Seattle

Space Needle












For our family vacation we decided to make a trip up to Seattle. Due to Chrissy's pregnancy we could not fly anywhere and really couldn't get that much time anyway with everyones schedules. In Seattle I was kind of lazy on the picture taking so here are some of the Space Needle.













I really like Seattle and enjoyed the trip and we all had a good time (I think). I like Seattle and think it is a really cool town. It has its own feel. We went to Pikes place (see below) which for those of you who don't know is a large outdoor market, similar to Saturdays market and Fisherman's Wharf. While there Chrissy made a comment about the hippies of the northwest which made Seth and I try to explain the difference in hippies. We didn't want her to confuse the grunge hippies with dreads in Seattle for the liberal free love hippies that don't shave in San Fran.











As part of the Simpson movie promotions 7-11 transformed 8 stores all across the country to Kwik E Marts. One of them happened to be just a few blocks from our hotel. It was kind of a novelty but was cool. They even had the squishees. I mean who of us was not aloud to watch the Simpson's growing up yet still manage to know every episode? I am pretty sure that is just about everyone. The movie was better than expected. I will try to post my review but it could take awhile.

Picks of the Week

So not much has been going on lately or at least nothing post worthy. I have been working a lot lately which is weird since I quit like a month ago. I actually have been kind of busy too with new friends, movies and all. August should be a busy month with the family vacation and a trip to NYC and Bean town. I will have to post more frequently then. Until then here are my picks of the week.

My TV of the week
I also discovered my new hero a few months ago and thought I should share that with everyone. Bear Grylls from the TV show Man vs Wild is insane. He is the youngest Brit to ever climb Mt Everest and floated across the Atlantic on a raft. Not only that but he did it all after breaking his back in 3 places when a foreign legion parachuting mission went wrong. How cool is that (well besides breaking the back). I first saw him a few months ago on his show when he ate a 2-foot snake whole. He just bit off the head and swallowed the body as it squirmed around. That was it for me I knew this show was something special. I was even over at the Chambers house and brother and sister Chambers had tevo'ed it and were watching it. The man is crazy and a genius so I guess he is a crazy genius. I suggest everyone watch it just in case they get lost in the middle of the desert or something and need to know what kind of spiders are edible.












My Book of the week
I also read the book "The Secret" last week, which is kind of weird, but I really liked it. It is a short book, which is a huge plus. It is presented in like a mystical way but I think there is a lot of truth to it and ties to the gospel and faith.

Movie of the week
See movie blog.

The Magic Is In The Hole

Even though I am not a huge fan of doughnuts I do like Voo Doo. They have some very tasty treats. They also have some crazy doughnuts. For example they have a maple bar with bacon on the top. They also have doughnuts with captain crunch and fruit loops on them. I have not decided if mixing breakfast all up like that is pure genius or pure insanity. I would have taken a picture of the menu but I am trying to keep this blog at least a PG 13 rating because I know Nathan looks at it and some of the doughnut names are not exactly PG13.



















I knew you could get anything you wanted on the internet I just didn't know it was so available. I mean I knew Craigslist had it all but was shocked when I found out prostitution is on there not to mention the spot for "casual encounters" that is updated hourly. They even have a blog to review the prostitution. Seriously isn't prostitution illegal? I was shocked. Don't ask how I found out and really don't try to find it. It is right there but remember Nathan keep it PG13.

Saturdays Market/Iphone

I am not 100% but this could be the coolest electronic device to have ever come out. I don't think I have to explain any of the sweet features of this phone of the future so I will just leave it at that.



On my recent trip to Saturdays market I did not have my camera so I took pictures on my phone of course of the some of the entertainment Portland has to offer. I always imagined Jimi to be a lot taller. Other than that he was just like I thought he would be. The man can play disappointingly not with his teeth though.









I don't even know what was going on here.









Even though "Lefty" is at a disadvantage he can play way better than I can. Some film crew was there filming the other guy who is always at SM and he is pretty dang good as well.









Saturdays market is sweet. Who knew getting that many hippies, falafel, Gyros and elephant ears crammed into one place would be that cool. Maybe it is because I am the only one not high. Either way its cool and something I will def miss.

