Andrew, Katherine, Edward and Aaron: June 2016

Monday, June 20, 2016

In Thornhill For Cousin Hendrix's One Year Birthday Party

Here are Edward and Aaron with cousin Hendrix at Grandma and Grandpa Lee's home in Thornhill the day before his big One Year birthday celebration at the nearby restaurant Sariwon. In Korean culture, it has been customary to recognize when a baby turns one year old with a celebration called a Tol. Here they will share lots of food and cake with friends and family as well as hold a tradition to predict what the child will be interested in their future career. Hendrix chose a crisp new $100 bill to symbolize a career in finance. Congratulations Hendrix!

Saturday, June 18, 2016

Edward's First Summer Job

Edward recently started a new lawn mowing business by delivering over 300 flyers to our neighbors. He has heard back from some of them and is now mowing lawns in his spare time with Aaron helping to pick up sticks. They are both saving up for a new family puppy. They're pretty excited about finally having a dog of their own.

Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Grandparents Toms' Visit May 2016

Nana and Grandad Toms visited from P.E.I. last week. Here they are at Aaron's last soccer game with Coach Dad and Edward (the assistant coach). It was an exciting game and a great way to finish the series.

Edward and Aaron with Dave and Valerie taking a picture on their last day in West Lafayette. They enjoyed a family swim at the new Purdue Co-Recreational centre pool. Thankfully the weather cooperated and even permitted us to view Jupiter and its four moons on the Saturday night of their visit with the West Lafayette Observatory's telescopes. Wonderful to have them visit!

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.