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\"1 cup of water coming right up!\"- my little niece Kayla said that today, during baking friday! :) baking friday! :) calling all cookie monsters and autumn harvest pilgrims! :) hehe! :) cookie monsters and autumn harvest pilgrims! :) hehe! :) cookie monsters and autumn harvest pilgrims unite! :) it\'s baking friday!!! :) oh my! :) a sweet November wholesome baking friday adventure in the kitchen!!! :) we had some very special guests in the kitchen today! :) as the sweet November month has arrived, the countdown to the wonderful Thanksgiving holiday is on! :) The autumm harvest pilgrims and harvest scarecrows joined us in the kitchen today! :) a sweet delivery of wonderfully wholesome feelings in the air, as the sweet month of November has arrived. :) we had flour flying all over the place! :) hehe! :) and introducing, the super roller! :) oh my! It\'s the super roller!!! :) hehe! :) this was so much fun!!! :) We sure do love our baking friday adventures, and sharing our adventures with everyone. :) We\'re so very happy, thankful, and blessed to have baking friday in our lives :) in October, we celebrated lots of super fun halloween themed baking friday adventures, and today, we began our sweet November wholesome baking friday adventures! :) This was so very wonderful! :) i wish i could including scent in my journals. :) It\'s that time of the year, as the weather is getting colder, the fresh crisp and sweetly cool air. :) the sights of birds flying south for winter, chimney\'s warming up, as the wonderfully wholesome feeling in the air, of the upcoming winter season. :) it\'s sweet classic and golden autumn season. :) We love this time of the year, so very much. :) we have a very special shoutout to my lovely mom, and our lovely friend Karen (kmhll447). :) they made big contributions to our baking friday adventure today. :) my mom picked up some baking friday supplies, and Karen sent us walnuts that grew on her tree. :) We used some of the walnuts today during our baking friday adventure. :) Thank you mom, Karen, and thank you all, so very very much, for making baking friday so very extremely fun, special, exciting, and wholesome. :) keeping with the tradition, a wonderfully wholesome tradition, today my little niece Kayla and i baked a pizza, and banana walnut bread. :) We wanted to get started this month, by baking some sweet treats, that were sure to fill our kitchen with wonderful warmth, and sweet scents of goodies, just like how autumn harvest goodies fill cornucopia\'s during this wonderfully beautiful time of the year. :) Lots of great spirit, energy, and excitement in the air. :) We are having the time of our lives, and so much fun, baking goodies, and sharing our adventures with everyone. :) my little niece Kayla had a half day of school today. :) during the course of the day, i began to set up, and decorate our kitchen for baking friday. :) it\'s part of the great fun each week. :) Early this morning, i wished Kayla a happy baking friday, and i shared your wonderfully heart warming happy baking friday wishes with my family. :) You all are so very wonderfully nice, and sweet. :) around mid-morning, i began to set up and decorate our kitchen. :) the autumn harvest season is in full swing. :) When i think of the month of November, i think of Thanksgiving, nice cozy warm kitchen, nice sweet scents of goodies baking, lots and lots of wonderful feelings of love in the air, spending nice quality time with family and friends, as many great memories are being made. :) this is the time of the year, where a sweet scent of baking goodies, that makes you smile, makes your heart warm, makes you want to have a nice hot cup of tea, hot chocolate, coffee. :) It\'s so very wonderfully special, being able to share these great fun times with eachother. :) i was decorating our kitchen, and i brought some of our Thanksgiving/harvest decoratives in the kitchen. :) i brewed some nice coffee, and made an iced coffee. :) i also prepared a nice lunch. :) i made some hot soup, using chicken brooth, shells pasta, some Italian seasoning, and garlic powder, i also had some wheat bread, and white rice with teriaki