The Borkes

September 22, 2009

The Berlin Wall

Here is a piece of the Berlin Wall. What a great experience for the kids to be reading about the Cold War and now being able to see and touch a piece of history.

September 20, 2009

Air Force Ball

Here's a photo of us and our friends from the Air Force Birthday Ball we attended last night.

Making Apple Butter

Since it's harvest time around here for plums and apples, our church decided we would make apple butter and dried plums.

While the girls were learning how to make the apple butter, the boys were learning how to install lamanent flooring in the fellowship hall. But, as you can see from these photos, Jack and Micah had more fun "launching" the apples than learning carpentry skills!

The pastor's wife said she never knew you could "launch" an apple from her peeler/corer/slicer! I said - leave it to the boys to find out!

Wilhema - Stuttgart Zoo

This was our second field trip of the year. The trip to the zoo was much cleaner than the trip to the Barfusspark. Not all the kids were here to attend, but here are a few photos of the fun we had!

September 15, 2009

LTC PROMOTION

Promotion results for Lt. Colonel were just posted! Congratulations, Brad for making rank!

Minigolfplatz

So, we played mini golf this weekend - German style. What a blast it was! Not every hole had a cup, some you simple had to hit the ball as if you were teeing off the tee box and aim for the butterfly net. As you can see in one picture, Jack took to threwing the ball! Others, you took a swing and hoped your ball landed in the clam shell filled with rocks and not launched across the tennis courts behind. We have since figured out that mini golf is a rarety here in Germany - so maybe they're still working on mastering the course layout. Here are a few photos of our adventure! Did I mention I won with

4 hole in ones?

Volksmarching in Hilzerhousen

Yes, another Volksmarch this weekend! Only this time the weather was beautiful. Not much to report other than we're enjoying our weekends. Here's a photo from this trip. As you can see, Madeline was tired of walking!