baking friday :) Apple Pie, and Snowman Cookies :) Thanksgiving time is here :)

"we love cookies! it snowed outside!"- my nephew's Hunter, Mikey, Brayden, Colby, 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, Thanksgiving themed baking friday adventure in the kitchen!!! :) this was so much fun! :) we're celebrating the awesome joys of the season, as we gear up for Thanksgiving week :) it's such a wonderful time of the year:) We recieved our 1st snowfall here, we got about 5 inches of snow here last night, it looked like a winter wonderland!!! :) it inspired us to add a little snow theme into our baking friday adventure today, with some snowman cookies! :) The kids are so excited! :) Thanksgiving time is arriving :) We're so happy and excited to celebrate with you and your family's :) 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 Kayla, the kids, and i baked an apple pie, and snowman themed cookies :) it was awesome fun, and lots of excitement all around :) The spirit of Thanksgiving season is in the air, and with the snowfall we had last night, it's a perfect time for some wholesome baking and cooking :) so many sweet recipes, that are a big part of the baking, and cooking each year, and adding in new recipes :) it's a seaon of wholesome and heart warming traditions and festivities :) There's lots of great things going on, and many special memories being made :)

my family, Holly, and i hope everyone is doing well, keeping warm, and enjoying a great day :) We love this time of the year :) Thanksgiving season is upon us :) Lots of preparations, for the big holiday next thursday :) my family, Holly, and i love celebrating the season with you and family's :) We're so very happy, thankful, and blessed, to have you all in our lives :) We love hearing about your traditions, and sharing ours :) as we all get ready for a wonderful Thanksgiving week with our loved ones, we're with eachother in spirit :) We feel very thankful, every day, for the very special friendships, and the beautiful joy, you all bring our hearts :)

This morning, we had a sweet new day, rising and shining :) During the evening/night last night, around 7pm, it looked like a winter wonderland outside here, like a huge snow globe! :) it was snowing and snowing! :) amazing to see! :) it's first time it snowed, since last March :) we recieved about 5 inches of snowfall overnight, it did turn to freezing rain, and then rain this morning. it still looked very wintery outside this morning. i love to wish my family and friends, a happy baking friday, and i share with my family, your wonderful happy baking friday wishes :) Thank you angel friends, so very much! :) You all are very nice, and sweet :) we've been looking forward to baking some nice goodies :) i bundled up for my early morning nature walk :) i gathered a big bowl of goodies, and went outside to put treats in our backyard, for our nature friends :) they love their baking friday breakfdast feasts :) awww! :) it was neat seeing the snow all around :) the winter time birds have began to arrive :) i've been seeing woodpeckers, black capped chickadees, black birds, red cardinals, and bluejays :)

The morning was spirit soaring! :) i began to gather our baking friday supplies, and Thanksgiving decorations, and went out into our kitchen to begin to decorate :) i love decorating our kitchen with a theme :) Today, i decorated with a Thanksgiving theme :) our kitchen looked awesome, and festive, with Thanksgiving turkey decorations, and lots more :) i prepared a nice lunch, and made a blueberry iced coffee :) cheers! :) i enjoyed some nice talks with Holly, and also enjoyed some nice time here on ds, writing to friends :) i've been thinking of all of the special times of the season, sharing with everyone :) it's an awesome joy :)

Kayla had a half day of school today, and around 3pm, Taylynn arrived home from school, and Alyssa, Brody, Brayden, Jacob, Colby, Jenn, Mikey and Hunter came over :) We were all gathering around, lots of great excitement in the air, as we were getting ready to bake goodies :) we were gonna bake turkey cookies, but they didn't have the pillsbury turkey cookies, but my mom and dad, found some snowman themed pillsbury cookies, and with the snowfall we recieved, we felt inspired to add the snowman cookies to our Thanksgiving themed baking friday adventure today :)

