baking friday :) Brownies and Onion Rings :) Winter time baking and cooking! :)

"we love brownies! lets bake!"- my nephew's Brody 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, and super sweet, winter time themed baking friday adventure in the kitchen!!! : )This was so much fun!!! : )Sharing lots of smiles, and spirited cheer! :)We baked up some awesome goodies today, and homemade onion rings :) We love these very special times :) The goodies are very popular :) We're having some onion rings with our dinner :) 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 brownie, and made homemade onion rings :)it was lots of fun! :) We love homemade onion rings, i love to dip onion rings in ketchup, delicious! :) it's gonna be great having some more onion rings this evening :)



Winter Time Baking and Cooking! :) Hi angel friends! :) my family, Holly, and i hope everyone is doing well, healthy, and enjoying a great day! :) We think of you and your family's often :) Thank you angel friends, for your warm well wishes, and prayers for us all to be ok, and safe, through the winterstorm. keeping everyone in our thoughts,and prayers, that are in the path of the winterstorm. We hope and pray, that everyone will be ok, have warmth, and will be safe, through the winterstorm. We hope everyone is stocked up. my mom, dad, Lisa, and Alyssa went to some stores in recent days and my mom and dad went to walmart today, we've been stocking up, along with charging batteries just incase of power outages, getting ready for the winterstorm that's going to be arriving tonight into tomorrow. They're forecasting 24 inches or more, of snowfall here. We'll be home all day saturday, keeping warm, and safe. we're very hopeful power will remain on for us all. there could be possible blizzard conditions here. They posted up a blizzard warning here in our county. we'll be thinking of everyone often tomorrow. i'll be keeping everyone updated on the winterstorm, as it impacts our area here. it'll be a good day for some hot chocolate, putting movies on, and seeing the snowfall outside. :) The winter season is in full swing. one of our favorite winter time traditions, is baking and cooking :)We've been looking forward to baking some goodies, and cooking homemade onion rings :) it's a very special joy to our hearts, getting to bake, cook, and sharing our adventures with everyone :) Thank you angel friends, so very much for sharing in this very special tradition with us each week :) We love baking friday and all of the great memories being made :)



This morning we had an awesome new day, rising and shining :) A very special baking 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 :) aww! :) Thank you angel friends, so very much! :)You all are very nice, and sweert :) We've been looking forward to our super fun adventure, baking and cooking :) We love to bake and cook, especially during winter time when the weather is cold and wintery outside, we love the scent of foods baking and cooking in our kitchen :) my mom's planning to cook homemade corn chowder and baking cornbread this upcoming weekend, championship sunday is gonna be awesome! :)We love planning gameday meals :) we love friday's, and the arrival of the weekend's :) 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 love taking good care of our nature friends, especially during the winter season. i gathered a big bowl of goodies,and went outside for my nature walk :) i put lots of goodies in our backyard, bird sanctuary area :) i saw some happy bluejays visiting our yard :) Their favorite treats, are the peanuts :) it warms our hearts, knowing our nature friends are enjoying the goodies we outside for them :) i made a nice hot tea with peppermint candy when i came indoors :)


It was a nice spirited early morning :) We enjoyed our breakfast,and having hot tea, iced coffee, water, and orange juice :) i began to gather our baking friday supplies, 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 winter time baking theme :) our kitchen looked great! : )i love decorating, it's one of my favorite baking friday joys :) as the morning went on, we were tuning into our local news weather updates about the winterstorm, and also tuned into the sports radio :) we're very excited for the upcoming championship sunday football games and celebrating the big gameday with everyone :) We've been keeping up with all of the football news this week :) 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, the triplets, Brayden, Colby, Jacob, and Brody came over :) Jenn and the kids were with us in spirit today :) They're continuing with the good care, and are in good spirits :) The kids are very excited for the upcoming snowfall, they love to play in the snow :) it'll be a great weekend to enjoy some hot chocolate :) snow days, always brings back lots of special memories for me, of when i was a kid, and use too play in the snow, making snow forts, and building a snowman :) We began to gather in our kitchen :) The kids love to select their spots at the kitchen counter :) We got our picture taken :) it's a cool baking friday tradition :) 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 baking 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 goodies :) Calling all cookie monsters! :) Cookie monsters unite! :) it's time to bake! bake! bake! :)