HAPPY FATHERS DAY

Since I get to watch movies for free and see so many I decided it was time to finally give something back. I started a movie review blog to help out the less fortunate which has been taking most of my blog time. Unfortunately this blog suffers. I think I will use it for other deep insights and incrimitanting photos I may have of others and use this one as more of a type of journal blog. So now I have 2 blogs well 3 if you count my stalker blog.
I also want to wish my Dad and all Fathers a happy Fathers day.

Argentina BC South Mission

Nathan finally got his call Tuesday night. In case you can't guess he is going to Buenos Aires Argentina. You know looking back the mission really was the best 2 years of my life. I loved my mission and had some of the best times of my life but all that being said I really just feel nothing but relief knowing that it is Nathan starring down the longest "best" years of his life and not me. Sorry my laptop has in the shop because of a recall so I haven't posted or a while and it could be a few days till the next one.

Rose Festival

On Friday night we took the kayaks out to the Willamette River to enjoy the first night of the Rose Festival and the fireworks. It was a lot of fun. There were a ton of boats all just floating around with music playing. It was cool to be able to kind of just maneuver around wherever we wanted and see all the festivities going on. The fireworks were cool but not easy to shoot especially on the river. There are a lot of pictures in this post but I don't know if I will continue putting so many pictures on. I do it because I like pictures and I like to think that is the main person I blog for but then I have all these pictures so why do I need to post them? I just kind of feel like this is turning into the typical testimony at FT meeting but with a lot of pictures and less jokes. Then again maybe this is the place for something like that as apposed to the other. Anyway if no one objects I think I will be taking a break from the pics hopefully that doesn't mean a break from the blog but who knows.















Portland is really a cool town. They do so much for the Rose Festival it was a really cool atmostphere.















There is the submarine at OMSI. They had these old school sailboats out on the water and they kept firing the cannons. I felt like I was in the middle of Pirates.















I took my camera with me and made sure to bring an extra battery just in case and when I got on the river I realized I had the 16 mb chip in it so could only take like 10 pictures anyway.















I think we had probably the best seat in the house so that was cool. The weather was beautiful. Spiderman (again) Shrek the third and Pirates 3.

Bust A Groove

On Thursday night I met Tom and Jeff at the gym. When at the gym there was a hip hop type class going on and I casually told Jeff I would buy him dinner if he would go in there and dance with the class. Well turns out Jeff will do anything for money. I mean anything and at the offer of a free Mikes Burger and Shake he was all over it. Little did I know Jeff has got some moves. Looking back I do remember always going over to their house in high school and playing Bust a groove but I did not know Jeff was memorizing all the moves. If you watch I think you can see the stylings of Gas-o in there. Anyways way to go jeff I could not believe how quick you picked it up and that you actually did it. The quality of picture is not that good because it is off my phone. Thank goodness for technology huh.

More of the same

Sorry these post are getting pretty boring. You know its bad when you go back to proof read your own post and you can't finish because you get too bored and there are only like 3 lines. I can't promise anything better in the future but maybe I will try and put some substance or at least some cooler pictures but probably not.

Here are some pics of the Tualatin River I got this morning before work and got bored so messed around with them on the computer.

Washington Park Ride

Today Jeff and I went on one of my favorite bike rides and I brought my camera along for the ride. We started up at Washington Park and road down to the rose gardens. Oh yea Jeff forgot his helmet so I hooked him up.













After a nice romantic stroll around the gardens we went downtown and found Portlandia and rode around the river.













So pretty.














Looks like some kind of impending doom.

Such a sweet town.
When we went out 2 hours later there wasn't a cloud in the sky.
On our way back up to the car right before the bottom of the park my chain broke so we had to get on max and ride it back up the hill to the car. So basically it was like a 10 mile bike ride all down hill. Not what I was going for but could be worse.
There is the POS. I have had that same bike since like 94. We have been through a lot of good times together.













Jeff flies out to Hong Kong tomorrow. Have a safe flight Jeffy.