The Schaellings

Now that you've had an update on Lillian, here's an update on all of us. There hasn't been anything too exciting, really...just regular life. My dishwasher did break, though, so that was a pain. It was down for about two weeks while the ordered the part. Apparently, the circuit board went out. But it got fixed today and all I can say is Hallelujah! No more hand washing!

We had our fireworks stand fall through. If you don't know, we were going to run a stand for Phantom Fireworks over the week of the 4th just to earn a little extra cash. But there was some problem about who they talked to about putting it up, so our location was canceled. Erik made a stink about having already taken off work and the time he'd already put in without compensation (the pay was partly based on how much product was sold), so they agreed to hire him on as the money-pick-up guy. He'll be driving around to the stands in northern Utah to collect their money and taking it to the bank. This will probably be better anyway since we won't have to find people to help staff the stand or sit in it in the heat.

Lillian forgot to mention that she attended her first demolition derby on Saturday. She's not really a fan...despite the adorable shirt Erik made that says Derby Chick. We bought her some baby ear muffs to protect her from all the noise. I tried them on and they block out almost everything, but I don't think she liked having them on. Plus, I think she was tired since we'd had a fairly full day walking around Summerfest (an art festival in Logan) earlier, and I think she may have been hungry. But even after I fed her, she just wasn't interested in staying for the whole thing. So she and I went outside the arena and walked around a bit while Erik watched the rest of the derby. We've decided we need to get her used to the ear muffs at home first, a little at a time, and then try again. We may have to wait until next year, though, and not make such a full day of it before the derby.

Erik recently applied for promotion at work. We haven't heard if he'll be interviewed, yet, but from something another manager let slip, it sounds like a good possibility. He probably won't stay with Wal-mart forever, but we figure that while he's there, he might as well move up and get some more management experience for his resume.

We had to speak in church on Sunday. Since it was Father's Day, that was the topic we were given. It went pretty well...except that we left about 10 minutes and a member of the bishopric had to fill the rest of it up. But I think three shorter talks is better than a couple really long ones that go no where, so it wasn't bad.

I think that's all I have. Until next time...