Andrew, Katherine, Edward and Aaron: February 2016

Saturday, February 20, 2016

Edward's 12th Birthday At Get Air

Edward celebrated his 12th Birthday last weekend at the new Get Air indoor trampoline park. A bunch of his friends whiled away the afternoon playing dodge ball and exploring the huge indoor exercise space. Happy 12th Birthday Edward!

Thursday, February 11, 2016

ISSMA Competition February 2016

Edward participated with Xiao Fei and Jaxon (fellow 6th graders with whom Edward is pictured here, and Mr. Pettit, Co-Director of West Lafayette HS Bands) at the District ISSMA (Indiana State School Music Association) Solo and Ensemble competition at the local Harrison High School this past weekend. They were rewarded with a gold medal! What wonderful news! It was a surprise but duly earned due to their diligent and regular practice sessions. Congratulations everyone!

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.