2013 Recap

I have decided to do a recap of 2013. I always have a blog book printed at the end of each year, so this is a good place to keep track of all that's happened in our lives.

Comings & Goings

• Jan. 3 & 12 - Blake and Randy went snow machining to Island Park in below 0 weather.
• Jan. 19 - Blake and Randy went to Soda Springs to the Fishing Derby
• Feb. 2 - Blake, Randy and Courtney went to the Elk Refuge in Jackson Hole. Diana went to Smithfield to help clean out Grandpa Chambers house.
• Feb. 8,9 &10 - Blake, Diana, Randy and Courtney take the annual West Yellowstone Snow Machine trip.
• Feb. 22, 23 & 24 - Blake, Diana, Randy and Courtney - Bear Lake Snow Machine trip
• Mar. 1- 9 Diana went to Erie.
• Mar. 14-17 Blake, Diana, Randy and Courtney went to Bear Lake and then Woodruff for Dallin Leifson's farewell.
• Mar. 27-31 - Blake, Diana, Randy and Courtney went to Las Vegas for Spring Break.
• May 10-18 - Brian, Celia, Maden and Annie come during Brian's semester break.
• May 22-27 - Cindy came to be here when Jared came home.
• May 23 - Jared came home from his mission!
• May 31-June 2 - Blake & Diana went to Boise for a tennis tournament.
• Sometime in June - Blake, Jared and Courtney went 4wheeling in Swan Valley.
• July 4 - Blake, Diana, Randy and Courtney went to Island Park and float the Macks River.
• July 19 - Blake & Diana fly to Erie. Randy, Courtney & Jared start driving to Cindy's in Stevensville, MI. July 22 - Blake, Diana, Celia, Maden & Annie drive to Michigan to meet up with everyone there for the 1st ever Blake Purcell Family Reunion. July 25 - Everyone except Ken drive back to Erie. July 29 - Blake & Diana fly home.  Randy, Courtney & Jared arrive home on Aug. 1.
• Oct. 11-20 - Brian's family fly home for Jared's wedding.
• Oct. 11, 12 - We all go to Burley and Twin Falls for Jared & Nikelle's wedding.
• Oct. 17-20, Cindy, Ken & Sydney arrive for Jared & Nikelle's open house.
• Nov. 3,4 - Blake and Diana go to Boise for Anesthesia coverage.
• Nov. 20 - Diana rides with her parents and sister Lynne to Salt Lake for Travis Chambers wedding. Nov. 21-22 - Blake comes to Provo for the reception.
• Nov. 29-Dec 1 - Blake, Diana, Randy, Jared & Nikelle go to West Yellowstone to celebrate a late Thanksgiving.
• Dec. 21 Blake, Randy, Courtney, Jared and Nikelle go to Island Park to snow machine.

Family

• Cindy, Ken & Sydney - Bought a new, beautiful home in the same neighborhood. Sydney turned 12.
• Brian, Celia, Maden & Annie - Brian finished his 1st year of Anesthesia school. Maden turned 4, Annie 1.
• Randy & Courtney - Randy graduated with an LPN, started working at State Hospital South. Courtney is still teaching at Riverside Elementary in Blackfoot. They moved to Blackfoot in August.
• Jared - returned home from his mission to St. Louis, MO in May. Started working for his uncle Terry Purcell, Electrical Support Services. Married Nikelle Bair on Oct. 12. Lives in Idaho Falls, in the revolving Purcell house.

Church

• Blake released as High Priest Group leader, called to serve as the Ward Membership Clerk
• Diana teaches 4 year olds in Primary.

Health & Fitness

• Blake plays tennis on several leagues. He was asked to captain a couple of them, doesn't want to do that again.
• Diana goes to Curves 4-5 times each week. Joined Weight Watchers on line and lost 30 pounds!

Career & Job

• Blake and Mike Adams are still providing Anesthesia coverage for Parkway Surgical Center and Dr. Michael James. The case load has dropped this year quite a lot, so when an opportunity for he and Mike to cover about 3 days each week at Mountainview Hospital in Idaho Falls came up, they decided they couldn't pass it up. Their schedule will change, and they will work a lot more hours, so hopefully the income increases too.
• Diana still does the books for the Anesthesia companies.