Welcome to thepowell.com! The digital home to Brent & Jessica Powell. We hope that you enjoy our site and welcome any feedback that you may have. As with all things, this site is a work in progress, and will continually change, so check back often. We are currently residing in Helena, MT. Besides our day jobs, we spend our time serving the Lord, running, traveling as often as we can and taking pictures of way too many things. Please take the time to explore our blog and enjoy all these activities with us!
We met at Montana State University and haven’t been apart since. It was apparent from our first encounter that we would be friends for life! We were married in 2008 and are blessed to spend our lives together. We welcomed our firstborn, Elijah, into the world in October of 2015. After struggling through some miscarriages, we will be welcoming a new son into our lives in mid-August. We also have a rambunctious German Shorthaired Pointer Flynn who is the companion to any that will take him on long wandering runs. We recently moved to Helena, MT after a stint in the Columbia River Gorge, returning to Montana, a place forever home.
Brent Powell
Husband, father, friend and jack of all trades
Brent hails from Oregon, living a stint “off-grid” in Dufur without running water and electricity via solar. It was there that he started honing skills in computer technology (seriously), also involved in the art of Sheep and Goat husbandry (still serious), he had quite a diverse background.
He moved to Bozeman, MT in 2004 for college at Montana State University, graduating with a B.S. in Technology Education. He has expanded his areas of knowledge to more creative avenues such as photography, videography and music. He is a Multimedia Producer for Headwaters Economics. On top of the day job he also runs Thirty Five Media, a video production company, plays music in a church band, and is continuously fixing/building something. Needless to say, he is busy, but enjoys every moment he can traveling, hiking, biking or otherwise enjoying time with family and friends.
Jessica Powell
Wife, mother, photographer and runner
Jess grew up north of Great Falls in Conrad, MT and moved to the Gallatin Valley in 1999. She is an identical twin, so to those of you that run into her, and she ignores you, acts like she forgot your name, or just smiles back uncomfortably, you’ve now met Krista.
On top of staying home to raise two rambunctious boys, she runs Jessica Powell Photo, capturing adventurous couples sessions and helping businesses capture their identity, one image at a time. She is almost always training for some race, usually a marathon. Races are her excuse for travel and she has the goal of completing a race in all 50 US states. In 2022, she became a race director for the Just for the Helena of It in which they held a half marathon and 5k.
Elijah & Fitz
Our two boys are an incredible blessing. They keep us on our toes and we love adventuring with them. The both love to learn and we have no doubts they will be industrious later on in life, if their current proclivities are any indicator.
About Flynn
Flynn is a 10-year old German Shorthaired Pointer (GSP), and is about the most awesome dog around, as long as he’s gone on a run, had a fetch session and climbed a mountain peak. He is our running partner and puts us to shame, literally. He actually will whine quite loudly to let the world know when you are running a slower pace than normal. He also mastered the variable height “nut-punch” to welcome men into our home. It is intentional, but he means well.