sauce. :) lunch was delicious, and my iced coffee was delicious too! :) early afternoon, i spent some nice quality time here on DS writing to friends. :) my little niece Kayla arrived home from school around 1:20pm. :) i went out into the kitchen, and was putting the finishing touches on setting up and decorating the kitchen. :) i turned the oven on to get the kitchen nice and cozy warm. :) Kayla was getting ready for our baking friday adventure. :) i made another iced coffee. :) CHEERS!!! :) i couldn\'t wait to try some pizza and to have some banana walnut bread. :) Earlier today, i crushed up some walnuts for our banana bread. :) i wore the aprons that my friend Arlene, and that my lovely ds mum (bloss) sent me, and i used the oven mits that my ds mum (bloss) sent me, that my ds sis Jennay (listless) sent me, that my ds brother Taino and ds sis Cyn sent me, that my friend Rita sent me, that my friend Danielle (blustargazr) sent me, that my sister Jenn and Jeremy gave me, that my friend Julia (jmk1973) sent me, that my friends Bryan (revbry) and his wife Lisa sent me, and i used the sunflower towels that my friends Gerri (gjones) and Linda (butterfly888) and Bryan and Lisa sent me, and towel that my friend Maria (Love4You) sent me, and apple towel that my friend Danielle sent me and the halloween towel my friend Dee (DeeKorn13) sent me and halloween pumpkin towel that my friend Maria sent me, towel that my friend Lori (KeepHoldingOn) snowman towels that my lovely friends Dee, Audrey, and Deb, sent me and Santa towels that my friend Maria sent me, and football towel that my friend Deb sent me, the happy smiley face and cool dude towels that my lovely friend Emma (ZenEm) sent me, and used the pot holders that my friends Maria, Julia, Bryan, and Lisa and Audrey and Lori sent me and football pot holders that my friend Deb sent me and the cafe kitchen set (oven mit, pot holder, towel) that Maria sent me. :) i use my baking friday diary that my lovely friend Jean (jeaninalabama) sent me to write baking friday notes. :) You all are with us in spirit, during baking friday. :) You all are wonderful, and make baking friday so very extra special. :) throughout the course of the day, i texted friends to wish them a happy baking friday. :) Thank you everyone so very much, for the great texts! :) The sweet wholesome feeling of November spirit was in the air, and we were all set, and ready! :) oh my! :) the autumn harvest pilgrim, and autumn scarecrows and cookie monsters were in the kitchen!!! :) calling all cookie monsters, autumn harvest pilgrims, and autumn scarecrows! :) It\'s time to bake! bake! bake! :) Kayla and i began our baking friday adventure! :) Kayla was telling us about her day at school. :) She got a score of 100 on her spelling test! :) great job Kayla! :) congratulations! :) We are so very proud of Kayla! :) She works very hard at school, she loves school, and she is already looking forward to the Christmas fundraisers, and school fundraisers, and the 2010 penny drive. :) She loves to participate in school activities. :) Kayla said, \"i\'m gonna donate the most pennies!\" :) hehe! :) so cute! :) We began to prepare the banana walnut bread. :) i said to Kayla, \"pick out the best 2 eggs ever!\" :) She loves to select the eggs. :) She had her apron on, she walked over to the fridge, selecting the best 2 eggs. :) i said, \"great job Kayla!\" :) She\'s a great helper! :) we began to add the ingredients to the bowl. :) i said, \"Kayla, please get 1 cup of water for us\" :) She said, \"1 cup of water, coming right up!\" :) hehe! :) so cute! :) once we had added all of the ingredients, we began to stir the ingredients. :) Kayla poured the walnuts that our lovely friend Karen (kmhll447) sent us, into the bowl. :) It\'s so very special to us, using the walnuts from Karen\'s tree. :) just thinking about how very special it is, how those walnuts grew on Karen\'s tree, and her wonderful kindness, and generousity to send us the walnuts, it warms our hearts, and touches our hearts in many wonderful ways, and makes us smile. :) Kayla is the super stirrer! :) awww! :) While she\'s stirring the mixes, i say, \"super stirrer! super stirrer!