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!

stuff and stuff

I dont have a lot to update you all on, since life has been pretty average lately, the weather has been beautiful up here so allistair and i have been taking every chance we get to go for walks and get some sunshine! I have one prayer request though...I went to the doctor the other day and found out i have cervical dysplasia. I had a procedure done and they took a few biopsys to test for cancerous cells, It has been a test of faith so far, but im trusting the Lord with whatever it turns out to be! (we'll hear the results sometime next week and know where to go from there) I could use prayer though, as it can be pretty scary when you're faced with something serious like this...I'll update when we find out more.

Other than that, here are a few pictures of allistair and time around the murphy house...p.s. allistair is crawling everywhere!! and pulling himself up on everything he sees...he can even walk when someone holds his hands!! such a big boy!

how cute is this little boy!?

this is how i keep allistair under tabs while

im getting ready in the morn!!

sammy and allistair

hangin out with scott davidson while trinas away...

this is what they do best!

allistair and julian playing halo 3 ...lol...

my boys :)

now....

and then .... :).... wow how they've grown!!

more more more

here are 3 other pictures from justin and jessicas wedding

me n' my handsome hubby

julians sister, danielle, and i

wedding bells in the air

Well it finally looks as if our rushing around everywhere is nearly over! Febuary has been a very busy month for us, as julians had to go down to the city for two weekends in a row preparing for his brothers wedding, plus working 5-6 days a week! Last weekend my parents watched Allistiar and we traveled down to St. Jacobs for justin and jessicas wedding. Julian went down friday and then his parents picked me up and we traveled down saturday morning. The wedding was beautiful. and jessica looked stunning. It was nice to have a 'me' day where i wasnt having to constantly worry about allistair, although he was on my mind most of the day anyways! Here are some pictures taken from the wedding.




the boys waiting .... ...here comes the bride...

saying their vows...



the happy couple!!

the wedding party



whos that hot best man!?? justin and julian

Congrats you two!! you both looked amazing!

christmas and so on...

hey everyone! once again i apologize for my lack of postings lately. Christmas came and went so fast, and although it was great to see everyone again, im glad its over, as allistiar got barely any sleep over the holidays. Speaking of allisitar, he now has one little tooth peaking through and another just about to come through. hes busy biting anything that comes within a foot of his mouth and is also starting to pull himself around. Life with him never gets dull and its such a blessing having him in our lives.
My mom has just recently tought me how to do quilting, so i am really loving doing that in my spare time! julian likes to laugh at my new little hobbies, just because most of them i swore i'd never do. i really have turned into my mother!
Julian and i have also become quite good friends with 2 young couples from our church. We have gone to their house a few times and today we went over to celebrate their oldest son sammys 4th birthday! they have a 2 yr old, and also a 6 month old baby who is allistiars good friend! its so fun to watch them together! its a real blessing to finally have good married friends to hang out with. Its encouraging especially for me to have someone i know we can talk to whenever we need to. Im so thankful for them!
anyways, i have to cut this short because allistiar is getting grumpy, (bed time i think!?) so i'll just leave you with a few pictures from christmas.

all us kids made gingerbread houses on boxing day. i had an 'accident w/ my first, so im holding my unfinished 2nd.

allistiar loved getting to see auntie kris again!

over the christmas break, julian really enjoyed getting to know caleb a bit better, one day he and caleb helped calebs family make home-made sausage. julian hasnt stopped talking about it!

well, i'll leave it at that for now ,but we hope you had a very merry christmas and really great holidays!