Cancun: Days 1-3

Like I said in my last post, we went to Cancun with Maughans over Thanksgiving...well most of them. We missed you Britt, Court, and Travis! The weather was perfect, and we of course had a blast. The first day, we just had a "chill" day from a long day of traveling the day before. Somehow, I aligned all of the pictures on different sides of the screen. I don't know how I did it, but I don't want to go back and change it!

Check out this pool. It looks like we're right next to the ocean, but it's really a big drop off to the ocean. Pretty cool!It looks like we're sitting right in the ocean!
Here we are in front of our hotel. We stayed at the Marriott Casa Magna

That night, we went and ate sushi. This picture cracks me up. It was Chris's first time ever trying sushi. He was like gagging in this picture. Watching him, it made me sick! I couldn't swallow my food either, so we were both sitting there grossing each other out even more.

The second day, we did a "Jungle Tour". Unfortunately, we couldn't take our camera with us, because there was no way to keep it dry. We took "mexican jet skiis" on a trail through their jungle, to a coral reef where we snorkeled. After that, we went back to the pool to hang out.

I took this picture of the boys playing in the waves. Cool pic huh?

These (above and below) are pictures from our hotel to the beach. It was fun having them so close. Pool + Ocean = Perfection. The third day, we went to Isla Mujeres. Our tour boat was CRAZY...and that's just an understatement. I definitely experienced some culture shock!Here we are right when we got on the boat...
All of the sudden our tour guides started dancing like crazy...
And they made me sing. On the way to the island, the tour boat wasn't too bad-yet.

When we arrived on the island, we drove a little golf cart to an awesome look out point. Check out that view!

Here we are pointing to a big ole' iguana. They were everywhere.

Chris at the look-out point, and Mike and Pauline


Right off of the dock, they let us swim, and hold a shark...seriously. I was scared to death. Somehow they tamed it?? One of these days in the news we're going to hear about this baby attacking some one.
It was pretty cool though
Bran and I kayaked while we were there

Just chillin

Lil' manNow here's our way back on the tour boat:
Tequila madness! They went around to everyone on the boat to see how much tequila they could chug in one swallow. Our whole boat was sooooooooo drunk. Girls were giving bootie dances, a tour guide dressed up as a girl-then hit on the guys, people making out, and everyone dancing like crazy! I wish we would have gotten more pictures!
This guy was the funniest guy ever. He dressed up in this mexican outfit, but was doing Irish Dancing??

Bran and I got up a did a little country dancing.

Here's Pauline joining in for the YMCA

That's all for now!

I'm grateful

This year, we had our Thanksgiving early with the Maughans, because we went to Cancun over the real Thanksgiving day. (Pictures are soon to come!) We were so sad to miss Thanksgiving with my side of the family- it's something we look forward to every year. Those Egan parties get pretty wild! I love love love Thanksgiving. Besides the amazing food, it's always good to reflect and count our many blessings. I'm grateful for so many things in my life that I could NEVER name everything. But just to name a few....

~I'm so grateful for Brandon. I love my husband! I couldn't have asked for a more supportive, understanding, and funny person to spend forever with. ~

~I'm so grateful for family. On both sides of our families, some hard things are going on. It's made me realize how important family really is. When times are rough, it's family that's ALWAYS there. I'm so thankful to know that. I love my family. (both sides!) ~

~I'm grateful for the gospel~

~I'm grateful for good friends. Everyone needs good friends, and I have to say that we have GREAT friends!~

~I'm grateful Brandon and I can both get our education.~

~I'm grateful for this country that we live in.~

There's SO many more things, but I'll stop there =)

Here's Pauline and her two grandkids at our Thanksgiving dinner

Trav, Court, Jessica, and Grandma Jewkes

Jessica, Grandma J, and Mike


Britt and Gagers

Grandma Maughan, Stefanie, me, Bran, and Chris

The clean-up crew
Pauline wanted some pictures of the girls together. Here we are holding some of our yummy food
And again
and again.

To end it off: our cute grandma's. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

double double

Ok, this first tag is from Rachelle. You post the fourth picture in your fourth folder. This is what I got:

Picture from Brandon and Chris's birthdays. They're so funny. Check out their sweet party hats!

Second tag:

I am Linds, Lindzer, Hopper, Babe

I know that everything happens for a reason

I want to run the Boston Marathon someday

I have to get through finals!!

I wish I was bilingual. All I remember from my two years of Spanish in high school is: Como estas, muy bien, Como te llamas? Me llamo Lindsay.

I miss warm weather already

I fear the death of some one that I love

I feel not very good today. These dang colds keep getting me!

I hear The biggest loser on in the background

I smell my oatmeal I just made

I crave Cafe Rio veggie salad with no rice, and black beans EVERYDAY lately.

I search... my textbooks??

