Make My Saturday Sweet - Blog Hop #17

This was Amanda's little playgroup's end-of-the-year concert. They sang and danced to three songs, two were in English and one in Afrikaans. She was Marie in the song "Let It Grow" from the Lorax movie and had to sing/say her lines to the original song, which she did super sweetly. She beamed the whole way through and was really brave on stage. Here's a portion of these fun lyrics with Amanda's/Marie's lines in red. You can find the whole version on Wiki. Lyrics Crowd song Sai: You don't know me, but my name's Sai. I'm...

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Picture Perfect Party Linky #18

Since yesterday evening, we have experienced a number of happy events and one traumatic event. The traumatic event came on the tail end of a happy one. It's the end of the year, not only on the calendar, but also for the schools and extra curricular activities, so a lot has been going on. For example, Jeremiah, who is turning 16 on Saturday, wrote his last exam for grade 10 today. In January he will be going to grade 11. Yesterday and today were two end-of-the-year events for Amanda. The first one was her Monkeynastix. It's a movement...

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Inspirational Quotes on Food

I thought you might like to see how my family celebrated Thanksgiving Dinner in South Africa. I'm including the links to the recipes that we used, but we didn't follow the recipes exactly. I also have three images below of holiday meals from previous years that we had at other relatives' homes. I've added quotes from the Bible to go with them. I would be thrilled for you to pin any of my images to your Pinterest boards. I have a "Pin it" button on my right-hand sidebar to make it easier for you. I have one daughter that hates nuts...

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Make My Saturday Sweet - Blog Hop #16

My family plus Amanda's friend, Sarai I hope everyone who was celebrating American Thanksgiving had a fabulous time with friends and family over a scrumptious meal. We still managed to create a feast too even though Thursday wasn't a holiday here and it's also the beginning of summer. Hubby and I put in several hours in the kitchen to pull it off. Later he said that he had to play the role of three aunts and one Oma (grandma). Hahaha! I'll share eye-catching photos and links to the wonderful recipes in my next post. Now on to the...

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Picture Perfect Party Linky #17

Ever since I started blogging on Amanda's Books and More, I started taking lots more photos. I really enjoy documenting our lives in this way. It's like scrapbooking, only it's digital. If you like blog hops, then make sure you check out the Empowered Living Tuesday Blog Hop that I'm co-hosting. You can link your blog, Twitter and Facebook. Amanda  (fresh flowers in her hair) Amanda in Black and White Playing with Kitten Sitting with Kitten Sitting with Kitten on the Kitchen Floor Just Hanging Out Together Bath...

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Co-Hosting the Empowered Living Blog Hop

These are my children from oldest to youngest:Jeremiah, Jessica, Samantha and Amanda Hi ladies! I'm excited to be co-hosting Jesse's Empowered Living Tuesday Blog Hop! Everything you need to know about the hop is below the "empowered living" logo. You might be surprised, but Jesse showed me how to schedule a post with Blogger. I've been blogging on Amanda's Books and More since February of this year and I never knew how to do this basic step. Since I live in a different time zone to her, it was important for me to learn. This post...

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