Alaskan Roots

Kurt was born and raised in Anchorage, AK, and though we don't live there, we love to visit. We were very excited to be able to bring Madelyn up there this past week to meet her great grandmother, her uncles, aunt, and cousins. The weather was great and we had a really fun time visiting and bringing Maddie up to her Alaskan roots!

Kurt's brother, Kyle and his wife Susanna have two adorable girls, Jasmine (almost 4), Sierra (almost 2). They both loved meeting their little cousin and loved being able to hold her!

We love relaxing at the house, having big family dinners, and just plain laughing with each other. If you know Kurt's sense of humor...being with the entire Biederman family is quite entertaining!
We had a great time hanging out with Kurt's brother Kevin and his girlfriend Colleen.

On the way up to the Biederman's cabin, we stopped at the Alaska State Fair. I realize I didn't get pictures of the huge vegetables, but then the only thing we really did was EAT!! It was really neat to go to the state fair, I don't even know if NJ has a state fair...and even if it does, I've never been!

Here's the fam, recuperating after eating corn on the cob, hot dogs, ice cream, funnel cake, cheese cake wrapped in dough, strawberry shortcake, and cream puffs. Yikes, a little embarrassing to write that all down! And yes, we all did feel a bit ill that evening.

Grandma, Maddie, Susanna, and Sierra soaking up the sun on the dock (yes it does get warm in Alaska!!)

I just couldn't resist! **look at those lips :)

While in Alaska, Mimi(Kurt's Mom) was very helpful by taking Maddie for a couple of hours in the morning, letting Kurt and I catch a little more sleep :)

Here's Maddie enjoying bathtime with Mimi.