December is always filled with fun family traditions. In between the snow and hot cocoa are days filled learning about Christ and His birth, gingerbread house decorating, and family trips. The kids were pretty proud of their “Little Town of Bethlehem.” Henry decided to eat the candy and use the wrappers on his house. Since […]

Haha, I am woefully behind updating our family happenings. Oh well, be prepared for several posts in a row after the famine! November is always my favorite month of the year because it has Thanksgiving and my birthday. Our house got an extra does of deep cleaning as the Wadsworth Family Thanksgiving feast was held […]

Joseph, Ira, and I flew out to Kansas City at the beginning of August then drove to Nauvoo, IL to pick up Sara who did an internship there. It was wonderful to see what she had been working on all summer and meeting the people she worked with. What an amazing experience she had! While […]

The summer has gotten away from me! I’ve tried to intentionally be more present with my family which has meant less time writing on the blog. Instagram is so much easier to post to when I want to share what our family has been doing. There are two birthdays to celebrate in July. Gideon turned […]

Abigail means “father of joy” or “father’s joy” or “give joy”. And our Abigail has certainly brought us joy! Named after the Abigail in the Bible who was described as “a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance” (1 Samuel 25:3), Abby has grown into a beautiful young lady who has compassion for […]

After eleven children, twenty-two years and seven months, we are FINALLY diaper free at our house! Henry decided he was finally ready to be a big boy and wear underwear. The first week he had one accident and woke up every morning with a dry diaper. So we switched to underwear day and night and […]

When we visited Historic Nauvoo in Illinois last summer (here and here) we had no idea that this year Sara would be returning to work there. She is doing an internship working the landscaping and gardens for all of Historic Nauvoo. Isn’t that such a cool job? Since Sara’s major is Horticulture with an emphasis […]

The week after Christmas we had all our children together for the first time in over 18 months. I wasn’t going to let the opportunity pass for family pictures! We looked through our closets to find colors we all had, piled everyone up and headed to the mountains just east of us. It was a […]

I was gone to town to do some shopping while all the kids stayed home. Laura realized she hadn’t seen Henry for a while and went looking for him. She found him in his room. Gideon had just changed Henry’s stinky diaper all by himself! Laura saw the ziploc baggie that held the messy diaper. […]

Gideon turned six back in July. He loved every minute of the day. He specifically asked for a “Davy Crockett and the River Pirates” cake. Huh? I had no idea how we were going to accomplish that. Gideon is totally into Davy Crocket right now. Has been for almost the whole year. He loves to […]

The last time my side of the family was together (not counting for funerals or weddings) was when Laura, now 12, was the baby. That’s a long time ago! It’s hard when we are spread out in Utah, Nevada, Idaho, Kansas, Virginia, Georgia, and Florida to gather together in one place. One of the major […]