baking friday :) Brownies, and Cheese Pizza! :) Counting down to the new year! :)

"we love pizza and brownies!"- my nephew's Brody, Carter ,and 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 ,and super sweet, Happy countdown to new year, themed baking adventure in the kitchen! :) this was so much fun! :)Celebrating spirited cheer, and sharing lots of smiles, as we baked some awesome goodies! :) we're ready to ring in the new year, and all of the great times to look forward to sharing in :) 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 brownies, and a cheese pizza :) it was so much fun! :) We love these very special, spirited fun times, and all of the great memories being made :) Holly and i are wearing our new baking crew shirts today, that we recieved for Christmas :) We're so happy and excited, for all of the great adventures we've had this year, and looking forward to many more baking friday adventures in the new year :) We're very happy, thankful, and blessed to have this very special tradition in our lives :) Happy baking friday smiles :)



Happy Countdown to New Year! :) 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 2024 is almost here!!! :) Celebrations Smiles! :) Hi angel friends! :) my family, Holly ,and i hope everyone is doing well, healthy, and enjoying a wonderful day :) We think of you all often :) Wishing everyone, a healthy, safe, and joyful time, counting down to the new year, and our warmest wishes, wishing everyone a healthy, safe, and happy new year, 2024 :) The new year is almost here! :) We're very happy, excited, and thrilled to share in and celebrate, ringing in the new year with everyone :) It's very exciting, as we get ready to welcome a whole new year :) We've been having so much fun, and a very special time, enjoying our baking friday adventures and sharing our adventures with everyone throughout the year,and are very happy and excited, to blossom into a whole new year,of baking friday fun, adventures, baking lots of goodies, our favorite recipes,and trying new recipes :) it's very exciting, how a whole new, 52 baking friday's coming up, to look forward too in 2024 :) Thank you angel friends, so very much, for sharing in this very special tradition with us each week :) We treasure all of the great memories being made :) as we get ready to welcome the new year, we all are with eachother in spirit :) Wishing everyone, the very best of good health,and a wonderful new year, that begins a whole new journey of 12 months,and seasonal times,to share in :) We love you all bunches and bunches,our dear angel friends :) Thank you all, for making each day, very special, and memorable :)



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 enjoying a great time ,sharing in the holiday week with everyone,and all of the great memories being made :) it's been a sweet stretch of days :) We're very heart happy and excited, to share in many more very special times with you all :) 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 :) last night, Holly and i enjoyed watching the Celtics game :) they had a thrilling comeback victory :) The rain eased after some heavy rainfall here yesterday, we're so glad, and thankful, and looking forward to the return of the sunshine :) i gathered a nice bowl of goodies, and went outside for my nature walk :) our nature friends, and the peaceful calm of the early nature morning greeted me :) i saw some happy sparrows visiting our yard :) i put lots of goodies in our backyard, bird sanctuary area for our nature friends :) They love their baking friday breakfast feasts :) awww! :) our weather has been continuing to be mild, it's very nice, and refreshing :) Holly and i are very excited for lots of fun nature walks this winter season, and all throughout the new year :) Happy nature smiles :)



it was a nice spirited early morning :) we enjoyed our breakfast,and having some hot tea with peppermint candy, water, iced coffee, and orange soda :) Tiger girl enjoyed her breakfast too :) i began to gather our baking friday supplies, kitchen decorations,and went out into our kitchen to begin setting up and decorating our kitchen, for our super fun adventure :) Today, i decorated with a cool, and festive, happy countdown to new year, theme :) our kitchen looks great! :) it's so much fun decorating :) as the morning went on, we put some sports radio on, we love tuning into all of the sports talk, football, and basketball :) lots of big football games this upcoming weekend : )We look forward to having an awesome, new year's eve football party on sunday :) Around mid-day, we enjoyed a nice lunch,and during the early afternoon, i enjoyed some nice time here on DS :)



