baking friday :) Brownies, and Cinnamon Rolls :) Great news about my dad :)

Great news to begin our baking friday journal today :) The doctor called my mom this late afternoon, my dad's procedure went very well,and they found, no blocked arteries in his neck/brain, all looks ok, and he's back in recovery, and doing ok :) We're so very glad,thankful,and relieved,that all went very well. my mom and Jenn are gonna be traveling to Hartford tomorrow to visit him. he's being treated. they are still not 100% sure about what exactly caused the brain bleed, but are doing tests, that will help themto be able to give him the very best medicine for continued healing progress forward :) i'll continue to keep everyone updated, on how my dad is doing :) Thank you angel friends ,for your continued comforting and uplifting prayers, warm well wishes, and support for my dad and us all. <3 we appreciate you all very much,and are very thankful and blessed to have you all in our lives :) We had a baking friday adventure today :)



"lets bake double the brownies and cinnamon rolls!"- my nephew's Brody,Hunter, Colby, Carter, Jacob, Mikey,and Brayden 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, spring time themed baking friday adventure in the kitchen! :) This was lots of fun, and sweet spring spirited :) We're loving our spring time baking friday's, and all of the seasonal cheer,sharing lots of smiles, and many great memories being made :) we really needed a fun baking friday adventure today to give us a nice balance with our day, and week we're going through. We feel all of the love, care, support, and prayers from you all, our dear angel friends. 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 cinnamon rolls :) it was lots of fun, and so very needed today, to have a baking friday adventure :) We love this very special tradition, and are very blessed to have baking friday in our lives :) Blossoming into the month of May, with sweet seasonal baking :) Hi angel friends :) my family, Holly ,and i hope everyone is doing well, healthy, and enjoying a nice day :) It's been an emotional stretch of days ,with worrysome moments. You all are helping us keep strong, and thinking about positives :) Thank you angel friends, for always being here for us :)We'll always be here for you all too :) i'll continue to keep everyone updated often, on how my dad is doing :) Thank you angel friends,for all that you do for us :) sending our love, our warmest caring happy sunny friendship hugs, from our hearts, and home to yours :)Wishing everyone continued joys of the spring season :)



This morning ,we had a nice new day rising and shining :) A very special friday tradition i love very much ,is wishing Holly, our friends, and our family a happy baking friday, and i share with Holly and our family, your sweet happy baking friday wishes :) thank you angel friends ,so very much :) You all are wonderfully nice ,and sweet :) We love baking friday ,and sharing our adventures :) We're so glad, and thankful to be having a baking friday adventure today, we all needed to have a nice, fun, adventure to help us keep balanced :) 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 had a severe thunderstorm here overnight, the thunder was very loud. Thankfully our power remained on,and the weather eased. i gathered a nice bowl of goodies, and went outside for my nature walk :) our nature friends,and the replenished nature greeted me :) The rain helped replenish all of the nature :) everything is flourishing :) i put lots of goodies on the bird feeders, and in the bird sanctuary area for our nature friends :) They love their baking friday breakfast feasts :) our plants, flower bushes, and fruit trees are doing well, continuing to grow and flourish :) it's amazing to see how much everything has grown :) The season is in full swing, with lots of spirit soaring nature, our nature friends have been visiting often, and lots of blossoms on our fruit trees :) Holly and i are looking forward to all of our gardening adventures,as we get ready to plant seeds,and growing a beautiful garden throughuout the season :) happy spring naure smiles :)



