baking friday :) American Flag, 4th of July Cake, and Brownies :) Summer Smiles and Cheer! :)

"red, white, and blue, 4th of July time!"- my nephew's Hunter, Brody, Jacob, and Colby said that today, during baking friday! :)

baking friday! :) Calling all cookie monsters! :) hehe! :) cookie monsters! :) hehe! :) cookie monsters unite!!! :) it's baking friday! :) oh my! :) a super fun, spirit soaring, and super sweet, happy 4th of July themed baking friday adventure in the kitchen!!! :) This was so much fun!!! :) our kitchen is glowing with red, white, and blue, as we celebrated our annual 4th of July themed baking friday adventure! :) we're counting down to the 4th of July! :) sharing lots and lots of smiles, and spirited cheer! :) come on over, for some baking friday goodies! :)

We sure do love our baking friday adventures, and sharing our adventures with everyone :) keeping with the tradition, a wonderfully wholesome tradition :) Today, the kids , Holly, and i baked an American flag themed 4th of July cake, and brownies :) it was so much fun! :) We're so happy and excited, welcoming the kids back into the kitchen today ,for a super fun adventure :) The summer season is blossoming ,and we're so happy and thrilled to share in and celebrate the awesome times of the season with everyone :) You all make these times very special, and memorable for us :) Thank you angel friends, so very much for sharing in the season, and sharing in this very special tradition with us each week :) Happy baking friday smiles! :)

Happy Countdown to the 4th of July! :) Summer Smiles! :) Hi angel friends! :) my family, Holly, and i hope everyone is doing well, healthy, and enjoying a wonderful day! :) We love hearing from you, and are so happy and excited to share in and celebrate continued joys of the summer season with everyone :) It's summer time, with lots of great spirit soaring festivities, traditions, and celebrations :) The 4th of July is coming up :) we look forward to celebrating with everyone :) we love our annual 4th of July themed baking friday adventure :) There's so much to enjoy this time of the year, and many very special times that brings great memories :) The summer season has settled in nicely :) We hearing about your days, adventures, and sharing ours :) With the upcoming 4th of July holiday, and Canada day holiday for our Canadian friends, it's a great time to enjoy all of the great times that makes the season very special, and memorable :) firing up the BBQ grill, summer time nature, gardening, and so much more! :)We cherish and treasure the spirit soaring times we get to share with family and friends, sharing in this wonderful season with everyone :) Wishing everyone a safe, healthy,and happy upcoming holiday, and continued joys of the season, as summer season continues to blossom :)

This morning, we had an awesome new day rising and shining! :) A very special friday tradition i love very much, is wishing my family, Holly, and friends a happy baking friday, and i share with my family and Holly, your sweet happy baking friday wishes :) awww! :) Thank you angel friends, so very much! :) You all are very nice, and sweet :) We've been looking forward to our super baking friday adventure :) Summer season is blossoming, and lots of great spirited excitement in the air :) We love baking friday, and the very special joy it brings us getting to share our adventures with everyone :) i was up early this morning, enjoying some nice time here on DS, writing to friends, and getting ready for my early morning nature walk :) We're so glad, and thankful for some nice sunshine :) our plants, and all of the nature soaks up the sunshine, as the gardening season is in full swing :) i gathered a nice bowl of goodies, and went outside for my nature walk :)

It's so nice, seeing the sunrise sky, and the nature glowing as the new day is blossoming :) i put lots of goodies in our backyard, and in the bird sanctuary area, for our nature friends :) They love their baking friday breakfast feasts :) Awww! :) We love seeing our nature friends visiting our yard, and garden :) our plants, fruit trees, and garden are continuing to do very well, growing and flourishing :) We love these awesome times in the gardening season, and seeing our summer garden blossom : )We love our beautiful tiger lillies, roses, daisies, and snowball bush blossoms :) it's amazing, to see how much the plants have grown :) they've been enjoying the rain,and warmth this week, and also the sunshine yesterday and today :) we have lots of nice tomato plants, vegetables plants growing, and snap peas to pick soon :) We love fresh garden goodies :) We love sharing our adventures with everyone :) it's a very exciting time in the season, and many more super fun adventures to look forward too :) we love seeing our nature friends visiting our yard, and garden :) Lots of spirit soaring nature, as the summer season continues to shine :) Happy sunny nature, and gardening season smiles :)

