I love candied sweet potatoes and usually go the easy route and get a can of sweet potatoes then add brown sugar, butter and marshmallows to them before I bake them. But today I tried something new! I had purchased sweet potatoes and decided to experiment on a recipe before Thanksgiving. I took one sweet potato, removed the skin and cut in cubes. I microwaved them for about 3 minutes to partially cook them. Next I added about 2 tablespoons of butter, sprinkled brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg over the
I received a beautiful book to review and also will be having a give away contest for one of my readers to win! God With Us: A Journey Home is a book written for children and perfect for parents or grandparents to read with them. The book has 268 pages, it’s easy to read and follow along with beautiful illustrations. Author Jeremy Pierre and illustrator Cassandra Clark want to awaken children to abrave journey — a journey home. This world is not our home. We live east of Edenand short
I know it’s early but I was so excited yesterday morning! For my Friday Story Time by Lia I’m sharing a story and pictures of my Princess Room Christmas tree that I decorated almost all by myself! Pop brought the tree downstairs and Ma, Pop and I put it together. I can turn on either white or color lights and they even twinkle! After the tree was put together, we plugged the lights in to make sure they worked…. yes they all worked!! The next project was to add ornaments
Today is National Princess Day, November 18th, the day to celebrate the Princess in every little girl! Maybe you know a Princess who shines because of her gift of laughter, making everyone around them smile. Maybe you know a Princess who shines because of her great acts of kindness and heart of gold. Another Princess may be bold and confident, ready to take on every new challenge! Since Lia was born, she has been called a little Princess by so many people. I’ve always said Lia was born with a
We are on day 17 of the Ultimate Blog Challenge, in two weeks we will be in December! Today’s suggested topic is to write something fun to do. Do you blog because it’s fun or because it’s a challenge to complete writing a blog every day of November? Maybe it’s fun to see your stats grow when others visit, read and share your blogs. For me I love a challenge and yes at times we may think it’s not going to be possible to come up with a topic everyday.