We had been talking about going up to visit the Turner's before we got into a busy summer, so I'm thinking like in a month or so. We got home from work on Wednesday and Brian had been talking to Andrea about coming up, and he says to me "Well, Austin's got a basketball game Saturday morning, so let's try to make it up there in time for that"... uh... what?! I was imagining this trip was going to be a few weeks away. I was wrong. So, we hurried and got the time off of work, and left for Portland Friday night around 9. Brian always laughs at me on road trips because I call myself the navigator. He is in charge of driving. I am in charge of keeping the driver happy. He kept asking "do you have gum? Can you hand me a drink? Are there snacks? What do you want me to do with my trash?" and I was totally prepared for all of it. I was in and out of consciousness the entire 12 hour drive, but I was awake at midnight to yell "Happy anniversary" and give my hubbs a present. We arrived at the Turner's around 6 in the morning and slept on the couch for a few hours, then got up and went to Austin's basketball game. After the game, we went back to the Turner's where Andrea surprised me and the kids with a trip up Mt. Hood for the weekend! The biggest surprise was the amount of snow up there! We borrowed the cabin from a friend of Andrea's who said "I just wish there was snow up there for you guys to play in". Oh don't you worry. Snow there was. In fact, we didn't take the chance driving our little TSX up the mountain side. We piled ourselves and all our crap into the truck and I had to close my eyes during the drive up there. (Perhaps I should tell that whole story, it's a doosie.) Anyways, it was a beautiful cabin and we had SO MUCH FUN! Games, movies, lots of sledding, good eatin'... and we had all sorts of different weather up there. Snow, rain, sun. It was a perfect start to our trip.
We were at dinner one of the nights we were up at the cabin and lil miss Ella bean figured out that if she smiled a big gummy smile, she would get ice cream. It was SO funny! What a ham!
So, funny story. There is a cute young man from our ward who was called to serve in Portland several months ago. Well, right before we left for our trip, Brian get's a picture message from his sister that says "look familiar" and it was the cute missionary from our ward! What are the chances! So Brian told the missionary mom that we would check up on her son while we were there. Brian fed them good that night!
Brian heard about this doughnut shop in downtown Portland called VooDoo donuts that he wanted to try. They had some crazy donuts: The bacon maple bar (which is exactly what it sounds like, a maple bar with bacon on it), the gay bar (a long doughnut with fruit loops on top), the Texas challenge (a giant doughnut the size of 6 regular donuts) and the Memphis mafia (with banana, cinnamon sugar, peanut butter and chocolate chips).
Brian was teasing Andrea for not having a big enough glass for him to drink out of at their house. You see, Brian's sister, Jenni, has these huge steins that the men always drink out of when we're over there and Andrea didn't have anything like that. So during one of our trips to the store, Andrea found this GIGANTIC stein for Brian to keep at their house. It says "I bet you can't" on the front. We couldn't stop laughing!
Everytime we visit Portland, we look for jobs and a house. One of these times we're not going to come back! Thanks for a fun Trip, Turner's!
Brian was teasing Andrea for not having a big enough glass for him to drink out of at their house. You see, Brian's sister, Jenni, has these huge steins that the men always drink out of when we're over there and Andrea didn't have anything like that. So during one of our trips to the store, Andrea found this GIGANTIC stein for Brian to keep at their house. It says "I bet you can't" on the front. We couldn't stop laughing!
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