It was a sweet peaceful early morning :) We enjoyed our breakfast, and having some iced coffee, water, hot tea, and sprite soda :) i began to gather our baking friday supplies, 4th of July kitchen decorations, and went out into our kitchen to begin setting up and decorating our kitchen, for our super fun adventure :) today, i decorated our kitchen with a beautiful Patriotic 4th of July theme :) our kitchen looked great! :) it's so much fun decorating :) we love our beautiful 4th of July decorations we've recieved from family and friends over the years :) As the morning went on, we put the sports radio on, and around mid-day, we enjoyed a nice lunch :) Holly and i are very excited also, to plan some nice meals for the weekend and upcoming 4th of July holiday :) We're going to be cooking some cheeseburgers, and having our ice cream root beer soda floats :) During the early afternoon, i enjoyed some nice time here on DS, writing to friends :)

Around 3pm, Jenn and the kids came over, and Brody and the triplets came over :) Lots of great summer time spirit, and excitement in the air :) The kids are having a great start to the summer season, and had lots of fun on their adventures last weekend :) We're so happy the kids are enjoying their summer vacation, and are here for baking friday this week :) We've been looking forward to our super fun baking friday adventure, beginning a whole summer season of fun adventures :)We love the countdown to the 4th of July :) We all began to gather in our kitchens :) The kids love to select their spots, at the kitchen counter :) The kids, Holly, and i got our picture taken in the kitchen :) it's a cool baking friday tradition :) You all are always right there with us in spirit in the kitchen, our dear angel friends :) Each week, we love to use our nice baking friday supplies that we've recieved from family and friends over the years :) i wear my nice apron that Holly gave me, and we use our nice oven mits, kitchen towels, and all of our supplies are a big part of our baking, and cooking each week :) Our kitchen was all set, and we were ready to bake some awesome goodies :) Calling all cookie monsters! :) Cookie monsters unite! :) it's time to bake! bake! bake! :)

We began our super fun adventure! :) baking friday teamwork! :) the kids love to help! :) They're great helpers! :)We first began to prepare the cake :) The kids love to add the ingredients into the bowl :) they love to crack open the eggs, and super stirring the ingredients :) We were sharing some funny fruits and vegetables jokes, like which vegetable can hear us in the garden, Corn (ears of corn), and which fruit looks like the sky (blueberry, blue sky) :) we were sharing lots of smiles, and spirited cheer :) my mom and Jenn were coming out into the kitchen at times, and you all are always right there with us in spirit :) We love these spirited fun times, and all of the great memories being made :) i used vegetable oil to grease the baking pan :) We poured the cake mix into the pan, and i put the cake into the oven to bake! :)

As the cake was baking, we got ready to prepare the brownies :) They're one of our favorite treats, and cake is one of our favorites too :) We were having so much fun preparing the brownies ,talking about summer season :) The kids love summer time, and are so excited to be on summer vacation : )We super stirred the brownies mix, and poured the brownies into the vegetable greased baking pan, and i put the brownies into the oven to bake :) The cake, and brownies were baking nicely :)We were hanging out :) We did some cleaning up in the kitchen :) Brody was so proud, he was using the sponge to clean the side counter :) The cake finished baking ,i brought the cake out of the oven to cool down :) one of the tips to help the cake cool faster, is we put the cake into the freezer for about 15 minutes :) The brownies baked nicely :) we washed and sliced some strawberries, and had some blueberries :)

Once the cake had cooled down, we began to decorate the American flag cake :) We spread cool whip topping on the cake, and then used blueberries to make the stars on the cake, and we then used the sliced strawberries to make the stripes on the cake :) the cake came out great! :) i took a picture of the cake, and sliced the brownies :) We had so much fun baking goodies today :) i thanked the kids, and Holly for helping bake :) We love these very special, spirited fun times, and looking forward to lots more super fun baking friday adventures, all throughout the summer season :) A very special shoutout for family and friends :) Lots of great baking, and cooking this week :) We love hearing about the nice goodies, and foods you all bake, and cook :) We're all with eachother in spirit, in our kitchens :) This is so much fun, and very special! :) i wish we all could gather, and have a big baking friday picnic :) American Flag, 4th of July Cake, and Brownies, dedicated to our wonderful family, friends, and to the beautiful spirit of the season :) We love you all, so very very much! :) many great memories made, to always cherish and treasure :) baking friday! :) We love it!!! :) June 30th, 2023 :) Happy baking friday everyone! :)

We're enjoying an awesome day! :) baking friday! :) summer time spirit! :) We love it!!! :) my family, Holly, and i are doing well, healthy, and in good spirits :) it was so much fun baking goodies today :) We love these very special, spirited fun times and all of the great memories being made :) We're very happy and excited! :) There's lots of great things going on :) The weekend is arriving with lots of summer time spirit :) We love the weekend's :) Tomorrow, we're gonna go shopping at the dollar tree :) We love shopping there :) We're going to buy some snacks, treats for Tiger, and gifts :) Holly and i are going to have a fun, popcorn movies party, and picking out a new movie to watch saturday night :) on sunday, i'm going to write some letters, and we're gonna tend our plants, and having a TWD party, watching the new episode of TWD, dead city on sunday night :) it's gonna be an awesome weekend! :) i look forward to sharing our weekend adventures, and pictures with everyone in my weekend journals :) Tonight, Holly and i are going to watch 2 episodes of most haunted show :) We love our fun, friday night paranormal party night's :)

