This year it was Zach’s turn to plan our Valentine’s Day.  We decided to make a weekend out of it and go up to the Hendo cabin.  Friday morning Zach left me a V-day surprise in the office.

He left a trail of puppy and kitty Valentine’s to a gift bag adorned with stickers.

My gift to him was not as well executed, although it did take a lot of effort to put all of his favorite candies into a hardware organizer.

Once Zach got home from work we drove up to the cabin.  We shared a pizza dinner [my favorite kind of Valentine’s dinner is when you DON’T have to cook anything].  We spent the majority of our time up there lounging in the main living room in front of the big windows watching the Olympics.

The next morning Zach came up with a pretty creative plan.  He was going to snowboard down the main road from the cabin and I was going to follow him in the Ranger.

True love is following your husband down a snowy path so he doesn’t have to hike back up afterwards.

Afterwards, inspired by all the olympic events we had been watching, we created a luge track.  It has rained the night before and the existing snow had turned into slick slush.  Perfect for luging.

Then I treated my husband to his favorite meal:  turkey roast with twice baked potatoes.

Later that night we packed up all our stuff and made our way back home before it got too dark.  With all the snowboarding and luging, we forgot to roast our s’mores.  So after we had unloaded the car with all our cabin gear we treated ourselves to some stove top mallows.

It was so nice not to have to fight the crowds this year for V-day!  I couldn’t have planned the weekend better.  And let’s be honest…Zach only can go up after our very first Valentine’s date at Hot Dog on a Stick over four years ago.  He’s my best friend and Valentine for life!