Meet Nemo!

Hunter had his first trip to the beach in TX, it was a success!

I was playing with the new camera. This is Sarge :)

Hunter started soccer. Daddy got to come :)

Hunter, Ben and Uncle Bryan at the beach

Mt. Ranier (our mountain) from the plane. AMAZING

Three generations of handsome Feicht men :)

Hunter LOVES his new fish

This is Nemo :)

So, as I mentioned in the previous post, I feel like we have been living in a state of chaos. Looking back through pictues I realize that I have a good reason to feel that way! At least it has all been good chaos, and I'm really glad to be approaching the end of our traveling (for a little while at least!)

In the past couple weeks we have celebrated my birthday, traveled to Texas, had mother's day there, started soccer, started potty training... the list goes on and on! My birthday present from Ben and Hunter is a new camera. I love it and the best part is that it is a gift I can share! Hope you enjoy all of the pictures!

Love, em

It's potty time!!!

So, I feel like it has been CHAOS for the past couple weeks, but at least we are back home for a while and that is a very welcome change :) Speaking of changes, we are currently beginning to potty train. Oh, my! I have discovered that potty training takes way more commitment from mommy than it does from anyone else. And a lot of clothing changes for mommy as well, but that's a different story...
We are on day three of this adventure, but we have been gearing up for it for quite a while now. We have lots of books, videos... you name it, we probably have it! I think my personal favorite is "The Potty Train." Chugga, chugga, POO POO!!! :) A great book for a little boy who loves trains! Anyway, yesterday we had two successful pees on the potty and one very successful poop!!! If you don't have toddlers you can't quite appreciate how exciting this is :)
As a reward for going poop on the potty, Hunter got his first pet. We are now the proud owners of a goldfish (actually a parrot fish) named Nemo!!! I will post pictures later of Hunter and Nemo. Hunter is absolutely in love with this fish, he held onto him the entire way home from the store and insisted that Nemo sleep in his room last night. After having Hunter in our room at 2:30 and again at 5:30 I have removed Nemo from Hunter's room, but he is still pretty excited about the fish!
Well, time to go and see if we need to go on the potty! I will try to post a few pictures from the wedding and of our new pet soon!
Love you all!
Em

Weekends and Worship

Now that Ben is done with school and back to a "normal" work schedule, I have come to really appreciate weekends. Of course, by "normal" I mean never knowing when he will be home and when he will be deploying, etc. :) But I will take what I can get and be very grateful that for right now at least, he is home on Saturday and Sunday!

This past weekend was especially nice since the boys decided to go to a gun show (and Chuck E. Cheese) so that I could have some much coveted time ALONE. Yes, you heard me right. Time alone!!! Oh, glorious day!!! The dilemma with time alone is always "what to do?" After a quick analysis of the house I decided that the cleaning could certainly wait. Instead I decided that I would go for a run and enjoy the trails that I can't run on with the jogging stroller. What a beautiful and peaceful way to start the weekend. I have never really loved running, but with the scenery here in Washington it's hard to imagine how you could NOT love running (or at least walking!) outside. Although I didn't run for long, it was an amazing way to start out my weekend and spend some time just enjoying God through his beautiful creation.

Sunday was even more glorious since the weather was sunny and beautiful! Hunter came to snuggle in bed with us, which is another one of my favorite things about weekends. We decided to go for a walk on a trail that had been closed for repairs and boy was I glad that we tried it! The path is about a mile or so down to the Puget Sound and it is the most amazing walk the whole way. The best part though was arriving at the vast, open and unoccupied beach. It is breathtaking. The pictures just don't do it justice, but you will all have to come out here and see it for yourselves. If you have ever doubted the existence of a Creator, all you need to do is come and see the views from our beautiful town. I can't imagine believing that all of this awesome beauty just evolved from some muck.

Anyway, I hope and pray that each one of you might be able to catch a glimpse of the amazing beauty that I found this weekend and that you might KNOW that our God is awesome and He alone is mighty to save.

Love you all!
Emily

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"