A new record!!!

I think that posting two days in a row will definately be a record for me! :) Hunter is watching Cars for the millionth time, but I'm pretty sure he's fighting off this nasty cold that Ben and I both had, so I figure resting probably isn't such a bad thing. Ben is off to try to pick up the mattress set that we bought today for our spare room, hopefully he can somehow secure it to the top of his 4runner, I guess we will see. He forgot his cell phone, so I'm actually a bit nervous about the whole ordeal, but I'm trying to remain calm and just trust that it's all going to be alright! Anyway, I thought some new pictures would be appreciated so here they are. Enjoy!

-em

Yeah, yeah... :)

So I think that I probably say this all the time, but I seriously must be the WORST blogger! I feel like we are just always so busy, and maybe it is actually a good thing, but this always gets put off to the end of the perpetual "to do" list. Anyway, we are doing great. Hunter is getting bigger all the time, he's a solid three feet tall now and at least 35 lbs, so he is definately growing strong, football - here we come! We had quite a bit of craziness with Ben's truck, but that has FINALLY gotten taken care of, and he is enjoying the new lifted 4runner with "big tires" as Hunter says :) I have finished my first grad class, woohoo!!! I think that I only have 12 or so left to go. I'll be done in no time! Okay, that's a lie, but Ben will actually have his first master's degree by the end of February and that is awesome. He is taking it super fast and will have only taken 6 or 7 months to earn the entire degree. Needless to say, we are pretty boring most nights and are usually both cramming at the computer, writing papers and fun stuff like that! We did finally take some time to go to St. Louis and had a great weekend with Hunter. We went to an amazing children's museum called the Magic House, visited Cabela's, had dinner at the tap room and stayed right downtown. The next day we went to "A Day Out with Thomas" and then to the zoo...so much fun! We have all been a little under the weather, but it just comes with the territory this time of year. Anyway, I will post new pics soon, my boys just got home from running a few errands and I think they brought ice cream for our apple pie, yummy!!! :)
Love, em

A few for the road...

Here are just a few more pics... enjoy! :)

pics, pics and more pics! :)

fingerpaint fun :) He's quite concentrated...

The most adorable raincoat and hat. Oh, and his "boots"

Yum!

Blowing...

Unwrapping...

Awesome cake! :)

His Tennessee friends. So sweet, we miss you guys!!!

I think that I just might be the worst blogger on the planet :) That said, we have been super busy since our last blog. Hunter turned two on August 18 and we had a great party at my parent's house on the 16th. Ben is crazy busy with classes, and my classes are well on their way too. It's fun being back in school, but boy is it a lot of work! We are finally starting to settle into life in Misery, it's still boring, but at least we have a nice home, a good job and two cars! God has definately blessed us. Ben has gotten orders to Fort Lewis, Washington for March 1, so we will be moving sometime in the second half of February. I'm actually really looking forward to the area, I think it will be fun to have somewhere completely new to explore. Anyway, enjoy the pics. Kel, these are for you, gal! :)

The new place in MO

The front...

The living room (which is a bit squished, hence the loveseat in front of the fireplace. Oh, well)

The other half of the living room, complete with the amazing train table. Best investment EVER!

The kitchen

The entry way

Hunter's room, it's nice and big, and has a huge closet too!

Some pics from Ben's homecoming

Hunter waiting at the hangar for Daddy

"I see the airplane, Mommy!"

All of the Soldiers coming in from formation after exiting the plane

Hunter and Daddy :)

Sheesh!

Man, am I bad at this blogging stuff! I didn't even realize that it had been so long since I last posted, but alas, it is now July and time is sure flying! I guess I will start with a quick recap on the time that I completely missed here, and then we can move on to the current events of the Feicht family...
In the middle of May, my sweet husband fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinally got home from Afghanistan. It was a crazy couple of days, but we survived it, and even made the best of it. Of course, his plane landed at Fort Campbell at about 3am, and so Hunter and I had to leave our house at midnight to caravan over to the hangar. He was a trooper, and had a blast watching his daddy's plane land. We were able to spend about 15 minutes with Ben after the welcome home ceremony, and then he had to go get his bags, turn in weapons and all the other things that they have to do when they get home. So we finally were able to all head back to our house at about 5:30am, and we were beat! Hunter did wonderful though, and I couldn't have asked for a better homecoming.
About a month after Ben got home, we left Fort Campbell, KY and headed to Fort Leonard Wood, MO. We had a lot of crazniess getting here, but now we are getting settled in, and I'm just grateful to have had Ben home for this move. Our new place is nice, and I'm excited that for the first time ever, our bedroom furniture actually fits nicely into our room! We are super sad to have actually left Fort Campbell and all of the amazing friends that we had there though, so having a nice place here is bittersweet... We have been trying to find stuff to do here, but let me tell you, there really isn't anything here! So, if you are bored and want to come and visit us, PLEASE DO!!! I promise it will be boring here too, but at least then we can be bored together :)
Ben starts class here on Monday, and his class will finish up in the middle of December. We have no idea where we will be going after the class ends, but we are hoping for somewhere great! I guess we will have to just wait and see. In the meantime, Hunter and I are just going to try to fill our time as best as we can, and hopefully make some new friends, and maybe even do the whole potty training thing.
Ben and I are both working on our Master's degrees now, so that should keep us pretty busy as well, and I'm excited to get started on mine. Classes don't start for me until late in August, I'm taking them through Liberty University's distance learning program in Theological Studies. I have no idea where I want to go with it, but I'm just following orders and seeing what happens!
I guess that is our life in a nutshell for right now. I really want to get better at posting on here, and I promise to try to post some pics really soon!
Love you all!
Em