baking friday :) Brownies, and Ice Cream Cones! :) Classic Summer time fun! :)

"ICE CREAM!!!"- my nephew's Hunter, Mikey, Colby, Jacob, 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, summer time, ice cream themed baking friday adventure in the kitchen!!! :) This was so much fun!!! :) sprinkles, candies, and sharing lots of smiles! :) Ring A-ling! Ding Ding! Ring A-ling! Ding Ding! :) it's the baking friday ice cream truck!!! :) Woot!!! celebrating summer time joys, and lots of great memories being made! :) 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 brownies, and made ice cream cones :) it was so much fun! :) we had chocolate, vanilla, strawberry, sprinkles, m&m's, and reese's piece's! :) little Brodie had his first ice cream cone! :) awww! :) we love these special times, and the wonderful joys the season brings :) this was one of the funnest adventures we've had! :) we all had some ice cream cones, and sharing lots of smiles! :)



Sweet classic, and golden summer time! :) Hi angel friends! :) my family, Holly, and i hope everyone is doing well, and enjoying a great summer day! :) The season is in full swing, with lots of great things going on, and many special memories being made :) we're having a wonderful time celebrating the joys of the season with you and your family's :) The season is glowing, with all of the festivities, and traditions :) BBQ cookouts, nature, gardening, and lots more :) one of our favorite summer time traditions, is having an annual ice cream shop themed baking friday adventure :) We love ice cream! :) it's one of our favorite treats :) when i think of summer time, i love to remember all of the trips to the ice cream shops at the mall, mcdonalds, dairy queen, and the ice cream truck visiting our neighborhood :) my friends and i would be so excited, to buy ice cream :) the ice cream truck still comes around our neighborhood, and i love seeing my nieces and nephew's buying ice cream over the past years, and i think back to those days when i was their age, and got ice cream :)Summer time is so nice, and a spirited time to enjoy the joys of the season :)



This morning, we had a sweet new summer day, rising and shining :) i love to wish my family, Holly, and friends, a happy baking friday, and i share with them, your lovely happy baking friday wishes :) awww! :) Thank you angel friends, so very much! :) You all are so nice, and sweet :) We've been looking forward to our super fun adventure :) the kids have been asking this week, "how many days until baking friday?" :) awww! :) they've been so excited, for us to have an ice cream themed adventure :) We have a very special shoutout, and thank you for my mom, dad, and Alyssa :) they got baking friday supplies this week :) my mom and dad got the brownies, m&m's and reese's pieces, and Alyssa picked up some chocolate, vanilla, strawberry ice cream, and cones :)
As the new day was blossoming, i gathered a big bowl of goodies, and went outside for my early morning nature walk :) we had some nice replenishing rainfall overnight, for the plants, and nature :) the rain had eased :) i love checking in on our plants, especially after a good rainfall :) i put the goodies in our backyard, for our nature friends :) they love their baking friday breakfast feasts :) awww! :) i was checking our plants, as i walked around :) they're doing amazing! :) we have lots of cucumbers, zuchinni, yellow squash, onions, radishes, turnips growing, and lots more :) the sunflowers,and popcorn have grown very tall, and all of our plants are doing well :) we're loving the season :) the rain replenished the plants so nicely :) We're so happy and thrilled about how well everything is growing, harvesting yellow squash, turnips :) it's a beautiful time in the gardening :) we have another cucumber to pick tomorrow, and also looking forward to tending our garden this weekend :) there's so much more, to look forward too :)


The morning was sweet spirited! :) Holly and i drew, and colored some awesome ice cream themed pictures for our kitchen decorations :) i began to gather our kitchen decorations, and supplies, and went out into our kitchen to begin setting up, and decorating our kitchen :) it's a special baking friday tradition :) our kitchen looked great! :) i made a blueberry iced coffee, cheers! :) my mom and i each won, another $5 dunkin donuts gift card, and the other day, Holly won one too :) Holly and i have a dunkins card we share :) we treated my mom to an iced tea, and she and i each got a blueberry iced coffee :) Cheers! :) my dad had his tea, and was all set :) my mom, dad, and i went over to my bank around mid-morning, i withdrawed my online earnings :) During the early afternoon, i enjoyed some nice time here on DS, writing to friends :) Holly and i put some tv shows on, and i also browsed at some collectibles and played some online instant win games :)



