Camping Close to Home
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
Patriotically Roughing It
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
The Caribbean of the West… sort of
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
A Dinner Party Gone Awry
Jill’s best friend since high school, Jen, comes out to visit us regularly and James 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
A Weekend at the Lake(s)
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
A Colorado Car Show
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
Shenks and Speed…
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
Let the Camping Season Begin
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
Snow Much Fun!
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, James or Leo. Either way, they both took … Read More
Shenk Family Pictures
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