baking friday :) American Flag 4th of July Cake, Raspberry Cupcakes :) Red, White, and Blue! :)

"We're celebrating America's birthday! 4th of July!"- my nephew's Mikey, Hunter, Colby, Brayden ,and Jacob 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, and super sweet, spirit soaring red, white, and blue, 4th of July themed baking friday adventure in the kitchen!!! :) this was so much fun!!! : )Celebrating America's birthday, with our annual 4th of July themed baking friday adventure! :) sharing lots of smiles, and spirited cheer! :) We're all set, and ready for a wonderful happy 4th of July holiday celebration :) we had so much fun in the kitchen today! :) 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,Alyssa, the kids, and i baked an American flag themed cake, and raspberry muffins with cool whip topping :) it was so much fun, and lots of spirited cheer, and smiles being shared :) We're so happy and excited to celebrate America's birthday tomorrow with a wonderful 4th of July celebration :)celebrating, red, white, and blue, stars and stripes forever :)

4th of July Spirit! :) Red, White, and Blue! :) Stars and Stripes Forever! :) Hi angel friends! :) my family, Holly, and i hope everyone is doing well, healthy, and enjoying a wonderful day :) we want to take this time, to wish everyone a wonderfully safe, fun, peaceful, and happy 4th of July holiday and weekend :) We're so happy, and excited to share in, and celebrate all of the spirit, festivities, and traditions with you and your family's :) as we all get ready to celebrate the 4th of July, we're with eachother in spirit :) it's a really sweet time of the year :) Summer season is in full swing :) it's a time for nature to shine, gardening, BBQ cookouts, summer time traditions :) We love hearing about the times you all are sharing,and sharing the times we're sharing :) we're going to have a BBQ cookout :) we love firing up the BBQ grill :) we'll be thinking of you all often, during the 4th of July holiday weekend :) it's a very sweet, spirited, and exciting time in the season :) the month of July has settled in nicely, and there's lots of great summer spirit and excitement :) We love the 4th of July,and having our annual 4th of July themed baking friday adventure :) We've been counting down the days, until our super fun baking friday adventure :) we're so happy,thankful, and blessed to have you all in our lives, and to be able to share in, and celebrate these very special t imes of the season with you and your family's :)

This morning, we had a sweet new day, rising and shining :) Twas the day before the 4th of July! :) It's very exciting, the big holiday tomorrow :) 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 :) You all are very nice and sweet :) Thank you angel friends, so very much! :) There's an amazing summer energy and spirit all around, as the season blossoms :) i heard some happy birds singing outside here while the sun was rising up :) i love those sweet nature tunes :) i gathered a big bowl of goodies, and went outside for my early morning nature walk :) We had some sunshine in our area this early morning :) our nature friends were out and about, gathering around our yard :) i put lots of goodies in the bird sanctuary area in our backyard :) Our nature friends love their baking friday breakfast feasts :) awww! :)

The summer time nature is glowing in all of it's glory :) our plants are doing really well, growing and flourishing :) it's so nice, to see them doingwell, and growing absolutely sweet summer wild :) we love it! :) we have lots of fruits, vegetables, and flowers growing :) we're enjoying the gardening season very much, and all of the great joys the season is bringing our hearts, with lots of very special memories being made :) We love gardening,and are so excited for lots more nature walks, and gardening adventures as the season goes on :) nature, and gardening is very rewarding :) We're going to spend some time in our yard,and garden this upcoming weekend, celebrating the 4th of July holiday weekend :) Happy nature, and garden season smiles :)

It was a sweet spirited morning :) We enjoyed a nice breakfast,and i brewed an iced coffee :) Cheers! to family, friends, good health, summer time spirit, and to the 4th of July :) i began to gather our baking friday supplies, and decorations and went out into our kitchen to begin setting up, and decorating our kitchen, for our super fun adventure :) i love to decorate :) today, i decorated with a festive and spirited, Patriotic theme :) Red, White, and Blue, American flag napkins, banners,and Patriotic plates :) our kitchen looks so nice, glowing with the wonderful spirit of the 4th of July :) We love our wonderful American flag themed decorations we've gotten over the years :) They are always a very special part of our 4th of July celebrations,decorative displays :) 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 of her :) We also using some nice raspberries from our garden, as a special part of our baking friday adventure today :) the first time we're baking raspberry cupcakes :) Around mid-morning, Holly and i went outside to check in on our plants, enjoying a nature walk, and around mid-day, we enjoyed a nice lunch,and during the early afternoon, i enjoyed some nice time here on DS, writing to friends :)