Around 3pm, Alyssa and the kids, and Jenn and the kids came over :) Lots of great spirit, and excitement in the air, as we were all gathered around :) the kids love to get a seat, and select their spots in the kitchen at the counter :) they've been looking forward to our annual ice cream shop themed baking friday adventure :) we all got our picture taken in the kitchen :) Kayla was busy today, with some cleaning, and organizing, as her boyfriend is gonna be coming over, and hanging out, for Kayla's upcoming birthday :) She was with us in spirit in the kitchen 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 :) my niece Alyssa wanted to help us in the kitchen :) sweet! :) our kitchen was all set, and we were ready for an awesome baking friday adventure! :) calling all cookie monsters! :) it's time to bake! bake! bake! :)



We began our super fun adventure! :) We first began to prepare the brownies :) brownies are very popular, and one of our favorite treats :) the kid were very excited :) baking friday teamwork! :) Alyssa got the eggs, and the kids helped add the ingredients into the bowl :) the kids love to help, they're learning a lot about baking, and cooking :) we're so proud of them :) my mom, sister Jenn, and little Brodie came out into the kitchen today :) this is awesome! :) You all were right there with us in spirit during these special times :) We were super stirring the brownies mix, and i used butter to grease the baking pan :) Mikey was helping, and he showed us his cool new hotwheel car he got :) he's so proud of it :) i put the brownies into the oven to bake :) As the brownies were baking, we got ready for ice cream party!!! :)



Ice cream! Ice cream! :) Alyssa and i got some bowls, and we put the sprinkles, and candies into the bowls, and gave the kids ice cream cones :) they all got to pick which kind of ice cream they wanted :) i had a cone too, and i put some reese's pieces candies in the bottom of my ice cream cone :) the kids picked their favorite ice cream, between chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry :) we all then began to add candies, and sprinkles on top of our ice cream cones :) the kids were so excited, and so proud to be making their cones :) we all held our ice cream cones together, and i took a picture :) little Brodie had his first ice cream cone! :) awww! :) he was so proud, and happy, enjoying his ice cream :) we were all smiling, lots of awesome joyful moments being shared :)



We did some cleaning up in the kitchen, and were all hanging out :)Holly came into the kitchen a couple times, she loves seeing all of the baking friday excitement :) The brownies finished baking, i brought them out of the oven to cool down :) We were all hanging out, and enjoying the awesome spirit in the air :) the ice cream cones were really good :) once the brownies cooled down, i cut the brownies, and took a picture of the brownies, and we all began to dig in :) The brownies came out great :)



We had so much fun baking goodies, and having ice cream cones :) i thanked Alyssa and the kids for helping :) we love these awesome times :) We have many more super fun baking friday adventures to look forward too all throughout the summer season :) a very special shoutout, for family and friends :) lots of great baking, and cooking each week :) we love hearing about the nice goodies, and fodos 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 baking friday picnic :) Brownies, and Ice Cream cones, dedicated to our wonderful family, friends, and to the awesome spirit of the summer season :) we love you all, so very very much! :) many great memories made, to always cherish and treasure :) baking friday! :) we love it!!! :) July 12th, 2019 :) Happy baking friday everyone! :)



We're enjoying an awesome, spirit soaring day! :) baking friday! :) summer time! :) we love it!!! :) my family, Holly, 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 summer season is in full swing, and the weekend is arriving with lots of spirit :) We're so happy and excited about the weekend :) Tomorrow, we're gonna go shopping at the dollar tree :) We're going to buy some cards, gifts, goodies, and treasures :) it's gonna be fun browsing around :) Holly and i are going to tend our plants, and picking out a new movie to watch on saturday night :) Holly and i have a very special day on sunday, our 8th anniversary of being together :) we've got some nice gifts, and treasures for eachother, and gonna enjoy some nature walks, and gardening :) it's gonna be a wonderful 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 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 happy sunny caring friendship hug :) we hope everyone enjoys a wonderful weekend :)


-never lose hope :)



To Wildthing, Peaceful gentle moments of the day :) Wildthing, it's a spirit soaring day :) Today, Alyssa, the kids, and i baked brownies, and had ice cream cones with candy, for baking friday :) Sweet classic summer time :) 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, "have a nice weekend" :) We love you all bunches and bunches, our sweet 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, and are so thankful to have you all in our lives :) Thank you angel friends, for brightening our days :)



