Oh where, oh where have the Wadholm's been?

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!!

Cambria cuts her hair

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!

Happy New Year

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!!!

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!