Aachen

Viking airplane

Guesthouse where I'm staying

 I'm in Aachen, Germany to give a talk tomorrow.  The weather is a bit cool and rainy, but it's a cute city!

Doner kebab, yum

Archeological window -- the other side shows down below the street

Aachen Dom (church)

Candy shop ready for Christmas!

Book vending machine

Rathaus (city hall)

Halloween

The boys repeated their costumes from previous years -- James a pineapple and Matthew a Minecraft creeper. Halloween was rainy and windy this year, so James had his raincoat on underneath -- fortunately I think the color worked well for his costume!  They braved the weather and had fun. :)

And then on Friday they had a "sports and socializing" event at the middle school.  Mattie got a python painted on his face in honor of the programming language Python. :)

Pumpkin Cousins

 The boys were so excited to have Seth and Uncle Isaac here this weekend! We went out to the pumpkin farm, and the boys had a great time with the straw maze and duck races. There was also a little baby goat that kept trying to make a break for it and see the world. :) 

One of the farm dogs reminded Isaac a lot of Snowball -- except that this dog was so coordinated that she could just jump up the steps of the hay ride while it was still moving. 

Fall Colors

 The fall colors have arrived in Western NY!  We had a nice weather day on Sunday to enjoy them. :)