Andrew, Katherine, Edward and Aaron: October 2016

Tuesday, October 25, 2016

5th Annual Purdue Half Marathon/5K October 2016

We all participated together for the 1st time as a family in the Purdue Boilermaker 5K this past Saturday. Edward went on ahead, eager to place in his age group. Aaron insisted on being a speed demon at the beginning of the race and had me racing after him, in fear of losing him among the throng of 800+ runners. Andrew caught up with him just as I was losing steam in my struggle to keep up with Aaron. Somehow, after the 2 mile point, we all failed to notice each other and crossed paths with Mom thinking she was way behind yet in fact Andrew and Aaron had finally decided to walk the rest of the way. Edward faired best in the end with a new PR of 21:47, placing 4th in his age group and 22nd overall, including adults. Awesome run, Edward! Inspiration to the rest of us to get our act together next year!

Saturday, October 8, 2016

Aaron's October Cub Scout Pack Meeting

The Cub Scout monthly Pack meeting that Aaron is a member of had the boys shooting up bottle rockets powered by air pressure high up into the sky. Each den fashioned their own out of a pop bottle and a tennis ball and took turns blasting them up into the sky. Needless to say, they were pretty excited and had a great time watching them soar and then land, sometimes in a tree or out in the baseball diamond. Aaron is a Tiger cub scout and Andrew is the Cub Master this year. They are looking forward to a busy year filled with activities achieving badges, belt loops and pins. Happy learning!

Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Edward Attends the State Cross Country Meet October 2016

Edward ran the Boys Junior Varsity 3 km race at the Indiana State Meet in Carmel, Indiana this past Saturday with the West Side Junior High School team. He achieved a PR of 12:28 albeit it was a challenging, hilly course, 66th out of 452 participants. He's now in grade seven and training to get under 11 minutes by grade eight. Thank you to Coach Polk for pushing Edward and the team to achieve their best. What a great season overall. West Side came first for the girls varsity team and fourth for the boys varsity team with many PRs. Go Red Devil Pride!

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.