Maggie and Billy get married!!!

3 days after Christmas, Maggie and Billy were set to be married!! It was so fun to not only be in Florida for our fun Christmas celebration, but also be involved with all of the festivities leading up to their big day!! It was such a fun time and an absolutely beautiful wedding with a gorgeous bride and dapper groom! Congratulations Billy and Maggie!! We are so thrilled for you!

Here is the beautiful Chapel that Billy and Maggie said their vows in...

Practicing the night before...

Off to the great Rehearsal dinner that Billy's parents hosted!

Almost married!!!

Dad and Cheri

Showing off my little baby bump! I really am starting to grow so much quicker than last time!! Haha...oh man.

My pretty cool date ;)

Stuart and Stacy

(with a running slide show of Maggie and Billy in the background, that Stuart put together for his sister!)

Biederman/Almost Seefried/Parr/Martin ladies (missing Liz!)

After the dinner, we ladies kicked out the men and had ourselves a little party for Maggie and showered her with a few fun little things for her honeymoon ;)

:) :) :)

Morning of...

The bride glowing already!!

Make-up and hair done.

Ready for the dress.

Ready to get married!!

My handsome nephew, Benjamin, was the adorable ring bearer!

Great job, Ben!

Down the aisle...

Bridesmaids!

SOOO thrilled!

Rolls Getaway car!

Gotta have those formal shots!!

Kurt was having fun with my new camera.

I thought this shot was pretty awesome!

Waiting for more pictures to be taken...

Off to the reception!

Billy and Maggie had their reception at The Breakers Hotel, the oldest hotel in the country (I am told) and sitting RIGHT on the ocean! Pretty great location!

A sweetheart table just for the bride and groom!

Pretty awesome centerpieces!

The cake!!!

Bridesmaids bouquets!

Another shot of the cake with the dance floor and live band in the background!

The dance floor was filled all night long!

First dance...

Cheri and my Dad welcoming guests and toasting the bride and groom...

sneaking a picture with the beautiful newlyweds!

Bragging on his beautiful bride.

Very sweet!

To finish the AMAZING dinner...we each were given this huge sundae!! oh my gosh! It was so big and so sweet and so amazing!

What a wonderful evening to celebrate a beautiful couple coming together! Congratulations Maggie and Billy! May you have many blessings throughout your marriage!

Christmas down south!

We had a very good Christmas this year. With Madelyn getting to the age of really understanding, we spent a lot of time before the holiday talking about Jesus' birthday and I spent a lot of time reflecting and trying to understand myself, the true depth of the love that Christ has for me, a child of God, and how that love is to extend from us to others. It is hard to fathom how high and how deep His love is for us, but his scriptures pour out promises of just that, if we have faith and believe and hope in Christ's love. Pretty amazing! Christmas and New Years this year have been filled with bible reading and meditating on Christ's words. Our home feels rich with the blessings that God has poured on us, even when we don't realize it.

I pray you have also enjoyed the ONLY reason for the season!

Jesus Christ!

We traveled down to FL this year for Christmas to be with my side of the family. Though, this is the second year of a warm and balmy Christmas, I'm not sure I'll ever get used to the palm trees swaying behind the twinkling Christmas lights!! Weird...but definitely fun!

1 of the 2 trees at the house.

This one...the wedding tree!! Hard to see, but all white ribbons and doves!

(for the wedding of Maggie and Billy, 3 days after Christmas!)

The second beautiful tree...where all the goodies resided!

Christmas Eve...getting ready to go the a church service!

And loving the beautiful handmade Christmas dress!

Maddie has fancy curls for Christmas Eve!!

Sweet face!

Had to get a snapshot of the awesome red shoes my dad found for the dress! Madelyn has wanted to wear them every day since!! She LOVED them!!

Fun times with Grandpa G!

Oh how I love that girl!

Maddie's family pose...her and baby doe ;)

Stuart and Stacy (and Scout!)...expecting their first child in March (a boy!!)

Yay!

The "almost newly-weds", Maggie and Billy!

Great shot of my Dad and Cheri!

Candid moments with CC!!

Our little family!

Even the pups are festive!

Scout, Frannie, and Charlotte

"Ohhhh...who could that be at the door!!??"

".....But Santa, to ask one more time, what would you like, little girl??"

(Madelyn was CRAZY for Santa!!! Which is a drastic change from last year. She couldn't stop staring and had no problem sitting on his lap!)

"All I want for Christmas....pink bottles!!!" (for my baby)

Did she get them??..........

"YES!!!! Pink Bottles!!!!!"

Could NOT have been more thrilled!

Easy job for Santa ;)

Sleepy and excited on Christmas morn'

A fun dress-up trunk!

With tutus, tiaras, and a boa...oh my!

