Oktoberfest

The boys in their Lederhosen made by Grandma. They had a great time!

Giddy-up

Joey and JR got to ride horses yesterday and a friends birthday party. Joey hesitated but since all the other kids had done it and his brother was about to do it, he decided it was okay. When he got done he said in a quiet voice, "that was fun. Yippee!"

Two boys and a dog

Heading out for a walk to get gelato with Millie and boys. Hard core gelato fans don't stop until Massimo closes the store for the season..

Pigeon chasing

Joey playing the age-old game of stomp that pigeon, in a piazza on the Venetian island of Murano.

Murano and Burano

We visited two islands near Venice last week.. It was a beautiful sunny fall day and the islands (Murano and Burano) were not as crowded as Venice usually is. The clock towers looked especially nice against the bright blue sky.

Cochem am Mosel

Tom had to go on a rough TDY to Germany recently. Had to be an "observer" for an exercise and we stayed in this town on the Mosel river and sampled many fine Reislings and schnitzel. My kind of TDY :)

Lake Como

While Jill's parents were here we took advantage of free babysitting services and got away for a weekend at Lake Como. We stayed on the the southwest side and took the ferry to visit the other towns around the lake.

AF ball

Jill and and I attended our very first Air Force ball last month. The setting was pretty good I suppose -- a medieval castle situated on a dolomite cliff overlooking the Italian countryside! www.hotelcastelbrando.com/en

First day

..of kindergarten!

Ferrari museum

Getting caught up on old photos.. These are from a trip we took to Bologna with Uncle Jim, Aunt Mimi and my cousin Jamie. JR was on cloud nine with all these cool cars. Better save your money kid!

Family portrait

Thank you, Air Force public affairs for this family portrait. Part of a job application.. (Only in the AF, right?) But a nice photo to have nonetheless.