Mother's Day

I had a fantastic Mother's Day with the kids and Jeff. We started our day off at the Wild Animal Park. It was awesome! We saw lions up very close! In fact, there was only 1/4 inch of glass separating us from them. There were 2 mommy lions right up at the glass wishing everyone a happy mother's day. We also fed the lorikeets which was quite the experience. And when I say "we" I mean Jeff. He grew up with a bird so he wouldn't be surprised when a flock of them landed on him like the kids or I would be. Jeff was holding Kyle so he got to see them pretty close. He was a bit shy at first, but quickly warmed up to them sitting on Jeff's arm. And then we went on the hot air balloon ride and by hot air balloon ride, I mean hot air balloon, but tethered to the ground so the ascent and decent are controlled. I was terrified to do it because we watched it land and the wind had picked up so needless to say it looked rocky. But the 4 of us got on and went up 400 feet and had a fantastic bird's eye view of the park. The kids were pretty thrilled with the ride!

The lions come to greet us.

The two mommy lions seem to be wishing one another a Happy Mother's Day!

When we got home, Jeff made us a great dinner. We had some fresh halibut with a roasted red pepper sauce and cilantro sauce to top it off. He made some delicious Asian snap peas on the side. Mmmmmmm. And for dessert, he made raspberry bread pudding. So many of my favorite foods! Delicious!! Thank you Jeff, Kyle and Emilyfor a wonderful mother's day!! It wouldn't have been possible without you!