1 down...a lifetime to go!

Well, its incredible to look back and see how fast a year goes! Julian and i celebrated our 1 year anniversary on Monday, May 26th! Julian worked all day, and i spent most the afternoon cleaning, but we got jon and shanelle to babysit Allistair and we took off to go see the newest Narnia movie. It was really great to get some time alone with my husband on our special day :) So much has happened since this time last year and i wouldnt change a thing! Im looking forward to another 60 or so years together ... :-)



May 26th, 2007





and one year later :)
heres to a lifetime of honeymooning babe!

trip to chicago!

Well, this past wednesday, Allistair and i packed our bags and headed just over 500 miles with my parents to visit my sister in chicago, and my brother and grandma ducommun in wisconsin. WHAT A TRIP! after 10 or so hours in the van, it was a relief to pull into kris's driveway...or one way street should i say! It was so great to see caleb and kris and great for allistair to see his aunite and uncle again. Us gals headed out to the mall later wednesday night and then on thursday, we headed down to wisconsin to visit my gramma who i havent seen in 4 years! it was so great for her to finally get to meet allistair, we had a great visit and then went out to the olive garden for dinner :) yummy breadsticks!! Friday we drove down to pick up my grandma and then headed to waukesha for jons graduation from bible school. it was great to see some old friends again , and i was so happy my grandma was able to make it up with us. We headed home saturday and finally arrived around 9 30 p.m. It was a great trip but i was very relieved to be in my own bed and back with my hubby again! Please pray for my grandma, she is living in an assisted living home, and she has really gone downhill since i last saw her. i found it extremely hard seeing her so sick and weak compared to last time i saw her, and found it even harder to say goodbye to her, wondering if it might be the last time. Julian and i are hoping to get out to chicago again later this summer or fall to see her , and to see kris and caleb if they are still living there, but please keep her in your prayers.







allistair loved the olive garden breadsticks!



visiting with gramma!








grandma and i at jons graduation, what a blessing to have
this time together!



4 generations!!




allistair tuckered out after a day of shopping!






jon, me , and our good friend zachary. congrats you guys!

goofing off!


good to be home with my goofy husband again! i missed him!

and last week ju and i got matching tattoos....




finished product!

decisions decisions...

hey again! well, julian and i have been looking into buying a house for a few months now, and on thursday, we had an appointment with a mortgage person at the bank, and then went and looked at a few houses with our agent, and julians parents. We went to two different houses, i hated the first one lol...but the 2nd one is a different story! Its a huge 5 bedroom house with a great lawn , huge living room and wood floors! We spent about an hour looking through the house, and talking to our agent finding out all the things that we'd need to fix up (as it is an older house!) We had talked to Caleb and Kris about moving in with us, and they like the idea but want to pay off some things before they can move up. Julian and i are trying to make the decision whether to put an offer in on the house and just go for it, or to wait a while and see what happens. Im excited about the idea, but its really terrifying trying to make such a huge decision. The house is amazing really, and has great potential...and julian is really just sick of paying rent and wants his money to be going towards something, which is definately understandable, but it scares me to death! please pray for us as we try to make this decision!