In 2006, one of my PCA’s at the time, Mickey, took me camping at Beaver Trails for 1 night with our normal camping bunch. My Mom and Dad were in Bristol for the NASCAR races. I had fun on Friday night………. Tbc

Me, my family and a bunch of our friends went to Kamp Dels a couple of times. This campground had a petting zoo. It was fun. I enjoyed looking at the animals from our campsite. I thought it was cool watching the animals sleep at night. I went there once for the campout with Courage…

When I was little, me, my family and a bunch of our friends went camping at Jellystone Park. It was a blast. Jellystone had a beach. I had a beach chair that had great big wheels. I had a seat that lifted out of my wheelchair and we put my seat in my beach chair.…

For my birthday this year, my family took me to Lakeview Resort in Waterville. It was a blast and a half. I had no clue it was on a lake until we arrived on Friday. I said “Thank you family” 1,000 times. Time went nice and slow. It felt like 5 days even though we…

Before and after my DBS, I did the gait lab at Gillette Children’s. The gait lab is where I was videotaped walking. The first time I did it, my Mom wasn’t sure I could do it because she needed 3 other people to get me into the gait trainer. A gait trainer is a type…

In 2005, me, my family and a bunch of our friends, the Streses, went on a Mexican cruise. I had a blast. We had one of my PCA’s at that time, Marianne, along with us to take care of me some of the time. We went whale watching in Cobo San Lucas and I sat…

For my grandma and grandpa’s 50th anniversary, me and my whole family took a cruise to Alaska and Canada. We went from Ketchikan to Prince Rupert, British Columbia. We went on Norwegian Cruise Line. Some nights we ate all together as a big family and the other nights we ate as individual families. It was…

Every summer since 2004 I have been going to Camp Courage up in Maple Lake. Camp Courage is an all-accessible camp. I go to the adult session which is ages 18 and up. I had counselors from all over the world this year. I had one counselor from Dublin, England named Elodie. I had the…

When I was little, me, my family and my grandparents got together at the Northfield Golf Club. We went for Mother’s Day. I just socialized because it is hard for me to eat at a restaurant. My Grandpa Peterson liked to do pig Latin. He would say “I sleet a slit not a sleet I…

I eat smoothies. I had a bad bout with constipation in 2011. That is how I started eating them. I like them with fruit and yogurt. The yogurt gives it body. I use a Ninja blender. I use canned fruit and frozen fruit. When I use all canned fruit, my smoothies turn out runny. I…