Conner's "Life Cycle" first grade play

Today Conner had his end of the year "first grade play". I can't believe this school year is almost over and that he is going to second grade! It was fun to watch, he was the sun.

Rocking horse

A friend of mine had this rocking horse and she did not want it so she gave it to me to give to Brinley. It is so funny to watch her, she loved it.

Happy Birthday Alison!!

Today was Alison's 20th birthday. She is not a teenager anymore!! it is weird to think that all three of my girls are in their 20's. We had a great day, we went shopping for clothes and then we went to see the Young Ambassadors show "Harmony". Just Ali and me, it was awesome!!

The office is done!! Brent is moving in the next couple of weeks.

reception area.

Brent's office.

file room.

Kitchen.

For mothers day my hairstylist wanted to do some highlights on my hair. It was her gift to me, because I referred a friend to her. I told her that I did not like light colors, because they look like gray hair on me. I said I liked reds. She gave me some red highlights and I love them.

Happy Mother's day!!!

Happy Mother's day to our wonderful mom!! Thank you for all you do.

Our Anniversary

Today is our 23rd wedding anniversary!! We celebrated last night. We went to the Samba Room, we had dinner and then at 10:00 they have salsa lessons and we stayed and danced for a while. We had a great time. It is hard to believe that it has been 23 years, it is a long time but it has gone by so fast.

Conner's Mother's day letter

I love this boy, he is so sweet and just loves to cuddle and give me kisses!!!

Conner wrote me a mother's day letter today at school. It says:

Dear Mom,

Happy Mother's Day. And I hope you enjoy it. You are very special to me. I like it when you are near me.

Love,

Conner

Sunday Roast recipe

I wanted to make a roast so I looked for a recipe to substitute the dry onion soup mix, which has way to much sodium. I found this really good recipe and it turned out delicious.

8 tsp. dried onion flakes
1 1/2 tsp dried parsley
1 tsp onion powder
1 tsp turmeric
1/2 tsp celery seed
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp sugar
1/4 tsp ground pepper

mix well and store in an airtight container for up to six months.

I did not have dried onion flakes so I used a fresh onion (obvously if you are storing it you need to use onion flakes or don't add the onion until ready to use). 1 tablespoon of onion flakes=1/3 cup of fresh onion. I put 1 pound of carrots, about 8 potatoes quartered, and 1 cup chopped onion on the bottom of the slow cooker. Dissolve the onion mix in 1 cup of water pour over a 3 to 4 pound roast. I cooked it for 8 hours. Makes 6 to 8 servings. The mix has only 1/2 tsp of salt so you are eating hardly any salt and it turned out really good!!!