Around 3pm, Alyssa, Jenn, and the kids came over :) lots of great spirit, and excitement in the air :) The kids were so excited! :) Hunter ate some raspberries :) Holly was in the kitchen with us :) She was so excited, sharing in the baking friday fun :) The kids and i got our picture taken in the kitchen :) it's a cool baking friday tradition :) little Brodie and Carter were coming out into the kitchen :) Each week,we love to use our nice baking friday supplies :) i wore my nice new apron Holly gave me, and we use our oven mits, kitchen towels, and all of our baking friday supplies are a big part of our baking, and cooking each week :) our kitchen was all set, and ready, and we were ready to bake some awesome goodies :) calling all cookie monsters! :) it's time to bake! bake! bake! :)
We began our super fun adventure! :) We had 2 vanilla cake mixes to prepare :) we prepared each, one at a time : )we got some awesome eggs, water, and melted butter :) baking friday teamwork! :) the kids love to help :) They're great helpers :) They get so proud, adding the ingredients to the bowl, and super stirring :) little Brodie was helping us bake, he had a spoon ,and was smiling and stirring :) awww! :) Lots of great baking friday fun and spirit :) my mom, dad,and sister Jenn came out into the kitchen too :) You all are always right there with us in spirit, during these special times :)i used butter to grease the baking pan,and we poured the vanilla cake mix into the pan, and i put the cake into the to bake :)

As the cake was baking ,we prepared another batch of vanilla cake mix, to make the raspberry cupcakes :) The kids poured the raspberries into the cake mix, and super stirred :) we were having so much fun, sharing lots of smiles :) little Carter was coming out into the kitchen, and watching on as we baked :) i used butter to grease the cupcake baking pan, and we poured the raspberry cupcakes into the baking pan, and i put the cupcakes into the oven to bake :) We did some cleaning up in the kitchen :) The kids were having fun playing, going back and forth from the kitchen and living room :) the cupcakes and cake were baking nicely :) the cake finished baking first, i brought it out of the oven to cool down :)

The raspberry cupcakes finished baking, we had enough cupcake mix to make another 4 cupcakes :)we prepared some strawberries, Alyssa and i sliced the strawberries, Holly had some strawberries,and blueberries :) once the cake had finished cooling down, we decorated the cake :) the kids had lots of fun, spreading the cool whip on the cake, and then adding the blueberries, and strawberries :) we were talking about how tomorrow's America's birthday :) when the cupcakes finished cooling down, we spread cool whip on top of the cupakes :) The American flag cake, and Raspberry cupcakes came out great :)

