Sarah Borst Jarvis

As far as the title goes:  No. This is NOT what my Mormon friends might be thinking. I am NOT pregnant.* This is a good thing but, dang, those newborns are just so precious!  We've had a few Operation XX lately. It all started with my 6-year-old coming home from school a few weeks ago telling me about Operation Smoochie Smoochie . Yep, it's what you think it is. He is trying to kiss a girl! Or they are trying to kiss each other.   Or a bunch of boys are trying to kiss her.  Who knows?!? I am trying not to bug him about it every five minutes although I am dying to find out all of the details! I happen to think that Cooper is the coolest girl ever but he assures me that there are very strict rules against kissing at his school. What a bummer! Karl and I just shake our heads because - where does this kid even come from? We can each count the lovers we've kissed in our ENTIRE LIVES one ONE hand. And Noah couldn't care any less about girls. But ...

Sunset at the Canyon With Ironman behind us and Thanksgiving break upon us, it was time to do some more exploring of the Grand Canyon!!! The GC is basically in our backyard, only a short 75-minute drive away from our home in Flagstaff. My last GC adventure consisted of a 180-mile bike loop from my house to the South Rim, along the rim, and back home. That day was super fun but now it was time to spend a few quality days as a family and to get down into the canyon.  (Rim-to-river-and-back report is further down if you want to skip the family part...) Love this place! I mean: Who doesn't want to run to the bottom of all of this awesomeness ?  Especially when there's water down there?  (A lake? A river? A waterfall? A puddle? Count me in!)  But first my shopping buddy, Max, and I had some grocery shopping to do while Noah opted to stay home alone and read. So we bought lots of healthy Thanksgiving food and a big can of whipped cream ...