March 2019
March of 2019 saw Chris move up to Vermont to start his new job, while the kids and I stayed behind to get everything packed up and say goodbye to so many friends and family in Florida. It was a … Read More
New Year’s Trip 2019
The day after Christmas 2018, the Traveling Shenks hit the road for a trip out to Dallas to celebrate the New Year with our dear friends, the C Family. We always love an excuse to visit with them! Shenk Family … Read More
Bittersweet Days in Pennsylvania
Not all of our trips are for fun. In mid-December, we got the news that Chris’s uncle, Mike, was hospitalized in the ICU and they weren’t sure what was wrong. It turns out that last-minute plane tickets in December are … Read More
Chattanooga in the Fall
In mid-November, just before Thanksgiving, we took a fun road trip up to the Chattanooga area to get some fun time outdoors before the holiday madness. We took our trailer with us and camped at a KOA that was technically … Read More
Goodbye to Utah. Again.
We love Utah. And we love our friends that still live there. So, any chance we have to head west and visit, we take it! Once I got into the second trimester of my pregnancy, I started to finally feel … Read More
Merry Olde England- Part One
For our first international trip with James, we opted to keep the language requirements simple and headed to England. Where they speak English. In some ways, a better version of it. This trip was about two weeks long and this … Read More
Old Places, New Faces- Part Two
Utah Lake at sunset. Gorgeous! Our time in Utah was mostly spent hanging out together around the house. With Evie’s fragile medical state, crowds are unsafe and she can’t go into higher elevations due to the decreased oxygen. We were … Read More
Old Places, New Faces- Part One
Our super dear friends, Chris and Kerri, had a beautiful baby girl, Evie, in March. She is their fourth daughter (readers of this blog have seen Gracie, Mads, and Mils before) and we were thrilled to be named her godparents! … Read More