Around 3pm, Jenn and the kids came over, and Brody came over earlier today,my mom babysits him :) The triplets are visiting with their friend, and were with us in spirit today :) Lots of great spirited excitement in the air :) the kids are having a fun, holiday vacation, and enjoying all of their cool gifts they recieved for Christmas :) They got some really cool gifts, including new tablet/computers, games, and gift cards to use to buy games :) We're very happy and excited, getting ready for a whole new year of super fun baking friday adventures in 2024, baking lots of goodies :) our favorite recipes, and trying new recipes too :) We all began to gather in our kitchen :) The kids love to select their spots at the kitchen counter :) The kids, Holly ,and i got our picture taken :) You all are always right there with us in spirit :) Each week, we love to use our nice baking friday supplies we've recieved from family and friends over the years :) i wear my nice apron 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 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! :) Today,Hunter, Brody and Carter helped Holly and i bake goodies :) We first began to prepare the brownies :) They're one of our favorite goodies :) we added the ingredients :) Hunter and Holly cracked open the eggs this week :) We had a funny new year's eve joke to share :) what has a face, 2 hands, and runs all the time? A Clock! hehe! :)We were sharing lots of smiles :) my mom came out into the kitchen at times, and you all are always right there with us in spirit :) we super stirred the brownies mix, and used butter to grease the baking pan, and we then poured the brownies mix into the baking pan, and i put the brownies into the oven to bake :)



We then got ready to prepare the cheese pizza : )We love pizza :) The kids love to help add the sauce, and cheese to the pizza :) We spread the pizza dough on the pan, and added the sauce,and cheese :) We love to eat some mozzarella cheese, it's delicious :) we got the pizza all set, and put the pizza into the oven to bake :) We did some cleaning up in the kitchen, and were hanging out :) Brody got a cool new tablet computer, and was showing us earlier how he has a game for kids, and he makes a pizza on the cake :) the kids love baking, cooking, it's so nice, how they learn so much from their baking friday experiences, our fun adventures, and they love to help bake lots of goodies :) The pizza finished baking, i brought the pizza out of the oven, and the brownies finished baking about 5 minute later :) i brought the brownies out to cool down :)



We sliced the pizza, and cut the brownies, and began to dig in :)The brownies and pizza came out great! :) We had so much fun baking goodies today, and all throughout the year :)i thanked the kids, and Holly for helping bake :) We're very happy and excited for lots more baking friday adventures in the new year, 2024 :) A very special shoutout for family and friends :) Lots of great baking and cooking this week, with the holiday's :) We love hearing about the 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 :) Brownies, and Cheese pizza, dedicatd to our wonderful family,friends, and to the wonderful 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!!! :) December 29th, 2023 :) Happy baking friday everyone! :)



We're enjoying an awesome day! :) baking friday! :) Counting down to the new year,and sweet seasonal 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 look forward to a whole new year of baking friday adventures in 2024 :) The weekend is arriving with lots of great seasonal spirit :) We love the weekend's! :) We're very happy and excited! :) Tomorrow, we're gonna go shopping at the dollar tree :) We love shopping there :) We're going to buy some cards, stickers, and also gonna browse at their seasonal items, we love to look for hotwheels,and browsing at the dvds :) Holly and i are very excited to stock up on some new year writing supplies for a great new upcoming month of writings,and mailings :) Holly and i are also looking forward to having a fun, popcorn movies party, and gonna pick out a new movie to watch on saturday night :) Sunday is new year's eve,and football sunday! :) We're going to have a football party, enjoying foods, snacks, drinks, and all of the great gameday cheer, and countdown to the arrival of the new year :) We look forward to ringing in, and celebrating the new year with everyone :) i look forward to sharing our weekend adventures, and pictures with everyone in my weekend journals :) it's gonna be an awesome weekend :) 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 season continues to shine :)The winter season is filled with lots of awesome seasonal festivities, traditions, and birthday celebrations to share in :) We love the special times, and celebrations from month to month as the year goes on :) We're so happy to celebrate all of the excitement of the arrival of 2024 new year soon :) The football season is in full swing with lots of great games, plus basketball season too :) We love cheering on the teams! :) 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 had lots of fun, baking a cheese pizza, and brownies, for baking friday :) We love these very special, spirited fun times :) We're very excited for the weekend, shopping, watching movies, football, and ringing in the new year :) 2024 is almost here :) Enjoying these late holiday season days, and very excited for lots more great times to share in :) 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 :) We think of you all often :) We're very heart happy and excited,sharing in the countdown to the new year with everyone, as 2024 approaches : )We look forward to celebrating a great new year with everyone :) Thank you angel friends, for making each day, very special, and memorable :) We wish everyone a healthy, safe, peaceful,and happy weekend :)



