Category: Life

  • Retirement (new shoes)

    As most of you may know, Jess and I recently purchased some new running shoes. Jess logged around 1,000 miles of travel, while I estimate around 800 miles on mine. I would like to take the time to say that these miles include hiking as well as running. So here’s to my good ole Brooks Defiance’s and…

  • All I can say is, WOW!

    I sat down Friday night in front of the computer and started mapping out an 18 mile run for the next morning. As I was mapping it out, I could not help but thinking to myself how far 18 miles actually is. It was hard to figure out a route that was long enough and…

  • Jewel Lake

    As my lovely wife has already shared, we went for a beautiful hike last weekend up to Pine Creek Lake. It was a beautiful trip up the 3000 ft. trail. We started a bit later than we had hoped, but because we were traveling during sunset, we saw some amazing views that were simply astounding.…

  • My Most Talented Husband

    As I am sitting here listening to Brent pick out and practice songs for Sunday mornings worship service, I just think of how blessed I am to have such a talented man for a husband. He has the most amazing voice and his guitar skills are rockin’. I love just sitting here and listening to…

  • Pine Creek Lake

    Pine Creek Lake

    We left Friday night at 5:40, which was later than we wanted. This tends to always happen in the Powell household no matter how much we try. We arrived up at the trailhead around 6:30, put on the bug spray, adjusted our packs, and then headed up the trail. We were excited as we have…

  • Overnight

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    Tonight Brent and I are going to adventure away into the great outdoors for an overnight backpacking trip. Even though it seems that the bears have gone ramped again this year. No worries, we purchased some bear spray just in case and are going on a fairly well traveled route. Never anything to crazy for…

  • Fun Trip to Oregon

    Jess and I had a great trip out to Oregon recently (you can read Jessica’s accounts here and here) and had a great time. We primarily went on the premise of my Niece’s wedding. Jess’ parents were gracious enough to let us take their Mustang convertible on the trip. This was a huge blessing as…

  • Tomorrow is Racing Time

    Tomorrow is Racing Time

    Despite the fact that Brent and I knew we would not be making it home till around 10 pm tonight from a wedding in Billings, we decided to register for the half at the Madison Marathon. This means that after getting home late, we have to wake ourselves up around 3:30 or 4ish am to…

  • And the Bike is Back

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    I started riding my bike to work in mid-May to save on gas money and because it is better than driving a car. Despite a few days of rainy and windy weather, in which all but a couple times I endured and rode, it has been a nice few months of pedaling to and from…

  • 4th of July (Skate Video)

    Just a quick clip of some people skateboarding and me having fun with the D7000 and Final Cut Pro X.

  • Children?!?!

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    I go through phases, since Brent and I got married when I am completely satisfied with where we are in life and wanting to have children. I have been watching my bosses children grow up over the last couple years. At one point, his daughter would tell him that she loved me and would run…

  • Why I Blog (Blogging in a coffee shop)

    Why I Blog (Blogging in a coffee shop)

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    Here I am, sitting in a Billings City Brew. I was supposed to be doing some work, trying to wrap up a long overdue project and alas, I forgot my hard drive back in Bozeman with all the videos. Jess is off at a bridal shower and I am just sitting here with my tasty…