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Hike 2/40: Azure Hunting

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Today Azure had to get 10 miles (she ended up doing a tad over 11). Since I had to work I couldn't join for the whole thing but I was able to meet her on trail for her last bit!

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Hike 1/40: 2026

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It's been a rainy new-years day but Azure and I didn't let that stop us from getting outside!

It was gorgeous in the desert today. The colors are magical when it's been raining.

  1. git-wrapped.com results for CrowderSoup
    My Git-Wrapped: 2025

Honestly, I wasn't sure if I was going to share this or not. But Kelly shared her's as an engineering manager and I realized that I have worn so many hats this year that I should be proud of everything I was able to get done this year.

I continued to build Govalo. I started an LLC and took on loads of consulting work. I went on the job hunt and found new full-time employment (more on that later).

I started a new relationship with Azure. She was living in St. George when we started dating back in May. Since then we've transitioned to splitting time between St. George and Salt Lake. We even moved into a new place in Salt Lake and signed a lease together.

I'm really proud of everything I've accomplished this year. And my GitHub activity is just one small slice of everything I've done.

Body Doubling Night

My girlfriend Azure and I sometimes do body doubling night where we each take part in our own hobbies in the same room as each other. It's a great way to spend time together and still have our own interests. Azure Azure's been working on her alcohol ink art. She's getting really good! I love watching her create art. Aaron I've been working on my blog (of course lol). I created a workable posting interface from the front-end of this blog. It's what I'm using to write this post (mostly as a t...

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  1. Azure, Aaron, Ruby, Evelyn
    The CPU (Crowder / Peters Unit)
  2. Aaron, Evelyn, Ruby
    The best kids I could ever ask for
  3. Azure, Evely, Ruby
    My 3 favorite girls <3
  4. Azure and Aaron
    Love of my Life <3
  5. Evelyn and Ruby
    I love these kids man
  6. Aaron and Azure kissing
    I'll never get tired of kissing her <3

Family Pictures with my favorite people 🥰

Resume Website

This month marks 4 years at Govalo. I started as a staff engineer and have since been promoted twice (lead engineer, then chief engineer). It's been a wild, exciting, difficult, and fulfilling ride. I've grown more the past 4 years than I think I have at any other job. Sadly all good things, however good they are, must surely come to an end. We're approaching the end of my tenure at Govalo. At the end of this month I will be officially without full-time employment. Thankfully I've got some co...

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Hour of Code

Yesterday I took part in the Hour of Code at my local high school as a volunteer. In fact, it was at the high school that I attended. I had a lot of fun and I was excited to see the stundents gain a deeper understanding of code. I was especially impressed with the number of young women in the class that seemed to really enjoy it. It's a really common misunderstanding that people hold that girls aren't interested in tech. I think in too many cases they are steered in other directions, towards...

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