More Visitors and Halloween

My mother, Jane, and my Aunt, Mamie, arrived on October 23rd just in time to join us for the bus ride to Iepers the next day with the students. Mamie is 89 so we weren't sure if she would be up for sight seeing after flying over the day before, but she was up early and ready to go. We split up the boys, so Jack came with us and Jesse stayed in Leuven with Nana and Papa. It's a lot easier on the trip without having to break up any fights between the boys.

Jane and Mamie at Sanctuary Woods

Jack leading some students into a tunnel at Sanctuary Woods

Jack and Jane in Iepers

The next day we all went out to breakfast for some Belgium waffles and showed my mom and Mamie around Leuven. On Monday we drove Mamie to airport so she could fly to Frankfurt to visit her granddaughter. After a little more sightseeing around Leuven, Bill and Marilyn also flew home the next day.

Jane and Bill at the Abbey Park near our house in Leuven

On Wednesday the students had a Halloween party. The American students felt bad that Jack and Jesse were going to miss the trick or treat fun back in the states so they set up one at the dorm. The boys dressed as Superman and Spiderman. The students were really generous and the boys came back with a lot of loot.

Jack 'Bring it on'

I would have shown Jesse in a fighting pose also - but this is the only picture where he stands still long enough to get a clear shot. All the rest are a blur of fists and feet.

All tired out after getting the big haul.