It was a nice early morning :)We enjoyed our breakfast, and having some hot chamomile tea, water,and vanilla iced coffee :) Tiger girl enjoyed her breakfast,and some treats :)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 nice spring theme :) our kitchen looks great :)it's lots of fun decorating :) as the morning went on, we put the sports radio on, we love tuning in, it's a special part of our days :) we've been helping my mom around the house, helping her with our pets :) 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, Jenn and the kids came over, and the triplets, and Brody came over :) Lots of great spring spirit in the air :) The kids love friday's, and the arrival of the weekend's :) We're having lots of fun enjoying our spring time baking friday's, baking lots of goodies, and also cooking, and grilling :) We'll be having lots more chillin n grillin themed baking friday's too :) it's always a super fun adventure in the kitchen, and with spring in full swing, the summer season is only about 7 weeks away :) The kids love to look forward to summer vacation each year :) We all gathered in the kitchen :) The kids love to select their spots at the kitchen counter :) the kids, Holly, and i got our picture taken :) it's a special baking friday tradition :) You all are always right there with us in spirit in the kitchen :) my mom takes the picture of us each week :) We love to use our nice baking friday supplies, i wear my nice apron Holly gave me, and we use our nice oven mits, kitchen towels, baking pans, and all of our baking supplies that we've recieved from family and friends over the years :) Our kitchen was all set, and we were ready to bake some nice goodies :) Spring time baking! :) Calling all cookie monsters :) 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 cinnamon rolls :) Brody loves to break open the cans of cinnamon rolls, he gets so very proud :) he opened up both cans, and we put the rolls on the baking pan, and i put the cinnamon rolls into the oven to bake :)We began to prepare the brownies :) They're one of our favorite goodies :) Hunter, and Colby was helping Holly and i preparethe brownies :) we added the ingredients into the bowl :) Hunter and Colby cracked open the eggs :) We were sharing lots of smiles, and so happy to be having a fun baking friday adventure :) my mom and the other kids came into the kitchen at times,and you all are always right there with us in spirit in the kitchen :) We super stirred the ingredients, and i used butter to grease the baking pan :) We poured the brownies mix into the pan, and i put the brownies into the oven to bake :)



The cinnamon rolls finished baking, they baked nicely :) i brought the cinnamon rolls out of the oven to cool down, and we spread the icing on the cinnamon rolls :)The cinnamon rolls are very popular :)We did some cleaning up in the kitchen ,and were hanging out :) it's a nice sunny warm spring day :) once the brownies finished baking, i brought the brownies out of the oven to cool down :) the kids were going back and forth,from the kitchen, living room, and went outside to play :) i sliced the brownies,and we all began to dig in :) The brownies and cinnamon rolls came out great :)We had lots of fun baking the goodies today :) i thanked the kids and Holly for helping bake goodies :)We look forward to many more super fun baking friday adventures :) a very special shoutout for family and friends :) Lots of great baking, and cooking this week :)We love hearing abotu 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 Cinnamon Rolls, dedicated to our wonderful family, friends, and to the sweet spirit of spring time :)We love you all, so very very much :) many great memories made, to always cherish and treasure :) baking friday ,we love it! :) May 2nd,2025 :) Happy baking friday everyone :)



We're enjoying a nice day :) baking friday, and sweet spring time spirit :) my family, Holly and i are doing ok ,keeping strong and in good spirits :) it was so nice, and lots of fun baking goodies today :) We love these very special, spirited fun times, and all of the great memories being made :) The weekend is arriving with lots of seasonal spirit :) i'll keep everyone updated on how my dad is doing ,and his condition. We're very glad, and thankful he's doing ok, and all went well with the procedure today. :)Thank you angel friends ,for all of your comforting prayers ,warm well wishes, and support :) We appreciate you all very much :) Tomorrow, my mom, Holly ,and i are gonna try to go to the post office ,my mom can drive, and would like to go with Holly and i to the dollar tree, we'll shop together. :) we're keeping to our days, and daily routines, which is helping a lot :) Holly and i are gonna have a fun popcorn movies party on saturday, we picked out some cool movies, and going to watch a new movie saturday night :) On Sunday, we're gonna do some gardening, and watching TWD, and new TWD show on sunday night :) i'll be keeping everyone updated on how my dad's doing ,in my weekend journals, and will take pictures to share :) Tonight, Holly and i are going to watch some episodes of most haunted show :) Thank you angel friends ,so very much for always being here for us, and for the special comfort, and joy you all bring us :) We appreciate you all very much ,and will alway be here for you all too :) Big group caring ,happy sunny warm friendship hug :) We wish everyone a peaceful evening and night :)