I wonder what the future holds

I regret going to bed so late last night

I love Brandino. (Does that count as a Spanish word?)

I care about my husband, family, and friends…so much!

I always punch the air when I’m walking

I am not as emotional as I use to be (can anyone agree with this?)

I believe I can fly, I believe I can touch the sky

I dance all the time when Brandon’s not watching. He catches me sometimes. I wish I could be Sabra.

I sing my lungs out in the car. No worries, I once wanted to be the best singer in the world. I have finally accepted I’m pretty tone deaf.

I don’t like scary movies/stories/words/feelings/anything

I fight when I feel like I’m right

I write in my journal…not very often.

I lose my socks in the dryer

I win I do win. Hm... I guess I don't need to add anything to that one.

I never do my hair.

I listen to Ange’s awesome CD she made in Jr. High. I can’t believe it still works

I can walk on my toes

I need to study now. Bye.

the old news and the new

Alright so I have two things to post about: Gracie's birthday on October 30 (little late), and my Aunt Karol's baby shower. Let's start with Gracie's party. Chel threw the cutest Halloween birthday party. We carved pumpkins, played games, and ate Chel's homemade chicken noodle soup and fresh french bread....yuuum. Gracie and all of her cute presents-- besides those little blue rain boots. I don't really like them that much. ha ha j/k all the way Ange

Here's Gracie as a bat, Ash as a witch, and their friend Aften as Thomas the train

Here's Tawnya and Fireman Griffin
The Turpin Family

Boyce the Lion- he's sooo cute!

Gracie with her fruit punch mastache and disco Er

Amy the wicked witch of the West

Dad and fairy godmother Rachelle

Chel and Gracie opening presents

me, Marcie, and my mom

The poor ghost cake was accidentally dropped...it was ok though. Gracie didn't care one bit!

Ashley and her "best friend" Cambree

Gagers-- just keeps getting cuter and cuter

Melissa- the queen of hearts

Here's Nicole, Ashlyn and Aften carving their pumpkins


me and Ash carving, and Er and Cambree carving

Last but not least: The boys in da hood. Good party Chel!

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My cute Aunt Karol is having her baby girl a just a few weeks. Look how adorable she is--I just love her! Here's the cute fam awaiting baby AllisonHere is the invitation Ange created- cute right??

They got SOO many cute girl clothes
Here's Marc, me, Rachelle, and Er
Here's Brittany, Mom, Chel, Amy, and Marc

The Hansen family: Bethany, Aubrey, Carla, and Caitlin Cher and Lucy (I don't know why this keeps coming up so small) and here's Caitlin and Karol- Caitlin made this blanket for Karol. It's so cute. I was like, "Caitlin, I need you to teach me how to sew!" The whole party was like, "That's not even sewing...she crocheted it!" Yeah yeah yeah... technicalitiy!

Grandma and Melissa

And to end it off... Ashley's "funny face"

Taggy Timey

I have 2 other tags to do from the past few months-- but I don’t want to bore you all, so I’ll just start with this one!
1. Post the rules on your blog2. Answer the six "8" items3. Let each person know they have been tagged by leaving them a comment

8 Favorite TV Shows:
1. LOST
2. Prison Break
3. So you think you can dance
4. Friends
5. Simpsons
6. Bachelor/Bachelorette
7. Dancing with the Stars
8. The biggest loser

Things I Did Today:
1. Went to the gym
2. Did homework
3. Went to Nordstrom
4. Went to school
5. Went to Café Rio with Bran
6. Went to Young Womens
7. Watched the CMA awards
8. Hanging out with my mom while I did homework, and she did a puzzle! Fun fun

8 Things I Look Forward To:
1. Cancun- only a week away!
2. The semester ending (4 weeks!)
3. Thanksgiving Dinner
4. Christmas! (No Ange…NOT too early!)
5. Seeing the new movie with Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn (I don’t remember what it’s called, but it looks funny)
6. The weekend
7. Having my Organic Chemistry class DONE WITH in a few weeks!
8. Bran and I having kids…eventually

8 Favorite Restaurants:
1. Macaroni Grill
2. Bajio
3. Tepanyaki
4. Café Rio
5. Zupas
6. Pizza Factory
7. That thai and sushi place we ate at in St George??
8. Happy Sumo

8 Things On My Wish List:
1. Bran and I to grow old together
2. Happy, healthy family
3. Brandon to always like his job
4. Money!! Not TOO much, but always enough :)
5. No more sociopaths out there
6. My body will always stay healthy to run and be active
7. Stay close with all of our good friends, and family members
8. To be a good mom
9. To learn how to sew
10. I really want a snowboarding pass this year! Oops...too many wishes!

8 people I Tag:
1. Brittany Thornton
2. Sam Christensen
3. Courtney
4. Danielle
5. Bianca
6. Candice
7. Nikkie
8. Megan