The Shelley Family

Well, one of my goals this year is to stay a little more up to date on our family. So here we go: Brent recently had another change with work. He has had 2 callings for the past year one of them has been scouting and in March when I began work, our schedule changed such that he was required to work until 7:30 every night. For the past 6 months we have been battling with our schedule and making sure that he gets his hours. We recently went in for our temple recommend interviews and talked with our stake leaders about needing the change to happen. The bishopric has been fully aware and no changes have happened. The stake went to the bishopric and found they were prepared to release him and did so the following Sunday. The Tuesday afterward, Brent found out that his pay would be changed from salary to hourly. Now our hours really would count against us and with the change in our paychecks from 2x a month to every other week, we have been short money already. So this all happened and the...

Wow! 2017 flew in and out of our lives so fast, I can't believe all that happened. Our life is in transition mode as our family dynamics change and grow. Even though it has only been a year, I feel like 2016 was five years ago and our family is so different. Brent continues his work at the labs, but the company was sold and bought by a large international lab called Sterigenics. They have taken the name of Nelson's and applied it to their other microlabs, so now Nelson's is worldwide, but under Sterigenics. Along with the sale of the company has come some anxiety about what this means for us. Changes in the company have been gradual and we are excited about the future. Katie took a new turn and began working at the Junior High in March. It is a part time position that she enjoys in the morning. With this our family schedule changed drastically. Brent stays home with our little guy in the mornings and then Katie and Brent have a shift change around 10:30 where Brent then...