A tea set...that Daddy enjoyed with her!!

But the prize gift of the day definitely has to go to the matching monogrammed sleeping bags for Maddie and Baby Doe!!! Madelyn was "taking naps" all day long!!

And can't forget us big kids!! Among other awesome goodies, the boys got remote controlled helicopters that were fun for the front yard!! Of course our matching PJ's added to the fun!!

We hope that you had your family had a very Blessed Christmas this year as well!!

Love from the Biedermans!

Introducing....

.....Baby Biederman #2!!!!!! We are excited to announce that we are pregnant with baby #2!!

We have been keeping it quiet for over a month now, just so that we could wait until yesterday, when we were able to have our first ultrasound and see the heart beating strongly! 2 arms, 2 legs, and strong beating heart! A blessing from the Lord, for sure.

Our due date, which was confirmed yesterday, is June 30, 2010. If you recall, Madelyn's 3rd birthday will be June 27th!! Talk about close birthdays!!

Anyway, here is the best picture of our little one's profile. We love you already, Baby Bied!

We find out if Maddie will have a baby brother or baby sister on February 11.

We'll be excited to pass the news along....

For now, pray things progress smoothly!!

Praise Jesus!

It's official....

...I think this has been THE longest span of not blogging-over 3 months! But, I'm back. I have a new camera...and a new energy to update you all on our day-to-day living! As usual, our life has been busy! I keep waiting for a season of time where we don't travel or our home isn't filled with visitors! But...truth be told-I kind of like it! I am way too social to say 'no' to anything...and most of the time that is just fine by me. I enjoy our busy life, most of the time, for now at least!!

For starters; we moved houses! We are still renting but we are now in a neighborhood that we've always loved, we live in an old (lots of character) home, with a driveway, and a yard, and a wood-burning fireplace. We LOVE it!!

We've traveled across the country, Maddie and I went to NJ and PA to visit the Martin side, I went to CO for a wedding, Kurt went to FL for a Martin guys golf trip, I went to Hawaii for a Biederman ladies trip. My cousins visited in August, Kurt's parents have been a couple of times, one of Kurt's brothers and his wife have visited and plan to move here in the new year!

Kurt is loving his job! He has been officially working since September 1st as an associate under a man he had already been doing contract work for. They do estate planning and the business is growing already. It's very exciting! A direct answer to prayer!

Madelyn is doing great! She will be 2 1/2 next month and I can't believe it! We have a great time together. We try to get out of the house as much as possible, to different parks, playdates, bible studies, etc. And sometimes we're hermits and love playing around the house, having dance parties, reading, painting, playing with baby dolls. She also loves helping me clean, do laundry, and bake. It's pretty funny! Sometimes I try to hold her like a little baby and rock her, as a joke of course, but I'd be lying if I said I haven't gotten choked up a time or two in the process as my little baby is SO grown up these days!!

I knew the time would fly...but somehow you just can't believe it when it does........

Here are just some of my favorite recent pictures of Madelyn Grace;

Up close and personal with those big brown eyes...

Lots of smiles these days!

She's got this crooked little grin...

With her best bud, Mia, and Mia's new little sister, Clara on Halloween.

Two pink tutus and a pumpkin!

Our fun fam ;)

The new home!

We were so excited to actually have leaves to rake this year!

some recent pics...

I'm so happy to be able to post a few recent pictures.  My friend, Lindsey sent me just a few from the last few weeks.  I need to bring a memory stick over to get ALL of the photos...but I couldn't wait to post just a few fun ones...

We have had a full and very fun summer so far!  Madelyn is full of energy and we're keeping busy.  It has been VERY hot here in Seattle...like record breaking 103 degrees HOT.  Crazy, I know.  Who would have thought it could get that hot in Seattle!

Here Maddie is gabbing on her cell phone...a true mimic of her mommy...perhaps she's subtly trying to tell me something...oops.

The camping trip that my camera disappeared on :(  BOO!

Buds for life!

On the HOT HOT 10o degree days here in Seattle, Lindsey, me, and the girls escaped to her parents house in Bellingham.  They live on a lake (house behind me!) and it was wonderful to swim the days away and boat around to stay cool :)  Thanks for having us Frank and Sandee!  Madelyn has truly become a water baby.  Between our camping trip and this lake trip...Maddie has NO fear of the water (a little frightening!) and wants to swim in the deep end with her life vest and "crabby" tube...pretty cute!  Being the swimmer that I am...I couldn't be more excited!!

You would think these two were sisters for how often they see each other!  They interact like sisters too...love one minute, antagonize the next...two mischievious little girls! 

At a nearby park, here in Seattle.

I just LOVE this crooked little smile picture!

Just love them eyes!!