Happy baking friday!!! :) calling all cookie monsters! :) it's sweet classic, and golden summer time, and we're celebrating with an ice cream shop themed baking friday adventure! :) my family, Holly, and i are so happy and excited! :) We're enjoying the summer season, so very much, celebrating th joys of the sason with everyone :) it's a very exciting time of the year :) we love the awesome spirit and excitement in the air, and the great memories being made :) we sure do love our baking friday adventures, and sharing our adventures with eveyone :) each summer, we love to have an ice cream shop themed baking friday adventure :) with summer time here, ice cream is one of our favorite treats :) it always brings back memories, of summer time visits to the ice cream shops, dairy queen, and the ice cream truck visiting :) This is a picture of our kitchen all set up and decorated for our super fun adventure :) Holly and i drew, and colored some cool pictures, for our kitchen :) Today, we're baking brownies, and making ice cream cones with sprinkles and candy :) 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, dad, and niece Alyssa :) they went shopping, and picked up baking friday supplies :) it's very nice, and sweet of them :) Thank you mom, dad, and Alyssa, so very much! :) We all love to chip in each week, to get the baking friday supplies :) We're very thankful, and blessed to have this special tradition in our lives :)
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Greetings, from our kitchen ice cream shop 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 :) happy baking friday smiles :)
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Baking friday teamwork! :) preparing the goodies! :) 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 made :) the kids are so excited we're baking brownies, and having ice cream cones with sprinkles :) sharing lots of happy baking friday smiles :)
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Brodie had his first ice cream cone! :) awww! :) he loves the ice cream :) we were all smiling, as Brodie enjoyed his ice cream :)
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Brownies, and Ice Cream Cones! :) come on over, for some baking friday goodies! :) Alyssa, the kids, and i had so much fun today, baking goodies and having ice cream cones :)W e love these awesome times, and all of the great memories being made :) We look forward to many more spirit soaring summer time moments and times like this :) baking friday :)


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Replies

CoolGal
CoolGal

Hi Chris Glad you and your family are having a nice day and enjoyed baking. The brownies and ice cream look great.I'm sure the kids loved it. Brodie is very cute with his ice cream in the photo. Sounds like you have a fun weekend ahead with shopping gardening and other activities Thanks for all my nice hugs today Have a good evening hugs to everyone-Stephanie
Lilysawyer
Lilysawyer

I'll take an ice cream cone and a brownie :D it looks like you guys had a blast! :D
Lilysawyer
Lilysawyer

I like how Brodie had his first ice cream cone. I'm sure it won't be long until he is joining the baking Fri party
Ladybug7
Ladybug7

Super cute picture of Brodie with his first ice cream cone. Glad you guys had fun! Love and hugs.
sunsetyellow2
sunsetyellow2

Hi Chris and Holly So glad that everyone had such a great time yesterday baking and making ice cream cones. It is so cute how Brodie had his first ice cream cone. He is sure a cute little guy. Hope you have a great day today and are enjoying the summer weather. Hugs--John Debbie Mya Abby and Allie
cedarbrooke
cedarbrooke

Great Job Team Bakers. I will take a vanilla cone with sprinkles & smarties! Brodie is such a cutie. Lots of smiles in the kitchen. Love the drawings! I remember the Ice Cream Truck when I lived in the city. Thanks for sharing a wonderful day! Hugs! Brooke
Squarley
Squarley

Oh what a wonderful baking Friday I love the pictures you guys did or just wonderful and decorative for the ice cream party On baking Friday. The brownies look delicious and the ice cream cones oh my gosh the kids were enjoying them and the baby had ice cream all over his nose it was so cute I so enjoyed sharing your days in traditions Chris thank you so much for letting me into your life me and Bruce love you guys so much friends forever. Oh what a wonderful baking Friday I love the pictures you guys through they’re just wonderful and decorative for the ice cream party on baking Friday. The brownies look delicious and the ice cream cones oh my gosh the kids were enjoying them and the baby had ice cream all over his nose it was so cute I so enjoyed sharing your days and traditions Chris thank you so much for letting me into your life me and Bruce love you guys so much friends forever :)
Chris198I
Chris198I

Thank you angel friends, so very much, for your wonderfully heart warming comments :)We're so happy, and thrilled that everyone enjoyed our baking friday adventure, and pictures :) we had so much fun baking, and making ice cream cones :) we love these special times, and all of the great memories being made :) my niece Alyssa wants us to have another ice cream themed baking friday later this summer, for the kid's birthday themed baking friday :) cool! :)
Thank you all for joining us in our kitchen each week :) happy baking friday smiles :)