Andrew, Katherine, Edward and Aaron: September 2017

Thursday, September 28, 2017

Finally U.S. Citizens! Fall 2017

On our way to the Naturalization Ceremony on Friday, September 15, 2017 in West Lafayette, Indiana.

In the auditorium, along with 103 other citizens-to-be and a bevy of government officials, representatives and officers.

Our celebratory dinner with Aaron and Edward with mom and dad as new U.S. citizens.

Friday, September 22, 2017

Edward Won but He Lost! September 2017

He did get first in the 5km Hunger Hike run last weekend for youths but because he is 13 years old he didn't qualify as an actual youth (12 and under). Since the next runner's age up was 20 years old he was given the second place youth trophy for his efforts and first was given to the 12 year old who came in after him. Yay Edward!

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.