Grand Floridian. It was amazing!

2009-01-03T08:28:00.000-08:00

The Magic Kingdom was great, but really cold. Below 4o degrees. We bought Santa Mickey hats because we were freezing. They were also on sale. Rob got his 15 minutes of fame as "That Guy" at the Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor. Here's a photo of him signing autographs for a couple of young fans after the show.

2009-01-03T08:24:00.000-08:00

Of course every trip includes much texting.

2009-01-03T08:19:00.000-08:00

Rachel was sad that she missed Neil Patrick Harris at the American Pavilion.

2009-01-03T08:06:00.000-08:00

We had a great time at cruising the World Showcase. We arrived early enough to line up to ride Soarin' and get a Fastpass for later!

2009-01-03T08:02:00.000-08:00

We went to the Animal Kingdom where Rachel and Rob rode Expedition Everest twice while Bob and I checked some things out.

2009-01-03T07:33:00.000-08:00

Here are some photos from our dinner at the Rainforest Cafe.

2008-12-17T17:39:00.000-08:00

Happy 16th Birthday to Rob! He enjoyed the day with friends, his new Ibanez guitar and Beaufort High School Class Ring! We will continue the celebration this weekend as we head to Disney World for a little pre-Christmas family road trip with Rachel. I promise to post more during the Holidays.

2008-05-28T12:14:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday to Rachel!!! 23 years old!!! It's the first birthday that she's spent away from us and we all miss her much. Have a great day, Rachel and we'll see you very soon.

Love and Kisses,

Mom

2008-05-05T07:53:00.000-07:00

Hello from sunny San Francisco! These are some random shots of Phyllis, Terri, Brent and me over the past couple of days. We took a tour of Napa Valley and Sonoma yesterday and a great time was had by all. How can you go wrong when all you start sipping wine at 11:00 am. More posts to come!

2008-04-05T11:06:00.000-07:00

Happy Spring to All!
I was taking a break at work, and looked out the window, and this blue heron had camped out at our pond. I thought that it was cool, after it scared the crap out of me when it flew across to the other side.

2008-01-28T08:56:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday to my BFF, Donna! Here's a really poor quality photo from when we were in Middle School. We haven't changed a bit!

2008-01-27T15:00:00.001-08:00

Here's a photo of Kevin, Rob, Albert and Sarah, all dressed up, before they went to their friend Maddie's "Sweet 16" birthday party at Lady's Island Country Club. As you can see, Rob "suited up" for the occasion. A great time was had by all!

2008-01-20T17:49:00.000-08:00

For everyone who didn't see this on Rachel's blog, here she is with her brand new Toyota Yaris. She's been working so hard and was able to buy this great little car this past Friday evening. Have fun, Rachel and drive safely!

2007-12-10T09:54:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday to Rob!
Well, not yet, but we did have his "Happy Birthday Party" where he and his friends played Laser Tag, Video Games and went Roller Skating. Everyone had a great time and we had cake and ice cream at our house later. A fun day and Bob and I survived!

2007-11-15T06:43:00.001-08:00

Well, I know that I haven't posted in a long while, a testament to how many things don't happen here in our part of the world. However, if you want to catch up on how Rachel is spending her time go to www.davidson.edu and check. out her articles in the news section. She's been busy. Happy Thanksgiving to everybody!

2007-09-01T08:50:00.001-07:00

Happy Birthday to Christine!
15 years old.
Great photo, don't ya think??
Love and kisses from the Andoga branch of the family

2007-08-28T12:21:00.000-07:00

I know that I haven't had an interesting post for a few weeks, but I was fortunate enough to have 2 separate things to chuckle about yesterday. First is the interesting sign that the newest tenant of our office complex posted yesterday in the parking lot. He's an oral surgeon. I don't know about you, but I would rather the "sedated patients" not be driving at all.

The second "funny" is the speech that Miss Teen South Carolina gave at the pageant the other day. This state does have the lowest graduation rate in the country! You gotta love it. The link is below

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-D77VDmMvsQ&feature=bz100

2007-07-25T11:04:00.000-07:00

Quick news......Rachel had her first article published. I've pasted the link below.

http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x25841.xml

2007-07-05T06:31:00.001-07:00

Well, we went to "The Happiest Place on Earth" and it beat us up. I think that we broke the world record for the amount of time spent at the parks. We did 16.5 hours the first day from 9:30 am to 2:00 am. Those Extra Magic Hours are a real killer! A great time was had by all and we can't wait 'till we do it all again!

2007-05-22T16:11:00.000-07:00

2007-05-20T19:47:00.000-07:00

Congratulations, Rachel,
Davidson College Class of 2007
Graduated Cum Laude with Honors in English
Seen above sharing in the ceremonial smoking of a cigar, a tradition started by her advisor, Professor Alan Parker.
More photos to follow!!!

2007-04-15T09:52:00.000-07:00

Congratulations to Rachel!

This year's winner of the Vereen Bell Creative Writing Award,

Davidson College's most prestigious honor.

Past winners have gone on to win the Pulitzer Prize.

She was chosen by Eleanor Wilner, an award winning poet. (The link to her info on her is below)

http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/274

We surprised Rachel at the Award Presentation Ceremony this past Thursday evening and we are so very proud of her.

