baking friday :) Brownies, and Onion Pretzels :) Home repair updates, pics :)

"we love baking!"-my nephew's Hunter and Colby 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, happy countdown to summer, themed baking friday adventure in the kitchen!!! :) this was so much fun!!!:) sharing lots of smiles, and spirited cheer! :) it's an exciting day here with lots going on :) our home being repaired, and baking up some awesome treats :) our home repairs are going really well :) we're so happy, thankful, and blessed :) i've got some new updates, pictures, and so  much to share :) 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 Kayla, the kids, and i baked brownies, and onion pretzels :) a good old fashioned home baking :) we love these awesome times, and feeling very thankful, for many special joys :) quality time with family, friends, and our home being repaired :) there's lots of great things going on, as the summer season approaches :) we're gearing up, for all of the traditions, festivities, and summer time celebrations :) it's gonna be a great summer :) 

This morning, we had a sweet new day, rising and shining :) i love to wish my family and friends, a happy baking friday :) i share your lovely happy baking friday wishes with my family :) you all are very nice, and sweet :) thank you angel friends, so very much :) we love these awesome times, and are very thankful, all is going well with our home repairs :) it was a great morning, blossoming into the new day :) i gathered a big bowl of goodies, and went outside for my early morning nature walk :)i put the goodies in the bird sanctuary in our yard :) our nature friends, love their baking friday breakfast feasts :) my mom came outside, and we were looking at our home, side of our home, and roof :) the contractor and workers arrived around 8am, and began working :) they're doing an amazing job :) they worked until around 3pm today :) we're so happy, with how all is going :) we're very thankful, and appreciative :) the contractors, and workers are gonna take the weekend off and will be returning on monday, to complete our home repairs :) it's a very exciting time :) i have some new pictures of our home repairs progress to share with everyone :) thank you angel friends, so very much, for your continued wonderful love, support, and prayers :) 

i began to gather our baking friday supplies, and decorations this morning, and went out into our kitchen, to begin setting up, and decorating :) our kitchen looked great :) my mom and dad went to the bank, and store :) they picked up some nice items, and got us some iced cold drinks on the way home, from dunkins :) it's so nice of them :) we were all hanging out today, and we heard the workers doing awesome work, on side of our home. :) there was some rain at times, but it did clear :) we're so thankful :) the workers are doing an amazing job :) we're so excited, that we'll be able to return to our rooms soon :) i prepared a nice lunch and during the early afternoon, enjoyed some nice time here on ds, writing to friends :) Kayla had a half day of school :) Taylynn arrived home from school after 3pm, and Alyssa, Colby, Jacob,Brayden Jenn, Mikey, and Hunter came over :) we were all gathering around, lots of excitement in the air :) we were getting ready to bake :) 

Earlier in the afternoon, i prepared some nice pretzels dough, so that the dough could rise, or some awesome big pretzels :) 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 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 awesome treats :) 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 :) one of our favorite treats :) baking friday teamwork! :) i said to Kayla, pick out the best 2 eggs ever :) She loves to pick out the eggs :) we were all gathering around, lots of excitement, sharing smiles :) you all are always right here with us in spirit, during these awesome times :) the kids love to help, they get so proud, when they add in the ingredients, and super stirring :) we're so proud of the kids, and all they have learned, about baking, and cooking :) we were having lots of fun :) we got some vegetable oil, and greased the baking pan :) we poured the brownies mix into the pan,and i put the brownies into the oven to bake! :) As the brownies were baking, we got ready to prepare the pretzels :) 

we love to prepare pretzels :) we had a big round ball of pretzel dough :) i cut the dough into portions :) we then rolled each portion, and made the dough into pretzels shape :) my mom's been wanting us to bake some onion pretzels :) i had some water heating up on the stove, to put the pretzels in, for a minute :) the pretzels get larger, when they are put in water :) we put some butter on the baking pan, and added the pretzels onto the pan :) the pretzels are huge :) i melted some butter, and added in more minced dried onions :) we drizzled the butter/onions on top of the pretzels,and put the pretzels into the oven to bake :) the brownies finished baking, and the pretzels baked nicely too :) i flipped the pretzels over, for a bit, and baked the pretzels so that the bottom of the pretzels baked nicely :) 

