Andrew, Katherine, Edward and Aaron: August 2016

Sunday, August 28, 2016

Edward's First Concert Summer 2016

We took Edward to his first concert with us this summer in Indianapolis at the Banker's Life Fieldhouse venue. Here is Coldplay coming on stage that evening as part of their Head Full of Dreams tour.

Edward and his friend Harry just before the concert began. They were duly impressed with the night's performance.

The visual effects were simply outstanding!

We were meters away from Coldplay during their stage C part of the evening's performance. What an unexpected surprise!

Having fun at a local toy store before the concert.

Friday, August 19, 2016

Aaron's Sunflowers August 2016

Aaron started growing these two sunflowers from seeds given to him from his Kindergarten teacher in class in May. This is a recent picture of how they look now. He is very proud of how tall they have gotten. A bee has been busy visiting them all summer. Aaron is looking forward to harvesting the seeds and sharing them.

Friday, August 12, 2016

Family Oceanside Vacation (Our First!) in North Carolina August 2016

Our first day on Wrightsville Beach. It was supposed to rain so we were pleasantly surprised we made it there. Actually there were five warm days with thunderstorms only at night, thank goodness.

Trying out the boogie boards and enjoying the waves. Aaron is still so light that he rode the waves all the way to the water's edge, no problem!

Our last day on the coast, finally taking the family picture. Family fun came first! Goodbye and hope to be back soon!

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.