Can you believe it?

In an attempt to actually keep up with my blog, I am writing for the third time in a month! A small miracle, but a miracle nonetheless :)
Right now Hunter and I are in IL visiting family and attending a baby shower for my baby sister (which is making me feel old, but that's a different story...) It is wonderful to see everyone here and I am so excited for Hunter's new cousin to arrive! I was petrified of flying alone with Hunter, but he did wonderful and I can only pray that he will do half as well on our return flight to see Ben. It was quite an adventure getting here between navigating the airport with a wild two year old, being delayed for 45 mins on the runway due to electrical problems with the plane and a poopy diaper during the flight, but we made it and we were even happy when we landed!
In just a couple weeks we will be traveling to TX for a wedding (congrats Jeremiah and Bethany!) and luckily we get to bring Ben with for that trip.
Nothing much exciting to report other than our trip, I will post pictures after I get back to Washington and get them all downloaded. In the meantime you will just have to be happy with my ramblings. Hope you all enjoyed all of the random pics!
Love, em

The Bunny Express!

Hunter and Ben before church, aren't they adorable?

Hunter and I on the train enjoying some "hot tow-tow"

Hunter was VERY excited about his train ride

Ben and Hunter at the DuPont egg hunt

The infamous eggs...

So proud!

Working hard on his easter eggs!

In case you don't know, Hunter has a slight obsession with trains. This silly boy can tell you ALL about trains. And he will... for hours... So, needless to say, when I found out that the Mount Ranier Scenic Railroad had an Easter train called the "Bunny Express" I got tickets right away! As you saw in the pictures, Hunter thought this was the best thing in the entire world. Not only did he get to take a ride on a steam train (yes folks, a steam engine) he also got to see the bunny and get some eggs! Eggs that were filled with CHOCOLATE :)

Now, I must admit that this whole experience was quite a trial. First, it was barely 40 degrees and raining out. I don't like cold rain. Second, the train was an hour late. And we had arrived a half hour early. Third, there was no where inside for us to wait for the train. Did I mention that it was cold and rainy? I sure wasn't a very happy camper by the time the train was ready to go. But, Hunter's excitement (along with the hot cocoa) made it all worth while!

Aside from the Bunny Express we also had a great time coloring eggs. No one in our house really cares much for hard boiled eggs so we decided to be really brave and dye RAW eggs. We only had a few casualties and no big messes! However, the next morning Hunter wanted to eat his easter eggs scrambled. When I gave him the plate he burst into tears. Ben and I immediately asked him what was wrong. Turns out Hunter thought that the eggs would be colored inside too! And he wanted blue eggs. So, after a trip to the store to get some food coloring we had blue eggs the next day :)

I hope that everyone had a wonderful Easter celebration like we did! I do feel like we didn't get to focus much on the real reason for Easter, but then again, it's not an easy thing to explain death and resurrection to a two year old... maybe next year he will be able to understand more.

He is risen!!!

-em

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