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In early August, the Utah Shenks were happy to welcome Stacy P. and her kids, Reese and Quinn, for a visit. Jill and Stacy have been friends since high school and James was super happy to have playmates here for … Read More

While we love to explore pretty much everywhere, sometimes it is nice to stay closer to home. At the end of July, we spent a weekend at Wasatch Mountain State Park, which is about 40 miles from our house. What … Read More

This year, we spent the 4th of July camping down in Dixie National Forest. Chris’s family friends, Chuck & Patty O, were volunteering there and we went down to have a visit and enjoy the long weekend.  Cloudy skies aside, … Read More

At the end of June, the Shenk family spent the weekend at Bear Lake. It straddles Utah and Idaho and is one of the loveliest lakes around. The water is a beautiful aqua blue, which is why some people call … Read More

Jill’s best friend since high school, Jen, comes out to visit us regularly and Michelle loves it when “Auntie Jen” is here! On this visit, we decided to have a little dinner party with our friends, Chris and Kerri, and … Read More

Summertime and the living is easy… We headed down to the Richfield area a few weeks ago to do some camping and explore the Fishlake area. As it turned out, it was still a little too chilly for anyone but … Read More

Jill’s cousin, Marc, was in charge of an Italian car show in Colorado the first weekend in June. He and Chris share a love of cars and when they get together can talk of nothing else, so Marc invited us … Read More

In May, we enjoyed a short but wonderful visit with Uncle Dan & Aunt Naomi. We wandered through the Thanksgiving Point Gardens, devoured some delicious Indian food, took a lovely walk in the mountains, and had some great playtime at … Read More

Spring comes sooner to southern Utah, so we got our little trailer out of storage and headed to Moab for a fun camping weekend. There’s only so much winter one can take! It was a very relaxing weekend just spending … Read More

Today was one of those days where we were just working around the house and spending time together. Then, the snow came. I’m not sure who loves playing in the snow more, Michelle or Leo. Either way, they both took … Read More

In honor of our annual Christmas photo card, and because we had really never done it, we decided to hire a professional photographer and have some family pictures taken. Through a mutual friend, we found Jessie Oberg Photography, and we … Read More

To celebrate Grandpa L.’s birthday, we traveled to Golden, Colorado to visit with his sister, Charlotte, and her husband, Jim. They are amazing and we always have such a wonderful time there! We are so grateful for their wonderful hospitality … Read More

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

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

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

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