baking friday :) Blueberry Muffins and M&M's Sugar Cookies! :) Winter time baking! :)

"We're baking some cool goodies"- my nephew Hunter 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, flour flying, classic winter time themed baking friday adventure in the kitchen!!! :) this was so much fun!!! :) We had the flour flying, and sharing lots of smiles, and spirited cheer! :) little Carter joined in on the baking friday fun today :) his big brother Hunter and i were teaching him how to make sugar cookies :)Awww! :) he's very happy and loves to help bake :) it's a perfect day to bake, as it's wintery cold outside. 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, Hunter, Carter, and i baked some blueberry muffins, and m&m's sugar cookies :) it was lots of fun! :)Carter is joining in on the baking friday adventures, more and more as the weeks goes on :) he's a proud little baker in training :) Awww! :) We're loving these awesome times, and all of the great spirited excitement :) We're looking forward to many more super fun adventures! :)



Sweet Cozy Warm Kitchen Baking! :) Hi angel friends! :) my family, Holly, and i hope everyone is doing well, keeping warm, and enjoying a great day :) it's very wintery cold outside, it's a perfect day to get the kitchen cozy warm, baking and cooking :) we've been looking forward to our super fun baking friday adventure :) As the winter season has settled in, and the weather is very cold, it's so nice cooking, baking up some awesome recipes :) From soups, to baked goodies, and lots more :) We love counting down to our super fun baking friday adventures :) it's very cold outside, with windchills below 0 degrees here. We got our kitchen cozy warm today, and baking up some of our favorite treats :) We love hearing about your days, cooking, baking :) it's a great time of the year to make some classic recipes, and trying new recipes too :) We have the superbowl coming up soon :) next friday, we're going to be having our annual, superbowl themed baking friday adventure :) Team Flour vs Team Sugar, baking a superbowl themed cake :) it's gonna be so much fun, sharing in, and celebrating superbowl week with everyone :) We're counting down to the big game, Bucs vs Chiefs :) We'll be turning our kitchen into a football field gridiron next friday, with an awesome football decorative display :)



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! :) You all are so nice, and very sweet :) Thank you angel friends, so very much! :) We've been enjoying the week, and planning our baking friday menu for today :) We love cookies, and muffins :) The kids get so excited, counting down to baking friday :) We're so happy, that in recent weeks, Carter and Brody, our junior bakers, have been joining in on the baking friday fun :) it's so much fun teaching the kids how to bake :) they love super stirring, and of course enjoying the goodies we bake :) We're so happy, thankful, and blessed, to have this very spedcial tradition in our lives :)



As the new day was blossoming, 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 :) i bundled up warmly, and gathered a big bowl of goodies :) i planned to only go outside very briefly, as it's very extremely cold outside. i wore my winter hat, which i've had since 2008, i remember buying it for $1 at the original supercenter :) i still wear my hat, each winter season :) i went outside, to bring our nature friends lots of goodies :) i walked over to the bird sanctuary area, and put the goodies in this area of our yard :) our nature friends love their baking friday breakfast feasts :) aww! :) We're so happy to help them, especially during these cold winter days. i wasn't outside for long, but am so glad i got to put some goodies outside :) we hope all of our nature friends are doing well, and that they get to enjoy some warm sunshine, it's sunny out today, and that sunshine can be so warm, even during winter time. keeping our nature friends in our thoughts :)



It was a nice sweet spirited morning :) we enjoyed our breakfast, and hot teas :)cheers! :) it's a great day for some hot teas :) 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 :) it's so much fun decorating : )today, i decorated with a sunny theme :) Sunshine always brightens our days, and brings a sunny warmth to our hearts : ) i love displaying our wonderful treasures in our kitchen :) From decorative towels, to collectibles, gifts : )They help make our kitchen shine and glow :) We put the sports radio on around mid-morning,lots of football talk this week leading up to the big superbowl :) around mid-day, we enjoyed a nice lunch, and during the early afternoon, we enjoyed some nice time here on DS, writing to friends :)



