Uncle Rob heads home.

Today after the dedication service, Uncle Rob headed back to Kansas. We had a great time with him and I can't wait until we can see him again.

Uncle Rob with Adalyn

And again.....


Myles with Uncle Rob today before he left for the airport.
And just a cute picture of my little guy!

Adalyn's Dedication

Adalyn Grace,

Today we stood before our church family and friends and dedicated you to the Lord. We made a public promise to do our very best to raise you to become a women of God. It is our prayer that as you grow you will learn to love God and will choose to follow his will for your life. We promise to pray for you, to love you, to bring your up in God's church and to do our very best to teach you all about his mercy and grace and the sacrifice he made for all of us. You are a gift from him and today we dedicated you back to him. We love you little one and look forward to watching you grow and become what God designed you to be.

Love,
Mommy and Daddy

Here are pictures from Adalyn's dedication service today! She was so beautiful in the dress my Mom made. It fit her perfect and she was such a doll in it.

Myles, Chris, Broedy, Me, Adalyn, Raelyn, my parents, my brother and Pastor Jeff


Laying hands on Adalyn and praying over her.

Pastor Jeff praying for Adalyn


Me and my precious lamb


She fell asleep after the dedication


A basket filled with gifts and well wishes for our daughter, along with her cake


The cake that Jenn (a wonderful lady in our church) made for Adalyn that was served after the service.


Grandma feeding Adalyn some of her cake (she loved it).


My beautiful baby girl in her beautiful dress that Grandma made.


Our beautiful blessing from above.


I just can't get enough of this little one.


Our Family in our backyard.



Grandpa, Grandma, Uncle Rob and the kids.


Grandpa & Grandma with Adalyn

Uncle Rob with Adalyn

Here is a video of her dedication this morning (in order to listen to it you need to 1st go to the bottom of the blog and pause the music from my playlist).

Video of Adalyn's Dedication from Rebecca Bedford on Vimeo.

This is a slideshow that was shown at her Dedication:

Adalyn's Dedication Slideshow from Rebecca Bedford on Vimeo.

Indoor Race Track

Today we went to an indoor race track and raced go-carts. These things were fast! You had to be eight and so many inches tall to even ride on one. Rob, My Dad and I all went together and we had a blast!

My Mom playing a game in the arcade while she was waiting for us to go!


Raelyn & My Mom watching us race cars!



Rob & I on one of the turns!


My Dad


Rob - he had a really super fast car and beat us all.

Grandpa & Grandma Arrive!

This morning my parents flew in from Michigan! It was great to see them and I'm looking forward to having the whole week to spend with them. We opened Christmas gifts today with them and it was a lot of fun!

Myles with Ozzie's Candy Cane shaped bone! I saw these in petco the day before Christmas but refused to pay full price for one. Today we stopped into petco on our way home from the airport and picked one up for Ozzie at 50% off! It's huge and as you can see, it's bigger than Myles!


Ozzie & Adalyn checking out the new bone.


Myles waiting to open up gifts today!


Little Miss Adalyn waving Hello:-)


I think Uncle Rob is in love with a certain little girl in this house!


A new shirt for Raelyn!

The kids waiting as Grandma passes out the gifts.


Myles with his OWN kitchen utensils. I hope he stops stealing mine now.

Adalyn opening a gift with Grandpa.

Raelyn opening up her doll.


New Jeans to go with that new shirt.

Another present for Adalyn

Rubber Washers for our washer game!


Uncle Rob watching all the action.


A new leapster game.


Raelyn showing off her new belt.

A new shirt for Chris.

New socks for me!

A new shirt for Broedy.

Grandpa & Grandma with their gift from us, a photobook!

The kids opening up an early birthday gift from Uncle Rob! A big waterslide for the backyard.

And of course, FRUIT SNACKS! (Check our Myles and his harmonica! He has been playing it for us since he opened it up today).

A Savior is Born!

Today we celebrated the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ! It was a rainy day here in Arizona but that didn't put a damper on our wonderful day.

The two older kids were up at 6:00 a.m. ready to go! We made them go back to bed until at least Myles got up which ended up being 7:30 a.m. We got Adalyn out of bed and enjoyed watching our 4 children open their gifts! It was a fun morning, full of laughter and giggles, smiles and all the things that melt a mother's heart. There is no greater joy than to watch my children having fun and celebrating the birth of our Savior.

After all the gifts had been opened, Chris made a wonderful breakfast of sausages and french toast! We then put the two little one's down for a nap and enjoyed a quiet afternoon. I took a nap, Chris helped Broedy with his lego set and they played his new Wii game.

After the kids got up we had Christmas dinner complete with Ham, potatoes, green beans, rolls and applesacue. It was really good and everyone enjoyed it.