The brownies and pretzels came out great :) we're ready to dig in! :) we're cookie  monsters! hehe! :) i thanked Kayla and the kids for helping bake goodies :) we had so much fun baking the pretzels and brownies :) we have many more super fun baking friday adventures to look forward too :) we're going to have an ice cream shop baking friday, our annual 4th of July baking friday, and lots more :) a very special shoutout for family and friends :) lots of great baking,and cooking this week :) we love hearing about the nice goodies, and foods you all bake and cook :) we're with eachother in spirit, in our kitchens :) i wish we all could gather,and have a big baking friday picnic :) Brownies,and Onion Pretzels, dedicated to our wonderful family, friends, and to the awesome 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!!! :) June 15th, 2018 :) happy baking friday everyone! :) 

We're enjoying an awesome day! :) baking friday, we love it!!! :) my family and  are doing well, and are in good spirits :) We're so happy, and thankful our home repairs are coming along very well :) the workers are doing an amazing job :) We feel very thankful, and blessed :) The weekend is arriving with lots of spirit :) we love the weekend's :) we're looking forward to being able to return to our rooms :) i'll keep everyone updated, on how things are going with the repairs :)tomorrow, we're gonna go shopping at the dollar tree, we love shopping :) i'm going to buy some gifts, goodies, and treasures :) Holly and i are going to watch a movie on saturday night :) i also want to write some cards this weekend, and tending our plants :) it's gonna be a great weekend :)  i look forward to sharing our weekend adventures,  home repairs updates, 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 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 some nice brownies and onion pretzels, for baking friday  :) our home repairs are going really well :) Thinking of you, our dear friend :) 

my mom says hello  :) She says, "i hope everyone is having a really 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 enjoying a wonderful day :) we hope everyone enjoys a nice relaxing, and peaceful weekend :) thank you all, for being here for us, and for your very special friendships :) We're so thankful, and blessed, to have you all in our lives :) 

Happy baking friday!!! :) calling all cookie monsters! :) We're ready to blossom into the summer season with everyone :) greetings, from our hearts and home to yours :) my family and i are so happy, thankful, and blessed, that our home is being repaired :) things are coming along really well, with the repairs :) we have so many wonderful blessings to be thankful for :) it's been a big week, and stretch of days :) we're so thankful, for all of your incredible love, care, support, and prayers :) Thank you angel friends, so very  much :) today, we're celebrating special simple joys, of our home being repaired, and countdown to summer season, by baking goodies :) this is a picture of our kitchen all set up, and decorated for our super fun adventure :) Today, we're baking pretzels, and some brownies :) we love these special times :) 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! :) cookie monsters unite! :) it's time to bake! bake! bake! :) 

baking friday supplies! :) we have a very special shoutout, and thank you, for my dear and lovely mom and dad :) they went shopping today, and picked up some baking friday supplies :) it's so nice, and sweet of them :) thank you  mom and dad, so very much  :) we love this very special tradition in our lives :) 

greetings, from our kitchen to yours :) Kayla, the kids, and i got our picture taken in the kitchen today :) it's a cool baking friday tradition :) lots of great excitement, and sharing lots of smiles :) happy baking friday smiles :) 

baking friday teamwork! :) the kids love to help bake :) they get so proud, when they add the ingredients, super stirring, and of course, enjoying the goodies we bake :) 

Pretzels and Brownies :) come on over, for some baking friday goodies :) Kayla, the kids, and i had a fun time, baking brownies, and onion pretzels :) we love these awesome times, and the great memories being made :) baking friday :) 

Our Home Repairs updates! :) my family and i are so glad, and thankful, all is going well, with our home repairs :) the workers are doing an amazing job :) they were here today, until around 3pm :) we feel very appreciative :) thank you angel friends, for your wonderful  love, care, support,  and prayers :)we deeply appreciate everything :) the workers are going to be returning on monday, to finish our home repairs :) i have some new pictures to share :)