I've taken life in stages and my current stage is the "work really hard to pay for braces, cars, insurance, iphones, Qdoba & medical bills" stage. (I am in my 9th year serving as Consulting Director at Element Fusion.) The stage before this was my 13 year long "stay at home mommy" stage. Before that it was my "climb the corporate ladder, DINK (double income, no kids)" stage. They've all been wonderful. But I'm especially looking forward to the NEXT one--the "spoil my grandkids rotten" stage.
The greatest challenge of my current stage in life is maintaining balance. As an obsessive, competitive perfectionist, I tend to overdo everything I do; so it takes a lot of work to keep the pendulum from swinging too far in one direction. I work "as unto the Lord" giving it my all when I'm there, but I have learned to draw a line that allows me to take care of myself in order to maintain spiritual health and my recent 70 pound weight loss. I completed my first (and probably only) marathon in 2010.
The traditional "bio" goes like this: Andrea and her husband, Kevin, live in Oklahoma City and are active in their church (Cherokee Hills Baptist Church) as well as mentoring the young adults of the Oasis class. Kevin is an Architect and has recently started a new business as owner of Heartland Architectural Products. Kevin is an avid outdoorsman, in addition to leading the men's ministry at their church. They are proud parents to five very gifted children: Hannah, Gretchen, Dustin, Lorelei and Mimi.
The kids aren't as little as this picture shows any more. Hannah is about to graduate from Baylor University. Gretchen is working as a chiropractic assistant for Schuck Chiropractic, Dustin has joined the Army National Guard with hopes for a tour in Afghanistan before competing his construction management degree from OSU and Lorelei (the newborn in this photo) is driving and holding down five AP classes this year at Putnam City North High School.
The Decker household has also sponsored various international exchange students from France and Japan. 
A few of these exchange students have become "official" members of the family. Mimi Taguchi married Anthony Conner (who serves in the US Navy) and they now live in San Diego with their daughter Victoria and son Kailen. If you ever wonder why And
rea works such long and hard hours you can be sure it is to pay for plane tickets so she can get her hands on those babies. She'll be especially happy if she can figure out how to smuggle the two newest canine additions to the family in her suitcase when she goes--it will be hard to leave Yorkies Ellie and Georgie behind.