Oh, wow!!!

Some of the fish at Pike's Market in Seattle

At Northwest Trek wildlife park

Hunter enjoying some salmon from the market :)


At one of the Seattle piers

Pike's Market, my new favorite grocery store!

Hunter at Tolmie State Park, wading in the low tide and looking for shells

A view of the sound from our neighborhood.

Yes, this is within walking distance from our house :)

Hunter at the Point Definance Zoo/Aquarium

So...I know it's been toooooo long since I last posted when I can't even remember the web address for my own blog! Luckily I have it posted on my Facebook page, so I just linked to it from there.

While I'm pretty sure no one (other thank Kelly, thanks girl!) checks this, I guess I will TRY to post a little more often. Although, I think it's only been a couple months, which isn't really that bad, is it? Anyway, happy spring! A lot has changed with the Feicht family. For starters, we are now in the BEAUTIFUL state of Washington. Did I mention that it is absolutely gorgeous here? We fell in love with the state within a day of arriving, so needless to say we are pretty happy here!

Ben is still waiting to hear about a command slot, but in the meantime he's plenty busy in the job he has. Hunter and I are keeping busy learning about the area and enjoying having places to go. After Missouri we feel like we live in a thriving metropolis. I guess we kind of do since Seattle is only about 45 mins away! We have already had tons of awesome adventures. We have been to Pike's Market a few times, bought LOTS of fish there, went to an amazing wildlife park, visited the neatest zoo/aquarium, walked along Puget Sound, saw crabs and starfish living in the water... the list is endless! Yes, it does rain quite a bit here, but it's nothing that a good rain jacket and galoshes can't solve!

I'm going to cut this short and post some pictures from some of our WA adventures. Enjoy

-em

pics :)

Hunter's first snowman :)

Daddy's big helper shovelling the driveway

Hunter's dino, Kota. It's obnoxious!!! (yes, it makes noises)

Family Christmas picture :)

New Year's Eve silly string fight!

Our cute new "house-to-be"

WA, here we come!!! :)

So, despite the fact that we are moving in less than a week I have somehow found the time to update this darn blog :) Mostly I'm just really bored because most everything that I need to do has to be taken care of during business hours and Ben is at class tonight.
Anyway, we are getting all ready for our big move to Washington and I can't wait to get there! Of course, I'm really sad to be leaving all of the wonderful friends that we have made here in Missouri, but I am so excited to see what God has in store for us out in DuPont. This week we are finalizing all of the details of the move and my parents are arriving here in MO on Friday. My sweet mother has volunteered to drive all the way from Saint Robert, MO to DuPont, WA with Hunter and I so we didn't have to go alone. She's the best! The three of us will head out on Sunday morning and it should take us about four days of driving to get there. I'm not looking forward to 32+ hours in the car with a 2 year old.
As of right now it looks like the moving company will come to pack the house on Monday the 15th and they will pick up our household goods on the 16th. Poor Ben has finals that week for school, but hopefully he will have time to study while the moving company is there. Ben should be able to head out to Washington on Wednesday or Thursday and meet us up there. He's dreading the drive with the two cats, but I don't think that I could handle the kid and the cats. I think that he still has the better end of this deal :)
We have no idea when the movers will get to our new house, but we are praying for Friday the 19th so that we can hurry up and get settled as soon as possible! I'm anxious to see our cute new house since we have only seen it in pictures so far. I will try to post some pics once we get unpacked and the house looks presentable! :)
I'm sure there are a million other fun things to put on here, but right now I'm drawing a blank so I guess that's all for now. Please pray for safe travels for all of us and not much snow on our route. I love snow, but not when I have that far to drive.
Adios for now! em

Well...

Every time I go to post on here I get a bit distracted by how long it has been since I last posted! Well, that and it seems like Hunter has a radar for this blog. As soon as I get settled in to type he either wakes up or gets bored playing.
Anyway, since I last updated we have had a few exciting things. First, Ben graduated from his Military Police Captain Career Course (yippee!!!) and we are all glad to have that over with. Now he is working half days and taking three more classes at night in order to finish up his masters degree. I'm so proud of him, he has really been working hard. We keep joking that maybe someday he will get a break, but I'm beginning to think that break may only come when he retires!
Hunter is getting bigger by the minute. He has now learned his alphabet and he has something new going on every day.
This week I will finish up my second class toward my degree and I'll be glad for a break. I won't take another course for a little bit because the timing doesn't work with our move. Speaking of the move, we don't have a place yet, but we are looking. We really don't know any details about the move or about Ben's job so it will be an adventure as usual! :) It seems like Hunter and I may end up driving out there before our house here gets packed up and then Ben will follow the moving truck up. That should be sometime near the middle of February if nothing changes.
As far as Ben's job, well.... we will see when we get there! He is hoping to get a command fairly quickly, so please be praying for that. I'm just looking forward to having a mall and some civilization nearby :)
Not much else exciting to report... I will try to post some pictures soon.
Hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas and a blessed new year!!!
Love, Em

So, my accomplishment of writing more didn't last long. I'll blame it on all of the papers and discussion boards that I have been writing for classes! Speaking of classes, I finished the first one with an A (praise God!) and am now on the the second (and more challenging...) one. I should clarify that, I think that the first class was actually more intellectual work, but this one is challenging me more personally, but I'll just take it for what it's worth and enjoy the ride!
Ben is still super busy with his classes, sometimes we feel like all we do is homework. Okay, it's not just that we feel like it, it really is all that we do :) I guess we are just gluttons for punishment. I'm so proud of him though, a complete master's degree in about 7 months is definitely an achievement.
Hunter is doing great. He is always full of silliness, and his new FAVORITE thing is the movie Cars. Luckily, I actually enjoy the movie as well, but I will admit that I am already getting sick of it. He is constantly learning new things and he is so much fun, I really wish he could just stay this age forever!
We were able to take a great trip to Branson this past weekend for a marriage retreat put on by the Army, and had a wonderful time except that Hunter and I both got sick :( Despite that, we managed to learn a lot and enjoyed seeing the Dixie Stampede, too!
That's about all of our excitement for now. I will try to post some pictures soon!
-Em

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