We're so excited to enjoy some cake tomorrow, during our BBQ cookout :) it's going to be a great dessert :) the 2nd batch of cupcakes finished baking :) my mom, Holly,and the kids had some raspberry cupcakes :) We had so much fun baking goodies today :) we love these very special times :) i thanked Alyssa and the kids for helping bake :) We're so happy and excited to celebrate the 4th of July with everyone :) We have many more super fun baking friday adventures to look forward too :) a very special shoutout for family and friends :) lots of great baking, cooking ,and BBQ grilling this week :) We love hearing about the goodies, and foods you all bake, cook, and grill :) We're with eachother in spirit, in our kitchens :) i wish we all could gather, and have a big baking friday picnic :) American Flag themed cake, and Raspberry Cupcakes, dedicated to our wonderful family, friends, to the beautiful spirit of America, and the 4th of July holiday :) We love you all, so very very much! :) many great memories made, to always cherish and treasure :) baking friday! :) we love it!!! :) July 3rd, 2020 :) Happy baking friday, and Happy 4th of July 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 awesome spirit soaring times, and all of the great memories being made :) The 4th of July holiday weekend is arriving with lots of great summer spirit :) We love the weekend's :) We look forward to celebrating the 4th of July holiday with everyone tomorrow :) We're going to have a BBQ cookout, enjoying some foods, snacks, drinks, and time in our yard and garden :) Holly and i are going to watch some movies, and we want to watch a fireworks show on tv :) on sunday, we gonna have a TWD marathon party,and enjoying some gardening, and nature walks :) it's gonna be a wonderful weekend :) i look forward to sharing our weekend adventures, 4th of July celebrations,nature, and gardening pictures with everyone in my weekend journals :) We'll be with eachother in spirit :) There's lots more great things to look forward too :) Tonight, Holly and i are going to watch an episode of most haunted show, and an episode of ghost adventures :) We love our fun, friday night paranormal party night's :) Wishing everyone good health, comfort, and peace :) Thank you angel friends, so very much, for all that you do for us, and for the very special heart warming joy you all bring to our days, our hearts, and our lives :) You all are wonderfully nice, sweet, and very caring :) We deeply appreciate everything, with all of the love of our hearts :) big group happy sunny summer time friendship hug :) You all give us strength, hope, inspiring us to enjoy each day to the fullest :) Thank you all, for brightening our days :) We're so happy, thankful, and blessed to have you all in our lives :) We look forward to sharing in many more very special times, adventures, and all of the seasonal traditions and festivities with family, friends, nature, gardening, and the wonderful spirit of the summer season :) We wish everyone a safe, fun, and peaceful holiday weekend :)

-never lose hope :)

To Wildthing, Peaceful Gentle Moments of the day :) Wildthing, we're enjoying an awesome day :) today, Alyssa, the kids, and i baked an American flag themed cake, and Raspberries cupcakes, for baking friday :) We're so happy and excited to celebrate the 4th of July with everyone tomorrow :) We're going to have a BBQ cookout, enjoying time in our yard, garden, watching movies, fireworks show :) You're always with us in spirit during these special times :) thinking of you, our dear friend :)

my mom says hi :) she says, "i hope everyone is having a really good baking friday" :) awww! :) She says, "wishing everyone a nice holiday weekend" :) We love you all bunches and bunches, our sweet dear wonderful guardian angel friends :) We hope everyone is doing well, and enjoying a wonderful day :) We look forward to celebrating the holiday weekend with everyone :) we wish everyone a wonderfully safe, fun, and peaceful, 4th of July holiday weekend :)

Happy baking friday!!! :) calling all cookie monsters! :) celebrating our beautiful country, stars and stripes forever, our kitchen glowing with red, white, and blue! :) Our annual 4th of July themed baking friday adventure! :) my family, Holly,and i are so happy and excited! :) We love summer time, and celebrating in the very special joys of the season with everyone :) We want to take this time ,to wish everyone a safe, fun, happy,and peaceful 4th of July holiday and weekend :) we look forward to hearing about your holiday festivities, traditions, and sharing ours :) it's going to be so much fun! :) each year, we love to have an awesome 4th of July themed baking friday adventure :) This is a picture of our kitchen all set up and decorated for our super fun adventure :) it's glowing red, white, and blue, a wondeful Patriotic theme :) Today, we're baking an American flag themed cake, and Raspberry Muffins with Cool whip topping :) we picked the raspberries from our garden :) Summer time is such a great time of the year :) 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 of her :) Thank you Alyssa, so very much! :) we all love to chip in each week, to get the baking friday supplies :) we love this very special tradition in our lives, and so excited to enjoy a super fun baking friday adventure each week :)

Greetings, from our kitchen to yours! :) The kids and i got our picture taken in the kitchen today :) It's a cool baking friday tradition :) You all are always right there with us in spirit, during these awesome fun times :)

Baking friday teamwork! :) Preparing the goodies! :) The kids love to help :) they're great helpers :) they love to select their spot at the kitchen counter, and they get so proud, adding the ingredients into the bowl, super stirring, and of course, enjoying the goodies we bake :) sharing lots of smiles, and baking friday cheer :)

Brodie helping pour his first cup of water in the cake mix :)

Brodie super stirring! :) 

American Flag themed cake, and Raspberry Cupcakes :) Come on over, for some bakign friday goodies! :) Alyssa, the kids, and i had a super fun time baking goodies today :) We love these very special times, and all of the great memories being made :) sharing lots of smiles, and seasonal cheer :) baking friday :)