\" hehe! :) and she stirs and stirs, so very fast! :) hehe! :) it\'s a great new baking friday tradition! :) We were talking about Thanksgiving. :) We are looking forward to celebrating the holidays with everyone. :) i used butter to grease the bread baking pan. :) i held the bowl, and Kayla poured the banana walnut bread mix into the baking pan. :) baking friday teamwork! :) we waited to put the banana walnut bread into the oven, we wanted to put it in the oven at the same time as the pizza. :) we then began to get ready to prepare the pizza! :) Today, Kayla and i baked our 7th pizza! :) we love pizza, and always enjoy the sweet pizza party after baking a pizza. :) The first we got, was the FLOUR! :) oh my! :) it was time to get the flour flying!!! :) hehe! :) A sweet tradition we enjoy each time we use flour, we love to get flour on our hands, and we clap our hands, flour goes flying all over the place! :) hehe! :) Kayla got lots of flour, and she said, \"it\'s gonna be a blizzard!\" :) hehe! :) so cute! :) the flour was flying and flying through the air, like snow flying through the sky! :) we were sharing smiles and laughs. :) baking friday! :) we love it!!! :) we always feel your presence with us during baking friday. :) i got the pizza roller, and Kayla and i added flour to the counter. :) we were so very into this! :) We made a HUGE MESS!!! :) hehe! :) We had flour all over the place! :) i got flour on my arms, in my hair, on my jeans, on my shoes! hehe! :) i look like i just walked into a winter wonderland! :) hehe! :) this is great fun! :) we were smiling and smiling, and still are! :) we love our baking friday adventures, so very very much, and sharing them with everyone. :) Kayla began to knead the pizza dough, and she then used the roller to roll the pizza dough. :) Kayla was rolling and rolling, very very fast! :) hehe! :) i said, \"you are the super roller!\" :) hehe! :) She smiled! :) awww! :) We were having so much fun baking goodies. :) Everyone was in the kitchen watching on, as we baked and baked. :) We rolled the pizza dough, and made a massively huge pizza crust! :) we usually bake round pizza\'s, but today, we baked a sheet pizza. :) We used the old school cookie baking pan, that is a large sheet pan. :) it\'s perfect to use to bake pizza\'s too. :) We rolled the dough, and then Kayla and i each picked up the dough, and we put the dough on the sheet, and my sister Lisa gave us great tip, to roll the extra dough around the corners of the pan, to make the pizza crust. :) Thank you Lisa so very much for the great tip! :) It was then time to decorate the pizza! :) Kayla spread pizza sauce on the crust, and i got the mozzarella cheese. :) Kayla did a great job spreading the pizza sauce. :) i said, \"great job Kayla!\" :) Lisa said, \"Kayla, you\'re a pizza maker!\" :) Kayla was smiling! :) She was so very proud! :) awww! :) We sprinkled the mozzarella cheese on the pizza. :) we were so very proud, we showed everyone the pizza, and i then put the pizza, and the banana walnut bread in the oven, to bake! bake! bake! :) oh my! :) cookie monsters!!! :) calling all cookie monsters! :) We baking goodies!!! :) within minutes, the sweet scent of banana walnut bread, and pizza filled the kitchen! :) we love it!!! :) as the walnut bread and pizza were baking, we did some cleaning in the kitchen. :) We were all gathering around, talking about baking friday, and Thanksgiving, and our plans for next week\'s baking friday adventure. :) the cookies were baking nicely. :) Kayla said, \"let me check that pizza!\" :) hehe! :) so cute! :) We were checking the pizza and banana walnut bread, the goodies were baking really nice. :) i opened the oven door to get a nice sweet wave of delicious scent of the goodies baking. :) The pizza finished baking first. :) the cheese was beginning to get that nice sweet golden brownish color, nicely melted cheese. :) i brought the pizza out of the oven, and took a picture, and i said, \"where\'s the pizza slicer!\" :) hehe! :) pizza party is on!!! :) i was slicing the pizza, and i said, \"lets dig in!