Ocean City 2013

Every year my family heads to Ocean City, New Jersey for a family vacation.

Ben wasn't able to make it due to RUF training in Atlanta, so it was just the five of us enjoying one last Cornfield family vacation before the big move. Our time was filled with lounging on the beach, morning runs, Browns donuts, putt-putt, family dinners, and some much needed quality time. I'm missing it already!

I love my family!

It's happening

We found out late last week that my wonderful husband got the internship of his dreams working with college students in a ministry called Reformed University Fellowship. The boy and I have been talking about this internship and the possibility of doing it since we first started dating. It’s crazy that those dreams and ambitions are finally becoming a reality and I’m so excited for him! I’m excited to see him live out his dream and do what God has blessed him to do. At the same time, my little type a anxious soul is crying out.

Where are we moving? What am I going to do? Will he raise all of the funds we need in order to go? Will the campus pastor like us? Will we find friends? Do I want to still pursue marketing as my career? Do I want to go back to school and get a master’s? And the biggest one of all…what am I going to do without my immediate family five minutes from me at all times?

I know I’ve been spoiled. I know most people don’t have their whole family available 24/7, but I do. I’ve been spoiled by Sunday lunch weekly with my parents and siblings. I can call my mom for dinner and say, “what’s cooking” and be at her house within five minutes sitting at the table. Ben and my brother can go climbing together while my sister and I go to the downtown Tea Room. This is normal life. Spending Christmas with my family is a foreign concept because every day is Christmas over here!

And I’m going to miss it (so, so much).

I’m sure I’ll be processing so much more about this change over the coming months, but the reality of being away from my family is quickly setting in. I want to soak up every minute I have with my family now because August is going to be here so soon! So father, mother, brother, and sister, bear with me as I try to spend every waking moment with you over the next five months.

August is going to be here so soon.

Thanksgiving overload

It was such a wonderful break! I am not even sure I can quite summarize it, but for now I will leave you with one of my favorite pictures from this weekend.

I love my family!

Corning Museum of Glass

When Ben and I were up for the Wineglass Marathon, we stopped by the Corning Museum of Glass to do one of my favorite things: glass blowing. Having grown up in Corning, glass blowing is not new to me. Our Christmas tree can be found adorned in glass ornaments and icicles that our family has blown over the years. We even have a few glass flowers strewn about the house from class field trips.

One of my family's favorite ornaments is a little purple egg shaped piece of glass my sister blew at a very young age. She was so young when she blew it that she could barely get any air into the pipe leaving us with one of the heaviest ornaments on the tree. 

This is the second year Ben and I blew pumpkins together, and the second year was better than the first!

Last year, Ben's pumpkin ended up getting broken in a rowdy house full of boys. Here's hoping we can  get these pumpkins safely through the holidays!

Liberty football

This football season, Ben and I have had the opportunity to go to our fair share of Liberty football games. It has been a blast enjoying this time with friends and family. 

The boys may love the game, but mom and I didn't mind the cupcakes, coffee, and band performance that came along with the gig too. 

Mom and I at the game. We're the bands biggest fans.

These boys love each other, I promise. They also love that I constantly have to take pictures of everything. You will thank me one day, I just know it!