The Stewart Standard

My parents are literally saints and for Christmas gave Dallas and I a trip to Mexico. It was heaven on earth and such a blast hanging out with my parents for a week. If any of you have met them, you know it was a party.

We (meaning my family) have had some amazing times in Cancun, also some scary times. We were there in 2006 for Hurricane Wilma. But that sure hasn't stopped us from going back. Dallas had never been so it was so fun to take him to do all the things we love doing!

So here is a little guide/review of our amazing time in Cancun!

1. Cancun is on the Atlantic side of the ocean and so the water is crystal clear turquoise blue and my favorite of all. So of course we got some quality time in at the beach.








2. The ruins in Tulum. It is about an hour drive from Cancun (Hotel Zone) but so amazing to see. They are Mayan ruins and it is gorgeous and sits right on the ocean. On the way home there are awesome things to do. We stopped in the tiny town of Akumal where you can snorkle or scuba dive and there are tons of turtles! Also there are fresh water sink holes called Cenotes. You can for practically free swim/snorkle in these fresh water sink holes and they are so cool! Then we stopped in the town of Playa Del Carmen where they have a darling street called 5th Avenue (hah) that is closed off to cars and has lots of fun little stores (and Luis Vuitton? so random haha).








3. Cancun is a strip of land that surrounds a huge Lagoon in the middle. You can tour the lagoon in tiny little boats that you can drive yourself and go through all these junglely looking waterways that are narrow and completely enclosed. It is such a blast. You see lots of fish and can even see a crocodile because they live in the lagoon!




4. There are several islands off the coast, one is Cozumel where a lot of cruise ships stop, and the other is Isla Mujeres. It is only about a 30 minute boat ride to the tiny island and it is such a blast. This is one thing I had never done before and wished we would have had more time. It is so small you can rent a golf cart or Vespa and drive it around the entire island. There are hardly any cars! I am not going to lie, it is kinda a hippy hang out but fun to see for sure.

I posted last exactly a month ago... and well I figured I better play catch up.

I had to remind myself again why I blog. I have recently read posts about how these types of blogs just try to portray a perfect life. I hope my friends and family know by no means this is what we are trying to do.

I am not too great at journal writing and/or scrapbooking (digital or not), so this is what I resulted to. These are the memories I want to keep. In years from now I hope I can look back at posts and remember the good times Dallas and I had, and the memories we made. Life is far from perfect but reflecting on the good and the positive is what we are aiming to do.

So here were the good times over the last month! (excluding our trip which I will post later!)

It has been a whole month since I posted... So let me catch you up. We have been working and finals. Yep, that's it. Haha our life is school and work but as Friday I am done with school! Yay! and Dallas will be done on Wednesday.

Somewhere in the thick of it all my darling friend Brooke took some family pictures for us. I wanted to send out a Christmas card this year with Fitz in it and I couldn't have been happier with how they turned out! (Thanks to Brooke... we are not the easiest to photograph).

The cards are in the mail so I thought I would post a couple more on here. Can you believe Christmas is in 10 days? We can't and are ready for some holiday activities!

Merry Christmas from the Stewarts!

So Dallas and I are both in school but neither of us are huge football fans. I mean, we like to keep up and what not but we are not die hards, at every game, kinda fans.

And here is a little background for all ya'll... My freshman year of college I attended the U of U and danced on the University of Utah Dance Team and it was one of the most fun years of my life! My dream though was to attend ASU. When my parents decided to move there I jumped at the chance because now we could afford the in-state tuition! So I moved to AZ when I was a sophomore in college. I attended Arizona State University for two years working on my prerequisite courses for nursing school. After completing these is when I moved back to SLC to finish school at Westminster college.

So.... I feel like I get to cheer for both ASU and the University of Utah. It just get's a little tricky when they play each other.

One thing is for sure though, Dallas and I love an event, and so when we were offered tickets to a few football games we couldn't wait! We were lucky enough to travel to AZ for the ASU vs Utah football game. It was so bittersweet, but I got the opportunity to go down on the field for pre-game so of course I had to wear my ASU gear (and I was technically there longer). Then, the next weekend thanks to Dallas's dad we were able to go to the Utah vs Oregon game. Needless to say, it was a little chillier but just as fun (except the U lost and that dropped ball.... woof).

We feel so lucky we were able to go to such fun games. The nostalgia of college football is so fun to partake in especially during the fall. Crazy to think in 5 short months both of us will be college grads and moving on to a new chapter! I am so excited to see where life will take us! But here is some pics of the game... sorry to get sappy!

xoxo, Carly

Just slightly disappointed after the game... haha

I owe it to Dallas for keeping me sane during nursing school and working way more than I should.