Sarah Borst Jarvis

in love with summer This summer has been a whirlwind and here are some of the highlights !  After 5 years in Flagstaff, Arizona, where the husband attended NAU to get his PhD in biology, it was time to move on because he finally graduated  in with my in-laws because he still has a lot of writing to do and he can do that from anywhere! He ran out of funding and, since we made it all five years without taking out any loans, we wanted to stay debt-free and his parents offered to take us in for a few months. Since Karl grew up in Provo and I had spent a total of 8 years there as well, it felt like moving home. To some degree. We know the area really well and love having mountains so close by. It really is an outdoors lover's paradise . Yes, even compared to Flagstaff. (In my opinion. Everything on this blog is my opinion. Duh.) So while we were hesitant to share a rather small house with Karl's parents, we were excited to spend the summer and fall in Utah Valle...

St. George Goodness St. George 70.3 has come and gone and I am so sad it's over already! What a FUN weekend! If I am anywhere within striking distance next year, I will be back !!! My favorite race in my favorite place with so many of my favorite people  = a whole lot of awesomeness !  I love going to races where I know that - no matter how race day unfolds - the trip is going to be a blast. A huge thank you to everyone (and there are a lot of you!) who made this weekend unforgettable !  How can I NOT love this place?  Dropped the kids off at the park to play soccer with friends after school and off I went! I know I have been on quite a few trips lately and yet - every time I leave town on my own I have a huge smile on my face, do a fist pump, and yell: Freedom ! I then cherish every minute of it and when it's time to go back home, I can't wait to be with my family again! I think I am just still recovering from 6+ wonderful and hard years...

the road to Bartlett Lake Since we are moving at the end of May, I am running out of weekends to do all of the fun stuff that I was hoping to squeeze in before leaving! At all times, I have at least 3 different adventures that I am dreaming about and trying to make happen. It's what keeps me going day to day. Don't get me wrong, I like every day life. I enjoy 'the grind'. I am all about routine. But the BEST part is breaking out of it and chasing that which fills my heart and soul to the brim.  I love being a mom and a wife. It brings me so much happiness. But it's not all that I am. And I am extremely grateful for a husband who understands my need for independence and lets me fly knowing I will come back.  early morning at Bartlett Lake Karen and I had been dreaming for a while about Bikini Camp where we camp in her VW van, train all day, and run around in bikinis the rest of the time. This is the kind of stuff we come up with sitting on...