January in Florida is a pretty nice time to be outside so we took advantage and enjoyed the beauty of our own backyard, time at Disney (one of its least busy months), and a race weekend in Daytona. But the biggest happening of that month was a potential job opportunity in Burlington, Vermont…
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Happy girl in her swing. |
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Ellie’s awesome big brother takes her for a spin in her wagon. |
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Love that golden hour glow. 😍 |
James’ Christmas gift from us was some go-kart time at
K1 Speed so he and Chris enjoyed a few hours tearing up the track.
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Chris didn’t tell him where they were going until they parked outside. Love that happy face! |
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James loves all things mechanical and/or motorized, so naturally he thought this was AMAZING. |
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Ellie has her own form of fun transportation–elephant rocker–
and hair finally long enough for a tiny fountain ponytail on top of her head. |
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Having decided to grow out his hair, James now has enough for two tiny fountain pigtails. |
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James asked if he could read to Ellie and be the one to put her to bed. Melt my heart. |
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James loves to get creative with her toys while she’s napping.
She’s always so surprised to find what’s waiting for her. |
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Spent a fun day at Epcot with my dear friend, Stacy. |
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Family day at Disney! |
As his milestone 10th birthday was just around the corner, James was deemed old enough to spend the whole weekend with the race-fan Shenks at the 24 Hours of Daytona. He had waited a long time to be able to go for more than just a few daytime hours and he was thrilled! I’m pretty sure the experience did not disappoint. He’s still talking about it…
After a few years in his role at Maestro, Chris was feeling the time was right to move on and make a change. In the spirit of adventure, and because we are The Traveling Shenks, we decided to open the job search up nationwide. After a series of successful phone interviews, a company in Burlington, Vermont requested an in-person interview for him, so we went up together to determine whether it was a move we would want to make if the opportunity was presented to us. The kids enjoyed a fun-filled weekend with Mimi & Papa Shenk. Our outdoor activities were decidedly different…
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Based on the last-minute flight options, we flew into Manchester, NH and drove 3 hours northeast to Burlington. |
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Taking in the view of the very frozen water of Lake Champlain. |
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Back in Florida, James enjoys the sunset view on the water from a kayak. |
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Chris and I actually walked on water… well, technically it was ice at that point, but we are standing on Lake Champlain. |
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James and Ellie walking towards decidedly less solid water. Unlikely they will walk on it. |
Stay tuned for February’s post to see if we move to Burlington… 😆