Memorial Day Weekend and Cooking

Over Memorial Day weekend, our family headed to the beach to spend some quality time relaxing.  Here's what it looked like:

Citrus tree outside of our condo.

Craig fishing in the lagoon outside the condo.

Family photo time!

Me doing what I do best.

Another angle of me doing what I do best.

Mom.

Grandma and Andrew.

It was fairly crowded!

2 dozen raw oysters.  Yummy?

Beauty.

The Gibsons.

Mom and Me.

Now that we are back home, I am in full on summer cooking mode, which is interfering with my motivation to pack!  Today, I am making this:

This pasta is a staple in our house in the summer.  Tomatoes, basil, and garlic are 3 of Andrew's favorite ingredients! (Photo courtesy of Ina Garten)

I'll also be tackling the Pioneer Woman's Pulled Pork:

Photo courtesy of Ree Drummond.

Then...I will pack.

~Angela

When I Get Where I'm Going.

So this is the major thing happening in my life right now...

Andrew and I are moving to Albany, NY this Summer.  WOW!  Neither of us have lived outside of Georgia, so this is going to be a big change and we are super excited.  Why are we moving 947 miles away, you ask?  Well, Andrew is pursuing a Ph.D in Counseling Psychology and will be attending SUNY Albany (UAlbany) in the Fall.  Do I have a job there?  No.  Do we have family there?  No.  Am I worried?  No.

All of this (the logistics of moving such a long distance, packing, purging, reorganizing) has made simplicity a challenge as of late.  But somehow, I have found peace in all of it.  After getting over the initial shock and then the nervousness of breaking the news to our parents, we were really able to see what an awesome road God is leading us down.  The opportunities that come with living in a completely new environment are endless.  New places to see, new people to meet, new experiences to experience.

I'm definitely not saying that this is going to be an easy move for either of us, but we have made the decision to fully live this rather than let this moment pass us by with anxiety filled waiting of the unknown.

Driving from Albany to NYC.

~Angela