Blake Purcell Family

March 1 - I went to the Pocatello Temple, it was quite the snowstorm coming home.

All of us went to Texas Roadhouse to celebrate Brian's 40th birthday. We almost got all of us in the picture, Penny, Aubrey and Scottlynn are kind of hidden.

Brian even rode the saddle! Then we went to Brian's house for brownies and cookies and hugs with Scottlynn.

We drove home in a terrible blizzard!

March 2 - Tons of snow! It took all day to keep the driveways plowed out. It was really heavy wet snow. We got about 15 inches between Friday and Saturday. The four wheelers got stuck while plowing. Not a very fun day.

March 4 - Such a beautiful start to the day. Blake does silly things as work.

Just what we want, more snow!

March 7 - Oh the antics of this little Penny girl!

March 9 - We took a little trip to Boise to watch Maden participate in the state Matchcounts event. He ended up taking 9th place. He was very lucky or smart to be in the top ten. I think he's pretty amazing!

On the way home from Boise, we stopped in Pocatello to see Nikelle and Molly dance. Unfortunately, we didn't get there in time to watch Hallie dance.

March 10 - Another beautiful sunrise. And a beautiful little Scottlynn trying out the swing.

March 12 - A perfect shirt for this little Sassy girl!

March 14 - We took a little trip to Salt Lake. We could see the Salt Lake Temple from our hotel window, it looks so sad with all the scaffolding around it.Blake cleaned all the leaves out of the hot tub so he could use it later.

March 15 - It was a beautiful sunrise, but I couldn't get a very good picture of it. We went to the Orem Temple. It was very pretty, very much like Pocatello.

We got free tickets to the Jazz game and look who we found there! Mikala and Doug Fairbanks! Our seats were really in the nose bleed section, but it was a good game with the Jazz winning Atlanta by 2!

March 16 - We got to tend this little Penny girl for a few hours. We took her to Homestead and she thought she was so big to try coloring. Then she thought she was so funny to get into the cupboard with her toys.

March 17 - Molly, Hallie And Ryder got the games out to play in the yard. It was a bright sunny day! Penny was struggling with crawling in her cute little dress, so she just stood up! She didn't take any steps, just stood there for a minute or two. She and Happy were begging for some treats.

March 20 - Just look at the beautiful blue sky at the Pocatello temple.

March 21 - Another beautiful sunrise!

March 22 - Such a beautiful smile on this Scottlynn girl!

Blake got the flowers almost all trimmed before a downpour! He only had three left when the skies opened!

March 23 - Blake and Jared raked up all the pinecones and pine needles in Jared's yard. It was a big job, and they took almost 1000 pounds to the dump.

March 24 - We got a little skiff of snow. We celebrated Molly's birthday. She will turn 9 on the 31st. The cupcakes were delicious and looked really nice all over the kids faces.

March 25 - Yep, more snow!

March 26 - We're trying this walker to see if Penny might learn to walk. She wasn't feeling very good and wanted to just snuggle a lot.

More snow!

March 29 - I got to take this cute Molly to lunch and shopping two days before her 9th birthday. We went to Tommy Vaughn's so she could get steak, and they brought her a brownie and ice cream since we were celebrating her birthday. Then we went to Walmart where she found the new switch game she wanted. We sure do love you Molly!

We asre borrowing Scottlynn's walker to see if it is better for Penny. She really zips around! Hopefully it helps her decide she can walk on her own.

March 30 - We took another trip to the Utah and went to the Saratoga Springs Temple. It is very large and kind of unique inside. We are not very good at selfies.

March 31 - Easter - I got a little creative and made some Rice Krispy bird nests. They didn't quite turn out as I envisioned, but they were edible and kind of fun.

I love holding and talking to this growing Scottlynn. She loved talking to the ceiling fan. When Brian asked Annie to take my picture, Declan hopped over and made sure he got in the picture. Cute little guy.

February 1 - A beautiful sunrise, filling the whole sky.

All this little Penny needs is a rug and she can entertain herself for 20 minutes.

Penny can push the turtle walker, but she'd rather "walk" on her knees.

February 3 - Watching more basketball starring Clark, Ryder and Michael.

They are improving every game.

Maden participated in a MathCounts event. His school brought a team and they also competed individually. He had been in contests all morning, but no one could go watch that. Then in the afternoon, we got to go watch the Countdown event. It was absolutely amazing. They had 45 seconds to answer a problem correctly, but they had to act faster to beat their opponent. Maden went into the Countdown round in the #1 spot, but no one knew that til the very end. The problems were incredibly hard and he persevered and won the whole thing! He took first place for the whole event. His team was the 2nd place team. It was intense and amazing! We are so proud of you, Maden! Now it's off to the state competition on March 9th.

February 4 - We celebrated Hallie. She turns 5 on Feb. 6th. She loves being the star of the show! Her Grandma Bair made this darling cake for a darling girl.

We took some pictures of all the grandkids. The top picture is missing Scottlynn, but we made sure she's in the bottom one!

Penny loves to "dance" to the music from her little house. She knows just which buttons make her favorite music.

Penny still gets a little jealous if I hold Scottlynn. It's so nice to feel loved.

