CANCUN, MEXICO

I love Cancun. I’ll just start by saying that….I think I may even love Cancun more than the Dominican Republic. Why? Lots of reasons…its beautiful, theres so much to do and the people are so friendly. It could also be that this trip we went with a ton of friends so we were never bored. I HIGHLY recommend taking a trip with a big group sometime but don’t feel bad if you need to get away for some alone time because in a romantic place like this, you’ll want it!
 So we stayed here:
yeah not bad right! Lyle’s manager said he has stayed at a few places along the beach and this was by far the nicest. If you’re going to Cancun i suggest staying here!
Right on the beach…although most of the resorts are
My amazing lunch! shrimp, chicken and beef kabobs over rice. This was probably my favorite food i ate the whole trip.
Everyone raved about the churros from the Mexican restaurant. My husband being one of them! 
They had a couple restaurants that you could choose to eat at- nice sit down ones or a buffet (which was only good at breakfast) and some snack bars for lunch. All inclusive- including the room service and 600 pina coladas and miami vices we drank…whoops.
We got to cross off our bucket list a few things- one of which was Parasailing! I loved it. You got to see everything! They rode us out on Jetskis which was my favorite part and then we got to ride on the boat until it was our turn. We were up there for 10-12 minutes and it was amazing. Oh & we got to play with Bobba. She was ADORABLE. I was so in love. When i saw her we were in line for food and i started freaking out- lyle was like what?! 
These pictures of me arent that flattering but there is a monkey in them so who cares.
Bobba (the monkey) decided to pee on the head of the poor boy in front of me & i was grateful we got in the line right after him…
Oh and we saw some cool Mayan Ruins
standing in the doorway of our home…if we lived a gazillion years ago
^we hiked this bad boy. and my legs were dying the next day.
also getting up was a lot easier than getting down…
and sometimes wearing a maxi skirt may seem like a cute fun idea but it may not be so cute when you fall down the mayan ruins…just fyi. thankfully my husband reminded me to hold my skirt so i did not fall victim to such a tragedy.
us at the top!
on the way down…
what the sketch. 
Next stop: Chichen Itza….this we sadly could not climb

 the Mayans used to play a game here- They had to hit the ball through the hoop- this is the largest stadium…our tour guide referred to it as the superbowl arena for the mayans. 

Hieroglyphics of one of the players.
The captain of the winning team was sacrificed and he was all excited because he thought he was going to be a God. I would never want to win…
on top of one of the smaller ruins. We did our tour through Helaman Tours and i HIGHLY recommend it. Its an LDS tour group and it bring the Book of Mormon into it and how it plays a part and its awesome. 
of course i had to get a picture of one of the ancient aztec mayan dogs. There were tons of dogs running around- this one was one of the healthier ones- it was so depressing. 
Our group! (well not everyone but those who went on this excursion!)
After the ruins they fed us lunch and took us here, to swim in this almost cave like place.
Lyle would boogyboard ALL day. All the other husbands would come in for a break but nope not mine. He loved it. He was like let me teach you how but he forgot I grew up on the East Coast and have a lot of boogyboarding experience.
my husband is such as stud.
We played with Kenna while Brit & Jas got some beach time. But what started out as this…
 quickly turned to this….
& then i was like ya know someday….20 years from now we could have a zillion baby LCs running around and MAYBE if they are as good as Kenna I will be fine with it.
Lyle was acting like a paparazzi haha
 
We enjoyed the sun, went dancing at a club downtown, saw a cool Michael Jackson show & enjoyed Mexico. Coming back to the snow and cold weather was definitely terrible. I don’t think I have ever said I don’t want to leave so many times in my life. We still had so much more we wanted to do! Swimming with dolphins was next on our list but i guess we need to save some adventures for the rest of the year ;). It was an amazing way to start the year off- i could honestly not ask for a better trip. Its all thanks to this guy who earned this trip because of his hard work. I am so proud of him. I have this dream life because of him. Love you!
I cant wait for the rest of our adventures this year babe!
xoxo CAIT xoxo
P.S.-sorry for the picture overload! I am so in love with my new camera!

Being married means…

well a lot of things actually, if you ask me all good things….although cynics may say thats its only because we’ve been married 2.5 months but I know it will just get better! Being married means…

GETTING BREAKFAST IN BED.
For no reason at all husbands like to do nice things for you. Whaaa?! I know. Boyfriends do nice things for you too (like surprising you with T.Swift tickets!) but they can’t usually bring you breakfast in bed! One day Lyle even brought me cereal in bed haha which made me laugh a little but since I love breakfast and being in bed it was my favorite. 
GETTING TO DECORATE YOUR OWN PLACE
Now I loved having room mates, don’t get me wrong…even the ones that were a little difficult because you learn so much about yourself and living with others. However, living with Lyle is hands down the best. He has no weird or annoying habits, he doesn’t snore and best of all, he lets me decorate our cute home any way I want. I think most boys don’t really care about stuff like this so its way different from having 5 room mates who all wanna decorate the apt in their own style. Like for instance one of my sweet roomies put up like 12 huge pictures of Jesus in our living room….Now I am all for Jesus throughout the house but this was overkill and everyone laughed when they saw it…so yes, in my own home it is nice to spread Jesus throughout the house….

husbands even let you put monograms throughout the whole house because you love them so much!
The one thing Lyle wanted a say in was this baby- and I can honestly say I had no problem with that! It may be a little big for our space now but it was our investment piece for a bigger home someday.

HAVING YOUR VERY OWN 24/7 TASTE TESTER
I absolutely love to cook and bake and we also love to have people over for dinner and lately I have been trying a lot of new pumpkin recipes so Lyle is my go to food tester. I think he happens to love this part about being married on his end too. Every year i love to test out new ones from pinterest and i found some good ones! The Pumpkin whoopie pie recipe is hands down one of the best recipes i have ever found. Lyle always asks me to make these now and seriously tried to eat them for breakfast lunch and dinner. The frosting is so good that it replaced my old frosting for my homemade cinnamon rolls. You will not be disappointed. 

Pumpkin Dip
( I made this for a Halloween party & it was amazing! SO fluffy)
good thing Lyle likes pumpkin just as much as i do…
YOU GET TO PLAN YOUR OWN FHE
Married FHE is great. Having 2 people agree on a fun activity is a lot easier than having 20 people agree so needless to say it used to be a lot of awkward getting to know you games in college. I am not one to do charades or things in front of people that I don’t know where I embarrass myself so planning FHE now is a lot of fun! One night we booed a neighbor and made treats or one time we went to a jazz game or we watched a halloween movie. Although you will have to say the prayer or give the lesson a lot…unless you plan on having tons of kids and then you can have them do it.

WHEN YOUR SPOUSE GETS COOL TRIPS SO DO YOU
Exhibit A: Pirates Cove. Spouses are more than welcomed, fiances and girlfriends are not…much to the dismay of the unmarried reps. A place that is about $10 grand a night, Pirates Cove was amazing. Exhibit B: Cancun. We are going to Cancun in January-the first week of school actually haha whoops. Or when his work gets box seats to the Jazz games or free tickets to the Imagine Dragon concert…all in all having a husband with a cool job makes me a lucky wife.

& there are a million other awesome things about married life. It is the best.
xoxo CAIT xoxo