Merry Christmas!

Wordless Wednesday

Secret Agent

The boys decided to be Secret Agents for Halloween. Here is a little preview of our activities.

New Year's Goal

As a family we talked about goals that we would like to accomplish in the New Year, and I thought we'd share.

Martin: Become Staff Sergent, Prep for WO1 Packet, Be a better Hubby and Father

Sarah: Read Bible everyday, Keep up this blog, Do a craft with the kids every week and cook with them on a regular basis, learn German

Naomi: Be fluent in German, Be nicer to brothers, Read more German books

Eyan: Make something using every Lego piece

Silus: Not take apart toys

Toben: Stop drinking out of bottle

Midevil Christmas Market

Down the Autoban just a short distance there are many beautiful Castle ruins. This particular day we drove about 30 minutes to a Castle and a mid evil Christmas market. It was cloudy and wet, but that doesn't stop anyone here from venturing out and having a good time.

We were welcomed into the Castle with singing, and people dressed in clothing for the time period. Booths lined the pathway and ranged from wooden bowls and toys to candles and food of every kind.

This little duo to the left had a stash of musical instruments and played through out the day. The gesture also told little riddles and jokes. He must have been funny because the crowd was laughing.

It is a little difficult to order food when you can't read the menu, but we fallowed our noses and were not disappointed. One of the first places that we tried was a bread that was toasted over coals and then butter and Cinnamon coated it. I think the best way to describe it would be a hallow Cinnamon roll. Yummm

Thanksgiving Time

7:30 Finish Popcorn balls for Silus's class. Burn 1/2 the batch and start again.

8:00 Get Naomi and Eyan out the door for school with 2 Pumpkin Pies and a huge plate of Pumpkin Muffins. Not before dropping a pie on the floor.

10:30 Turkey in the oven. Will the Turkey turn out?

10:45 Martin and Toben peal potato's. So nice to have the extra hands in the kitchen.

11:45 Walk to school get Eyan and Silus. It's about 50 degrees, but a bit windy. So we have to bundle up before leaving the house. Coats, hats, gloves, and winter boots.

1:45 Sit down to a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner. Turkey turned out great, mashed potato's, gravy, green beans, biscuits, stuffing and 6 hungry people to eat!

3:30 Go to Kaiserslautern Christmas Market. A small Christmas Market mostly little Boothe's with food and hot cider. Parking the Suburban a little bit of a challenge, but Martin did a great job maneuvering the beast.

6:30 Home and get ready for bed! Well we made it through another day, and the kids have school in the morning.

7:30 Call family in the US it's only 11am on that side of the world.