There's so much more to look forward too as the summer season blossoms :) the season is filled with lots of awesome seasonal festivities, traditions, holiday's, and birthday celebrations to share in :) We love the special times, and celebrations from month to month as the year goes on :) We love the gardening season and sharing our adventures :) a whole new summer season to share in :) We cherish and treasure, the many special memories being made :) We're very happy, thankful, and blessed, to have you all in our lives, and to be able to share in these very special times of the season with you all :) Thank you angel friends, so very much ,for all that you do for us, for comforting us, uplifting our spirits, brightening our days, and for the very special joy you all bring our hearts :) We deeply appreciate everything, with all of the love of our hearts :) Big group happy sunny caring sunflower friendship hug :) We wish everyone a nice peaceful evening and night :)

-never lose hope :)

To Wildthing, Peaceful Gentle Moments of the day :) Wildthing, we're enjoying an awesome day :) Today, the kids, Holly, and i baked a Patriotic, 4th of July themed cake, and brownies for baking friday :) We love these very special, spirited fun times, and all of the great memories being made :) We're very happy and excited for the weekend, shopping, watching movies, writing, tending our plants, and watching our shows :) The summer season is blossoming all around :) Thinking of you, our dear friend :)

my mom,Holly, and family says hello :) We hope everyone is doing well, healthy, enjoying a wonderful day, and a really good baking friday :) awww! :) We love you all bunches and bunches, our sweet dear wonderful guardian angel friends :) You all are very special, dear friends, always in our thoughts, prayers, and in our hearts :) We're very happy and excited to share in and celebrate many more special times of the season with everyone :) We wish everyone a healthy, safe, and peaceful weekend :)

Happy baking friday!!! :) Calling all cookie monsters! :) The summer season is blossoming, and the 4th of July holiday is almost here!!! :) my family, Holly, and i are very happy and excited! :) We love sharing in and celebrating these very special times of the season with everyone, and we treasure all of the great memories being made :) The summer season is settling in nicely, with lots of seasonal festivities, and traditions :) We sure do love our baking friday adventures, and sharing our adventures with everyone :) We're very happy and thrilled, having our annual 4th of July themed baking friday adventure :) This is a picture of our kitchen all set up, and decoraed with a wonderful Patriotic theme, for our super fun adventure :) Today, the kids, Holly, and i are baking an American flag cake, and brownies :) celebrating the spirit of the season! :) Thank you everyone, so very much for joining us in our kitchen each week, and for welcoming us into your kitchens :) This is so much fun and very special :) Calling all cookie monsters! :) Cookie monsters unite! :) it's time to bake! bake! bake! :)

Baking friday supplies! :) We have a very special shoutout and thank you for my niece Alyssa :) She went shopping this week and picked up baking friday supplies :) it's very nice and sweet of her :) Thank you Alyssa, so very much! :) We appreciate all of the nice baking friday supplies she gets for us all :) We all love to chip in each week, to get the baking friday supplies :) We love this very special tradition in our lives :)

Greetings, from our kitchen to yours! :) The baking friday crew! :) The kids, Holly, and i got our picture taken in the kitchen :) it's a cool baking friday tradition :) You all are always right there with us in spirit, during these very special, spirited fun times :) we're very happy and thankful to have the baking friday tradition in our lives :) We look forward to baking each week :) We love seasonal baking, cooking, and summer time BBQ Grilling, and looking forward to lots more adventures all throughout the seasons :)

Holly created this awesome Patriotic picture, featuring the kids, and 4th of July spirit! :) She's very creative, and talented :) Thank you Holly! :) 

Baking friday teamwork! :) The kids love to help! :) they're great helpers! :) They get so proud, adding the ingredients, super stirring, and of course enjoying the goodies we bake, cook, and grill :) We're so proud of the kids, and all that they're learning about baking, and cooking :) We're very happy and excited for all of our baking friday adventures each month, all throughout the year :) Summer time baking is here! :) Sharing lots of smiles, and spirited baking friday cheer :)

Brody leading us in a cool baking friday cheer! :) aww! :) 

Mikey joined in on the baking friday fun! :) 

The kids love to make funny faces! :) hehe! :) 

American Flag 4th of July Cake, and Brownies! :) Come on over for some baking friday goodies! :) The kids, Holly ,and i had lots of fun baking goodies :)Celebrating summer time cheer! :)We love these very special times, and all of the great memories being made :) Sharing lots of smiles, and summer time spirit! :) baking friday :)