We then opened our last advent envelope. We read the Christmas story and lite the last candle in our advent wreath, the Christ Candle and then we had a birthday party for Jesus. Complete with cake and ice cream!

It was a great day! Tomorrow morning my parents fly in and we'll celebrate Christmas with them!

One of my main reasons for doing the advent calendar this year was that I really wanted to carve out special evenings with my family. I got what I wanted and as I look back at all the pictures of the last month, I smile at the memories made. The evenings spent with my four precious children doing simple, but special activities. The nights reading books, playing games, doing crafts, enjoying a special treat together before bedtime and reading scripture as a family. It's been a great month and it was nice to have those special activities to focus on each day when life felt like it was spinning out of control with all the stress and business the Christmas season brings to me now that I am adult.

Enjoy this video (and scroll down and pause the music at the bottom of my blog before you start the video or you will have two songs playing at once)!


Christmas 2008 from Rebecca Bedford on Vimeo.

Christmas Card Letter!

Dear Family and Friends,

Merry Christmas from Sunny Arizona! Another year has flown by and the Christmas Season is upon us once again! I hope this letter finds all of you in good health and great spirits!

Chris is now in his second year of teaching here in Arizona. He moved from 3rd grade last year to teaching 4th grade this year. He really enjoys teaching and is enjoying his job. He took on the job of athletic supervisor as well and is really enjoying working with the sports program. He is still flying remote controlled airplanes when he gets the time.

Rebecca started working part time in September as the Site Manager for the after school Kids Klub program. She works in the afternoon when Chris gets done with teaching and is really enjoying working with children again. During the day she is at home with the three little ones and enjoys being home with them.

Broedy started 2nd grade this year. He is really enjoying school and has lots of friends. It seems as if he is either at a friends house or his friends are here all of the time. It’s been fun to watch friendships develop. He is at the fun age of 7 (almost 8). He enjoys building things with legos and has really gotten into using our computer almost daily. He has a lot of fun games he gets on and we’re thinking pretty soon he’s going to know more about computers than we do!

Raelyn turned 5 in September and missed the kindergarten cut off this year for our school district by three days! So, she is still at home with mom during the day and mom is enjoying this last year with her at home. She loves her younger siblings and is quite the “mommy’s little helper” with them. She has two girlfriends right here in our neighborhood that she plays with almost daily. The three of them are a lot of fun together, they love to do all the “girly” stuff and keep me on my toes.

Myles turned 2 in November and is quite the charmer. He is the sweetest little guy and loves to help me around the house. He is very tender with his little sister and we are enjoying all the fun that a 2 year old brings into a household. He is a busy little guy that is for sure.

In May we added a precious little girl into our family. Adalyn Grace was born at home on May 22, 2008 and she has filled our house with all the joys that a new baby brings. She is now almost 7 months old and rolling all around the house getting into just about everything. She adores her older siblings and the bond that our four kids have together melts our hearts almost daily.

We moved into a new house this year that has a pool! We have really enjoyed our new home and have gotten a lot of use out of our new pool. We also have a wonderful guest room for those that want to get out of the snow and cold in Michigan! We would love to have family and friends visitJ
Our Golden Retriever, Ozzie is almost 10 years already. She enjoys the sunshine and loves to swim in our pool when she gets the chance.

This summer we spent 6 weeks in the great State of Michigan camping and seeing family and friends. It was a wonderful summer filled with many memories. While there we added a very cute 6 week old Brittany Spaniel to our family that we named Kalae. She was a bundle of energy and our family quickly fell in love with her. Sadly she became very sick in November and passed away. She was loved by our family and is very dearly missed.

If you would like to read more about our life, we have a blog that Rebecca tries to update almost daily with pictures and stuff going on in our life. You can check it out at http://www.thebedfordhouse.com/.

We hope that everyone has a very Merry Christmas and a Wonderful New Year!

With lots of Love,
Chris, Rebecca, Broedy, Raelyn, Myles & Adalyn

Christmas Eve

Tonight we went to the Christmas Eve service at our church! It was a beautiful candlelight service. Christmas Eve is always my favorite church service of the whole year. We are very blessed with a wonderful church family and wonderful friends.

Raelyn with her candle.

Myles wanted to hold his own candle:-)

Uncle Rob




We found Fudgy the elf in the Christmas tree this morning along with 4 gifts under the tree. The kids couldn't wait to open up our advent calendar today and our card read "You've been good this year, open up one gift under the tree". Each of our kids had one gift under the tree from our elf, fudgy!

Broedy opening his gift.

Raelyn opening her gift.

Myles was really excited about opening his gift.


Adalyn and Uncle Rob! Each of the kids got a new pair of pajamas to wear to bed tonight from our loving elf friend, fudgy!

The kids took a bath tonight and then put on their new pajamas and headed to bed!