Jeremy Laporte & Family

Because I didn’t write for so long I didn’t keep up to date with my gear testing.
In a nutshell I finished testing the Rite in the Rain Outdoor Journal. My full review is available at the following link:
http://www.backpackgeartest.org/reviews/Books/Blank%20Journals%20and%20Writing%20Implements/Rite%20in%20the%20Rain%20Outdoor%20Journal/Test%20Report%20by%20Jeremy%20R.%20Laporte/
I’m also testing the Jansport Klamath, the field report is due in two weeks so I need to work [...]

Back in January I took Alisa snowshoeing for the first time in her life. We had a lot of fun. Here is our trip report and some pictures.

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Dear readers,
I apologize for not writing anything over the last three months. Alisa and I got too busy between my work, the holidays and schooling, plus our additional activities.
I wanted to write earlier but I would spend so much time on the computer already and doing so many other things that I had no desire [...]

We have been so excited for the Holiday’s because they are all Jenna’s first. This holiday is Halloween, and we decided to dress Jenna up as a Lady Bug, (since its her nickname).
The day of Halloween we were in pocatello, we went swimming and had lunch, then we drove home and got ready for the [...]

I know its late but, I wanted to share some more photos of when Jenna was first born, and a video that you might not have seen.

Having Jenna come into our lives was the most amazing and awesome experiance of our lives, the spirit that was there when this child was born is so intence [...]

Book: The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom, Practical & Spiritual Steps so you can stop Worrying
Author: Suze Orman
My review: Some good information but not a great book

I heard of this book while I was a student in some of the money management presentations I attended. During my last semester one of the students raved about [...]

Hi Everyone,
This is Alisa, I’m new to writing on the blog but I want to be able to send pictures and messages more often than Jeremy is able, since he is busy at work now!!

Just last week I decided to have Jenna and I paint together! It was alot of fun, I got out three [...]

Jenna taught me a lesson today. I was changing her diaper and Jenna is at a stage where she can’t stay still, she is looking and moving everywhere. So changing her diaper can become a wrestling match when she rolls over, trying to go over her changing table or grab at everything around her. My [...]

A few months ago I opened an account on Twitter to follow some friends from BackpackGearTest at the Outdoor Retailer show in Salt Lake City. I though Twitter was a great way to communicate updates but didn’t find anything interesting to share with others, aside from what I was having for lunch. Thus I didn’t [...]

This quote from Dr. Bok summarizes my feelings regarding some information I read this morning while covering the news. A few of the articles I read revolted me. Some of them concerning Iran and the Health Care bill in the U.S. didn’t please me but being a foreigner in the U.S.; I don’t have much [...]