An elf on stilts takes a quiet moment in between entertaining the crowds at the annual lighting of the Newport Christmas tree in Jersey City on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013.
(Left to right) Eden and Rock Ward carefully climb a log to join their parents Erin and Jeff while they practice their fly fishing techniques on August 11 in Oregon's Opal Creek Wilderness.
Danna Barrett feeds some of her 600 ostriches at the Rooster Cogburn Ranch in Picacho, Ariz.
Scott LaVecchio, co-founder of pest control service Critter Ridder, resets mouse traps in the attic of a Phoenix home. After a career in corporate banking, LaVecchio founded Critter Ridder with his nephew Jason Nolan.
Audience members cheer as Jack Manley defeats Dash Venture in a match at West Coast Wrestling Connection's 11th Anniversary Show at the Scottish Rite Center on Sunday, March 6, 2016.
Penney Salivar soothes the last ewe to be sheared at the Bar 47 Ranch outside of Bisbee, Ariz., on Feb. 19. After three days, Salivar had sheared 118 sheep for friends and ranchers Deb and Dennis Moroney.
Friends and family hold Hannah Hart, wife of Lance Cpl. Ty Hart, as she hugs the flag she was presented with at an honor burial for the Marine on Sunday, April 17, 2016. Hart was one of 12 Marines who died in a January training exercise.
Stephen Hladik, performing as Wilbur Turnblad, waits backstage at a Bayonne High School drama society rehearsal for its production of Hairspray on Tuesday, March 25, 2014 in Bayonne High School.
Particpants at the Dirty 6 Mud Run jump through a wall of fire at checkpoint three of the race on March 12. Once they lept over the flames, contestants battled the water from a fireman's hose trying to knock them over in the mud.
Craig Dee plays guitar outside of his home on the banks of the Willamette on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017. Dee is leaving his home in part because of the Third Bridge proposal; he is unable to sell the house as it is in the path of the proposed bridge.
Swegle Elementary students congratulate McKay High School senior Fatima Preciado on Wednesday, June 8, 2016. Preciado and ten other McKay seniors who attended Swegle came back to visit the school for a parade of honor.
Hoboken Historical Museum's Swingin' Speakeasy fundraiser Photobooth patrons at the Hoboken Historial Museum's "Swingin' Speakeasy" themed fundraiser at the Hoboken Elks Club on Saturday, March 22, 2014.