She is pictured with Professor Alan Parker who has guided her throughout her college career, and Eleanor Wilner, who is signing a copy of her book of poetry for Rachel.

Rachel will graduate with high honors on May 20th, 2007.

She will begin her professional writing career on July 1st, when she begins a 2 year fellowship in the Media Relations Department of Davidson College. She will write for a variety of campus publications and web based media promoting the school, interviewing and publishing articles about the visiting dignitaries and planning a variety of events.

2007-04-03T06:16:00.000-07:00

Ok, so in my capacity as Area Director Rural Clubs, I often find myself in unfamiliar territory for a "city-girl"....but this billboard made me realize that I'm really "not in Kansas any more". By the way, a Cooter is a turtle and is apparently important enough to have its very own festival

2007-03-04T19:58:00.000-08:00

Congratulations to Rachel! This year's winner of the Anthony Abbott Poetry Competition. First Place comes with a cash prize of $150.00. Poetry pays!

2007-02-22T18:23:00.000-08:00

This is the back of the house.

2007-02-18T12:52:00.000-08:00

Check out the photos of our new house. We've begun to move our stuff in hope to be completely done by March 3rd. It has 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms (with a jacuzzi in the master bath), a two car garage and a formal dining room. If you look through the trees in the picture below, you can see that we're on the edge of Lady's Island Country Club's golf course. The best thing is that we're only 6 minutes from Publix and can get pizza delivered to our front door for the first time in 4 years! The beach has been great, but we're looking forward to moving into town and into much improved accommodations.

2007-01-27T08:46:00.000-08:00

On a tip from Bill, I went onto Google Earth and was surprised that the images of our island are so sharp now. You can even see the Crabbing Dock outline jutting out right above our house. I never realized that we are almost on an island in an island. Twice a day we are completely surrounded by water. Pretty cool images!

2006-12-31T11:33:00.000-08:00

2006-12-20T07:21:00.000-08:00

We had a great time at Disney World! What a special way to celebrate Robby's 14 birthday.
Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays!

2006-12-10T17:02:00.000-08:00

Here's Bob hanging whth the Beach Club Gator!

2006-11-09T06:50:00.000-08:00

Rob got his school pictures. He's grown quite a bit since in the last year!

2006-10-07T07:04:00.000-07:00

It's That time of the year again! The water is high.

2006-09-22T07:40:00.000-07:00

Vacation Memories!
This is titled "After"
Ahh....Good Times!

2006-09-22T07:24:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday to my Baby Brother!
Just a little reminder of the fun we had during our vacation.
This would be "Before"

2006-08-18T13:25:00.000-07:00

Hey,
Don't we look like a happy group?

2006-06-20T06:33:00.000-07:00

This was in the paper recently. Yes, the alligator is real.

2006-06-06T06:40:00.000-07:00

Hey, Guess who got a new car this past weekend???? We did!

2006-06-06T06:37:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday to Kate!!!! 18 years old!!!

Love & Kisses,
Your South Carolina Family

2006-05-25T11:46:00.000-07:00

Well, Its been a while since I posted anything. Things have been pretty hectic here in the South with Rachel finishing Junior Year, turning 21, coming home,Robby finishing up 8th grade and getting a Jr. Scholars Award. But we were also very proud of this award that he brought home yesterday....voted most skilled with "Verbal Irony" or as Rob puts it, "I was voted most sarcastic!" Who would have guessed that?

2006-03-18T06:17:00.000-08:00

This is a screen capture of the video call that we had with the Pittsburgh branch of the family last night. It was very cool.

2006-02-27T06:24:00.000-08:00

Guess what we (Rachel, Robby and I) did this weekend??? We got up at 3:00am on Saturday morning, got on a bus at 5:30 am with 41 Boys & Girls Club kids, went to Disney World, got back on the bus at 11:30pm, got back home at 6:00am on Sunday. A great time was had by all!

2006-01-01T12:44:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Santa brought us everything that we wanted. I even got my video iPod and Rob got his Star Wars Legos. Check his blog for a photo. Rachel's been setting up my iTunes for me and its been lots of fun!

2005-12-17T17:05:00.000-08:00

Happy 13th Birthday to Robby!

2005-12-11T17:23:00.000-08:00

All right.....I know that I should have updated sooner but I was waiting for Rachel to give me some of her photos from our trip to PGH. We're getting ready for Rob's "Happy Birthday" next Saturday. The plan is for us to all go to see King Kong. Bob will pick up Rachel on Thursday morning and then we will go to Rob's Winter Concert that evening. (He plays the saxophone) That's all for now 'cause the Survivor Finale is on. TTFN!

2005-11-20T05:17:00.000-08:00

Guess what we saw yesterday????

2005-11-19T17:32:00.000-08:00

These are some photos of our "backyard" at a high-high tide.

2005-11-10T18:06:00.000-08:00

Winter on the Island.

2005-11-07T10:47:00.000-08:00

Hello All,
I decided to follow my brother's lead and start our very own Blog. I took this photo last night off of our back deck and thought that it looked really nice!