We began our super fun adventure! :) baking friday teamwork! :) Today, Brody and Colby helped Holly and i bake :) The kids love to help, they're great helpers and are learning a lot about baking ,and cooking :) We first began to prepare the brownies :) They're one of our favorite treats :) when the kids come over to visit during the week, Brody says, "Chris, we bake brownies" :) awww! :) i say, "sure!" :) the kids helped Holly and i add the ingredients into the bowl :) Brody and Colby both cracked open an egg :) they were so proud :) my mom and Lisa were coming out into the kitchen at times :) Lisa was home from work today :) You all were right there with us in spirit in the kitchen :)sharing lots of smiles, and spirited cheer :) We were having lots of fun preparing the brownies :)The kids love to super stir the brownies mix :) i got the baking pan, and used vegetable oil to grease the pan :) We poured the brownies mix into the pan, and i put the brownies into the oven to bake :)



Brody and Colby were showing us their cool new watches they got :) Brody got a spiderman watch, and Colby got a star wars watch :) earlier, i prepared some nice batter dip for the onion rings :) it's a really easy recipe :) Flour, milk, 2 eggs, salt, garlic powder, and a little pepper :) i made the batter really good earlier today, and also prepared 4 onions :) i got the frylater going on the back of the stove :) i sliced the onions earlier into onion rings shapes, and then poured the batter dip over the onions :) i put the onion rings into the frylater, about ten at a time :) The onion rings were frying nicely :) We did some cleaning up in the kitchen, and were all hanging out :) The onion rings continued to fry nicely :) We were having some of the onion rings, they're awesome :)



The Brownies finished baking ,i brought the brownies out of the oven to cool down :) we made some more batches of onion rings, i took a picture of the onion rings, and we all began to dig in, and have more onion rings to enjoy this evening :) once the brownies cooled down,i cut the brownies, and took a picture of them :) We all began to enjoy some brownies :) We had so much fun baking goodies today : )We love these awesome fun times, and have many more super fun baking friday adventures to look forward too :) A very special shoutout for family and friends :) lots of great baking ,and cooking this week :) 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 Onion Rings, 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!!! :) January 28th, 2022 :) Happy baking friday everyone! :)



We're enjoying an awesome day! :) baking friday! :) blossoming into championship sunday weekend! :) We love it!!! :) my family, Holly ,and i are doing well, healthy, and in great spirits :) it was so much fun baking and cooking today :) We love these very special spirited fun times :) There's lots of great things going on, and many special memories being made :) the weekend is arriving with lots of spirti :) my family, Holly, and i will be home all day tomorrow, riding out the winterstorm here at home. We hope everyone will be safe, and warm, through the winterstorm. We're so glad, and thankful we prepared, and are ready, just incase of power outages. we're very hopeful the power will remain on. i'll keep everyone updated on how we're all doing tomorrow. they are forecasting 24 inches of snowfall or more. Holly and i are gonna have a snow day popcorn movies marathon party, and picking out a new movie to watch tomorrow night :) if power goes out, we'll be able to use our portable dvd player :) i also have my cell phone, which will be able to communicate with friends, to update everyone. :)



Sunday is Championship Sunday!!! :) We look forward to celebrating the big gameday with everyone :) Bengals vs Chiefs, 49ers vs Rams, the AFC and NFC will crown champions on sunday, and the 2 winning teams advance to Superbowl 56 on February 13th :) We're gonna have some foods, snacks, and drinks :) i look forward to sharing our weekend, and pictures with everyone in my weekend journals :) There's lots more great things to look forward too :) tonight, Holly and i are going to watch 2 new episodes of most haunted show :) We love our fun, friday night paranormal party night's :) Thank you angel friends, so very much, for all that you do for us, for your wonderful love, care, support, warm well wishes, and for keeping us in your thoughts and prayers :) We deeply appreciate everything, with all of the love of our very happy hearts :) Big group happy sunny warm caring friendship hug :) We wish everyone, a nice peaceful evening and night, and wishing everyone continued joys of the season :)



