It's a Round Up!

This evening Kourtney and Adam had a daddy daughter date that was hosted by the Activity Day Leader's. It was a Daddy Daughter Round Up! The evening would consist of dressing up(cowboy style), playing games, and dutch oven dessert. The dressing up was a little challenging but Adam and Kourtney managed to find a pair of cowboy boots and of course their stick horses!
When it came to roping, Kourtney out did her dad! Adam came home and told me we need to sign Kourt up for the rodeo! There was a bale of hay with a steer head that they all had a chance to rope. Kourtney roped it several times consecutively. Adam on the other hand had a very different experience;). When it came to the horse race Kourtney's horse out ran her dad's horse. Adam will tell you that unfortunately he had a bum horse. His horse was much older, slower, and out of his prime.
After the horse race they had the privilege of herding animals (balloons) with a broom. Adam was proud to say that her did very well at that event! All that experience from herding children pays off!
Kourtney and Adam had a fun evening spending time together. I am so grateful for the time that Adam gives each of the girls. I know that times like these have a huge impact on the relationship they have together.

Valentine's

This year we decided to do things a little different for Valentine's Day. I had asked the girls a week ago what they wanted for a special Valentine's dinner, and of course they all chose something different. I was all prepared to make three different meals until a few days later when they changed their minds with a unanimous decision. The decision didn't surprise me at all. Hot dogs! What is it with a hot dog? What kind of a special dinner is that? Oh well, It was their decision. I wanted to make the day fun for them. We pulled out the candles and fancy dishes. Their date(dad) picked each one of them up for a fun candle light dinner. Makell thought it was the neatest thing. She would just look at things on the table and start giggling. She loved the heart shaped jello. I surprised them with some of their favorite desserts, chocolate covered strawberries and Belgium cream puffs. As we talked over dinner we have decided that we need to do this type of thing more often. I hope this Valentine's Day they all felt super special and that we can remember this for a long time!

The National Anthem!

Kourtney's choir class at school had an exciting opportunity to sing the National Anthem while doing sign language at a Utah Flash basketball game. Kourt has been really excited ever since her choir teacher announced they would have the opportunity to do this. They did such a great job! After their performance she said the coordinator guy told them they were the best they had ever had. If that didn't boost the excitement!

Sound sticks were handed out to the crowd. The kids loved them! Notice I said kids. Adam and I learned rather quickly that next time the stick will be left at the venue. Sound sticks are banned from ever entering the car for the ride home. The sticks disappeared rather quickly after arriving home;)!

Science Fair Project

Personally I think these Science Fair projects come around way to quickly, but Kourtney really enjoys science so it is fun to see her excited about it. This year she decided to chose her experiment from the chemistry field. She ended up testing "how permanent was permanent marker"? I have to admit I was curious because I have found permanent marker on some surfaces other than paper around here.

Makell and I went to the school the day of the fair to see all the kids experiments. I wished I had a picture of her face when I walked through her class room door. Her display was the second one from the door and she jumped up with this huge grin on her face to tell me that she has won and her experiment would go on to compete on the district level! She was sooo excited! I am so proud of her! She put a lot of time and effort in to it. She also had to write a report on her experiment and I had to laugh at the last line she wrote. It stated: "I learned not to use permanent marker, unless I want it to be permanent".


She gathered several samples of different surfaces and labeled them with the type of cleaner she wanted to use to try and remove the marker.

Congratulations Kourt!