W.ONDERFUL W.ORLD OF W.ADHOLMS

It’s been a few weeks since I last posted. We’ve definitely been getting into the swing of things now that school has started. Bryce and Abbi have been having a great year so far–both enjoying school very much. And Cambria is used to having mommy all to herself on school days, too! Rick has been enjoying his classes as well (and thankfully he is only away from home one day a week). He’s has also had the opportunity to sub at the school a few times already. And soon beets will start….yep, FALL is here!
On the way home from Grand Forks the other day, we pulled over to take a few pictures of the beautiful fall colors on the trees. It’s just gorgeous here with all the trees turning colors. I’m just not looking forward to all the raking that is sure to come!

By: Rick Wadholm Jr.

We are SO HAPPY to finally announce that Jenn’s sister Heidi had her baby! Jacob McClellan Shannon was born Sept. 5 at 3:53pm, weighing 8lbs 1oz, measuring 20 1/2 inches long. He is very handsome! You did a great job Eddy and Heidi! Congratulations!!

By: Rick Wadholm Jr.

On Monday we decided to have one last hoorah before school started. We took the kids up to the zoo in Winnepeg. It was a really nice zoo and park–we were really impressed. The kids had sooo much fun running from animal to animal, each one as exciting as the last. We saw many types of bears–the favorite being the Polar Bear.
We saw some two-humped camels (as well as the normal one-humped camels, but let’s face it, we all love to look at the cool two-humped ones more).
We also saw some zebras, but they weren’t too excited to see us. I was lucky to get this shot as they kept turning their backs on us.
And of course, we saw Abbi’s favorite–the flamingos!!
There were so many other cool and exciting animals and birds (and snakes and bats). We had a really fun time and can’t wait to go again next year.

By: Rick Wadholm Jr.

Today was the first day of school for the kids. It was Abbi’s first day ever!! She was so excited to start kindergarten. It could not come fast enough for her. Bryce on the other hand was not ready to give up his summer break to have to go back to “work”. It was really cute this morning as most of the kids on the block were gathered together outside waiting for the bus to come–most of which had been outside waiting for over half an hour–can you say EXCITED!

By: Rick Wadholm Jr.

Jenn and the girls made a trip out to MT a couple of weeks ago to help her sister, Heidi out. Heidi was possibly having her baby and needed a little help with all the kids. First we went and stayed at a hotel (at that time she was advised to not leave town as the baby could possibly come in the next 24 hours), but after the baby decided it was NOT going to come, we went out to her house. Here are the kids having a sleep-over on the hotel floor.
Several trips to the hospital later, and still that baby decided it was NOT time. So we made good use of our time in waiting and enjoyed the nice summer weather. The kids had so much fun driving around on the ‘gator’. Here is Abbi and Cambria taking a turn.
After a little over a week, it was time to head back home (still no baby…). We were really disappointed that we couldn’t help out more, but it was still lots of fun to go visit Heidi, Eddy, Elizabeth, Erin, Hailey, and Ricky. But before we went, Cambria and Ricky thought they would be sneaky and get into the container of mandarin oranges–CAUGHT!!
Baby–are you coming? We’re waiting….

By: Rick Wadholm Jr.

Here is Bryce showing off his life size robot. Doesn’t he have a nice tan?

By: Rick Wadholm Jr.

What a fun time we had at the Gunderson house. There was a mostly full house (we were missing Jenn’s sisters, Heidi and Amanda, and their families). We started the week with a trip to the Emergency Room (a pretty common occurrence for at least one of us when we are home). This time it was Cambria. She got her finger caught in a bike chain, but thankfully she had no broken bones or stitches.
Our niece Sarah had a “princess” birthday party–Happy Birthday! She’s now 6 and going into first grade.We also had a baby shower for Jenn’s sister-in-law, Amber–she is due in Nov. Usually we do baby showers after the baby is born, but with most of us home, we had to take the opportunity! We had a fun girls night out (okay, it was coffee and pie–but so much fun with no kids).
Jenn’s little sister Amber also came home with some exciting news–she’s getting married in December! Yay! We are so happy for her! ;0) Christmas is usually crazy at the Gunderson house, but this year I think it will top all other Christmases! We Wadholm’s thrive on crazy, so this is right up our ally–ha ha!

By: Rick Wadholm Jr.

We are having such a busy and fun summer, and it’s sad to think it will all be coming to a close soon. Rick has been taking Hebrew the last 3 weeks, and this is his last week of class. He walks around in a daze–with all the Hebrew words and letters constantly going through his mind. It kind of makes it hard to have a real conversation. But, it will be over soon and things will return to normal. This week, Jenn and the kids will be traveling to ND to visit her family. Her sister Heather from WV (and hubby and kids) are visiting, so it will be lots of fun playing with cousins and stuff.

By: Rick Wadholm Jr.

This past week we went down to Lake Geneva (our state A/G camp) and stayed at the pastor’s cabins. The MN district provides beautiful cabins for the pastors to use free of charge once a year. I can’t believe it took us this long to take advantage of this blessing! We had such a wonderful, relaxing time–and felt completely spoiled! We played and swam and watched movies, and played some more! Rick and Bryce enjoyed some time fishing together, too.

By: Rick Wadholm Jr.

Today was a gorgeous day, and so we decided to have a little picnic lunch outside on the lawn. We need to enjoy days like these since they are only here for such a short time!

By: Rick Wadholm Jr.