baking friday :) Brownies, and Sugar Cookies :) Cookie Monsters Unite! :)

"Lets bake these cool goodies"- my nephew Hunter said that today, during baking friday! :)

baking friday!!! :) Welcome back baking friday crew!!! :) Calling all cookie monsters! :) hehe! :) cookie monsters!!! :) hehe! :) cookie monsters unite!!! :) it's baking friday! :) oh my! :) a super fun, and super sweet, classic spring time themed baking friday adventure in the kitchen!!! :) this was so much fun!!! :) Welcoming back the kids, for some baking friday adventure fun! :) sharing lots of smiles, and spirited cheer! :) You all are always right here with us in spirit, during these very special times :) come on over, for some baking friday goodies! :)

We sure do love our baking friday adventure, and sharing our adventures with everyone :) keeping with the tradition, a wonderfully wholesome tradition :) Today, the kids, Holly, and i baked sugar cookies, dinosaur shaped cookies, lucky charms marshallows cookies, and brownies :) it was so much fun :) We love these awesome times, and are so happy and excited to welcome family over, and the kids for some baking friday fun :) We were baking up some awesome goodies today,and so thrilled to share in this awesome day, and very special tradition with everyone :)

Welcome Back Kids!!! :) The Baking friday crew is back!!! :) Hi angel friends! :) my family, Holly, and i hope everyone is doing well, healthy, and enjoying a wonderful day :) the spirit of spring season is all around :) a very special thank you, from our hearts and homes to yours :) Thank you all so very much ,for being here for us, through these recent times, and giving us a lot of strength, hope, motivating us, and keeping our spirits up :) You all are wonderful friends :) We appreciate you all very much :) We're so glad, and thankful, that Alyssa, Aj, and the kids are all ok, and that their tests came back negative :) The kids will be able to return to school monday :) We're so happy,and thrilled to welcome family back over, for visits, and welcoming back the kids, for super fun baking friday adventures :) It's a big relief, the blessing of good health :) We're feeling very thankful, blessed, and appreciative :) our spirits are soaring, and we're all getting back to our every day normal festivities, traditions, and routines :) it's been journey, for us all, and we're just so very happy and excited, to be able to see our whole family again :) Thank you all for helping us through this recent time :) The kids are so excited, to join back in, on the baking friday fun :) Welcome back Kids! :) We're so happy and excited! :) the cookie monsters are uniting for some baking friday spirited fun! :) We love this very special tradition, and are very happy to welcome family over, and the kids able to bake with us :) We just had to celebrate today by baking 2 of our favorite treats, brownies and cookies!!! :)

During the evening yesterday, my mom was babysitting Mikey,Hunter, and Carter for Jenn and Mike :) They went shopping, running errands :) my brother Charlie stopped by too :) Earlier Jenn had called my mom and asked if we were all doing well, and my mom told her, we all are well, here at our home :) Alyssa had called my mom, and told her and us all that She, Aj, and the kids all tested negative, it was such a big relief, and great news :) when Jenn and Mike came back from shopping, the kids went outside, and Holly and i went outside with everyone :) i brought the football outside, the kids and i were throwing the football, playing a game of catch :) my mom was so excited, and smiling, as she's missed everyone very much, we all have, and it was great getting to catch up with family :) Little Carter loves the moon, and when he was throwing the football, he said, "to the moon!" hehe! :)awww! :) Jenn and Mike brought my mom and dad back lots of nice foods, from the store, as a special thanks for watching the kids :) it's very nice, and generous of them :) we thanked jenn, and family, and Charlie for coming over to visit :) my mom, dad, Holly,and i were hanging out last evening, we had some nice sandwiches for dinner :) it was great, and such a spirited evening and helped us all feel like things are getting back to normal for us all :) We're very thankful, and blessed for very special times like this :)

This morning, we had an awesome new day, rising and shining :) We love friday's, and our super fun baking friday adventures :) 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! :) We love this special tradition so very much, and we look forward to it each week :) as the day went on yesterday, we didn't know if we'd have a big baking friday crew or not, but as the evening went on, all of the good news, brought us the great joy of knowing we'd have a big baking friday crew :) We love baking, cooking, grilling, frying goodies, all throughout the seasons, and there's always lots of great recipes we enjoy, and trying new recipes :) it's so much fun getting into the spirit of baking friday :) Last week's adventure was different, but brought our hearts a lot of joy to be able to share some baking friday memories, some behind the scenes of baking friday facts, and also re-sharing some baking friday pictures from over the years :) Thank you all, for sharing in this very special tradition with us :)

