Best Mother's Day EVAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My mothers day started out with me sleeping until 10:30 am, I then woke up and took a long hot luxurious shower and put on my most comfy clothes and I then walked into an immaculate living room. Yes, Frank cleaned the entire living room and the entire kitchen for me. I then had a nice cup of coffee and lounged around watching a movie with my family. I then sat out on the porch for a while and I got to see my first new bird of the day (YEAH! BIRDS! LOL! It's mothers day, I get to post what I want!) I saw my very first Black-Headed Grosbeak (There is a link for you, I didn't get a picture of it, because by the time I stood up and got my camera it left.)

It was very exciting, seeing a new bird for me is seriously a high! You can ask Mom, she'll tell you just how nutty I am about it!

Then, Frank took me to Sports Authority to pick out a new pair of binoculars and the ones I got ROCK, they are the best binoculars I have ever owned. We then got a picnic and went to the Jordan River Park/Trail. (Mom, the same trail we went to last week.) And I DID bring my camera this time! Last time, when we went with mom I forgot my camera....I saw 3 new birds and didn't get a damn picture. But not this time!

So, after our picnic Frank took Emma to the playground and let me go bird watching alone. This is a trail that is on the Audubon website, there is always good bird watching here. So off I went, no one to worry about, no 4 year old to scare birds away, no husband I am worried about boring to death. Just me and my binoculars and my camera. And I saw 3 new birds plus a few other awesome sights.

First I was walking very close to the river (this is more like a canal, but in Utah it's a RIVER, we have very little water here!) and I saw this beautiful shore bird land in the water right near me. It's an American Avocet, one of the prettiest birds I've ever seen. First time I ever saw one in real life:



This next bird I see was jaw dropping for me. It is one of two birds I have told many people that I want to see before I die. LOL. I cannot believe I just happened up on them so easily and so close to home. I thought I'd have to travel to Idaho to likely see them! But I saw them, more than once, I saw them also later on the way back on the trail. I will just show my 2 best pictures of them. Here is the highlight of my mothers day, Cedar Waxwings:



Then later on after watching the Cedar Waxwings for a while I saw mommy and daddy Canada Geese with several babies! I knew how much Emma would like these so I took a picture:



I then saw Emma and Frank walking down the trail (about a mile from the park) to meet me and we all walked back to the car. On the way back I saw the Cedar Waxwings again...SERIOUSLY BEST MOTHERS DAY EVER! All thanks to these two people who I love more than any bird on the planet! (LOL!):