Great Dates Globe

This year is the 14th Annual Round Mountain 5k Sunrise Challenge. Running as a couple can be so therapeutic, as you are challenging yourself, but also given an opportunity to push yourself to help your partner. I am more of a runner than my husband, but he has longer legs than I do....he's 6'4''. When we run together, typically he feels as though he is holding back to stay with me, but that changes after the endurance part comes to it and he is worn out before I am set on quitting. How ever you and your spouse work through such challenges, get outside and push yourself  on the sunrise challenge morning. It will soon be too hot to be out running. Head over to the Facebook Event Page  to get the details and try it out. It is a great way to support the community and get your Saturday started early and very productively. Marriage Reconnect "More than 80 percent of the time, it's the wife who brings up sticky marital issues, while the husband tries to avoid...

Swimming can be some of the best summer fun in Arizona. Leave the kids behind with friends or a babysitter and head to the local pool as a couple. When married and as parents it can be hard to relax when around water, so here's a chance to just have fun. Have swim competitions, coolest jump off the diving board, really anything you can think of. The Miami Hostetler Pool is a great place to get in some swim time and enjoy the sun! When you are all done with the fun in the sun, go right down the street to Soda Pops for some ice cream and old fashioned soda! Marriage Reconnect Do you see your spouse as a safe place? Can you talk to them about things that worry you and bother you? Open up and be in a judgement free zone. It is such a great thing to be able to be completely vulnerable within marriage. Lift each other up and encourage. Just listen and only offer advice if it is asked for. 

Have you ever lived somewhere that had plenty of activities available to you and yet you just never got around to participating, life got in the way and then you moved and realized you never experienced what was right in front of you? Living in Globe, there are so many different outdoor activities that can be reached for a day trip. Roosevelt Lake is close enough that you can have great day trips. Use what equipment you have, can borrow, or purchase such as paddle boards, kayaks, boats, and more. Head out for a day at the lake. It's great to be able to take a day and live in vacation mode with the spouse. Enjoy the sunshine, water, and whatever activity you choose. Check out the Forest Service website for needed  Passes  and additional information you may need for these outings.

Taking the guns out to sight in or just to work on your aim is a great date for you and your spouse. Get another couple to double with you for this one and get on teams. It could be girls against boys or team up with your honey. This is one of those activities that is just about getting out, doing something different, and having opportunities to talk and laugh!  It is what you make of it!

So, I had heard that there was a skate park in Globe, but wondered where it was. I looked it up and it is supposed to be at the Community Center Park, but after going there a few times I just couldn't figure out where. Well I have found it! I drove through an open gate that said "Unauthorized Vehicles Prohibited Do Not Enter" and I wound around back onto pavement and around and took a turn here and there and I found the skate park along with some basketball courts and tennis court. As I was leaving I decided to take a different, fully paved road down and out so that I could find a more "approved" way of entering this area of the park. Turns out it is by using the road before the actually community center entrance. Also, If you are not so lazy you can simply walk up past some of the baseball fields and make your way up to the upper, upper area of this awesome park. Bring bikes, maybe a skateboard and have a skate park date with your spouse. See if you ca...

Local sporting events can be a really great way to get out and enjoy some community excitement. For this date, check out the schedule for the High School or Middle School sports and head to a game! Going to a Globe-Miami Rival game would be even more of a riot than your typical Friday night game. Marriage Reconnect Option 1 for sport lovers: Talk about the sports you played---teammates, friends made, favorite sport, etc.  What sport or activity would you and your spouse like to get into together? Are there local teams or clubs you could join? Option 2 for lovers of other things: What activity do you enjoy being involved in? If you have a child that really wants to get into a sport--how are you going to support them in it, especially if it is far from your thing? (Globe Tigers!)

Oh, you didn't know there was a place to bowl in the Globe area? Well, there isn't really in the traditional sense, but this date gets you outside and doing something a little different. Some prep work is needed.  Need: A bowling ball (or 2)----these can be found at pretty much any thrift store Glow sticks 10 similar sized containers filled with water (water bottles, old soda bottles, Gatorade bottles....) great shoes (really this could just be a great addition----everyone where their "best bowling shoes") Little Caesars pizza Head to the Community Center Park or anywhere else with a stretch of flat concrete that can act as your bowling lane. Put a glow stick in each bottle and then use the rest of the glow sticks to line the sides of the "alley".  The rest is really up to you......can you even hit any of the "pins"?  Of course you will have to take turns setting up pins and bowling.  Enjoy your pizza! Marriage Reconnect ...

STEM Fest comes around every year at the end of April. STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. This would be a unique date to take your spouse on. This is a great way to get out in the community on a Saturday and have fun! There is seriously something fun for all ages.  Once you're finished up here, head to Miami and stop in at Soda Pops--Old Fashioned Soda Fountain. The old time feel here is something to relish in! Marriage Reconnect Try something new--maybe enter the 5K Run together and cheer each other on--whoever is more of a runner/athlete than the other...hold back if you need to and stick with your cute partner. It will be fun to accomplish something together.

   When was the last time you swung a bat? Have you ever swung a bat? I think that it is a bit of a secret that you can step up to bat right here locally, any day of the week. I can guarantee you will work muscles you haven't in quite some time when you go to the batting cages in downtown Globe. This is a great afternoon or early evening activity to work up an appetite. This date option can be done as a double or group date as well. What goes great with a few rounds up at bat? Head to  Clint's Blue Line Barbecue  for some different flavors and a fun atmosphere. Their barbecue and sides are so delicious, I recommend going on Thursday or Friday in hopes that they haven't run out! Marriage Reconnect: One of you be the batting coach and critique your spouse's form; maybe help them adjust and swing a few times.  Read the following quote and discuss ways you can be better friends. Set one goal each for the next week:  “It is not a lack of ...