baking friday :) Brownies and Oatmeal Cookies :) Thank you angel friends :)

"We want brownies and cookies!"- my nephew's Mikey, Hunter, Brayden, Colby, and Jacob said that today, during baking friday! :)


We dedicate today's baking friday, to our dear forever friend, Bailey :)


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, dedicated to Bailey, old fashioned baking friday adventure in the kitchen!!! :) with the flour flying in the air, and sharing lots and lots of smiles :) baking friday! :) we love it!!! :) it's a sweet golden spring day, that feels like summer time! :) We feel your loving spirits with us in spirit, and we love sharing in, and celebrating the great joys of this very special baking friday tradition with you and your family's :) we wish you all could come over to enjoy some baking friday goodies with us :)


keeping with the tradition, a wonderfully wholesome tradition, today Kayla, the kids, and i had a fun time, baking oatmeal cookies, and baked some brownies too :) We love baking friday, and all of the excitement of the adventures :) this morning when Jenn, and Hunter came over to visit, Jenn mentioned that when she and Hunter took Mikey to school, Hunter was saying, "Friday! friday!: hehe! :) he loves baking friday! :)


my family and i want to take this time, to thank you all so very much, for your wonderfully comforting, and uplifting comments, prayers, well wishes ,and for comforting my family, and i as we grieve the loss of our friend Bailey. You all are giving us lots of comfort, strength, and hope. We feel you all hugging our hearts, and it's very special of you all. We're so blessed, and thankful to have you all in our lives, and we appreciate you all very much :) Thank you all, for being here for us, and for keeping us all, and Bailey in your thoughts and prayers. We're doing ok, and keeping strong together. :) you all are wonderfully special friends :)


This morning, we had a sweet new day, rising and shining with some awesome sunshine, and a beautiful sunrise :) We love blossoming into the days, and it's been feeling like summer season is beginning to arrive :) i love to wish my family and friends, a happy baking friday, and i share your lovely happy baking friday wishes with my family :) You all are so nice and sweet :) We've been feeling you all with us in spirit, and the outpouring of love, care, and support is incredible : )You all are family to us, and we cherish your wonderful friendships :)


Thank you all, for always being here for us :) we've been rallying around Lisa, and eachother a lot, and even thinking of getting a new puppy sometime, in the very near future :) Bailey will always be here in our hearts :) we've been thinking of him often :) it was a nice peaceful morning, as the new day was blossoming :) i love to gather a nice bowl of goodies, and i went outside for my early morning nature walk :) i got some very exciting nature news to share :) yesterday i made some nectar food (boiled water and sugar) for the hummingbirds :) today i saw 2 hummingbirds visiting our yard, and enjoying the nectar :) awww!: ) lots of beautiful nature, and our plants, and fruit trees are doing very well :) i'm gonna do some more gardening this weekend, and my dad and i want to go to malerba's farm very soon :)


It's a beautiful time in the season :) Everything is flourishing wonderfully, and our nature friends have been enjoying their breakfast feasts :) i began to gather our baking friday supplies, and decorations, and went out into our kitchen to begin to set up, and decorate our kitchen for our super fun adventure :) it's part of the great tradition, and fun, that baking friday brings :) our kitchen looked awesome, all decorated :) i prepared a nice lunch, and also went back outside for another nature walk :) i tended our plants, and planters, giving them nice water nourishment :) it reached into the upper 80's here today, very summer-like weather :) During the early afternoon, i was enjoying my iced coffee, and some nice time here on ds, writing to friends :)


Kayla and the triplets came over shortly after 2:15pm :) Kayla also arrived home from school :) the kids have been looking forward to baking friday all week :) they wanted to bake some cookies and brownies :) Around 3pm, Taylynn arrived home from school, and Jenn, Mikey, and Hunter came over :)The kids were all excited, as we all gathered around :) Hunter ran right out into the kitchen! hehe! :) The kids love to get a spot near the counter, they all get a chair, and we get our picture taken together :) it's a cool baking friday tradition :) We were gearing up, to bake some goodies :) Each week, we love to use our nice baking friday supplies we've recieved from family and friends over the years :) we love our oven mits, kitchen towels, i use my aprons, and all of our baking friday supplies are so nice :) our kitchen was all set, and we were ready to get the flour flying in the air in the kitchen :) calling all cookie monsters! :) cookie monsters unite!!! :) it's time to bake! bake! bake! :)


