This is us. We are not great (as our friends and family know) at keeping in regular touch and sending frequent photos. We hope to document big events and/or random good pics we though were worth sharing.

Wednesday, June 03, 2015

Yes, we're moving.

Painting the kitchen pre-house selling.

Our St. John's "for sale" sign just up.

posted by mel mn at 10:06 a.m.

The end of Mel's PhD.

Notice posted on campus letting people know about my public defence.

My first congratulations gift from a friend - a fruit bouquet.

My first (well, to date - only) mail address with "Dr".

Napkins from my supervisor, Fern Brunger - to me (Mel).

Book club "congratulation cupcakes" - made by my master's supervisor.

Fern Brunger - my PhD supervisor. She's great. This is immediately AFTER defending my dissertation. Excited about passing with distinction:)

Right after defence - with Scott, Maya, and Aidan. Bertha would have been bored beyond words - she didn't come.

Diana Gustafson (PhD Committee Member) & Fern Brunger after the defence.

posted by mel mn at 10:05 a.m.

Joey, our family pet rat.
Died this week. It was not a surprise. Aidan's homemade coffin box for Joey.

Buried next to Joey's brother RJ who died about a year ago.


posted by mel mn at 9:59 a.m.

Provincial (NL) Arts & Letters Winner!

Maya submitted a prose for a provincial competition and won. She was invited to a gala where she read an excerpt from her prose. I was written about a seed growing above ground through the four seasons. Quite beautiful. Her excerpt was mounted on a board that hung in the Rooms for a few weeks in May.

Fancy reception after the awards ceremony.

Maya at the Rooms, the night of the award ceremony. Her prose can be found at:
http://www.btcrd.gov.nl.ca/artsculture/artsandletters/2015/junior_prose_2015.html

posted by mel mn at 9:56 a.m.

Me & B

Flipper Dinner 2015. One of Bertha's favourite.

Butterfly for a school musical.

Right after the musical itself.

posted by mel mn at 9:52 a.m.

Maya, volleyball, a calculator, and dance

Grade 8 volleyball.

Mel is NOT crouching. Maya really is 1.5-2 inches taller than Mel.

Just want to point out that Maya is using Mel's solar calculator, purchased at the beginning of Grade 9 (1989) at Consumers Distributing near Waterloo Town Square. In four years, it will be 30 years old.

After a dance recital (ballet & jazz).

posted by mel mn at 9:51 a.m.

Scott turned 41 this April.

We had several birthday dinners - this was one of them.

Maya's pop-up card for Scott.

Two runners in the house.

This happened between turning 40 and 41. These characters mean "home"...independently meaning house and garden, respectively.

posted by mel mn at 9:47 a.m.

Mish Mash

Aidan mastering shaping triangle nigiri by hand - passed on from Mel's grandma, to Mel, to Aidan.

Look-like-your-doll day. Or something.

Co-cooking. No, I think it's co-baking cookies.

Low-budget drumming. Aidan's in a drumming group.

posted by mel mn at 9:44 a.m.

Winter & Spring 2015

Aidan & Maya cooking with Grampa (Mel's dad) at new years.

Looking into my office window...

An example of a random creation that can be frequently found in the house at any given time.

Family Christmas pic 2015.

posted by mel mn at 9:41 a.m.