Each week, we love to use our nice baking friday supplies we've recieved from family and friends over the years :) i wear my apron, and we use our oven mits, kitchen towels, and all of our supplies, are a big part of our baking and cooking each week :) You all are always right there with us in spirit in our kitchen, during all of these special baking friday times :) We got our picture taken in the kitchen :) Mikey wanted to join in on the baking friday fun this week :) sweet!!! :) our kitchen was all set, and we were set and ready to bake some awesome treats! :) Calling all cookie monsters! :) cookie monsters unite! :) it's time to bake! bake! bake! :)

We began our super fun adventure! :) We first began by preparing the apple pie :) Earlier, i sliced some apples, to get them ready for the apple pie :) we had some nice pie crusts :) baking friday teamwork! :) The kids love to help :) They're great helpers :) they get so proud, when they help prepare the goodies :) Kayla put the pie crust in the pie baking dish, and the kids helped add the apples into the pie crust :) We then added cinnamon, brown sugar, and white sugar on top of the apples :) it was so nice, that Mikey joined in on the baking friday fun today :) we were welcoming him back into the kitchen, and congrats to him too, for recieving the student of the month award :) he's so proud :) We're very proud of all of the kids :) they've been having a great school year :)

Once we had the apple pie all set, i covered the pie with aluminum foil, and put the pie into the oven, to bake! :) as the apple pie was baking, we were all having an awesome time, sharing smiles, my mom, dad, Alyssa, Jenn came out into the kitchen :) The kids have a fun game, where they like to throw a crumbled paper towel into the garbage pail, and say, "3 points!!! 100 points!" hehe! :) they were having so much fun! :) we got some baking pans, and used vegetable oil to grease the pans, and put the snowman themed pillsbury cookies onto the pan :) the kids were so excited, and couldn't wait until the cookies were ready :) i put the 1st batch of snowman cookies into the oven to bake :)

As the cookies and apple pie were baking, we were all hanging out, and enjoying the spirit in the air :) Lots of great excitement :) Thanksgiving time coming :) it's an awesome time of the year :) the 1st batch of snowman cookies finished baking :) i brought the cookies out of the oven to cool down, and put a 2nd batch of cookies in :) the kids were so excited to have some cookies :) We were having such a fun time, celebrating this awesome spirited baking friday adventure :) We baked the apple pie, for a good hour, it baked so nicely :) it came out great! :) We're looking forward to having some apple pie :) We had so much fun today, baking the apple pie, and snowman cookies :) Lots of spirited joy, and sharing many smiles :) i thanked Kayla and the kids for helping bake :) the cookies are going fast, and we'll have some apple pie this weekend, and during the big thanksgiving week :) 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, and cooking this week :) We love hearing about the nice goodies, and foods you all cook and bake :) We're with eachother in spirit, in our kitchens :) this is so much fun and very special :) Apple Pie, and Snowman Cookies, dedicated to our wonderful family, friends, and to the beautiful spirit of Thanksgiving time : )We love you all so very very much! :) many great memories made, to always cherish and treasure :) baking friday, we love it!!! :) November 16th, 2018 :) Happy baking friday, and Happy Thanksgiving time everyone! :)

Happy birthday Emma! :) (ZenEm) :) my family and i have a very special happy birthday wish, for our dear and lovely friend Emma :) Today's her birthday! :) Happy birthday to you! :) Happy birthday to you! :) Happy birthday dear Emma! :) Happy birthday to you! :) awww! :) Emma, we hope you're enjoying a wonderfully happy birthday and we hope all of your wishes come true :)

