just an update

Well, here i am again, sitting at my computer when i defiantely should be grabbing my chance at sleep while allistair is down for the night, but i will wait a little longer for sleep and give you all an update.


As i mentioned in a post below, we were looking at a house we were going to buy. We went to look at it again a few weeks ago before making an offer and decided to ask one of the men from ntm to come along (he builds all hte houses at new tribes). After walking in and looking around he told us that he strongly suggest we wait and try to find a different place. I took his advice right away since i wasnt feeling 100% right about the house to begin with but julian had a bit harder time letting go of the idea. We found out a week later that it was a good thing we did wait because of waht happened with the bank.


As for the bank, we have paid off our 'debt' because we got a letter saying if we didnt pay it immediately, collections would be called on us! it was a pain to have to learn the lesson the hard way but i've moved on and feel it a blessing that we didnt loose more money, and no one got hurt!


Allistiar is doing great! hes learning so much, and turned 10 months last tuesday! hard to believe my baby will be 1 in less than 2 months! he seems to be cutting in another tooth so hes been pretty fussy lately, i just have to remember he wont be small forever! that seems to be the only thing that gets me through those days of nearly constant screaming! As for julian and i , we are doing really good. julain has the next 3 days off in a row so we are looking forward to getting some time together, and hanging out wiht some good friends for canada day!


If you could keep my sister and brother in law in your prayers that would be great! they are moving back here to durham (YAY!!!) this coming month which is SO exciting!! so hopefully everything goes smoothly!




ju and my day out together at the Bell Golf tournament..we came in last!


me and my goofball son!


hes almost too big for sink baths!! but he still loves them!

be careful who you trust!

Well, a few weeks ago i posted an add for my electric guitar on Kijiji for sale. I had a quick reply from someone who was very intersted in buying it from me, so after a week or 2 of writing back and forth, i was sent a money order cheque for 2500.00$ i was told to take out my money for the guiart and then i was asked to send the rest to anohter guy who was also buying something from this man so he would be paid. I thought it seemed a bit strange but i have never done anything like this so i didnt really think anything of it. I sent the money, and was awaiting someone to come pick up my guitar. I checked my online bank today only to find out that the cheque was fake and i now owe 2500$ to the bank to make up for the fake cheque! after many tears, julian and i went to the bank to see what was going on, and were told that there was nothing they could do, that we were just going to be out that money. We went all over to the bank that cashed the cheque for us and they also told us it was our fault and that we owed taht money back to the bank. All my accounts have been frozen and will continue to be until i pay this off. We still felt as if we were being just shoved aside so we called up julians mom who came down with us to my home-bank. we talked for a good long time to the manager who siad she will see waht they can do, but she really has no idea what will happen...i guess this is teaching me a good 'trust the lord' lesson but i gotta tell you, im not liking the way i have to learn it very much. we would REALLY appreciate your prayers through this whole ordeal...i always knew it would suck to be conned, just didnt realize the extent of it. thanks for your prayers though. We will let you know how it all turns out.

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