-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 a fun time baking brownies, and made onion rings, for baking friday :) We love these very special, spirited fun times :) We're blossoming into the weekend, keeping safe, and warm as the winterstorm goes through our area. i'm gonna put extra goodies outside for our nature friends :) We're gonna watch movies, and looking forward to the big football games on sunday :) Thinking of you, our dear friend :)



my mom, Holly, and family says hi :) We hope everyone is doing well, healthy,and enjoying a really good baking friday : )aww! :) We love you all bunches and bunches,our sweet dear wonderful guardian angel friedns :) We think of you all often :) We're very happy,thankful, and blessed to have you all in our lives :) We're so happy and excited to blossom into the weekend :) big championship sunday football games, we look forward to all of the gameday spirit and cheer :) We wish everyone a healthy, safe, and peaceful weekend :)



Happy baking friday! :) Calling all cookie monsters! :) We're celebrating winter time baking and cooking! :) my family, Holly ,and i are so happy and excited! :) We're enjoying a great season of baking and cooking :) We love sharing in,and celebrating the very special joys of the season with everyone :) There's lots of great classic recipes, and new recipes to enjoy making :) we sure do love our baking friday adventures, and sharing our adventure swith everyone :) The winter season is in full swing, we're getting ready for the winterstorm that's going to begin to arrive tonight, and snowing throughout the day tomorrow. Wishing everyone warmth, and safety through the winterstorm. We're all stocked up, and ready for the wintery weather. Today we're celebrating winter time baking and cooking :) This is a picture of our kitchen all set up and decorated for our super fun adventure :) We're baking brownies, and making homemade onion rings :) 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! :) 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 niece Alyssa :) She went to some stores this week and picked up baking friday supplies :) it's very nice, and sweet of her :) Thank you Alyssa so very much! :) 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! :) 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 during these very special, spirited fun times :) Sharing lots of smiles, and baking friday cheer! :)
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Baking friday teamwork! :) Preparing the goodies! :) 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 so happy and excited, enjoying our winter time baking friday adventures, and looking forward to many more as the season continues on :)


Holly and Brody :) 
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Brody and Colby cracking open the eggs :) 


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Brody wants to show everyone his cool spiderman watch :) 


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Brownies and Onion Rings! :) Come on over, for some baking friday goodies! :) The kids, Holly, and i had a super fun time baking and cooking today :) We love these very spedcial, spriited fun times, and all of the great memories being made :) baking friday :)
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CoolGal
CoolGal

Hi Chris Glad you and your family are doing well and enjoyed baking, Glad all of you are ready for the snow tomorrow, The brownies and onion rings came out great The boys and Holly look like they had fun and your kitchen decorations are very nice also. Happy to hear you're looking forward to football and movies and snow watching this weekend. Thanks for all my nice hugs today Have a good evening Stay safe in the storm Hugs to all there-Stephanie
cedarbrooke
cedarbrooke

Great job Team Bakers! Everything looks delicious. Pretty cool watches! Lots of smiles cheered me up. Glad you are preparing for the storm. I hope it is not that severe. Stay safe & warm. Thanks for sharing your day! Hugs! Brooke & Henri
bluemoon29
bluemoon29

I had onion rings from Burger King yesterday! Yours look REALLY delicious. Baking Friday was a great success! Yay team! I especially love the pictures with Holly:). So sweet:).

Thanks for thinking about my friend in Long Island. I can’t believe you remembered! You’re such a great friend to so many.

Please stay safe dear family. You’re my best treasure.
annieheart
annieheart

After seeing your brownie pics I am craving them. Yum!! Enjoy your movies and have a great weekend!
Lilysawyer
Lilysawyer

Wow such a fun time baking. I would love to have some brownies and onions. yummy! enjoy your move Sat.
Ladybug7
Ladybug7

Great to see you had a fun Baking Friday! Stay safe during the storm, and enjoy your movies! Love and hugs.
JeanCarlin
JeanCarlin

Yum everything looks delicious!
I’m glad to see a couple of the boys were able to come over and help you bake, they always seem to be having so much fun :-)
I hope you your family and your home all remain safe during the storm and hopefully your power remains on so you can watch your movies today and your football tomorrow!
Lots of hugs, Jeannie
Squarley
Squarley

Hi baking team so glad to see everybody together and hope everyone gets well so we can have a big baking Friday real soon hope the weather stays good and doesn’t get too bad and your power doesn’t go out with thinking of you all loved your table and your coffee cups we love them and I love seeing Holly and her smile today how lucky are we I’m so glad to see you guys are still continuing this tradition and sharing it with us we send love and hugs and healing prayers and take care and keep us updated we love you all!!!!!