Sailing Away…
Tonight the Shenk Family got to take a sunset sailing cruise on the Great Salt Lake, courtesy of Poppa Pelt (thanks, Pop!), and it was AWESOME! We had forgotten how much we love being out on the water, and this … Read More
Back from beyond
After a year-long hiatus from blogging, we’re back baby! Last weekend, spring arrived in Utah, and we decided to go camping. It was so nice to get out in nature and spend time together relaxing. Michelle spent hours playing in … Read More
Hibernation Mode
2011 is here and the Utah Shenks are in “hibernation mode”, just hanging out at home watching a lot of football and working around the house. As such, nothing has really seemed worth blogging about, so this is just a … Read More
Christmas Lights
Michelle loves Christmas lights! They can say it reasonably well and they love to point them all out and talk about all the different colors. We are really enjoying this holiday season with them as they discover new things and … Read More
Thanksgiving 2010
Thanksgiving at the Shenk house this year was awesome! We had Auntie Jen (Jill’s best friend) here from Florida, the food was delicious, the fireplace was going, and football was on! What more could we want?! Oh wait, there was … Read More
Grandpa Landers
The Shenk Family said goodbye to Grandpa Landers on Saturday. After getting laid off from his construction job and losing the housing they provided for him, Grandpa came to stay with us in June 2009. It’s been great spending time … Read More
Halloween
This year, we dressed our little punkin as… a pumpkin! Seeing as how “pumpkin” was his favorite thing to say for the whole month of October, we knew they would love being one. Pretty darn cute!!
Pumpkin Patch
Michelle discovered their love for pumpkins this year. They learned to say “pumpkin” and would happily point out every one they saw, no matter how big or small. So, we took them to the pumpkin patch and let them pick … Read More
From our garden
For the first time ever, the Shenk Family is growing their own food. Woo hoo! Unfortunately, we’re not very good at it… yet! (Here’s hoping that experience will be the best teacher next spring.) We had a small amount of … Read More