As the new day 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 :) the spring season is glowing all around, and we've been enjoying seeing lots of happy nature friends visiting our yard, and gardening throughout the week :) i gathered a big bowl of goodies, and went outside for my nature walk :) The nature is spirit soaring all around : )We're so excited to have lots of nature friends visiting our yard, enjoying the goodies, and also the hummingbirds enjoying the nectar food we made :) i put lots of goodies in our backyard :) our nature friends love their baking friday breakfast feasts :) awww! :) our plants, fruit trees, flower bushes, grapevines, and raspberry bushes are doing really well :) it's so neat, seeing all of the plants flourishing, and new sprouts sprouting up :) we love our yard, garden, and sharing it with everyone :) Holly and i are so excited to blossom into some more gardening this upcoming weekend :) It's a great time in the season :)

It was a sweet spirited and joyful early morning :) We enjoyed our breakfast, and had some iced coffee, tea, and water :) i began to gather our baking friday supplies, and decorations and went out into our kitchen to begin setting up, and decorating our kitchen for our super fun adventure :) it's part of the baking friday fun each week, decorating, and getting our kitchen set :) today i decorated with a spirited happy golden days of spring time :) our kitchen looked great! :) as the morning went on, we put some sports radio on :) We enjoyed a nice lunch around mid-day, and during the early afternoon, i enjoyed some nice time here on DS, writing to friends :) We also gave our plants a nice watering :) we're amazed at how fast the seeds are sprouting in the garden, it's awesome :)

Welcoming the baking friday crew over! :) around 3pm, Jenn and the kids came over :) everyone was very excited to see eachother :) our hearts spirit soaring with these very special moments :) life, family, friends, is such a wonderful gift, and blessing :) being in these joyful moments, is a wonderful joy :) We are very thankful for these times to share in :) Alyssa was at work, and Aj was home with the kids, as he's been off-work for a couple weeks, but returning to work, and the triplets and Brody will be coming over on baking friday :) We love welcoming family over for baking friday :) the kids love to select their seats, and spots at the kitchen counter :) We all got our picture taken in the kitchen :) 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, we also use our 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 :) baking friday teamwork! :) Today, Hunter,and Carter helped Holly and i bake :) the kids love to help :) They're great helpers :) they love to add the ingredients into the bowl :) We first began by preparing the brownies :) We were so excited to bake :) We added in the brownies mix, 2 eggs, vegetable oil, and water :) Hunter cracked open the eggs :) my mom and Jenn came into the kitchen at times ,and Taylynn and Mikey were hanging out in the living room, playing video games :) You all are always right there with us in spirit in our kitchen :) We super stirred the brownies mix :) brownies are one of our favorite treats to bake :) i used vegetable oil to grease the baking pan, and we added the brownies mix into the pan, and i put the brownies ito the oven to bake :) Hunter and Holly made some cool funny faces, hehe! :) it's become a tradition to make some funny faces on baking friday! :)

As the brownies were baking, we began to get ready to bake the dinosaurs shaped sugar cookies, and the lucky charms sugar cookies :) my niece Alyssa got these nice cookies for us all to bake :) i used butter to grease the baking pan, and we put the cookies onto the pan :) Carter was having a good ole time playing in the kitchen, he was jumping around, and showing us how he jumps. hehe! :) he's very athletic, he, Mikey, Hunter, and Jenn and Mike love to go for hiking adventures,and go fishing :) They're very excited for their summer camping trip in late June :) as the goodies were baking in the oven ,we did some cleaning up, and were tossing a mini basketball around, the kids love sports, and to play catch :)

The first batch of cookies finished baking, i brought them out of the oven to cool down, and put another batch of cookies in :) We were talking about baking friday :) my mom, Jenn, Carter, Hunter, and Mikey went outside, and i went out for a little while to throw football around, and Holly made a call to her friend Linda, who's birthday is tomorrow :) We sent Linda some special deliveries :) The cookies and brownies finished baking, i brought the goodies out of the oven to cool down :) i took some pictures of the goodies, and we all then began to dig in :) the goodies came out great :) We gave Jenn and family a plate of goodies to bring home, Kayla and her boyfriend Zach had some brownies, and we also have lots of goodies leftover for when Alyssa, and the kids come over :)

it was so much fun baking goodies today :) i thanked the kids and Holly for helping bake :) We love these spirited fun times :) We have many more super fun adventures to look forward too as the season goes on :) We're going to grill hotdogs next week, and baking some other goodies 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, plus grilling season arriving :) 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 Sugar cookies, dedicated to our wonderful family, friends, and to the awesome spirit of spring time :) We love you all, so very very much! :) many great memories made, to always cherish and treasure :) baking friday! :) We love it!!! :) May 21st, 2021 :) Happy baking friday everyone! :)