We're enjoying an awesome day! :) baking friday, we love it!!! :) my family and i are doing well, and are in great spirits :) There's lots of great things going on, and many special memories being made :) the weekend is arriving with lots of spirit, as we gear up for Thanksgiving week :) it's been an awesome stretch of days :) We're all keeping warm :) We're very happy and excited for the weekend :) Tomorrow, we're gonna go shopping at the dollar tree :) i'm going to buy some gifts, goodies, treasures, and cards :) it's gonna be lots of fun shopping :) i want to look at the hotwheels, and dvds :) Holly and i are going to have a popcorn movie party on saturday night :) on sunday, we're gonna watch football :) i'm also going to write some cards, and letters this weekend :) i look forward to sharing our weekend adventures, and pictures with everyone in my weekend journals :) There's many more great things to look forward too :) Tonight, Holly and i are going to watch 2 new episodes of most haunted show :) we love our friday night, paranormal party night's :) Thank you angel friends, so very much, for all that you do for us :) You all are wonderfully nice, sweet, and very caring :) We deeply appreciate everything, with all of the love of our hearts :) big group warm happy friendship hug :) We hope everyone enjoys a great weekend :)

-never lose hope :)

To Wildthing, Peaceful Gentle Moments of the day :) Wildthing, it's an awesome day :) Today, Kayla, the kids, and i baked snowman cookies, and an apple pie, for baking friday :) Thinking of you, our dear friend :)

my mom says hi :) She says, "i hope everyone is having a really good baking friday" :) awww! :) we love you all bunches and bunches, our weet dear wonderful guardian angel friends :) We hope everyone is doing well, and enjoying a great day :) We wish everyone a wonderfully safe, fun, and happy weekend :) We think of you all often :) Thank you angel friends, for brightening our days :) We're so happy and excited to celebrate the upcoming Thanksgiving week with everyone :)

Happy baking friday!!! :) Happy Thanksgiving Time! :) it's that wonderfully wholesome, and heart warming time of the year, Thanksgiving time :) my family, Holly, and i are very blessed, and thankful to have you all in our lives, and the wonderful joy of your very special friendships :) We're very happy, and excited to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday with you and your family's :) it's a time of wholesome and heart warming traditions and festivities :) we're with eachother in spirit, as we gather with our loved ones :) We love the warmth of the home, the special joy of the scent of foods cooking, and baking :) sharing heart-felt smiles, and many special memories being made :) Today, we're having our annual Thankgiving themed baking friday adventure :) This is a picture of our kitchen all set up and decorated for our super fun adventure :) Today, we're snowman cookies, and an apple pie :) 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 dear, and lovely mom and dad :) They went shopping, and picked up baking friday supplies :) it's so nice, and sweet of them :) Thank you mom and dad, so very much! :) We all love to chip in each week, to get baking friday supplies :) We love this very special tradition in our lives :)

Greetings, from our kitchen to yours! :) Kayla, 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 times :) sharing lots of happy baking friday smiles :)

Thanksgiving time! :)GOBBLE GOBBLE! :) We love our Thanksgiving decorations :) They're very special to our hearts, and a wonderful part of our decorations each year :) We love Thanksgiving time, and celebrating with you and your family's :) It's a very special time of the year :)

Turkey named Michigan! :) This is a picture of our turkey named Michigan :) in 2008, we recieved this very special treasure, from our dear and lovely friends Deb (Stardust), Brz, Lanie, and their family :) That year, we had a hard time finding Thanksgiving decorations at the store. i shared about it in my journal, and our dear friends Deb and family saw my journal, and sent us this very special treasure :) we'll always cherish and treasure it :)

baking friday teamwork! :) the kids love to help! :) they're great helpers :) They get so proud, when they add the ingredients, super stirring, and of course, enjoying the goodies we bake :) We're so proud of them and all that they are learning about baking :) happy baking friday smiles :)

Apple Pie, and Snowman Cookies! :) come on over, for some baking friday goodies! :) Kayla, the kids, and i had a super fun time baking goodies today :) We're very happy and excited, for Thanksgiving time, and all of the special times being shared with family, friends, and the spirit of the season :) many wholesome and heart warming festivities, and traditions :) baking friday :)

Our 1st snowfall as winter season approaches :)