Heidi’s Baking Challenge – Melting Moments

This week Heidi’s baking challenge is ‘something for a tea’. I decided to make some delicious ‘Melting Moments’.  Here is the recipe:

120g butter

60ml icing sugar

5ml almond essence

Pinch salt

240ml flour

2.5ml baking powder

Cream butter, sugar, almond essence and salt until light and fluffy.  Add the flour and baking powder and mix. Chill in fridge. Form into balls and place on a greased baking tray. Flatten with a fork dipped in flour. Bake at 180 degrees Celsius for about 8 to 10 minutes. Cool before removing from pan.  Ice if desired.

Makes 24

Love, Nancy

Photo Shoot of Kelly

 This afternoon my sister Kelly-Anne and I had a photo shoot.  I took photos of her and she took some of me!   Here are some of the finest I took:

This is my absolute favourite!

And this is Kelly-Anne’s favourite!

 

I love the way she is holding the rose!

She is beautiful with the sun shining on her hair!

I love the fence in the background and the lily!

We had such a lovely time taking photos of each other!

Love Nancy

An Update on Smokey

When I got Smokey for my 11^th birthday last year, I posted a picture of him on my blog but I wanted to post an update on him today so that you can see how beautiful he has become!  He is a lovely kitty and has grown quite big.

Smokey

I love him lots!!!!

Nancy

Father’s Day!

Last week we enjoyed getting ready to surprise my dad for Father’s Day on Sunday the 19^th of June.

Cookies, coffee and a card!

The little ones helped my mom make chocolate chip cookies for my dad (the cookies were meant to be a surprise but my dad found out!), Kelly made a card and my mom bought a selection of gourmet coffees.  I didn’t know what to do for my dad, so my mom suggested that I make one of my special pictures.  I knew my dad liked the pictures that I had previously made using felt, material, crayons, a fine liner and coloured cardboard, so I made him one on Saturday afternoon.

The picture I made.

Me and my dad.

We made my dad breakfast in bed! It was so much fun preparing the breakfast! We made an omelette with wild mushrooms, cheese and red peppers and on the plate put a garnish with rocket, tomato and parsley. Kelly squeezed lots of oranges by hand for juice, my mom fried some bacon and voila! My dad enjoyed it so much! I can’t wait till next Father’s Day! I love being able to bless other people.

HAPPY FATHER’S DAY, DADDY!!
I LOVE YOU!!

Love Nancy

My First Blog Award!

This is my first blog award!  Sarah from Walking in the Narrow Way (now this is My Father’s World) gave me this award some time ago, but only now I have gotten to post it!

For this award I must list 8 things about myself:

I absolutely love sewing short and easy projects.

My favourite animal is a dolphin (although I have never seen a live one).

I love reading classics, mysteries and adventure books.

I really enjoy baking with my little sister Rebekah.

I love inventing games for my little sisters.

I love listening to Britt Nicole and Casting Crowns music.

I enjoy riding horses.

And I love Jesus Christ, and reading his word (the Bible)!

Thank you very much for the award Sarah!!

   

Love Nancy

Doll Pyjamas

On Friday my mom wanted to make Rebekah a pair of pyjamas. I was only going to watch, but my mom asked if I would like to make matching pyjamas for her doll? It was so much fun and also much easier than I expected!

Rebekah loves her doll’s new pyjamas!

  I will post a picture of Rebekah in her finished pyjamas when my mom is done!!

Love Nancy

A Swim and a Tractor Ride

The other day Uncle Donovan took us and two other homeschooling families for a tractor ride and a swim in a dam.

Here are some photos:

The tractor!

The tractor ride was so much fun! It was also very, very bumpy!!

Beth on the tractor!

The beautiful dam we swam in!

Gabrielle getting in



Beth and Gabrielle playing in the shallows!

I love taking the little ones for rides on my back.  I mainly take Gabrielle on my back because she is quite light and does not fall off easily.

Beth

We could see our house from where we were!

Look at this wonderful view...don’t we live in a beautiful piece of countryside?

Gabrielle riding home in the tractor

We had a lovely time!

Love Nancy