Happenings

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

Where has the time gone?

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!

Apples

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.....

Fall time

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!

Beet Harvest

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...

Fall

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!

Our new little nephew

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!!