my mom picked up the triplets, Brayden, Colby, Jacob, from school, and Aj brought Brody over :) my mom babysits them on friday's, with Alyssa working at her new job, until about 4pm. my sister Jenn and Mike, brought Mikey, Hunter, and Carter over, and then Jenn and Mike went to move more items into their new home, and storage unit :) Their official moving day is on sunday :) We're so happy, and excited for Jenn, Mike, and family, and them getting a new home :) it's a great relief, and blessing :) We were all getting ready, to bake some nice goodies :) 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 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! :) We first began to prepare the sugar cookies :) the kids love to help, they get very proud adding the ingredients :) Hunter and i were showing Carter the flour, and how to pour the flour into the bowl :) We then added an egg, sugar, butter, and some melted butter :) my mom came out into the kitchen, and Brady and Jacob came out into the kitchen at times too :) Colby, Mikey, and Taylynn and Brody were hanging out in the living room, playing some video games. You all are always right there with us in spirit, in our kitchen :) We're so proud of Carter, he's doing so well, super stirring the ingredients :) i held the bowl for Carter, just like how i use too hold the bowl for Kayla, when she was smaller than the kitchen side counter :) it brought back a lot of awesome memories :) We were having an awesome fun time baking, sharing smiles, and all of the great joys of baking some of our favorite goodies :)



We made the cookies into round shapes, and put the cookies onto a butter greased pan, and put the cookies into the oven to bake :) As the sugar cookies were baking, we began to prepare the blueberry muffins :) We used 2 packages of blueberry muffins mix :) we used milk, and half and half cream milk instead of water : )We super stirred the muffins mix, and put the muffin mix into the baking cups, and into the baking pan :) the sugar cookies baked nicely, once they were done baking, i brought them out of the to cool down :) i then put the blueberry muffins into the oven to bake :) We pressed m&m's into the sugar cookies :) i took a picture of the cookies, and we then began to dig in :) The cookies are very popular :)



The blueberry muffins finished baking :) i brought them out of the oven, they baked nicely :) after taking a picture of the blueberry muffins, i brought the plate of muffins around :) Holly and i each having a muffin and Alyssa arrived over after work, and had a blueberry muffin too :) We had so much fun baking the m&m's sugar cookies, and blueberry muffins :) We look forward to many more super fun baking friday adventures :) i thanked Hunter and Carter for helping bake :) We're super excited for our superbowl themed baking friday adventure next week :) a very special shoutout for family and friends :) Lots of great baking ,and cooking this week :) We love hearing about the goodies, and foods you all bake and cook :) We're 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 :) M&M's Sugar Cookies, and Blueberry Muffins, dedicated to our wonderful family, friends, and to the awesome spirit of the season : )We love you all, so very very much! :) Lots of great memories made, to always cherish and treasure :) baking friday! :) We love it!!! :) January 29th, 2021 :) Happy baking friday everyone! :)



We're enjoying an awesome day! :) baking friday! :) 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 times, and all of the great memories being made :) We're keeping warm, and so excited to blossom into the weekend :) we love the weekend's :) Tomorrow, Holly and i are going to have a popcorn movies marathon, and picking out a new movie to watch tomorrow night :) it's gonna be awesome! :) on sunday, we're going to have a TWD marathon :) The show is returning in late february :) it'll be first sunday without football, since early september. The following sunday, we'll be having a superbowl party :) we're going to enjoy some nature walks, and also some writing time this weekend :) i'm going to write some letters, and cards :) it's gonna be an awesome weekend :) i look forward to sharing our weekend adventures, and pictures with everyone in my journals :) There's so much more, to look forward too :) Tonight, Holly and i are going to watch 2 episodes of Most Haunted Show :) We love our fun, friday night paranormal party night's :)



keep healthy, safe, and strong everyone :) 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 warm caring happy sunny sunflower friendship hug and cheers! :) You all give us strength, hope, inspiring us to enjoy each day to the fullest :) Thank you all, for brightening our days and making each day very special :) 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 winter time traditions and festivities with family, friends, nature walks, and the wonderful spirit of the season, as we continue to blossom into the new year, 2021, with many more special times to share in :)



-never lose hope :)



