Andrew, Katherine, Edward and Aaron: November 2016

Monday, November 14, 2016

USATF Junior Olympics Shelbyville, IN 2016

Edward ran towards a new PR of 11:12 this past Saturday at the USATF Junior Olympics here in Shelbyville, Indiana. To say the least, we are very proud of him.

He ended up 25th out of a pool of 65 runners in the 11 to 12 year old age group. He qualifies to advance to the Regional USATF Junior Olympics in De Kalb, Illinois which we are still dediding upon.

Here is Aaron happily posing with the neighbourhood Lowe's hardware store inflatable bear. He was pretty excited with the arrangement they had on display.

Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Hallowe'en 2016

Edward decided to forgo a new costume and went with last year's Spooky mask while Aaron set his mind on being Steve from Minecraft. Edward and his friend took Aaron up and down our street which is chock full of families and kids so Aaron was sure to get a full bag of treats. Mom and Dad stayed home, guarding their pirate treasure, giving out Pirate Booty snack bags and chocolate wrapped in gold and silver foil in place of treasure from Spanish galleons.

Aaron was super excited to give out the pirate treasure on our spookily lit up front porch, lit up pumpkins, blinking skull and all! There were so many trick or treaters that we almost got cleaned out by 7:30 pm when our chest had first been overflowing. Luckily we had set aside some non sugary treats for the teal pumpkin we displayed which included paint sets, sticker sheets, paper pads, etc., that were happily accepted in place of the Pirate Booty. Great night for it with the weather cooperating this year. Happy Hallowe'en 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.