Surprise! Christopher accepted the new position and the Traveling Shenks got ready for an exciting adventure in moving to Vermont!
(Which I recognize you already know because it was a year ago, but just go with me on this one.)
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Sharing his moving buddies with his sister. Must be love. |
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Our little Minnie girl enjoys some reading time in her room while she can. |
Once the decision was made, we had to start getting the house ready to be listed for sale. As I’ve mentioned before, we bought quite the fixer-upper and spent four years slowly turning it into a house we loved. I will do a post on the before-and-after of our home soon, but February was mostly prepping for the big upcoming move.
We were lucky enough to enjoy a little time with our friends, Bronze & Symoni, and their daughter, Mirai, who used to be our neighbors in Utah. They had a long layover at the Orlando airport and I happily picked them up for a few hours of lunch and fun at a park close to the airport. It wasn’t long enough, but it was great to catch up.
Knowing we would soon be leaving the state and our village of friends and family, we tried to spend as much time with our people as we could.
At the end of the month comes one of my favorite days of the year… the celebration of James! 2019 marked a decade of this beautiful boy (see
this post) and we celebrated with go-karts and a Shenk family dinner.
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Just look at this adorable ten-year-old face! |
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Go-karting with Dad is always at the top of his list. |
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Super excited to get the thing he wanted most–Nintendo Switch. Thanks, GrandPoppa! |
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One very proud Momma and her birthday boy. |
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Ellie got dressed up in honor of her bubby’s birthday. |
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I will celebrate these two forever. |
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James went with pizza for his birthday dinner and the Shenk clan obliged. |
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Blowing out the candles on his birthday cake ice cream with peanut butter (don’t ask, he’s 10). |