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In spring of 2006, Chris and I sold his house, put most of our stuff in storage, and moved to Utah. It seemed like a great idea at the time. We could see the West and enjoy the outdoors.  Welcome … Read More

The Shenk Family has had another great summer full of fun adventures. Here are some of them consolidated into one easy post. It’s mostly pictures. Of James. As usual. So, enjoy! Enjoying a picnic in the mountains Chef James preps … Read More

Every two years, the John and Emily Shenk Family has a reunion over the summer. This year, it was being hosted by Dan and Naomi Shenk in Harrisonburg, Virginia. We love going to these reunions and look forward to them, … Read More

After we returned from our Florida trip, we had just a few weeks of down time before gearing up for the big road trip across America. (Stay tuned for that post.) Here are some of the fun bits that happened, … Read More

In May, we made our annual trip to Florida to enjoy visiting with friends, family, and hot, sunny days. We are always so grateful to everyone who makes time to come and see us and we love getting together and … Read More

James’ preschool does a little Mother’s Day program each year where they sing a song and present the mothers with a plant and some interesting answers to a questionnaire that the kids fill out. It’s hilarious to hear what they … Read More

This post is not so much about a family adventure, as an adventure in learning something new. A couple of years ago I took a quilting class and loved it! It is a great creative outlet for me and I … Read More

Utah is home to five national parks, that’s right, five! They are all amazing and beautiful and everyone should make it a point to come see at least one of them in your life. After living here for eight years, … Read More

Thanksgiving Point Gardens is one of my favorite places to visit and every year they have an amazing Tulip Festival. My idea of enjoying the flowers involves stopping to take hundreds of pictures, however, this is not James’ idea of a … Read More

Here’s a few snapshots from various adventures and happenings around the Shenk house this spring. Enjoy! James pretends to be an “old man with a cane” Chris and Jill celebrate the tenth anniversary of their first date! James learns proper … Read More

Chris and James spent some quality time in the garage workshop recently “building” things. They both love tools and tinkering and it was some great father/son time. Here are a couple iPhone pictures of James hard at work, which is … Read More

A few weeks ago, the Shenk family headed south in search of warmer weather. We de-winterized our trailer and headed down to Dead Horse Point State Park, just outside of Moab, for a nice camping weekend. It was a place … Read More

Our little man turned five on February 27! How fast the time flies… We decided not to have a party this year, but instead celebrated in different ways all week. He loved it! I’m pretty sure he is going to … Read More

After enjoying a wonderful visit with my friend, Stacy, and her kids, Reese and Quinn, last summer, we were thrilled to welcome them back this winter for some fun in the snow! It was also a treat to have Stacy’s … Read More

James has completed his lessons at Brighton Ski School and he loved it! There were five weekly lessons, but he unfortunately missed one due to our surprise trip to Orlando for Matt’s show. The second lesson was where the majority … Read More

The Utah Shenks snuck into Orlando last week for a very special visit. Chris’s brother, Matt Shenk, is an outstanding musician in the Orlando area and was having a launch party for his new album, This Is Water (available for purchase … Read More