The sort of Vday weekend i would've asked for

Yesterday we celebrated Valentine's Day with a session of Ashtanga partners Yoga.

It was based loosely on the yoga that i normally do, but with a partner.

It actually requires a lot of balance and communication and TRUST, and it gave us some good ideas for stretching exercises too.

We even managed to successfully complete "The Airplane" move, where one person lies on the floor with his/her legs up in the air holding up the other person by the hips.

Matt held me first and we even managed to let go of our hands so it was just him holding me up with his legs... !

Then it was my turn and if i wasn't actually holding his entire weight with my legs/feet, i would've burst out laughing - it was easier than i thought!

After connecting spiritually, we had to counter that balance and headed over to Walmart to satisfy our McDonald's craving. We spent the rest of the night assembling a 500 piece puzzle of a tiger.

It was good brain-training work and after a few hours, we both remarked that doing a puzzle together is probably the one time where we've spent a single extended period of time together where we didn't speak because we were so engrossed in what we were doing.

Today we were going to head up to Mount Washington to do some snowboarding but woke up too late to go up and make it worthwhile.

So instead we took a hike to Ammonite Falls, just a 10 minute drive from home.

We hiked through the new forest and then lowered ourselves down on ropes to the bottom of the falls. Very pretty and very muddy!

We then took our picnic lunch to Westwood Lake and watched as kids slid around on the not-so-frozen ice... it's a beautiful 6km walk around the lake and a great swimming place in the summer.

To top off our Valentine's weekend, last week we bought our selves a second-hand 2000 Nissan Xterra.

The previous owner kept it in such good condition it looks brand new. Roof rack, tow bar, 4 wheel drive, snowtires (and it also comes with a set of all-season tires!), ELECTRIC windows and locking system!!

I have to admit I love driving it, despite the gas-guzzling beast it is and the fact that my hubby is a student on the "Green Building and Renewable Energy" course; my dream of owning a big red honking truck is now fulfilled.