Kate's Home Page

Welcome to my home page - I have been married to John since 1984, and we have two smashing children - Christopher and Rebecca. For more about the family see The Alexander Family Page

Originally from Nottingham in the East Midlands, I am now living in Essex in the UK (having got here via York in the north of the country!). I trained, and qualified, as a Chartered Accountant and worked for 7 years before changing direction to become a Full Time Mother when Christopher was born. I believe passionately that a mother's place is predominantly in the home, especially while the children are small, but that older children - especially temperamental teenagers - also benefit enormously from the constant presence of a loving caring adult both before and after school.

I serve as a director (also web site & membership secretary) for What About the Children? - an charity concerned with the emptional development of very young children.

On a Wednesday evening I am known as "Yellow Beaver" at the 1st Weald Brook Beaver Scout Colony. (Beavers, for the uninitiated, are best described as "baby Cub Scouts!")

Family History is a fascination with me. I am working with my father-in-law on his side of the family, and with the help of research done by earlier generations, we can trace the family back to the early 1700's. I have also started work on my side of the family which is proving a lot more troublesome! I also enjoy general history - especially the 16th & 17th Centuries.