W.ONDERFUL W.ORLD OF W.ADHOLMS

Isn’t she just beautiful? The kids had their school program this last Monday, and the theme was “Children from around the World.” The kids were encouraged to dress up as kids from other cultures. With the help of my friend Kayla (I could NOT have come up with this stuff without you!!), Abbi was dressed up as Japanese (with REAL Japanese chopsticks and a fan from uncle Clark and auntie Racinda from their stay in Japan), and Bryce was a very cute Guatemalan dude. My camera spazzed out before I could get a picture of him (bummer), but thankfully I have him on the video camera. The kids did an EXCELLENT job at their program. Bryce had several lines to say, and as a surprise to Rick and I, he also had a SOLO!! He did GREAT!

By: Rick Wadholm Jr.

I find it very funny that when describing what the size of a baby is while in utero, food is always used as the analogy. (at least in all the baby books I’ve read and the websites I’ve gone to)

First it was the size of a pea.
Then it was the size of a plum.
Then a lemon, a grapefruit, a turnip (my personal favorite),
and right now? The baby is a green pepper.

And why is it that when the baby only weighs 5-7 ounces, I’ve already gained 10 lbs? These questions and many other pregnancy related ones have stumped me! Although most things can easily stump me these days. 🙂

And speaking of babies….we are eagerly anticipating the birth of our new nephew by Josh and Cindy (well–Cindy will be doing the hard work). We have a poll going for when the baby will come and how much he’ll weigh, etc. but most of us have already had our dates pass by with no baby to count for. Come on Baby Festus!!! (that’s his name while in utero).

By: Rick Wadholm Jr.

What has happened to this blog anyway? It’s almost like it has been abandoned!! Well, here’s the story…

The beginning of February, we found out we are expecting Wadholm #4, and ever since then, Jenn has had terrible pregnant brain (or as a dear friend has referred to it–placenta brain). At first it was the morning sickness and the extreme tiredness, but then it was the forgetfulness. And Rick has been busy, busy, busy finishing up this semester’s classes. His brain has been too full of “smart” things to do any blogging (not as smart thing). However, maybe things will pick up a little here now as Rick is done for the semester and Jenn has moved into the more energetic 2nd trimester (sorry, that doesn’t helped with the forgetfulness, though).

We just got back from our District council and had a wonderful time. We love to be able to catch up with old friends (not that our friends are old…heehee), and also to see family in the cities. Jenn sat through some meetings, but then played hooky to shop with a friend (hello!! We were in the cities!!!).

We had fun getting to see Racinda, Rick Sr., and Beau for supper. Clark and Racinda bought a house and some of the family was/is up to help with a few renovations. We didn’t have time to go see the house, so we’re hoping they send some pictures soon (hint, hint). We missed out on seeing Clark though, as he was having so much fun redoing the kitchen floor, he didn’t join us. The best part was getting to talk pregnancy things with Racinda as we are only 1 week aparat. She is looking so cute!! Here is a picture of us showing our baby bellies.

Not to be outdone, Rick and Ron had to pose with their “baby” bellies, too! LOL!!

By: Rick Wadholm Jr.

This actually happened sometime in February (I can’t even remember exactly when now), but Cambria decided it was time for a hair cut. I thought she was being a good girl and washing her hands after using the bathroom (thus the reason she was in the bathroom so long), but I was sadly mistaken when she came out with one hand behind her back and proudly proclaiming, “Look what I did!” Oh she was so pleased with herself. Before I even looked at her hair, I had her show me her hand–so she pulled it out and sure enough, it was full of hair. THEN I looked up and saw that she had chopped a nice chunk off the front. Oh dear! I kind of “fixed it.”

These pictures don’t even show how good of a job she did since I took them after I “fixed” the botched job. But now she has nice, short bangs!

By: Rick Wadholm Jr.

Yes, I do realized that it is the 23rd of January!! But for this blog, it is a new year! What’s happened since my last post? Let’s see…..Christmas, more Christmas, and even MORE Christmas (that’s what happens when you have a big family), a wedding, a conference, school resumed, and 2 birthdays….yep, we’ve been pretty busy here!
Here’s a picture of all of us this Christmas–and of course Cambria decided it was the perfect time to throw a fit–oh well!Here are the 4 older sisters in my family: Julie, Heather, me, and Heidi

Here is Amber on her wedding day–what a beautiful bride!!Here is Cambria getting ready to eat her pink birthday cake! Hooray for 3!!!

