Manburger and I decided to do all our big on-the-town Valentine's festivities the night before, so that we could enjoy a low-key Valentine's Day. The night before Manburger and I headed downtown for dinner and a movie. We saw the best movie,
New in Town, which I think all of my family will love because it takes place in Minnesota and the story is funny and heart-warming. After our movie, we went to a fancy restaurant and had a delicious meal that included prime rib, pork loin, mashed potatoes, sauteed green beans, and a dessert sampler. It was nice to eat in a swanky restaurant and have great service, plus I had fun watching the other parties in the dining room, especially the couples on awkward first dates.
We really enjoyed our Valentine's Day because we didn't have to go anywhere and got to spend the whole day together. On Valentine's Day for lunch, Manburger and I had the best meal ever! Seriously, is there anything better than dipping things in hot melted cheese fondue?
Although we don't have a fondue set, we improvised with our small saucepan and bamboo skewers. We had quite a yummy spread: tomatoes, apples, bread cubes, and broccoli spears. Yum, yum! The expression on my face in this picture pretty much sums up how much I enjoyed this meal.
Later in the afternoon, we went for a walk on the beach and I got a super special Valentine's Day gift. A seagull kindly pooped on my sweater and jeans, hooray! Yes, Manburger and I continued our walk after this happened :) If the seagull poop had landed on my bare skin, it would've been a different story.
And following in my Yogurl tradition, I made Manburger a luscious banana cream pie. I only make this about once a year, but it's fun and Manburger really enjoys it.
This last picture is the first documentation of my small baby-bump. It is small, but we definitely notice the change from before. I even wore my jeans with a rubberband around the button yesterday because they were starting to feel a little tight. I guess showing a little at 15 weeks is to be expected :)
Yogurl and I just celebrated our three year anniversary. We're such an old couple! 
We went to Big Bear and stayed at a Bed and Breakfast.
It was really cool. I had to put snow chains on the tires when we were going up there because they had gotten several feet of snow the weekend before. Fortunately, we had bought tires ahead of time and I had played with them a little, so getting them on was no problem.
By time we came home, the roads were clear enough that we didn't need them anymore. The place we stayed was super cool. They had a great mid-week special price, so we were able to stay there way cheaper than normal. The owners were really cool, nice people who cooked breakfast for us themselves. We had a fireplace and a jacuzzi tub and a sweet log bedframe. 
Yogurl didn't want to go skiing because she didn't want to fall down and hurt herself or the baby, so we went snowshoeing instead. 
It turned out to be plenty tiring on fresh snow. As you can see, we got fairly warm hiking around, so I had to roll up the sleeves. I think it was in the mid 40s that day. We also went to the Big Bear zoo, which was pretty cool. 
They had three great big grizzly bears that reminded me of my brothers, a beautiful snow leopard and some sleepy timber wolves. They also had a bald eagle with one wing and one eye. I think it would make a good symbol for the People's Republic of China. It was a decent little zoo. 
Anyway, we had a great time and a happy anniversary.