Happy baking friday and happy countdown to new year! :) Calling all cookie monsters! :) The countdown to 2024 is on! :) 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, NEW YEAR!!! is on it's way! :) my family, Holly, and i are very happy and excited, to share in and celebrate, the arrival of the new year with everyone :) it's very exciting, ringing in a new year :) a new year ,brings a whole new journey of the months,seasons, times, and all of the great memories to be made :) We're very happy, thankful, and blessed to have you all in our lives, and to be able to share in and celebrate these very special times with you all, our dear friends :) We've had so much fun this year, baking lots of goodies, and are looking forward to a whole new year, of baking friday fun, adventures, and many great memories being made :) Our warmest wishes, for a healthy, happy, and peaceful new year for us all :) 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 a cheese pizza, and brownies :) Thank you everyone, 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 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 :)
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Greetings, from our kitchen to yours! :) The baking friday crew! :) Hunter, 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 looking forward to lots more adventures all throughout the seasons :) We're so happy and excited, getting ready for a fun new year, of baking friday adventures! :)
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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 and cook :) We're so proud of the kids, and all that they're learning about baking, and cooking :) We love when the kids help select the goodies for the baking friday menu :) We're very happy and excited for all of our baking friday adventures each month, all throughout the year :) Sharing lots of smiles, and spirited baking friday cheer :)
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The kids love to make funny faces! : )hehe! :) 


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Brownies, and Cheese Pizza! :) come on over, for some baking friday goodies! :) The kids, Holly, and i had a super fun time baking goodies, and a whole year of fun adventures, and so excited to blossom into a whole new year of baking, cooking,and sharing lots of smiles :) baking friday :)
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Replies

CoolGal
CoolGal

Hi Chris Glad you Holly and your family are doing well and enjoyed baking. The pizza and brownies came out great I enjoyed seeing your photos. Glad the boys had a good time baking. Your kitchen decoration look very nice with a sunflower/holiday theme. Happy to hear you're looking forward to shopping tomorrow and ringing in 2024 soon. Thanks for al my nice hugs today Have a good evening. Hugs to everyone-Stephanie
cedarbrooke
cedarbrooke

Great job Team Bakers. I love the new shirts! Lots of smiles in the kitchen. Everything looks delicious. Thanks for sharing your day & pics!
Hugs! Brooke & Henri
Lilysawyer
Lilysawyer

Wow some Baking Fri Fun! I love the t shirts! Send me some pizza and brownies! yum! Hugs
JeanCarlin
JeanCarlin

I’m so glad everyone had a good time making homemade pizza and brownies and I bet everything tasted delicious :-)
I love the T-shirt you and Holly are wearing a really cool
I hope you enjoy your shopping in your movies today. I have a great weekend.
Hugs Jeannie
bluemoon29
bluemoon29

Your shirts are really good!! Your baking looks delicious:) Your kitchen decorations are sweet! Thanks for sharing:)
Squarley
Squarley

Hello my dear friend happy Saturday love your Baking Friday pictures they’re really nice the kids and everybody I really enjoy and thank you for sharing your traditions with me everything looks delicious just got a busy weekend going on tell everyone we said hello we love you all looking forward to talking to you on Thursday happy new year to you and the family tell everyone we said that we hope that every year from now on as a good year love you bunches your friend Shirley and Bruce!
ZenEm
ZenEm

Wait right there, I’m coming over for brownies and a coffee!!
Those tshirts are cool :))
Looking forward to a new year full of more baking Friday adventures!! xx