Langenderfer-McMahon, Susan

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Susan Langenderfer-McMahon is the youngest child of Mike McMahon and Kirsten Langenderfer. She has two elder siblings Tiffany and Henry. Kirsten was 36 when Susan was born and there is a significant gap between her and her siblings.

Susan was born in July 1987 with Carrie and Jennifer Evachevski as witnesses, since they drove Kirsten to the hospital and waited with her for Mike to finally arrive. Susan was named by her sister Tiffany after Susan Butcher, an Iditarod dog sled racer and the inspiration for most of the dog sledding in Spearfish Lake. Despite Kirsten's reluctance on the name, Jennifer Evachevski talked her into it.^BAR49

Susan was breast fed as a child and Tiffany was her most regular watcher when Kirsten returned to the Spearfish Lake Record-Herald part-time. Jackie Gravengood would also watch her and got her rethinking her reluctance to become a mother.^BAR82

Susan would have been just shy of 4 years old when her parents were finally married in May 1991.

At the age of three, Susan needed water wings while swimming in her family pool. Of course, she was also swimming with seven puppies.^RM03

At the age of ten, Susan contrasted sharply with what her sister was like at the same age. Susan wasn't particularly interested in dog sledding and otherwise changes her mind about her future career. ""This week it's a nurse. Typical kid. Tiffany decided at her age she wanted to do the Iditarod, and it never once changed, but Susan changes her mind at least three times a week."^DW61

At twelve, Susan is known to be a late sleeper, as is her brother Henry.