By: Rick Wadholm Jr.

What’s been happening at the Wadholm’s? We have been enjoying Christmas this whole month with programs here and there and many parties. It’s seems there is something to do or go to everyday….it’s a good thing we love Christmas so much!

Here is a picture of the kids right before our church Christmas program. The kids all did a great job!

This picture is of Bryce as “Papa Snowman” for his school Christmas program. He was soooo cute, and he did a wonderful job with all the lines he had to say.

We are getting ready to go the the grandparents for Christmas tomorrow. Jenn’s sister Amber is getting married on Saturday–so we will have a very busy weekend. We will also be traveling to see Rick’s family at their new home in Garrison, ND. We can’t wait to see all the family!

We hope you all have a very Merry Christmas!
Love, the Wadholm’s

By: Rick Wadholm Jr.

I can’t believe December is already here! Where have the last few months gone? We have been busy getting ready for our Church Christmas program (tomorrow night), which has been lots of fun! We celebrated Thanksgiving at the Gunderson house–and ate lots of food and had a great time. The following Monday, we welcomed a new niece to our family, as Jenn’s brother Jordan and his wife Amber had their first little one–a beautiful little girl named Katheryn Autumn.

Now today it is evident that December is here with Christmas right around the corner as it is SNOWING like crazy outside. We finally put our tree up yesterday, and now it seems so cozy in the house with the snow outside and all the colorful lights inside. However, the kids are not as patient with the thought of presents to come…how long do we have to wait???

I will hopefully have some pictures to post after our program tomorrow night. Love you all!

By: Rick Wadholm Jr.

We got a whole grocery bag full of apples from Jenn’s parents’ apple tree. So we went to work on peeling and cutting them up to freeze for future use. Abbi was a very big helper (especially eating the “ends”). I can almost taste and smell the apple pies and apple crisp that will be made out of these yummy apples! Mmmmmm…..

By: Rick Wadholm Jr.

We had a beautiful fall day yesterday–in the 60s. So we FINALLY went out and tackled all those leaves that have been invading our yard. We only did the front and one side of the house, but managed to fill up about 15 bags. WOW! The sad thing is that our back yard and the other side are much worse. Hopefully we’ll get another nice day to get it all done before it….snows. Bryce was a great helper filling up the bags. Abbi and Cambria did their share by picking up all the sticks and branches to add to our fire pit. Here they are sitting on our back steps–so cute!

By: Rick Wadholm Jr.

It’s beet harvest time again, and Rick is busy driving truck. It seems like our whole lives get just a little “off” during harvest, which is why it has been so long since I posted last. Plus, we seemed to all get hit with some kind of bug going from one kid, to the next, and on to me–somehow Rick missed getting this bug. I told him it was because he has been gone for driving truck and hasn’t had to deal with all the kid snot. HAHA!!! He is so blessed!
Anyway, I took Cambria out yesterday (while the other two were in school) to spend time with Daddy on the beet truck. Here is a picture of Rick’s truck full of beets.
Then on to the piler. If you are not familiar with what is involved with harvesting beets (if you remember watching Sesame Street—way long ago–you might remember the song: “Beet-beet, sugar, beet-beet, sugar, beet- beet” and they showed the process then), then here is a summed up version. You pull up the beets from the field with a lifter (okay, don’t laugh at me those of you who know all the technical terms/equipment–I’m just keeping it simple), and they are loaded into the truck. Then you bring your truck to the piler where you drive on a scale (they weigh your load), then you dump your beets–and the extra dirt from your field is separated from the beets, and then dumped back into your truck. They weigh the dirt that is dumped back in to know what the actual weight of the beets is. Then you do it all over again. In this picture, we are sitting at the piler waiting for our turn. You can see two trucks, one on either side. And look at that pile of beets!!
At the field, Cambria got to “help” drive the tractor with Kurt (our friend and church member who Rick works for) lifting the beets out of the field, while the beets are being loaded into the truck. She had so much fun! However, on the drive back to the piler, she fell asleep–maybe she had too much fun.
It’s been a great harvest so far–with only a few more days to go (weather permitting). Speaking of weather, if it gets too warm or cold (usually around 60 or freezing), then they have to stop. Also if it’s too wet from rain. We have had to stop for it being too warm and too wet so far this year.

Well, that is a summary of our life right now. It’s all about the beets…

By: Rick Wadholm Jr.