Bacon + Maple Doughnut = Voodoo

I read once that the more types of taste buds a food stimulates, the more satisfied you feel after eating it. This may not have been the inspiration behind Voodoo doughnuts, but it certainly brings that theory to mind...

There is always a line around the block at Voodoo...

While we were waiting, we had a reminder of one of Portland's slogans...

And finally we got our doughnuts...

You can see here the famous maple bacon bar. My favorite was the Oreo bar (I'm not as adventurous as Nathan). You can also see the pentagram doughnut and Captin Crunch doughnut. Sadly, we didn't end up with the man-shaped red jelly filled doughnut... maybe next time.

Adios, Ciao

Teaching Primary has been a learning experience for both of us, and I'm sad to have to say goodbye to the kids. Nathan is not so sad. He now thinks that we can have kids only if the never turn 5. I think he'll be fine since we will only have to deal with one five year old, not seven. I felt very loved on our last day, when Simeon told us he would miss us for "200 million years". The entire primary also sang us a good bye song using adios and ciao instead of the word goodbye. Here are some of our kids on the last day. 

'Nuff Said

The Amazing Leftover Spectacle

Since we are leaving in a week, I decided to cook all of our food so that we would not need it next week and we could pack up the kitchen. After a marathon Saturday of cooking, this is what I ended up with:

Cab you tell how many meals are crammed in there?

15 meals=No more cooking for a whole week!

¿Por Qué No?

One day, while walking down the street, I noticed a crowd gathering outside a tiny taqueria. This little restaurant would soon become one of my favorite places to it in Portland. 

It also happens to be Lucy's favorite, too.

Wiffies

There is a great fried pie cart on Hawthorne Blvd. Mike had been telling us all about it for months, but he had never tried it, because it is only open from 8p to 4am. and that is past baby Lucy's bedtime. 

Well, one day Nathan and I headed over after picking my mom up from the airport. It was delicious, with both sweet and savory pies. 

We discovered that it was actually open from 11am to 3am, so Mike had been depriving himself for no reason. Anyway, now it is one of our Portland favorites.

First-ever sewing project

I've never been great about crafts, and to be honest sewing has always intimidated me,  but now, thanks to Nathan and his mom, I have a sewing machine. I have been searching the blogsphere for fun craft ideas, and 2 weeks ago when we were visiting Nathan's parents in Utah, I finished my first-ever sewing project:

Ta Da!

Our Portland Bucket List

I decided that before we leave in a few weeks, I should made a "Portland Bucket List". 

• Visit Powell's Books
• Have 1 more Wiffies fired pie
• Eat 1 more Apizza Scholls pizza
• Walk along the waterfront
• Try Portland Magazine's #1 pizza place, Ken's Artisan Pizza
• Buy one more box of Voodoo Doughnuts 

top 10 reasons why Nathan and Kelly are flaky people...

10. When they say we are going to leave for a trip at a certain time, they almost never do.

9. Kelly has changed career goals once every six months for the past couple of years.

8 Nathan said he was going to quit drinking soda for New Year's, and now is back to at least one a day.

7. They are impulsive. For example they make major decisions like buying a car or renting an apartment with no forethought or planning.

6. They have been known to skip out on church activities they have signed up for and watch TV instead.

5. Kelly is in fact afraid to talk on the phone, so she almost never calls people back.

4. Sometimes they plan a date night, but just end up going to McDonald's instead.

3. Nathan hates being late, but somehow Kelly manages to delay him almost every time. 

2. Nathan had to file six W-2s this year because of his many job changes.

1. They have decided to go back to school, Nathan to be a dentist, Kelly to be an Art Therapist, so the are packing up and leaving Portland in order to move to Ogden, UT and attend Weber State.