Don't Forget the Dogs!

Of course I dressed up the dogs! How could I forget!



Nala was an Angel.





Bandit and Bronx were Devils.

Enough said!


To prove how much dogs are like children look at the series of pictures as we tried to photograph them in their costumes

Happy Halloween!

We had a wonderful Halloween.
At my school we had "fall festival fun week" It was a week of ghosts, pumpkins, bats and spiders with a Haunted Class made by the kids. It was great!

Trav and I dressed up as Emily Elizabeth and Clifford for our church party. It was lots of fun!

This is a picture of Jared, Ashlee, Nayt and Jaimie and us at the Halloween party. They are our best friends

I had to buy a pair of WSU sweat pants to convince Travis to dress up. But I was so glad he did!


Travis and his buds were in a pie eating contest. Jared (the zombie on the left) won!



Jaimie and I got glow sticks and were playing around with the camera. It looked like we were breathing fire!

Hope everyone had a Happy Halloween

The Mattoon's Love Puppies!

Over here in Pullman it is puppy central. We love our Bandit and now we have another pup to love. Nala is a 10 week old Boxer we are watching. She is so cute and is so easy to train. The breeder told us that if we could train a beagle we could definitely train a boxer. She is inspiring Bandit to be more obedient.

Our Best friends Nayt and Jaimie have a boxer named Bronx. He is Bandit's Best friend
We have so much fun with them. Funny thing is that they are from Marysville which is about 5 minutes from where Trav are from. They got married the day after us in the same temple. No kids but a dog. She is a sugar mama too while her hubs goes to school. She loves crafts and he loves sports. And they are our neighbors. Perfect. They are the best thing that has happened to us in Pullman and definitely an answer to our prayers.

Now some pictures for your enjoyment

Self timer family photo

Nala the baby boxer


Bandit chewing his toy

Cuddling with the pups during conference


Bronx's giant head makes me feel better about mine


Best friend playing tug

We are really starting to feel like home. We have had so much fun with our dogs and new friends!

Mutt Strutt

Pullman raised money for a dog park and had a Mutt Strutt party so we dressed up the dogs and took them out to show them off


Molly, Bronx and Bandit at the mutt strutt. These dogs are bandit's friends.

Bandit loved the baby swing. It was very amusing



Flying ears

The dogs love the car window.

WSU Bandit bandanas

Matching WSU jackets

We stopped at the fair after the mutt strutt. we ate an elephant ear and Jaimie and I got lots of free stuff. It was a great day.

The post you've been waiting for!

Internet is here! hooray! Time for the post where I tell you everything about Pullman and our new adventure!

First thing is our tour of our new apartment. The outlook apartment is a 3 bedroom and 2 bathroom. So we have a bedroom, a guest room and a CRAFT room. also I have my own bathroom free from all bread/head trimmings.


This is the entry way when you walk in. The hallway to the right leads to the extra bedrooms, bathroom and laundry room and the hallway to the left is the kitchen, dining, family room and the master bath and bedroom.


View of the Living Room

Dining room

Kitchen. Small but I like how open it is. we have about half the cupboard space of our last apartment.



Here is my second bathroom and love love love it!


And here is my adorable monster that learned how to jump on my kitchen table! so we are constantly on the look out.

Now I know some of you want to see the craft room but I"m not quite ready to reveal it so you must wait... or come visit!

Thats pretty much it. There is a second guest bedroom and Travis' bathroom and our bedroom but they're nothing special. Oh and a balcony but I took these pictures at night.

We love visitors so come anytime. Trav can take you to a game if you want.

Ban Man, Little Diddle, Mr. Wizzer

So many names for one tiny pup! Here are the latest pictures of my baby boy!

Over fear of horses? Check!

On July 19th I got over my fear of horses by spending 3 hours with them and my friends Brad and Emilie. I rode Tennessee Walkers! Her name was Cali and she was very nice.
At first I pet her and fed her some grain.

I also brushed her and said nice things about her.

Then I sat on her bare back. For a moment when she was tied up and said even nicer thing to her.


Finally we loaded up the saddles and I hoped on with help from Brad.


We rode around for about an hour or so. I even got her to gallop and the trot!


It was a lovely day at the ranch. I am no longer afraid. I love them a lot.







I kissed old Cali right on the nose at the end of the day! It was a wonderful experience and I am so happy to be over my fear!