We began our super fun adventure! :) We first began to prepare the brownies :) i said to Kayla, pick out the best 2 eggs ever! :) She loves to pick out the eggs :) we had a big bowl, and lots of spoons :) we began to add in the ingredients : )the kids love to help, they get very proud when they add in the packages of baking mix, brownies, water, melted butter, and they help add the eggs :) We're so proud of the kids ,and all that they are learning, baking, and cooking :) they're learning a lot :) We love these awesome times, and sharing lots of smiles :)


baking friday teamwork! :) the kids were super stirring the brownies mix :) We were having an awesome time baking :) my mom, Jenn, and Alyssa came out into the kitchen too :) the kids were so excited, and sometimes would go back and forth, from the kitchen to the living room :) i used butter to grease the baking pan, and we poured the brownies mix into the pan, and i put the brownies into the oven to bake! bake! bake! :) Jenn, Mike, Mikey, and Hunter have movie night on friday night's, and the kids get so excited to bring home some goodies they bake, to enjoy during their movie night :)


As the brownies were baking, we began to prepare the oatmeal cookies :) we had some nice oats, and were ready to bake the goodies :) we added in the ingredients, another awesome egg, butter, sugar, and we got the flour flying in the air in the kitchen :) i was taking baking friday pictures, and Hunter loves to say, CHEESE!!! hehe! :) We prepare a big bowl of oatmeal cookie dough, i got a cookie baking pan, and greased the pan with butter :) we made lots of cookies :) our kitchen smelled great, with the brownies and cookies baking :)


The first batch of cookies finished baking :) i brought the cookies out of the oven to cool down, and put another batch of cookies into the oven :) the kids were all having fun playing in the living room :) we did some cleaning up in the kitchen, and the brownies finished baking :) when the brownies cooled down, i cut the brownies, and the kids were all lining up to get a brownie :) it was so nice baking goodies today :) we love these special times :) i thanked Kayla and the kids for helping bake :) we have many more super fun baking friday adventures to look forward too :) we love this very special tradition :) a very special shoutout to family and friends :) lots of cooking, and baking this week :) we love hearing about the goodies and foods you all bake and cook :) We're with eachother in spirit in our kitchen :) i wish we all could gather and have a baking friday picnic :) Brownies, and Oatmeal Cookies, dedicated to our dear angel friend Bailey :) he's always in our hearts :) We love you Bailey! :) many great memories made, to always cherish and treasure :) baking friday! :) we love it! :) May 19th, 2017 :) Happy baking friday everyone! :)


We're enjoying a nice day, baking friday! :) We love it! :) Thank you angel friends, for all of your comforting love, care, and support, and for keeping us in your thoughts and prayers :) You all are very special, dear friends :) Thank you for being here for us :) We're so blessed, and thankful to have you all in our lives :) We're doing ok, and keeping strong together :) The weekend is arriving :) We're gonna go to the dollar tree store tomorrow :) i'm going to buy some gifts, goodies, treasures, and cards :) we love to shop there :) We're gonna watch the preakness stakes horse race :) my mom, dad, and i may place a few bets online :) i'm going to do some gardening this weekend, and also going to do some writing :) i look forward to sharing our weekend adventures, and pictures with everyone in my journals :) There's many more great times to look forward too :) Tonight, Holly and i are gonna 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 fo rus :) You all are wonderful friends, and are so nice, sweet, and very caring :) We deeply appreciate everything, with all of the love of our hearts :) BIG GROUP WARM FRIENDSHIP HUG :) We hope everyone enjoys a wonderful weekend :)


-never lose hope :)


To Wildthing, Peaceful Gentle Moments of the day :) Wildthing, today, Kayla, the kids, and i baked oatmeal cookies, and brownies for baking friday :) Thinking of you, our dear friend :)


my mom says hi :) She says, "i hope everyone is having a good baking friday" :) She says, "have a nice weekend" :) awww! :) we love you all bunches and bunches, our sweet dear wonderful guardian angel friends :) We hope everyone is doing well, and having a nice day :) We wish everyone, a wonderfully safe, fun, and happy weekend :)


Happy baking friday!!! :) calling all cookie monsters! :) it's a spring time and happy countdown to summer, baking friday adventure! :) We love this time of the year, as the spring season is in full swing, and lots of great festivities, and traditions :) We love celebrating the seasons with everyone :) 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 oatmeal cookies and brownies :) the kids love to help :) baking friday teamwork :) It's always such a super fun adventure :) Thank you all 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! :)