To Wildthing, Peaceful Gentle Moments of the day :) Wildthing, we're enjoying an awesome day! :) Today, the kids, and i baked some m&m's sugar cookies, blueberry muffins for baking friday :) We love sharing our adventures :) We're so happy and excited for the arrival of the weekend :) We're going to watch some movies tomorrow, for our popcorn movies day, and also going to watch our show on sunday, along with enjoying nature, and writing time :) Thinking of you, our dear friend :)



my mom says hi :) She says, "i hope everyone is doing well, healthy, and enjoying a really nice baking friday" :) Awww! :) She says, "enjoy a good weekend everyone" :) We love you all bunches and bunches, our sweet dear wonderful guardian angel friends :) We hope everyone is doing well, healthy, and enjoying a great day :) We're so happy and excited to blossom into the weekend, and lots more times of the season, as we continue to countdown to the superbowl :) there'sso much more, to look forward too :) We wish everyone a healthy, safe, and peaceful weekend :)



Happy baking friday!!! :) Calling all cookie monsters! :) it's a sweet classic day for some winter time baking! :) We're so happy and excited! :) blossoming into a whole new year of baking friday adventures :) We're enjoying our adventures, so very much :) It's very wintery cold outside, and is perfect day to bake some nice goodies :) We sure do love our baking friday adventures, and sharing our adventures with everyone :) This is a picture of our kitchen all set up, and decorated for our super fun adventure :) Today, we're baking m&m sugar cookies, and blueberry muffins :) we love this very special tradition, and the great joy it brings our hearts, spirits, and to be able to share in the awesome excitement of our adventures with everyone each week :) 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! :) it's time to bake! bake! bake! :)
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baking friday supplies! :) We have a very special shoutout, and thank you, for my dear and lovely mom and dad :) they went to some stores this week, and picked up baking friday supplies :) It's very 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 :)
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Greetings, from our kitchen to yours! :) the baking friday crew! :) The kids 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 :) Sharing lots of smiles, and spirited cheer :) baking friday! :) we love it!!! :)
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Baking friday teamwork! :) The kids love to help! :) they're great helpers :) They love adding the ingredients, super stirring, and of course, enjoying the goodies we bake :) We're so happy the kids are learning a lot about baking, and cooking :) We've got many more super fun baking friday adventures to look forward too :) happy baking friday smiles :)


Carter was ready to bake! :) 
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Carter learning how to add flour to the bowl :) 


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Brayden wanted to take a picture of Jacob, Carter and i :) cool dudes in the kitchen! :) 


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M&M's Sugar Cookies, and Blueberry Muffins! :) Come on over, for some baking friday goodies! :) We had so much fun baking goodies today : )We love these special times, and all of the great memories being made :) We look forward to many more super fun adventures, as the season goes on :) Superbowl theme next week :) baking friday :)
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Replies

CoolGal
CoolGal

Hi Chris Glad you and your family are doing well and enjoyed baking, The cookies and muffins look great.Glad the boys had fun baking, Its great they enjoy being with you every week. Still very cold and windy here, Glad you have some nice plans for the weekend. Thanks for all my nice hugs today Have a good night Hugs to all-Stephanie
cedarbrooke
cedarbrooke

Carter is right in there with his brother. Great job Team bakers. I love Blueberry anything!!!!!! Thanks for sharing your day. Brought a smile to my face. Not feeling well. Hugs! Brooke & Henri
sunsetyellow2
sunsetyellow2

Everything looks good. I want a muffin. Haven't had blueberry muffins in a long time. My Grandma used to make them out of Bisquick and we would eat them with milk and sugar on them. They were a special treat. We would pick the blueberries in the field below the house. Yum!!!

It is so cute how you have a baker in training. You are continuing the tradition with your little nephew.

You and Holly have a great evening.

Hugs
John and Debbie
JeanCarlin
JeanCarlin

Your muffins and cookies looks soooo good, I want some, lol
I'm glad the boys always have so much fun helping to bake on Fridays, ;-)
Best of luck to Jenn and Mike with the move!!
Have a great weekend and enjoy your movie day today, :-)
Hugs, Jeannie
Squarley
Squarley

Hi team bakers you did a great job everything looks delicious the cookies and the muffins wish I was there love looking at the pictures everyone was happy and cooking and learning and smiling .I loved your table with a smiley faces thank you for sharing these times and traditions with us we truly enjoy them Bruce watching them with me we love you all bunches have a wonderful weekend!
Lilysawyer
Lilysawyer

oh boy you all had so much fun. I like how the kids mug for the camera. The cookies and muffins look wonderful. Have they already been eaten up? Are you making a super bowl cake next week?