February 5 - A nice little snow storm.

February 6 - Hallie's 5th birthday! She chose to go to McDonald's. Then we went to Walmart and she bought a fun Gabby microphone thing that I was really glad went home with her. Then we went to Dairy Queen for ice cream! It was a fun day! We sure do love this spunky Hallie girl!

Brian brought a little surprise to see Grandpa at work.

Penny just loves to dance to the tunes on her little house. She figures out new moves every day.

February 7 - A gorgeous sunset!

February 8 - Randy brought Happy to see Penny and Hallie. She loves the kids.

February 10 - More fun basketball games!

These kids really try hard!

We had a birthday celebration for my mom, Beth Chambers. She turned 85 on the 9th! My sister Suzanne was here from South Carolina and she arranged for a nice cake and decorations. The kids had fun playing bingo.

Mom and Dad got to meet Scottlynn!

We arranged for a few friends to come. Thank you Dorine, Raymond & Josh, Mel & Beverly and Lynn & Julene for coming!

Dallin & his family, Jared and his family, Michelle and her family, Brian, Aubrey and Scottlynn, and Branson & Avery all came to wish her well!

February 11 - Super Bowl Sunday! We had some good food. Look at the difference in the amount of food on Maden's plate compared to Annie's!

We had Suzanne take our picture of all of us in our Kansas City Chief shirts! Brian had an ice cream cake made too!

Blake and Suzanne and I just tended babies. Suzanne fed Penny some treats, then held her while she slept. I got to hold a sleeping Scottlynn. Oh, and the Chiefs won!

February 12 - Brian sent me this cute picture of our Scottlynn girl!

February 13 - I tried to put a bow in Penny's little hair. It looks pretty cute.

The Pony Express Car Wash is finally open in Blackfoot! It seems like we've been waiting forever!

February 15 - Oh how I love the antics of this little girl. She was kissing herself in the mirror and playing peek-a-boo.

Hallie and I got to go watch Ryder in his school patriotic program. He knew the songs very well! He even did his speaking part very well! I got all choked up as the whole 3rd grade sang the Star Bangled Banner. It was very touching.

February 16 - We got some more snow!

February 17 - Another ballgame for these three! They play hard and are getting better each time.

They had a lot of people to watch them play, Lynne, Rob and Samuel (my sister and Michael's Grandma) came, along with Jared and Nikelle and girls. It was fun.

February 18 - Blake and I left for Salt Lake in a huge snowstorm! It was not very fun driving. They have changed the Salt Lake airport so it includes a lot of walking. We decided to hop on this cart for a lift. We flew to Dallas to meet Blake's high school buddy Bruce Beardsley and his wife Connie so we could go on a cruise with them.

I asked Hallie to take care of my Valentine plant. She is very proud to do it!

February 19 - I only got these two pictures! We got up early and Bruce drove from Dallas to Galveston so we could board the Cruise Ship. We sailed on the Voyager of the Seas, from the Royal Caribbean Cruise Line. Blake looked really cute wearing Connie's sunglasses in the car. The sunset from the deck of the ship was amazing!

February 20 - Here's a little tour of our cabin. Bruce suggested we get a cabin with a balcony. We were so glad we did! The cabin was more spacious than I thought it would be. The bathroom wasn't very big, reminded me of an RV bathroom, but it worked. I love the folded towel swans that were left on our bed.

Since it was an at sea day, Blake and I decided to take a behind the scenes tour of the ship. We saw the Engine Control Room, the laundry area, the Galley, the provision storage room, and the bridge. It was all quite interesting. We saw some potatoes from Aberdeen!

In the afternoon, Bruce, Connie, Blake and I did a cake decorating class. It was actually pretty fun! Blake and Bruce were really good sports.

It was dress up or formal night in the dining room. We weren't really formal, but I think we cleaned up pretty good.

February 21 - Look at this amazing sunrise! This was so fun to watch from our balcony.

As we docked in Costa Maya, we were amazed at the beautiful turquoise water!

We went ashore and saw the Chacchoben Ruins. It's amazing that they keep finding these ancient buildings. Bruce and Connie climbed up to the top, but Blake and I just watched. We saw a monkey in the tree, but I couldn't get a picture of it, it was too quick. Blake and Bruce had a little nap on the bus on the way back to the ship.

Here's the Voyager of the Seas. It was a very nice ship.

February 22 - Cozumel - We had a great experience! We went on a submarine tour! This is the sub coming out of the water, so we could get in it.

It really was a fun experience! We actually went down 109 feet. The bottom reminded us of the desert, with fish instead of rabbits. The rock formations were very intriguing, there wa even a sunken ship, or a playground for the fish.

We found a Kansas City Chief's hat in one of the little shops. The weather was beautiful!

We came back to our room to find a cute little bear on the bed.

We saw the submarine being towed back to shore as we were leaving the port.

We cleaned up good again for dinner.

February 23 - Another day at sea - We took a napkin folding class. We made envelopes, candles and roses. Bruce decided the candles were actually rabbit or donkey ears.

We went to a show every night, but this was our favorite. It was a great Ice Skating Show. It was amazing they could do the lifts and jumps on such a small rink.