October 2, 2016 / Last updated : October 2, 2016 Brett Holt Brett

Time Flies

Date night with my lovely bride tonight! 2016 on top. 2001 at Steens Mountains in SE Oregon on bottom. So many good times in between!

November 21, 2011 / Last updated : November 21, 2011 Brett Holt Brett

8 Years of Awesomeness…and Dove Chocolates and Journals and Road Trips and HAPPINESS!

It’s been a wonderful…no wait, it’s been an awesome eight years of being married to the most amazing woman in the world! I’m constantly in awe at all the experiences we’ve done in our short time together (~10 years from the day we met). Peace Corps, hiking, moving, kids, graduate school, New York, National Parks, […]

July 16, 2011 / Last updated : September 4, 2011 Brett Holt Laura

Happy 32nd Birthday Laura!

You are as delightful and beautiful as the day we met almost 10 years ago. The kids and I wish to give you a nice day tailored just for you. “With you as my wife, I have all of the love and caring my heart could desire – With you as a mother, our family […]

December 24, 2010 / Last updated : June 10, 2011 Brett Holt Autumn

Happy Holidays 2010

Happy Holidays to all of our family and friends. We hope you’ve had a great 2010 and wish you the best in 2011. We thank all of you who have taken the time to get in touch with us or visited our website this past year. It’s been a wonderful first full year in Seattle, […]

December 11, 2010 / Last updated : August 31, 2011 Brett Holt Brett

November in Review: Why We Do What We Do

What am I talking about when I type, “Why we do what we do”. This short post is about why we continue to maintain a website and write what we write….oh and about November 2010. Our website has been public since spring 2004. At the time, we set it up to share photos and stories […]

September 21, 2010 / Last updated : June 10, 2011 Brett Holt Autumn

Chicago.

Laura and Autumn had the pleasure to join me on a business trip to Chicago last week. After being with FEMA for a little over year, spending 50 nights on the road, and traveling almost 40,000+ air miles, it was nice to have family come along for the ride. Chicago was our destination because the annual […]

September 5, 2010 / Last updated : June 21, 2011 Brett Holt Autumn

You’ve lived in how many homes in the last decade?

We have history of moving. A lot! Ever since we left our childhood homes in San Jose, California (Brett) and Newberg, Oregon (Laura), we’ve moved frequently for a variety of reasons. Job. Change of scenery. School. Most moves have been our decision, though, we’ve been more enthusiastic about some more than others. So exactly how […]

March 22, 2008 / Last updated : June 10, 2011 Brett Holt Brett

Barack Obama in Eugene, Oregon!

7:45pm: So Laura decides she wants to get out of the house this evening since my mom is in town and will be able to watch Ethan. I was in for the evening, having settled into a cozy pair of sweats and sitting on the couch reading the latest issue of Mother Earth News. I […]

January 27, 2008 / Last updated : June 10, 2011 Brett Holt Brett

First snow in Eugene 2008!

Ethan enjoys his first good snow of his life. It snowed a few inches in a matter of hours. We had no snow in our area until 7am today. The dogs are having a great time eating and playing in it. Ethan just looked around.

November 24, 2007 / Last updated : October 29, 2016 Brett Holt Brett

Four Years and Loving Life!

Our fourth anniversary just passed us. It has been a wonderful four years of marriage and a little over six years of friendship. We marked the occasion, as we always do, with a dinner at a local restaurant. This year, we were up in McMinnville visiting Laura’s family. Here is our list of locations where […]