as of late.

you know those CRAZY BUSY weeks,
the ones where all your professors plan your tests and due dates of workshop pieces?
where days FLY by because you need more time to get everything done?
where you find yourself forgetting to eat and not even noticing because your stomach doesn't even have time to think?
that was this week.
or so i thought it would be.
i had a test monday and thursday and a workshop piece due for creative writing on wednesday.
but it ended up being an awesome week!
don't get me wrong, it was still what i'd consider a busy and stressful week, but...
there were enough AMAZING things to make it a great week.

monday...
i didn't feel good so tristan picked me up from school early,
made me dinner,
and watched movies with me.
so we took the day off, it happens. :)

tuesday...
finally bought a dining table!
date night with maddy and sam.
tucanos tuesday gives student lunch rates all day long.
and apparently they love us because they gave us the "smooshed" cheesecakes that they couldn't sell but still tasted wonderful.

wednesday...
studying and more studying...
but, when i did finally get home,
tristan surprised me with my one-year anniversary band for my ring.
he had told me we couldn't pick it up till tomorrow!
it is beautiful.
and i L.O.V.E. it.

thursday...
tristan picked me up from school after my physiology test.
he knew i had been studying non-stop from 10:00 a.m. till my test at 6:00,
he also knew that i hadn't stopped to eat or do anything for that matter,
so instead of driving me home he took me to training table for dinner.

friday...
tristan helped me deep clean the house
AND
do laundry.
he is amazing!
our date night consisted of making dinner together,
snuggling,
and watching a movie.
every now and then we need relaxing weekends like that to keep us sane.

saturday...
5k foam fest.
3.1 miles of running up one hill, down the next,
up one hill down the next, up one hill down the next,
climbing up two five feet walls,
crawling under barbed wire nets,
jumping hurdles,
crossing a river by jumping from one big tire to another,
a foamy slip and slide,
a foamy "car wash",
climbing up two eight feet walls,
and many more.
this was our morning.
it was a blast!
tristan humored me and did it with me.
he ended up coming in second and i beat my goal time so i was happy :)
we were soaked and dirty but we loved it!
after coming home,
playing with our puppy,
eating lunch and getting ready
we headed out on our four hour shopping spree.
anyone who knows me knows i hit my limit at about an hour.
but we had fun.
it was successful and yet inexpensive.
we found what we needed for family pictures,
and maybe a few things for christmas.
and tried on things that we could never buy but really like anyways.

sunday...
our new ward is full of elderly people,
and people from the apartment complex.
but we like it because there are young couples that we can be friends with.
after a failed attempt of making ice cream,
we went to dinner at keith and kelsey jensen's home.
it was delicious,
we played games,
and talked a lot.
we are glad to get to know them.

sorry for the marathon post. especially without pictures... my camera is missing. and until i find it the only pictures we take are on my phone but those don't always turn out very good. plus without my camera i just forget to take pictures sometimes...