baking friday :) Brownies, and Smores :) Sharing lots of smiles, and spirited cheer! :)

"we love smores! i want SMORE marshmallows! :) wow!!! the marshmallows are as big as the plate!"- my nephew's Hunter, 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, campfire themed baking friday adventure in the kitchen!!! :) this was so much fun!!! :) Sharing lots of smiles, and spirited cheer! :) The kids were so excited, as we got the marshallows getting big in the microwave! :) This was absolutely sweet baking friday wild!!! :) hehe! :) Hunter mada MEGA smore! :) he said, "i want SMORE marshmallows! :) hehe! :) we love these awesome times, and all of the seasonal cheer! :) 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 made smores :) it was so much fun, and got very wild when we were making the smores :) The kids love seeing the marshmallows getting huge when the marshmallows are heating up in the microwave :) Hunter put 4 marshmallows onto 1 graham cracker! :) hehe! :) the marshmallows were as big as the plate! :) We were laughing, sharing smiles, and will definitely make lots more smores very soon :) We're counting down to the summer season, with lots of spirited cheer! :)

Sweet Spirit Soaring Excitement of the golden days of spring, as summer season approaches! :) Hi angel friends! :) my family, Holly, and i hope everyone is doing well, healthy, and enjoying a great day :) We're loving these golden days of spring time, with all of the cheer and excitement as summer time approaches :) There's lots of great festivities, and traditions that makes the season very special and memorable :) Thank you all, so very much for sharing in the season with us :) We're so happy and excited to be enjoying some awesome happy countdown to summer time baking friday adventures, with our annual campfire themed baking friday adventure today :) There's so much more to look forward too, with all of the summer time celebrations coming up, and the month of June in full swing :) The kids are having some big days at school as they finish up the school year, and are looking forward to their summer vacation :) we're so proud of the kids :) They have so much fun counting down to baking friday each week :) Brody says, "chris, we baking yet?" awww! :) he loves brownies ,they are his favorite treat to bake :) We love this very special tradition and are so happy, thankful, and blessed to have baking friday in our lives :) it brings us a lot of special joy, looking forward to baking each week, and sharing our adventures :) lots of great memories being made :) Happy countdown to summer season! :)

This morning, we had a beautiful new day rising and shining :) A very special 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 :) awww! :) Thank you angel friends, so very much! :) You all are very nice, and sweet :) We've been enjoying our spring time baking friday's so very much, and very excited to blossom into our countdown to summer season baking friday's :) There's lots of great recipes, and seasonal treats we like to bake, along with cooking, frying, and grilling foods and goodies :) We'll definitely be having some more, chillin n grillin themed baking friday's, along with making fries, potato chips, pizza, and also having a summer time tacos themed baking friday adventure :) As the morning was blossoming ,i was up early, enjoying some nice time here on DS, writing to friends, and getting ready for my early morning nature walk :) We went to sleep earlier last night to catch up on some good sleep, after staying up late the night before to watch the Celtics big win on wednesday night :) We're having so much fun cheering on the Celtics this playoffs season :)

i gathered a big bowl of goodies, and went outside for my nature walk :) we had a beautifully sunny early morning :) There were birds around our area :) i put lots of goodies in our backyard, bird sanctuary area for our nature friends :) they love their baking friday breakfast feasts :) Awww! :) i heard a bluejay up in the tree, the bluejay had gotten some peanuts, and was cracking open the peanuts shell :) Our plants, and garden are doing very well, growing and flourishing :)Holly and i have been enjoying the gardening season very much ,and all of the awesome spirit soaring gardening adventure, and seeing lots of cool nature sights :) our plants, and garden are getting ready for summer season :) the plants have enjoyed the nice rainfall in recent days ,and are super mega growing :) We're so happy and excited to see everything flourishing :) We look forward to harvesting some nice fresh garden goodies from our garden, like raspberries, and lots more ,that we'll be able to include as a special part of our baking friday adventures, we'd love to bake a raspberry pie, also making fried zuchinni, yellow squash, homemade pickles, and we have lots of fruit growing on our trees ,for fall season apple baking in the fall season :) There's so much more to look forward too :) Holly and i are very excited to do some weekend gardening :) Happy golden days of spring time ,nature smiles :)

It was a sweet spirited early morning :) We enjoyed our breakfast, and having some hot tea, iced coffee, and water :) Our cat Tiger enjoyed her breakfast :) she has a cool area, where she has her food bowl, also a food plate, and a water bowl :)She's a very happy cat :) 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 our kitchen with a cool, campfire theme, for our annual campfire themed baking friday adventure, making smores, and brownies :) Our kitchen looked great :) as the morning went on, we put the sports radio on :) Lots of great basketball talk ,with the big Celtics game tonight :) We enjoyed a nice lunch around mid-day, 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 triplet and Brody came over :) Lots of great June spirit and excitement in the air :) The kids had a fun time enjoying field day at school today :) They got to participate in the fun games :)it brings back lots of great memories for me, of when i was in school, and participated in field day :) the 40yard dash was always my favorite field day event :) It's a great time of the year, the kids are finishing up the school year, and looking forward to the summer vacation, and all of the great summer time festivities and traditions :) We all began to gather in our kitchen :) The kids love to pick out their spots at the counter :) the kids, Holly, and i got our picture taken in the kitchen :) it's a cool baking friday tradition :) You all are always right there with us in spirit, during these awesome spirited fun times :) 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 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! :) We first began to prepare the brownies :) baking friday teamwork! :) The kids love to help! :) They're great helpers! :) they get so proud, adding the ingredients :) They each like to have a different ingredient to add into the bowl :) We're so proud of the kids, and all that they're learning about baking, and cooking :) We added in the ingredients :) Brody and Colby cracked open the eggs this week :) We began to super stir the ingredients :) We were sharing lots of smiles :) my mom, Lisa, and Jenn came out into the kitchen at times :) You all are always right there with us in spirit :) i used butter to grease a baking pan for the brownies :) The kids were sharing with us about their fun day at school, with it being field day :) once we had the brownies mix all set, we poured the brownies mix into the baking pan, and i put the brownies into the oven to bake :) As the brownies were baking, we began to get ready to make the smores :)

