Talks

Today me and my wonderful husband gave talks in sacrament. I love speaking and have dreamed about the day we would speak together as a couple. I spoke first and gave a fabulous introduction on how we met and who we are and such. Its funny but i really have wanted to do that for forever. I always loved listening to people introduce themselves and how they met. We both spoke on covenants. Travis is an incredible speaker. He related covenants in our lives to quarters of a football game. It was really fun and made a lot of sense. He did it in honor of Football season starting. (just my luck) so you know what our days will consist of for the next 4 months. But we did a good job speaking and enjoyed it (even though travis will deny that) and i completed Goal #8. hooray.
obviously there is no photo because you don't take pictures in sacrament but i did find a fabulous talk which i will add the link too. Witness for God and Celebrating Covenants

New Bike finally

When we got back from Virginia our bike was gone. Before we left i asked the managers if we needed to have a bike permit and they said it just needed to be locked up. So i locked it up but while we were gone there was a small misunderstanding and bikes needed to be claimed. So since we didn't claim it it got donated. I like to think some little kid is riding my old bike and enjoying it as much as I did. My parents bought me that bike. I remember riding it everywhere with my siblings and best friends. Anyways long story short the Apartment owners bought me a new bike!! so here she is in all her glory!! Hot pink and flashy i know. ha now i just have to remember how to ride again!!

Up Date on the Mattoons

Dear Chris and Jim,
Thank you for inviting us to come to Pullman/Lewiston to meet the fam. I say it was about time. And i have to give credit to Travis he did a good job introducing me and showing me around his childhood town. It was quite the adventure hanging out with grandma Charleen and one i won't forget. Thanks for letting us borrow the car so Travis could watch the Cougs practice and for buying our merchandise. Now i can sport my "team spirt" with trav on game days. We had such a great time. We love you and miss you guys already!!
Love your suck up daughter in-law
Courtney




Dear Travis,
Thank you for the BEAUTIFUL necklace. It was such a surprise. I guess i over-estimated your inability to be creative and/or romantic.
your favorite wife,
courtney

Dear E-bay man,
Thank you for sending me the Sims 2 games i won. Now i can be completely unproductive until school begins. I am enjoying playing pets, business and having all the neat upgrades.
your friend in the bidding business,
specialkay*123

Dear bookstore,
Why are textbooks so dang expensive? it looks like your going to get a good 300 bucks from the Mattoon's this semester.
Sincerely,
The Mattoons

Regretting having children....

I tried this thing called Morphthing.com I tried to make it look better but they kept looking like this so... hopefully they won't have chubby cheeks like me.