Author: Brent
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2023 – On changing seas(ons)
As the title suggests, I’m feeling metaphorical for this year’s Christmas/year-in-review newsletter. But I’ll save that more for the end, let’s catch you up on the Montana Powells and their adventures for the year 2023. Let’s start of with trips and travels. We headed out to Oregon for Elijah’s spring break to spend some time…
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How to do time right
Instagram, Netflix, Twitter, Baby Yoda. What do all these things have in common? They all occupy time, a lot of time. But they don’t have to! There are simple things you can do to free up time, engage your mind, and live a more fulfilling life.
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Duce Duce (2022)
Once again, it falls to me to report on the years events and milestones. As is the trend, though I don’t like it, we haven’t kept up the ol’ blog, so references are much harder. We have had a busy year and I’ll do my best to give you the rundown. Let’s start with the…
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I used to snowboard, then I wrecked my car
I learned to snowboard when I was in the 7th grade. I continued to snowboard a few times a year until college. I loved it! My dad found an older K2 downhill (no switch riding on this one) snowboard that needed some repair and bindings that got me by a couple years. It was a…
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2021: A Hot Minute
Two. That’s how many posts we published on this blog in 2021. Not very impressive, and not at all indicative of the year we had (or maybe it is). We have fallen out of the habit of journaling our lives, partly due to the busyness of life, but also because we don’t make room for…
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When in doubt, check the route
Jessica’s photography business is definitely taking us to new places, and giving us unforgettable experiences. After a week of sick kiddos, sick selves and little sleep, we found ourselves stuck on a mountain road, our route impeded by a drift of snow, 2.5 miles from the trailhead. Fortunately, Jessica likes to arrive early and we…
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2020: Not a dumpster fire
Man, this year was one for the books! It wouldn’t be a year’s end without a little retrospective, and this year was a good one. You might be taken a-back at that, but 2020 was a good year. Yes, a global pandemic sucks, sucks hard. Political and social unrest also make for unsettling discourse and…
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The lookout
We left town on a Thursday afternoon. The smoke was pretty thick and we hoped that it would clear as we drove into the mountains. It did not. Jess had a photoshoot booked at a lookout tower near Lincoln, MT and we decided to stay the night. We left early to give Jessica plenty of…
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3AM: Finding some solace in restlessness
It’s before 6am on a weekday. We have been having some pretty good progress with Fitz sleeping at night and we’re back to a relatively full nights rest. But not the past couple days. 3am hits and I’m awake. WHY AM I SO RESTLESS!!! My mind is a bit more engaged lately, between a massive…
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We bought a [really old] house
We’ve been in Helena for about 7 months now and have spent most of that in an apartment on the east side of town. If we were sans kids and without pets, it wouldn’t have been so bad, but we have two kids and a dog that needs exercise. It was next to Walmart, in…
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The father and son head west
We never intended on leaving The Dalles so abruptly. Between the new job and finishing up the house, I really didn’t have time for much else. That includes my family, both immediate and extended. Fortunately, my brothers and sister all made trips to see us off before we left, but it was also to help…
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A decade, A DECADE!!!
2020 is here! I know, I know, I’m a little late on the recap… give a guy a break!!! As we head into a new decade, a new form of retrospective starts to build in our minds. Ten years ago, I had just graduated college, Jess and I were just two years married, and we…