It gets absolutely cool baking friday wild when we make smores :) The kids helped Holly and i open the graham crackers, hershey's chocolate bars, and got the marshmallows :) We put the chocolate on top of the graham crackers, and put a marshmallow on each one :) Hunter put 4 marshmallows on his smore :) he said, "i want SMORE marshmallows!" hehe! :) i put the plate of smores into the microwave for 15 seconds, the kids were so excited to see the marshmallows getting big in the microwave :) We put the top of the graham crackers on the marshmallows, and chocolate, to make the smores sandwiches :) everyone was enjoying the smores :) we all began to make some more too : )We were out of chocolate, but we made some more without the chocolate, the kids were so excited, as we were putting 2 marshmallows on top of each graham cracker, it was wild in the kitchen, as the kids were cheering for the huge marshmallows, and making lots more smores :)

We were having so much fun making the smores :) We made lots more :) We shared lots of funny moments! :) Holly likes the extra graham crackers, she put some on top of a plate, and Colby noticed it, Holly turned around to ask me where the marshmallows were, as she was gonna make another smore, and then we turned around, and the 2 graham crackers Holly put on the plate, were gone! hehe! :) we noticed Colby had taken the graham crackers :) We were laughing, hehe! :) this was such a fun and wild baking friday! :) The brownies finished baking, i brought the brownies out of the oven to cool down :) Once the brownies were cooled down, i cut the brownies, and took a picture and we all then began to dig in :)

The Brownies and Smores came out great :) We had so much fun baking goodies today and making the smores :) The goodies are very popular :) we'll definitely make more very soon :) we're already getting requests to make more smores :) i thanked the kids, and Holly for helping bake :) We 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 Smores, 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 10th, 2022 :) Happy baking friday everyone! :)

We're enjoying an awesome day! :) baking friday! :) celebrating seasonal spirit! :) we love it!!! :) my family, Holly, and i are doing well, healthy, and in good spirits :) it was so much fun baking goodies today :) there's lots of great things going on, and many special memories being made :) The countdown to summer time, and many more seasonal festivities, and traditions :) The weekend is arriving with lots of great spirit :) We love the weekend's! :) Tomorrow, we're gonna go shopping at the dollar tree : )We're going to buy some foods, snacks, drinks, and also browsing the dvds and hotwheels :) Holly and i are going to have a fun popcorn movies marathon party :) on sunday, we're gonna watch our shows, and the next Celtics game :) We're also gonna enjoy some gardening, tending our plants :) it's gonna be a great weekend :) i look forward to sharing our weekend adventures, 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 an episode of most haunted show, and also gonna watch some of the Celtics game :) We hope the Celtics have a big win :) 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 sunflower friendship hug :) We wish everyone, a nice peaceful evening and night, and wishing everyone continued joys of the season and a great month of June :)

-never lose hope :)

To Wildthing, Peaceful Gentle Moments of the day :) Wildthing, we're enjoying an awesome day! :) Today, the kids, Holly, and i baked brownies, and made smores, for baking friday :) We love these spirited fun times, and all of the great memories being made :) Holly and i are gonna watch our show tonight, and the Celtics game :) We're very excited for the weekend, shopping, watching movies, and gardening :) it's a great time of the year :) Thinking of you, our dear friend :)

my mom, Holly, and family says hello :) We hope everyone is doing well, healthy, enjoying nice day, and a really good baking friday :) awww! :) We love you all bunches and bunches, our sweet dear wonderful guardian angel friends :) we think of you all often :) We're enjoying a very special time, sharing in and celebrating these golden days of the spring season with everyone, and counting down to the summer season :) Thank you all, our dear angel friends for making each day very special, and memorable :) We wish everyone a healthy, safe, and peaceful weekend :)

Happy baking friday!!! :) Calling all cookie monsters! :) It's sweet classic, and golden days of spring, and blossoming into the countdown to summer time! :) my family, Holly, and i are very happy and excited! :) We love sharing in and celebrating these very special times of the season with everyone :) there's lots of great seasonal festivities, and traditions that makes the season so much fun ,and memorable :) Summer season is on it's way, and we're so thrilled to be having our happy countdown to summer, themed baking friday adventures :) We sure do love our 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, the kids, Holly ,and i are baking brownies, and making smores :) Some of our favorite treats :) 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! :)

Baking friday supplies! :) We have a very special shoutout, and thank you for my niece Alyssa :) She went to the store 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 :)

Greetings, from our kitchen to yours! :) The baking friday crew! :) The kids, Holly, 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 in the kitchen :) Sharing lots of smiles, and spirited cheer! :)

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 loving our spring time baking friday adventures, and counting down to the summer season :) There's lots more adventures to look forward too :) happy baking friday smiles :)

Hunter made a Mega Smore! :) 

Brownies and Smores! :) come on over, for some baking friday goodies! :) The kids, Holly, and i had a super fun time baking goodies and making smores today :) We love sharing lots of smiles, and spirited cheer :) Happy countdown to summer time! :) baking friday :)