Favourite Foto Friday # 49

Brenda is away this weekend with her friend Tyla. This is the first time she has ever been away without one of our family members, so I am a little anxious. But I know that SHE will be fine lol. So since I don have any Halloween pics, just doing a few from the last couple of weeks. This one was taken on the first really hot summery day we had this year. Of course, as soon as we hit the beachit changed to overcast and WINDY! I was shivering on the beach with 2 towels wrapped around me, but of course Brenda played happily in the sea for ages!
This one is last weekend at the arts festival at one of the schools near here.

Afterwards we met my mom, dad and grandmother at the Spur for lunch, so here is a picture of Brenda with my dad and my Bobba.


The last few months Brenda has been making muffins which she sells at the school tuckshop. She is saving up to buy a laptop and is nearly halfway there now! These were the muffins we made today for school in honour of Halloween!

Almost Wordless Wednesday!

The peanut butter pumpkins that Brenda and I made the other day.
Our little aubergine plants have started to come up!

Question of the week

Well, I can see Fridays are going to be spent blogging around here! I have decided to join Heathers question of the week. Todays question is your favourite recipe. Heather posted a yummy sounding chicken recipe. I am also posting a chicken recipe which is really one of the easiest things I make. Unfortunately it is one of those that I dont really have amounts for, just depends on how many people you have.
Chicken and vegetable bake
Chicken pieces ( 1 for each person)
potato or even sweet potato (about half for each person)
butternut or really any vegetables you want to add, pepper is also nice
1 onion
tomatoes (works nicely with ROsa or cherry tomatoes, but normal tomatoes are fine too)
garlic
thyme and other seasoning to taste
juice of 1 orange (more if necessary)

Chop all vegetables up. Place all ingredients except tomatoes and orange juice with the chicken in a roasting dish. Place in oven at 220C(392F) After 20 minutes add the tomatoes and orange juice. Cook until chicken is cooked through and tomatoes are nice and caramelised! This is really delicious and so easy, because apart from the chopping of the vegetables there is no cooking just all in the oven.

Favourite Foto Friday # 48

The theme for this week is Pumpkins. I havent got any pictures of Brenda with pumpkins, dont really have pumpkin farms here, but these are her last years Halloween photos. I dont know if we will have any this year as she may be away with her friend Tyla in the Natal Midlands.



The theme for this week is Pumpkins. I havent got any pictures of Brenda with pumpkins, dont really have pumpkin farms here, but these are her last years Halloween photos. I dont know if we will have any this year as she may be away with her friend Tyla in the Natal Midlands.

Favourite Foto Friday # 47

The theme for FFF today is Friends. I did this a few months ago, but I found some other ones.
The first two are of Brenda with my best friends niece Megan. Because we see each other often, so do the kids, and they always get on so well. THese pics were taken at the Botanic Gardens on the last day of the holidays in January.


This one was taken at the ice rink in July, we ran into my friend Vida there, and the child on the right hand side is Vidas daughter Emma. They have known each other since Emma was born!

Advent calendar

Havent posted anything crafty here for ages. Mainly because I havent done anything. I did put this together for Brenda, and didnt wantto show it because it was supposed to be a secret. However she found it at my office the other day, so here it is. Now we are busy making a few more, for friends kids

Favourite Foto Friday #46

The theme for this week on FFF is Octoberfest. Since I dont really have many old photos on here any more, and since Brenda has been away, so taken none this year, I thought I would put this one on. This was taken on the night of their school concert. When I got Brenda all done up in her make up, it just sort of took my breath away, to see how grown up she looks and made me think how our lives will be changing in the next few years. I dont think I am ready for it. What happened to my baby?