Portland part 2

I got a little behind. Finally I will finish with Portland pics. Next stop was the market. They had the best fresh fruit. I loved it.

Then we went to the Saturday market. This was more arts and crafts. I love it.

I bought a cool necklace. Tons of interesting people. Later in the day, Jamie and Jeff took me to VooDoo doughnuts. Very good. The donuts all have different names. This was the triple chocolate penatration donut. Yeah that's right. Good stuff.

Jeff with his grape something donut.

me and Jamie enjoying our doughnut.

Jeff and Jamie

Me in front of the Voo Doo truck.

I also went to Powell's bookstore. This place is huge. I couldn't believe all the books. You could spend forever in that place. The store takes up one whole block.

more pictures of Portland.

One of the last places we went was called Multnomah Falls. This was pretty cool. However we did get in a little rain storm and we were soaking wet.

I had a great time in Portland. I'm ready for another visit. Thanks Jamie and Jeff. Love you guys!

Portland part I

In July I went up to visit Jamie and Jeff in Portland. It was a good time. It is so pretty. I am a northwest fan. When I first got there we went and ate at a vacant lot, where people had set up trailers to cook. I did not fully understand until I went and saw.Jeff ordering some food. Jamie and I ordered from this place. It was pretty good.

Jamie and Jeff. Jeff bought a fruit pie thing. It was filled with peanut butter and chocolate then fried. Yeah, the thought of eating the whole thing made Jamie and I kind of sick We just had a bit and that was enough. The food is really cheap and so good. Excellent chef's.

Jamie and I went shopping. Trust Jamie to know all the good shopping centers. There is no sales tax in Oregon. It was awesome. I bought a North Face jacket. Now I'm very excited for the winter. Then we went to Seaside on our way to Astoria. I like to call it Carnival town. Because that is what it felt like. One big Carnival. The smell of cotton candy, taffy, corndogs. To me it was stereotype northwest. Love the wind. Hey it's Oregon. The Seaside stop was on the way to Astoria. Where Goonies was filmed. I was pretty excited.
Welcome to Astoria. Home of the Goonies. I loved it. I'm glad the owners understand the need for people to see the Goonie house and don't mind foot traffic.


Brand and Mikey's house. No we did not do the shuffle.
Data's house.
The jail where the Fratelli's help the brother escape.
The museum where the Dad works. In the movie the Goonies are riding on their bikes past it and wave to Mikey's Dad.
The view from the Goonie house. I love this picture. I love how the house are built into the hillside. This is a view from the other side of the Goonie house, along the coast. I think it's so pretty.
More to come......

We went out last night....

I waited all summer to go to my Kenny Chesney concert. This was a big one. We had Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, Sugarland and Kenny. (Sugarland actually did not play because Jennifer Nettles lost her voice) Good concert. It was a little hot but it was a good time. Can't wait for next year.












Lady Antebellum put on a great concert. Kenny was definitly my favorite.

Then we ended the concernt like we always do....with key lime pie. and we sing Kenny's song key lime pie. Key lime pie, my key lime pie. Come back soon Kenny. We can't wait!

Steel Days

American Fork Steel Days. Lisa and Jen and Stacy and I ran in the 5k After the run we supported the band and had breakfast. It was a great morning.

Later in the day we had to walk around the carnival. Ahhh it brings back memories. Can't wait for next year.

Memorial Day

I know we are well past May, but I wanted to post anyway. We went up to Midway and had a BBQ with the cousins. Getting the perfect s'more takes time--and Errol has perfected the s'more. It's so good.

Finally, my turn for the s'more. (FYI-Errol and I didn't really eat the s'more, it was just for the picture)

Mills Reunion

I am finally posting about our reunion. So Deb planned the event and we had a great time. We rented a house in St. George and let the party begin. There was golfing and wave running and movies and food and games. I love family get togethers. It's great to hang out with the family. My cousins make me laugh so hard.

Jill and LisaDJ, Jim and Zackme and Jen

After golfing, we tried to go waving running, but it was a little bit cold. Still we had a good time.

StattonStatton watching Peter Pan with Zack.

Lisa is excited for the fun.Jeff volunteered or was volunteered to man the grill for the burgers and hot dogs. The group planning an exciting game of BINGO. I lost every time.

Saturday was shooting. This was a good time. I tied for first place with the girls. I'm ready to buy my own gun.

We tried again with the wave running, but the nice weather did not last too long and we came back home.

Shouldn't you guys be helping to clean instead of playing???

Some of the peeps. Zack thought it would be funny to try to knock us down. He thinks he is funny. (We thought it was too.)