A daddy and his boys...

CAUTION: If you are prone to fainting or afraid of heights, you may not want to view this post!

This is a typical event for my hubby and his boys....

Parker James

I just realized I never posted this!!!! WHAT?!?!?!? I can't believe it!

My sweet little nephew was born January 29th, 2010. He is so precious! I 've had the pleasure of babysitting him a couple times and he is quite a calm, peaceful baby.

Uhh...Not really sure why there are no pictures of mama holding him - the second to last pic is Jackie holding him, but somehow she got cut out! Sorry, sis! Or, if you are like me, maybe you are thankful! ;)

I'm so proud of my sister and her husband (Jackie and Travis, for those of you who don't know them). They are wonderful parents to their little boy! I always knew they would be but it has been wonderful witnessing the loving Christian home they are going to raise their "lil man" in!

Love you all and a huge extremely late official blog world CONGRATS!

(I'm laughing at myself b/c I don't even think she knows this blog exists! Maybe I'll tell her!)

Last Minute Family Pictures

As I looked through Adalynn's baby book, I realized there was a slot for a "family picture before I arrived". I thought, "Oh, I'll find an old one quick..."

So I began searching.....

And searching.....

Um...the latest one I found was our christmas picture from 2008!!!! In 2009, we used a picture of Nick and I, Nick and the boys, and Me and the boys. NO whole family picture! EEEEEK!!!!

So tonight - it was time to take a family picture. Fabulous timing - I am 9 months preggo and really swollen!

Oh well - the "family picture before I arrived" will now be filled with this...

There is also a slot for a picture of the siblings ~ so we captured this cute picture.

And this was just for fun!

Counting down the days!! :)

Easter Weekend

Here is our Easter weekend in pictures. I didn't get pictures at every event, but these are just a few...

My 3 guys helping me prepare a salad! Lol...(I washed it really well!!)

Lots of Easter egg hunting + 2 little boys = TONS of candy!!!! EEK!!!

The Cookware Saga

Remember when I asked for opinions on cookware? If not click here. Well, although several of you suggested that we get the Pampered Chef cookware - I didn't listen. We got Caelphlon Contemporary Stainless Steel with nonstick surface.

Wellll.................after using them for a mere 2 months THE NONSTICK FLAKED OFF! What am I doing wrong????

I called the store we bought them and they are going to give us our money back. Whew! But now what? Well- I learned my lesson - I'm listening to you all now.

We are buying the Pampered Chef pans. In order to get them cheaper, I am having a catalog party. I hate to do this especially because I just had a party a year ago, but it will save us mega bucks!

So - if you have been needing a certain item or two - give me a call. I like announcing this on my blog because there is no obligation! I won't even know if you read the post or not. :-)

You can take a look at the catalog online here. If you find anything you need or want to stock up on wedding gifts, comment here or email me! fiechterfamily@gmail.com

Days 2- 7 of our D.C. trip

Day 2:

We visited the Gettysburg museum and battlefield. These were both very interesting. Nick loved this part of the trip. He hasn't stopped talking about his fascination with the different fences they had on the battlefield. But...we actually forgot to take pictures of them!

We then moved on to Hershey World. This was fun. We got to take a ride through the "factory" (it was simulated) which was very cool to see.

These pictures are from the simulated ride through the factory

This one is for you, Mason!

Mason LOVES chocolate milk. When I saw these huge chocolate syrup bottles I knew I had to get him one. Then I saw the $15.00 price tag and decided a picture of it would do!

Last, we drove by the Lincoln Financial Headquarters (which is the company Nick works for). It was cool for Nick to get a mental picture of the building that many of the people he communicates with throughout the week work in.

After this, we travelled to Lancaster, PA where we were blessed tremendously to watch the play/musical called Joseph at the Sight & Sound Theater. WOW.

Go see it. Seriously.

Day 3 & 4:

Well, we don't have ANY pictures from these days but we had great fun. We stayed with a loving hospitable church family, toured Lancaster county, shopped at 2 candy stores, visited the old home of Nick's aunt and uncle including some of their great friends, had a wonderful dinner with the church family and some of Nick's extended family that now live out there, toured a life size replica of the Tabernacle, attended one of our churches in Philadelphia, P.A., sang at a nursing home to some of the sweetest elderly ever, and visited the Liberty Bell in Philly.

Day 5: In pictures...I'm tired of typing which means you're probably realllllllly tired of reading!

First experience on the metro...yes we were a bit nervous...

Nick became very obsessed with taking the"perfect" picture...Of course they all included the absolute worst view of me possible...LOL...

Arlington Cemetary -exhaustion hits...

Tough guys...

Isn't this memorial phenomenally large!?!

Celebrating LeAnn's 50th Birthday with dessert at the Melting Pot...YUM!

Day 6: Also in D.C.

Okay so have you ever seen one of these??? They are men (in our case an 18 year old boy on spring break) who pull people around for a living! So fun! We hired a kid to take us about 10 blocks.

About half way through, Nick was feeling really sorry for the poor kid so this converstaion followed:

Nick: "Hey, could I peddle for awhile?"

Kid: Quite surprised, "Um...okay, sure."(he stops, jumps off and then asks, "Um...should I just run beside you?"

Nick: "What?!? NO way - get on there!"

So - the kid sits beside me in the carraige and Nick peddles his heart out! The boy kept saying things like, "Wow...I've never ridden in the back of one of these." "This is weird, why would you want to do this?"

Nick kept saying things like, "Man! this is harder than I thought!" and "You've got to be exhausted!"

Of course, I sat quietly and enjoyed my relaxing (and humorous) ride!

After our tour of the capital...

All in all, we had a great time, but were thankful to make it home safely to our children! Thanks a ton to those of you who prayed for us!

Day 1 : Somerset, PA & Gettysburg, PA

After a 6 1/2 hour drive we arrived in Somerset, PA.

This is the site where Flight 93 crashed into a Pennsylvania field. The following is a picture of the crash site. You would never know anything crashed there as the "crater" has been filled in.

Wow...quite touching and sad. Thinking about the families of the victims - it was especially sad when the woman giving the speech would explain the families left behind. One girl left behind 2 small boys. Another man left behind 2 small boys (ages 2 &4) and a pregnant wife - pregnant with a baby girl....ummmmm......sound familiar? It really helped me think about their circumstances. I think I'll be praying for those families more now. Although the crash was almost 9 years ago - I'm sure the pain is as great as if it happened yesterday.

The next 3 pictures are of the memorial site in Somerset, P.A.:

So we left Somerset and umm.....we were on some EXTREMELY curvy roads with reallllllly steeeeeeep drop offs. Yeah they all teased that maybe I only have 5 hours until Adelynn's birth vs. 5 weeks! I have a good picture of this too...

Then we visited the Gettysburg battlefield. I climbed to the top of a tower similar to the state park tower. If you know me very well at all - this was quite impressive! :) I do NOT like heights and I am 8 months preggo! I survived but not without some sore muscles! ;)

Nick and Jesse being silly