Andrew, Katherine, Edward and Aaron: September 2015

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

West Side Homecoming Parade September 2015

Edward and Aaron at the West Side Homecoming Parade. Go Red Devils!

Norweigian Cruise during the Able Symposium August 2015

We made a one day stopover in Oslo and had a lovely time taking a leisurely walking tour through the nation's capital. Just beautiful. Here we are pictured in front of the Royal Palace.

A picture of us on board the MS Finnmarken cruise ship. Our first voyage on such a boat. Very impressive vessel and lovely views during our five day trip through the fjords and northward past the Arctic Circle. Andrew was able to steal a moment to take a picture with me in between his math talks.

Geiranger Fjord Waterfall

At sunset later in our cruise closer to the Arctic Circle.

Interesting Nordic motif I discovered at the bow of the boat on a gate

sealing off the very front of the vessel.

Walt Disney World July 2015

Our family finally made the long awaited pilgrimage to Disney World this past summer. Albeit a very warm time to visit, it was incredibly sunny with very memorable experiences for all. Especially watching the magnificent fireworks at Magic Kingdom at the end of the day by a real Blue Moon. Great way to finish things off.

At Hollywood Studios with Jake the Neverland Pirate.

Made it to Epcot and maxed out our two day Park Hopper passes.

The family after our Safari tour at Animal Kingdom.

Camp Buffalo July 2015

Here is Edward with dad on his way to his first week long overnight Boy Scout camping trip to Camp Buffalo in July 2015. He had a memorable time filled with awesome activities like shooting a 12 gauge shot gun and riding in an ATV. Pretty exciting stuff!

Our Background

Hi! I'm Katherine and I will be doing most of the posts on this blog. I'm from the Greater Toronto Area, primarily growing up in Thornhill, Ontario, Canada. My husband Andrew, was born in Montreal, however grew up in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, also in Canada. Andrew and I met in Kingston in 1996 while both studying at Queen's University. During a trip the following year to the Greek Islands, we happily got engaged underneath a lovely full moon on Santorini. In Canada, Andrew continued his studies, finishing with a Ph.D. in pure math, upon which we got married in Toronto on Canada Day in 2001 at Vaughan Estate at Sunnybrook. We then travelled and spent a postdoctoral year in Copenhagen, Denmark, and immediately upon our return to Toronto, were happy to announce the arrival of our first son, Edward, in February of 2004. We then moved to Fredericton, New Brunswick for two years where Andrew was an assistant professor at the University of New Brunswick. Then we moved to Toronto for four years where Andrew later became an associate professor at York University. During this time, our second son, Aaron, was born in December of 2009 while we lived in Markham, Ontario. Finally, our family moved to West Lafayette, Indiana where we've now been for about eight years with Andrew as a full professor in the Purdue math department. Edward is thirteen years old attending ninth grade in the fall and Aaron is eight years old now in grade three.