Our youngest daughter Kaytee has been working for the past couple of years for an accountant in her small town of Anaconda, MT. Husband Josh has worked at Montana State Prison for more than ten years but last year he decided to resurrect his family's concrete business part time. After a short time, it became apparent his part time business was quickly becoming fulltime. He is very much in demand for his concrete work and needs help, especially with the paperwork portion of his business.
Kaytee has really liked her job, and has learned a lot, but at the end of May 2021, she worked her last full day for her accountant boss. Her "new" job will involve riding herd on her three daughters - Adyn, age 12; Skylar, age 9 and Thoryn, age 6 and managing office responsibilities for Northmen Construction.
Simeon has been managing a computer help desk for a couple of years, and while he hasn't been miserable on the job, he doesn't feel he is growing in it, either. Stephanie, who is one test away from having her CPA certification, works for DOMO in Provo. During the pandemic, both have been able to work virtually and share responsibilities for the care of their baby girl Sydney. When the pandemic began to subside, Simeon was called back to work in person while Stephanie continued to spend her days working fulltime and caring for a newborn.
Then someone heard Simeon teach in church and suggested he would make a really great seminary teacher and encouraged him to apply. As it turns out, there were over 200 applicants for a handful of seminary positions in and around Utah County. Simeon was one of less than two dozen selected.
He will spend the summer in training after which he is assigned to teach seminary at Spanish Fork High School where he will have a school teacher's schedule for awhile which will give him time to spend with Stephanie and Sydney.
Our son-in-law and Stacy's husband Rick, has worked for one of his close friends, since he retired from the St. George Fire Department in 2018.
Eventually he gave notice for his job as a truck driver and accepted employment as a heavy equipment operator with another company. His boss / friend was sorry to see him go based on his reputation as a skilled, honest and hardworking employee but Rick seems a lot more relaxed, since making this difficult decision, which is a good thing for him and for all who love him.
In early June, Jessica texted she had given notice for her job as activities director at an assisted living center in Provo citing the same reason as Kaytee's ... "my kids need me at home."
She noted her paycheck is "not much" and she feels they can get along on Michael's income. What will she do at home? She is going to more fully commit to her YouTube channel, work on her books and her kids, and help Michael with his company's paperwork. They hope to be building a home one of these days which will add to her new workload ... all in happy ways!
So, it appears we have a job-changing epidemic in the Sappington family. On June 15, 2021, Kaytee called to say her husband Josh, who has been a lieutenant at Montana State Prison for a decade, has tendered his resignation. His plan is to make Northmen Construction a household word in his community. At this time, his skills are very much in demand ... so much so, he has been working 7 days a week.
At the same time he is experiencing kidney failure and waiting for an organ donor. His dad is spending several months a year in Montana managing the business to help out and Kaytee will be the face in the front office.
All of these changes - as well as the birth of Selwin and Brianna's baby boy Zion and Kirsten's high school graduation - has occurred in the last couple of weeks. Busy family, the Sappingtons.
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