valentines day

This past weekend was my idea of a great Valentines Day weekend. We headed up to Birch Bay on Thursday night with our friends Maggie and Pete...Maggie's parents live in the Bay in a beautiful house on the ocean and have been wonderful enough to host us a number of times now. Their house is about 25 minutes from the Canadian border so it's a bit of a drive but definitely worth it!

Friday morning we woke up to an amazing breakfast of eggs benedict (compliments of Cheryl, Maggie's mom), and just spent the morning lounging around. Friday afternoon we all drove up to Surrey, Canada (just over the border) and took the Sky-Tram into Vancouver. It's a monorail/subway system that is super neat and efficient...only about $5 and takes you right into downtown Vancouver. I had never been before, and so it was double exciting...as you probably know, this was the same night as the 2010 Olympic opening ceremonies.

We walked through the Olympic Village and took in all of the excitement...the city was clearly buzzing and people were everywhere. Vancouver is such a beautiful city from the little that I was able to see. Definitely want to go back. Anyways, we posted up at a fun restaurant right by the stadium, on one of the main streets in Vancouver. Ate some delicious food, watched the ceremonies on TV, and drank yummy beer and delicious cocktails. It was a good night - we took the train home later that night - so tired!

Saturday was our "Valentines Day" (please remind me who even began such a ridiculous holiday). Jeff and Pete went snowboarding all day at Mt. Adams (that morning I was awakened to Pete bursting in our bedroom like a little kid at Christmas saying "JEFF, JEFF, 31 degrees and 11 inches of NEW!"...they were very excited for the great conditions :). While the guys were having their fun, Maggie, Cheryl, and I went to the Chrysalis Spa (just love it) in Bellingham for some services. We had a relaxing morning there and then enjoyed some yummy seafood at the Big Fat Fish House for lunch. That evening we caught up on Thursday night TV shows, played cards, drank wine, and ate yummy spaghetti.

Sunday afternoon we headed home. It was a beautiful and sunny morning at the Bay, and we took a nice long walk...didn't want to leave! We were able to stop at my parents' house in Seattle for dinner which was great, and then we were on our way.