\" :) hehe! :) We were digging in, enjoying some pizza. :) We wish you all could have come over and had some pizza with us! :) The pizza is delicious! :) oh my! :) yummy! yummy! yummy! :) this is so very wonderful. :) the banana walnut bread baked for about another 15 minutes, and i then brought the banana walnut bread out of the oven to cool down a bit, it smells so good, while i was cutting the banana walnut bread, i just had to try some. :) i ended up having a half slice of the bread, oh my! :) mmm mmm! :) SWEET HARVEST GOODNESS!!! :) this is delicious! :) i was enjoying the nice warm banana walnut bread, and drinking my iced coffee. :) This was so much fun!!! :) we enjoyed such a super fun baking friday adventure. :) Everyone is enjoying the goodies. :) my great niece Taylynn had a slice of pizza, she was smiling and smiling, enjoying her pizza. :) Kayla had a slice of banana walnut bread. :) She said, \"man, this is good!\" :) hehe! :) so cute! :) She\'s having lots of fun playing the video games and enjoying the banana walnut bread. :) this is one of the most wonderfully wholesome baking friday adventures, we\'ve ever had. :) Lots of great memories being made, to always cherish and treasure. :) we finished cleaning up the kitchen, and i thanked my little niece Kayla for helping, and thanked my mom again for picking up some baking friday supplies at the store. :) i said to Kayla, \"Kayla, thank you for helping! :) baking friday! :) cool dude!\" :) She smiled! :) awww! :) We love baking friday! :) it\'s so much fun! :) We can\'t wait until our next baking friday adventure. :) Kayla wants to bake some blueberry muffins, and we also are gonna bake some more goodies too. :) lots of super fun baking friday adventures to look forward too. :) we\'re gearing up already, for next week\'s baking friday adventure. :) family and friends joined in the baking friday fun this week! :) my mom made American chop suey! our friend Deb (Stardust) mentioned that she\'s baking a pizza! our friend Jennay (listless) baked blueberry muffins and lemon chicken! our friends Nisa (Stix24) and her sister cooked a delicious meal for their Bonfire night celebrations! our friend Cj (ddeadred) baked a chocolate pudding bundt cake! our friend Katey (nixfix) made black bean dip! our friend Emma (ZenEm) baked almond biscuits for her dad, for his birthday! our friend Gail (gghcgail) baked fudge brownies! our friend Nancy (bluebutterfly55) baked a dark chocolate cake! our friend Lisa (Jobperson) baked banana walnut bread! our friend Carolyn (Cypher) mentioned that she may bake chocolate chip macademia nut cookies! :) many family and friends baking goodies! :) This is awesome!!! :) It\'s so very special to us, that family and friends join in on the baking friday fun! :) It\'s a very special day to us. :) baking friday! :) It\'s our favorite day of the week. :) We always look forward to it! :) we are always thinking of things we\'d love to bake! :) it\'s great fun, planning baking friday adventures each week! :) You all make baking friday, so very extra special. :) We love hearing about your baking and cooking adventures, and seeing pictures of the goodies and food you bake and cook. :) i mention to my family, that friends from all over the world, are baking and cooking goodies and you all sharing your baking and cooking adventures, is very heart warming! :) It\'s awesome day!!! :) Lots of baking friday fun and great memories! :) We love sharing our baking friday adventures with everyone. :) We wish we all could gather, and have a baking friday picnic! :) it would be so much fun! :) Thank you everyone, so very much, for joining us in the kitchen each week, and for sharing your baking and cooking adventures with us. :) calling all cookie monsters and autumn harvest pilgrims! :) hehe! :) cookie monsters and autumn harvest pilgrims! :) hehe! cookie monsters and autumn harvest pilgrims unite! :) It\'s baking friday! :) oh my! :) a sweet November wholesome themed baking friday adventure in the kitchen!!! :) This was so much fun!!! :) banana walnut bread, and cheese pizza, dedicated to our wonderful family and wonderful friends. :) We love you all so very very much! :) many great memories made, to always cherish and treasure. :) baking friday! :) we love it!!! :) November 6th, 2009. :) Happy November, and happy baking friday everyone! :)