Columbus Day

I was hit on by a man old enough to be my grandfather.  It was the highlight of my day.  Of course, the rest of the day looked like this:

kids whine about being woken up to eat delicious homemade muffins

general complaining about being prisoned in the car
children whine in the car about being forced to travel to Luxembourg

Eating frites in Belguim causes fights
Got lost in Malmedy, where no chocolate shops are open on Monday
More fighting about who is breathing who's air, etc

Ben enjoyed visiting the national museum of military history in Diekirch, Luxembourg, and I was happy to look at all the pretty houses and fields on the way.

Family pictures

An attempt to capture all of us photographically.  These are the best shots out of about a billion tries.  Zac delights in pulling weird faces or giving his neighbor 'bunny ears'.  I'm just glad I wasn't paying for the pictures!

September

Somebody turned 10

Something old

This month we learned that the ceiling is not level in our house.  NOT ANYWHERE.  There was only one spot in the entire downstairs where the ceiling was high enough and level enough to fit the new furniture.  Everywhere else there were dips, curves and swoops which made it impossible to fit.  Now my main goal in life is to get us out of this house before it falls down on top of us!