We're enjoying an awesome day! :) baking friday! :) golden days of spring time! :) we love it!!! :) my family, Holly, and i are doing well, keeping healthy, and in good spirits :) it was so nice baking goodies today, welcoming family over, and looking forward to many more adventures in the upcoming times as the spring season continues on :) it's a great time of the year :) we treasure all of the great memories being made :) my allergies have been flared up today,  i'm taking good care :) the pollen count has been very high. my allergies should be eased by tomorrow :) The weekend is arriving with lots of great spirit :) We love the weekend's :) Tomorrow, Holly and i are going to have a popcorn movies marathon party :) We're going to pick out some cool movies to watch, enjoying some foods, snacks, and drinks :) We're also gonna do some weekend gardening, planting in our garden :) enjoying some nature walks, and writing time :) on sunday, we may go for a car ride, plus gardening, and watching TWD show on dvd :) it's gonna be a great weekend :) i look forward to sharing our weekend adventures, gardening, 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 an episode of most haunted show, and an episode of ghost adventures :) We love our fun, friday night paranormal party night's :)

keep healthy, safe, and strong everyone :) Thank you angel friends, so very much, for all that you do for us, and for the very special heart warming joy you all bring to our days, our hearts, and our lives :) You all are wonderfully nice, sweet, and very caring :) We deeply appreciate everything, with all of the love of our hearts :) big group warm caring happy sunny sunflower friendship hug and blueberry iced coffee cheers! :) You all give us strength, hope, inspiring us to enjoy each day to the fullest <3 We're with you all, and will always be here anytime you all need us :) Thank you all, for brightening our days and making each day very special :) We're so happy, thankful, and blessed to have you all in our lives :) We look forward to sharing in many more very special times, adventures, birthday's, holiday's, and all of the seasonal traditions and festivities with family, friends, nature walks, the wonderful spirit of the season, the beautiful month of May, and blossoming more and more into the gardening season :)

-never lose hope :)

To Wildthing, Peaceful Gentle Moments of the day :) Wildthing, we're enjoying a great day! :) Today, the kids, Holly and i baked cookies and brownies for baking friday :) We're so happy the kids were able to return to baking goodies with us today :) We love these awesome times :) We're very excited to blossom into the weekend, with some gardening, watching movies, our show, and writing :) There's lots of great things to look forward too :) We're feeling very thankful, for good health,and sharing in the joys of spring time :) thinking of you, our dear friend :)

my mom says hello :) She says, "i hope everyone is doing well, in good health, and enjoying a really good baking friday" :) awww! :) She says, "i hope everyone enjoys a nice weekend" :) We love you all bunches and bunches, our sweet dear wonderful guardian angel friends :) We hope everyone is doing well, healthy, and enjoying a great day :) We think of you all often :) We're so happy, and excited to blossom into the weekend, with some movies, gardening, our show, writing, and nature walks :) Thank you all, for brightening our days :) We wish everyone a wonderfully safe, healthy, and peaceful weekend :)

Happy baking friday!!! :) Calling all cookie monsters! :) Welcome back baking friday crew!!! :) my family, Holly, and i are so happy, and thankful! :) Thank you angel friends, for being here for us, through all of the recent times, and always :) You all always bring our hearts a lot of very special joy, comfort, and uplifting our spirits when we need it most :) Thank you :) we're so glad, and thankful Alyssa and family are ok, and so happy the kids are able to join back in on the baking friday fun :) We love this very special tradition, and sharing our adventures with everyone :) Today we're celebrating the blessing of good health, and the kids joining the baking friday adventure :)the spring season is in full swing, with lots of great things going on, nature, and gardening adventures, and memorial day holiday weekend is right around the corner :) We love celebrating the season with you and your family's :) This is a picture of our kitchen all set up, and decorated for our super fun adventure :) Today, we're baking brownies, and cookies :) 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 dear, and lovely mom, dad, and niece Alyssa :) They picked up some nice 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 love this very special tradition in our lives :)

Greetings, from our kitchen to yours! :) The baking friday crew! :) Welcome back Kids! :) 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 awesome spirited times :) sharing lots of smiles, and baking friday cheer! :) we love it!!! :)

Baking friday teamwork! :) 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 that the kids are joining back in on the baking friday fun :) We love this very special tradition, and are looking forward to many more baking friday adventures :) Happy baking friday smiles :)

Funny faces! :) hehe! :) 

Hunter was reading the cookie directions to us :) 

Brownies and Sugar cookies! :) come on over, for some baking friday goodies! :) The kids, Holly, and i had so much fun baking goodies :) We love these special spirited times, and are so happy and excited the kids are back for baking friday :) Sharing lots of smiles, and spirited cheer :) baking friday :)