-never lose hope :)



my mom, Holly ,and our family says hello :) We hope everyone is doing well,healthy, enjoying a nice day, and a really good baking friday :) We love you all bunches and bunches, our sweet dear wonderful guardian angel friends :) We're enjoying a special time sharing in the Spring season with everyone, and all of the seasonal festivities, and traditions :) We wish everyone a healthy, safe, and peaceful weekend :)



Happy baking friday :) Calling all cookie monsters! :) Spring season is blossoming all around :) my family ,Holly, and i love sharing in the spirit of the season with everyone, and all of the seasonal festivities and traditions that makes the season special :) We love the spirit of the season :) 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 brownies and cinnamon rolls :) Thank you angel friends,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 :) A special thank you for Alyssa :) Alyssa went to the stores, and picked up baking friday supplies this week :) it's very nice of her :) We all love to chip in to get the supplies :) We love baking friday, and are very thankful, and blessed to have this very special tradition in our lives :)
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Greetings, from our spring time kitchen to yours :) The baking friday crew :) the kids, Holly, and i got our picture taken in the kitchen :) it's a very special tradition :) We love welcoming everyone over, for these fun seasonal adventures :) You all are always right there with us in spirit, in the kitchen :) it's our favorite tradition :) We love gathering, and sharing lots of smiles with spirited baking friday cheer :) Sweet seasonal baking and cooking :)
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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 :) we're very proud of the kids, and all that they have learned about baking, and cooking :) They love to help Holly and i in the kitchen :) We love helping teach the kids how to bake and cook goodies and foods :) plus our spring/summer grilling foods :) we're so happy the kids love to help pick the baking friday menu :) We love baking friday, and are very excited for a whole spring season of baking friday fun, with many great memories being made :)
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Brody loves to break open the cans of cinnamon rolls :) 


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Brownies and Cinnamon rolls :)Come on over, for some baking friday goodies :) The kids, Holly ,and i had a fun time baking the goodies :)We love these very special times, sharing lots of smiles, and spirited cheer :) baking friday :)
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CoolGal
CoolGal

Hi Chris Happy to hear your dad's procedure went well and he is doing ok Hopefully a treatment for whatever issue he has can begin soon for him Happy to hear your mom is looking forward to going to the dollar store with you and Holly tomorrow. Its great you and the boys enjoyed baking The cinnamon rolls and brownies came out great Your kitchen decorations look nice with a Spring them Thanks for all my nice hugs today Hope all of you can rest this evening. Hugs to everyone-Stephanie
ZenEm
ZenEm

I’m so happy to hear the procedure went well and your dad is getting the treatment and care he needs. I’ve had a couple of messages with your mum, staying in touch and sending my love and support at this worrisome time.
I love that you’re keeping the routines, good thinking. Would love a cinnamon scroll!!
Keep us updated. Xx
bluemoon29
bluemoon29

What a relief that your dad is on the mend! Continued prayers for all of you.

The baking Friday looks delicious:)

Hugs to everyone:)
gratefulgrandma123
gratefulgrandma123

Hi Sweet Chris, Happy Baking Friday. I'm glad your dad's procedure went well & they didn't find anything to be concerned about & your dad is ok. I really enjoyed seeing all of you in your pictures & your goodies turned out great & look good. That's nice u had rain but sorry you had a loud thunderstorm. I'm glad your power stayed on. Hugs & love Hi to all FF
Lilysawyer
Lilysawyer

I'm so glad your Dad is doing better. I hope they will let him come home, soon. IN the meantime, baking Fri was a success. I love how the kids love to bake. They did a great job with the brownies and cinnamon rolls. How old is Brody now? Send me some goodies :D YUM!
JeanCarlin
JeanCarlin

I am so happy to hear that the procedure went well, and that your father is recovering nicely. Continued prayers for a speedy recovery!
I’m glad that you kept busy and still did your baking with the boys, of course your brownies and cinnamon rolls both look delicious:-)
Wishing everyone a good weekend and sending lots of comforting hugs for all :-)
Squarley
Squarley

Hello baking team wonderful pictures that was a joy to see you together with the family and baking and everything. Thinking of you and your dad. Praying that everything goes OK please keep us updated. We love sharing your baking day. Tell everyone we said hello we love you..