Thanksgiving Point Gardens is one of my favorite places to visit and every year they have an amazing Tulip Festival. My idea of enjoying the flowers involves stopping to take hundreds of pictures, however, this is not James’ idea of a … Read More
Here’s a few snapshots from various adventures and happenings around the Shenk house this spring. Enjoy! James pretends to be an “old man with a cane” Chris and Jill celebrate the tenth anniversary of their first date! James learns proper … Read More
Chris and James spent some quality time in the garage workshop recently “building” things. They both love tools and tinkering and it was some great father/son time. Here are a couple iPhone pictures of James hard at work, which is … Read More
A few weeks ago, the Shenk family headed south in search of warmer weather. We de-winterized our trailer and headed down to Dead Horse Point State Park, just outside of Moab, for a nice camping weekend. It was a place … Read More
Our little man turned five on February 27! How fast the time flies… We decided not to have a party this year, but instead celebrated in different ways all week. He loved it! I’m pretty sure he is going to … Read More
After enjoying a wonderful visit with my friend, Stacy, and her kids, Reese and Quinn, last summer, we were thrilled to welcome them back this winter for some fun in the snow! It was also a treat to have Stacy’s … Read More
James has completed his lessons at Brighton Ski School and he loved it! There were five weekly lessons, but he unfortunately missed one due to our surprise trip to Orlando for Matt’s show. The second lesson was where the majority … Read More
We hope everyone enjoyed a lovely holiday season surrounded by friends and family. The Shenk Family stayed home for Christmas this year and enjoyed a nice, quiet day together. James is old enough now to really get excited and we … Read More
Merry Christmas Eve everyone! Hope those of you who celebrate Christmas have a wonderful one! Here is the video of James’ Christmas program through his preschool. I have edited it down to less than 15 minutes. You’re welcome. Enjoy!
I have never been a fan of running for fun. I’ll run for my life, if necessary, but I never really got the appeal of just running. Mostly, I still don’t. I do, however, love a challenge and so I … Read More
Now that it’s almost Christmas, I suppose I should post our Halloween pictures. Guess I’m just a little behind… This year, James has developed an interest in superheroes and he asked if he could be Batman for Halloween. Once he … Read More
While James and I were in San Francisco, Chris welcomed his parents, Richard & Cindy, back to Utah. They got to enjoy a couple days of fun with their son alone before James and I returned and it was all … Read More
One of my dearest friends, Ty, has been my friend since we were 9 or so and this friendship remains one of the greatest gifts in my life. Frankly, she knows too much for me to let her out of … Read More