My little Fireman

This past week, Carter had his first ever field trip with preschool! He got to go to tour a Fire Station. He LOVED it!

Started out by watching a video on fire safety.

Then they had a mock fire drill and the kids crawled out of the building

Touring the fire engine

Mom and Carter :)

Waiting patiently....

For their turn to spray a pretend fire with the REAL water hose from the engine!

A class photo (only 7 are in his actual class - the rest are afternoon, I think)

Carter had so much fun! And now, he wants to be a firefighter when he grows up! :)

April Fools

I LOVE fooling people! :) I got it from my momma. She was the PRO at fooling. So when I woke up and realized it was April Fools, my plans began developing.

My prey:

Jenna - She was to bring her kids to me this morning at 7:00am (so that I could babysit them) so I had Nick call her at 6:55 am to tell her that I had been puking and couldn't keep her kids. :} Got her good.

Jane - She came over yesterday for a few hours and our boys all played in the basement and neither of us went down with them. I called her this morning to tell her that my "craft" room had been played in and I had tons of pictures organized in stacks and they were now scattered. She about puked. :))))) Got her good.

Joni - Her and I are serving lunch at our church (a VERY large production...) this sunday and we ordered 35 DOZEN donuts from Heyerly's Bakery. I told her that Heyerly's called this morning and said a part is broken in their "fryer" (do they even use one of those?) and they will be unable to fulfill our order. :] Got her REALLY good.

Gma - Same story as Joni....hehe. Got her good.

**Sigh**

I was totally determined that NO ONE would get me. I was ready for it. Even waiting for it each time the phone rang.

Then Aunt Lynn called asking for a ride to the dentist. She had some work done yesterday and acted like it had become infected and needed a driver.

How could I say no? She helps me SO much and I will forever be indebted to her. Of course I would help her, even if I had to pack my 3 kids up and keep them happy the whole ride.

THEN....She said it....The words I thought only I'd be saying today.

APRIL FOOLS!

I guess I'm a fool too. :(

Running Out...

We seem to have used up all of our indoor activities we can think up this winter. We are ready to bike, swim, throw frisbees, go on walks, and just plain play outdoors!

Here are some pics of our recent attempts to stay content indoors! :)

Bowling - So fun! The kids enjoyed the first game...but were ready to move on after that...

Swimming @ the middle school....brrrrrrrr....

These 3 were too cold! :)

Our family is ready for

SPRING!

What are you doing to get through these last days of winter?

Fiechter Family

This picture was taken Christmas Eve 2010

Grandpa's last Christmas with us...Of my 6 christmas' being in this family, this is the first time we ever took a family picture with everyone. I'm so thankful we did. (and it was MUCH to grandpa's dismay....he strongly DISliked getting his picture taken) :)

I should post the pictures from later in the evening when I was trying to take a picture of him and Grandma together. But I think that would be dishonoring him. He wouldn't be too happy about that.

Grandma was ready and looking at me in all 5 snaps I took. In each one, Grandpa would look another direction. LOL! I think he was a bit annoyed with me and trying to tell me something! ;)

We'll miss him a lot and will look forward to seeing him again someday.

Our Red Neck Frosty

I came home this past Saturday to this:

Toilet plunger arms:

Formula can hat (straight out of the trashcan):

Stroller bar smile, baby carrot nose, toy screw eyes:

One of the many reasons I love Nick is because he makes me laugh... A LOT!!!!

Mason is 3!

Happy Birthday to my oh-so-sweet, yet extremely ornery and utterly adorable Mason-Tator!

I love you sweet boy! :)

What a day!

We had a fun and eventful day for Carter's birthday. His birthday celebrations began Tuesday night with a date with Gma June. They went out to Subway (Carter's pick) then to walmart to buy a birthday gift. He picked a tin "Cars" lunchbox and little dirtbikes with guys to play with. He had a blast! (no pics...bummer!)

On his actual birthday we got him all ready for preschool and he was super excited to take the snack. He chose donuts and chocolate milk! On our way, we discovered that school was cancelled, so we quick made plans to hang out at Gma F's. There we ate his snack and played a while.

In the evening we had birthday party here at our house. He had chosen a donut cake for this year.

Here are Mason and my dad checking out Carter's gifts. Too sweet!

Mason got to open one of his gifts early since it goes along with Carter's gift (from Aunt Joni & U. Jason)

Can you see the excitement resonating from them both? Later in the night Carter said, "That was the bestest gift I ever did get!"

My lil nephew, Parker & Adalynn. Such cuties!

Happy Birthday, Carter-Man!

I can't believe my little boy is FIVE years old! Carter is SUCH a JOY to our family. He is so loving, caring, careful, obedient, smart and joyful! Never is there a boring day with Carter around. He loves to read, play Sorry!, play ANYthing with Mario Bros., jump on the trampoline, to learn, and best of all he loves to play with his little brother, Mason. :) He is an amazing help with his baby sister too!

Carter,

Daddy and I love you more than we can explain in words. Thank you for being the sweet, obedient child that you are! You are every parent's dream child! :) We thank God and praise Him each day for the blessing he gave us in YOU!

Have such a fun day today! I am looking forward to celebrating YOU all day long.

Hugs & Kisses,

Mommy

Another Hurdle Cleared!

I'm so excited to announce that Nick passed exam #8!!!!!!! He has one more to go and then he will be an official "Fellow in the Society of Actuaries" (FSA)

After we found out on Friday, I decided it was time to celebrate! After working out details for babysitters and hitching a ride to FW - I surprised him by showing up at work and took him out on a date! :)

Here he is in his office.

Congratulations, babe!

Fun, Fun, Fun!

We had such a great time with our friends at Kalahari this past weekend! I didn't get the best pics, but they did capture the memories, at least! :)

Carter, Mason, Kaden, Haleigh (holding Easton), and Gage

Kaden, Madalynn, Carter, Madison, Haleigh (holding Easton), Crew, Gage, Mason, Ridge

Gage, Kaden, Haleigh, Carter, Mason, Madalynn