I'm so glad that Jaclyn is here. She is such a good kid. It's been an amazing journey watching her grow up and being an active participant in her life. I first met her when she was a shy fourteen year old. She is now twenty, holding down a full-time job, part time job, school, and living on her own with her boyfriend in Battle Ground ( Read more... )

It's not every day you and your bff4l climb into an eleven-foot plastic ball filled with water and ride down a hill. And then follow it up by plummeting to your death at 30mph riding in a Canadian-manufactured innertube on a silicone track.

( A real life lollercoaster... )

Having Jacs here for the week = paramount. Spent with an amazing set of human beings. We did everything we could think of during the time of her stay. The four-hour drive to NYC felt like a blip compared to the thirteen-hour stint to West Virginia. Although it did snow on our way there. And when we arrived, it was snowing boulder-sized flakes. As ( Read more... )