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baking friday supplies! :) We have a very special shoutout, and thank you for my dear and lovely mom and sister Lisa :) they went shopping this week, and picked up baking friday supplies :) it's very nice and sweet of them :) Thank you mom and Lisa, 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 :) Kayla, the kids, and i got our picture taken in the kitchen today :) it's a cool and special baking friday moment, all gathered together, and little Hunter loves to say, CHEESE!!! awww! :) lots of big smiles, celebrating baking friday! :)


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Baking friday Teamwork! :) preparing the cookeis and brownies! :) the kids love to help prepare the goodies :) they get so proud, when they add the ingredients and super stirring :) Sharing lots of smiles :) baking friday! :) we love it! :)


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Brownies and Oatmeal Cookies! :) come on over, for some baking friday goodies :)Kayla, the kids, and i had a super fun time baking goodies today :) we love sharing our adventures with everyone :) many great memories made, to always cherish and treasure :) baking friday :)


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happy nature smiles :) i spotted some hummingbirds visiting our yard today, they love the nectar i made for them :)


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bluemoon29
bluemoon29

oh! there's that sweet baking team again! you all look like you're having fun:) i want to bake brownies too! i LOVE them. hope you all have a nice weekend. Love to all of you:)
CoolGal
CoolGal

Hi Chris Glad you and your family are having a nice day and had a great time baking. The brownies and cookies came out great.The kids look like they had fun. Glad you got your feeders all set for the season. Hope you have a fun weekend ahead.Thanks for all my nice hugs today.Have a good evening Hugs to all there-Stephanie
Lilysawyer
Lilysawyer

WOW yummy brownies, one of my faves :D and the oatmeal cookies. mmmm I love how you got pics of the Hummingbirds visiting your feeder. They are hard to capture on film.

Hugs
KneeDeep
KneeDeep

Hello Chris and Holly and family bakers!! I am so glad that you all had fun together today in remembering Bailey. Those humming birds,oh how pretty. Your treats look yummy too.
Enjoy your weekend friend. ♥blessings/greenies
ZenEm
ZenEm

Sending you all love and hugs, and my deepest sympathies for your loss of Bailey. I'm so sorry he's gone, and I hope he didn't suffer too much. I know he will remain forever in your hearts. *hugs*
I'm glad you're all staying strong, and keeping traditions alive with baking Friday :) A special day for everyone. xxxooo
DCUK.IS.NOW.ON
DCUK.IS.NOW.ON

HI BUDDY BOY N FAMILY [[[ WAVES N HUGS TO ALL ]]]!!!,
MY CARER N I WAS LOOKING FORWARDS TO THIS WEEKS FRIDAY BAKE OFF SWEETIE ;D WE SEE YOU HAVE ALL THE TEAM WITH YOU DIGING IN HELPING OUT!!! YOU ALL MAKE A SUPER TEAM ;D ITS JUST A SHAME TAYLYNNE DONT JOIN IN ANY MORE....

IM SO HAPPY THAT YOUR ALL KEEPING STRONG N FOCUSED TOGEATHER SINCE YOUR SAD LOSS OF YOUR BELOVED DOG BAILY [[[ MAY HE REST IN PEACE]]],
AWWW I SURE CAN SMELL ALL THAT FOOD FROM WAY BACK OVER HERE IN ENGLAND N LET ME TELL YOUSE ALL ITS SMELLING REAL [[[ GOOD ]]]!!!!...

THANK YOU BUDDY BOY N TEAM FOR ALWAYS SHAREING YOUR FUN N EXCITMENT FOR BAKEING FRIDAYS ;D [[[ I LOOK SO MUCH FORWARDS TO BAKEING FRIDAYS WITH YOUSE ALL ]]] YOUSE ALL PUT BACK THE [[ F ]] FOR F U N!!!...

KEEPING YOU ALL IN MY THOUGHTS N PRAYERS N WISHES FOR A LOVELY NEW WK END ALL,
THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR SHAREING YOUR DAILY LIFES WITH US ALL GOD BLESS YOUR HEARTS N SOULS...

MUCH LOVE XO DC FOREVER FRIENDS.

PS! ALWAYS KEEP STRONG TOGEATHER!...
DCUK.IS.NOW.ON
DCUK.IS.NOW.ON

PSS!,
HAVE THE TRIPLETS BEEN SWIMMING? ;D XO.
Squarley
Squarley

Hi Chris and family what a wonderful picture of all of you sharing together your baking day what a wonderful tradition and also sending love ❤️ To Bailey that's brought tears to my eyes. But looks like you had a wonderful day and everything turned out great I love your baking days and sharing them with you, have a wonderful day we love you all .