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You Can’t Have A Marriage Without Time Together
“Time together is indispensible for togetherness. And togetherness is what makes up a partnership.” I just finished day 16 of the @YouVersion Plan Refresh Your Marriage In 31 Days.

Who’s Your Best Friend?
When you simply hang out together … when you carve out time for your most important relationship… when you make a point of sharing the little day-to-day moments… the results of that in your marriage are profound. – Biblical Secrets to a Happy Marriage This morning during my devotions time I was challenged with how I think about my wife. I’d heard other couples talking about their spouse being their best friend but I’d never really given it much thought myself and sort thought friends were in a different group than my wife. My best friend was a guy that I have served with in ministry for years and was the best man in my wedding. However if there is anyone in my life that should…

Daily Thoughts / Health / Life / Running
Moving On From A Marathon…It’s Really Not About Me
So today is the 2nd day since completing the marathon, and unfortunately I find myself in more of a discouraged state than in celebration of my accomplishment. There are many things going through my head, many thoughts that cause me to be more disappointed with marathon Sunday. Nothing played out like I had hoped. I ended up coming in behind most of all the other marathon runners from our group despite leading the pack throughout training. I didn’t get to cross the finish line with my running partner, or my kids. I ended up walking most of the last 4.5 miles. I ended up going to the medical aid tent after crossing the finish line. I have no photo of me crossing the finish line….

Yard Projects Completed
This weekend was a busy one. We completed 3 yard projects including a new sandbox, stone fire bowl ring, and a prepped area for the above ground pool when it arrives. A lot of projects knocked off that we look forward to enjoying the rest of the summer.

Hard Working Weekend, Deck Progress Was Made
Besides an awesome 5K training group run with the HWI Team Daybreak on Saturday it was pretty much a deck building weekend. I spent most of the day Saturday completing the deck support base. And on Sunday I was able to get cracking on screwing down the deck board. I completed half the deck. I put the patio furniture on the finished area just to feel a little bit more sense of accomplishment. I was really hoping to get it all finished this weekend but I’ll be plugging away at the second half this week. Hopefully i’ll have it completed by or during next weekend.

WordCamp GR 2017 – Elementary, My Dear Coder – Nicole Paschen Caylor
Nicole Paschen Caylor – https://github.com/nicolepaschen Code.org The Hour of Code Kodable – paid program, self-guided game Tynker – tynker.com Code Spark Academy Computer Science Curriculum Uses drag-n-drop code blocks Points out more efficient ways of accomplishing task ScratchJr – found on PBS Kids as well(provides more familiar characters) Scratch – for older kids Tips for Success Site with your child Explain things to your child as you go along Resources: Lego Mindstorms Hello World – book on Python programming CS Unplugged – free, downloadable, offline, ages 9+ Grand Valley State University, Pew Campus, Grand Rapids, MI