baking friday :) Brownies and Sugar Cookies :) my mom's doing ok, good new updates :)

Happy baking friday, from my mom and us all :) my mom might be able to come home tomorrow :) Hi angel friends :) my family, Holly, and i hope everyone is doing well, healthy,and enjoying a nice day :)We love hearing from you, and we think of you all often :) We have some very good news, and updates to share about my mom's healthy, and healing :) Thank you angel friends, for your continued comforting prayers, warm well wishes ,and support :) We appreciate you all very much, and are very blessed, and thankful to have you all in our lives :) my mom called us a few times today :) She's doing ok :) She had some cream of wheat cereal for breakfast :) The doctors are very pleased with the progress she's making :) Alyssa mentioned ,she's going to have her feeding tube for about 2 weeks. my mom mentioned, her pain has eased a lot today too :) She was able to walk more, and sounds great, strong, and in very good spirits :) i've been sharing your comforting,and uplifting well wishes, and prayers with my mom :) We feel all of the love, it's very comforting and uplifting knowing you all are here for us :) my mom mentioned ,she might be able to come home tomorrow :)We're very glad, and thankful she's doing better, and making good healing progress, and will be back home soon :) She's gonna be resting up, as she continues to heal :)We all have been helping around the house ,so that when my mom is back home, she'll be able to take all the time she needs to rest :) It's a family team effort:) You all are helping us keep strong :) i'll continue to keep everyone updated on how my mom is doing :) She's going to contact us this evening ,and my dad's going to visit with her :) thank you all again ,our dear angel friends :)We did bake goodies today, having a fun baking friday adventure :)



baking friday! :)Calling all cookie monsters! :) hehe! :) Cookie monsters! :) hehe! :) Cookie monsters unite! :) it's baking friday! :) oh my! :) a sweet ,and super fun, golden days of summer time themed baking friday adventure :) this was lots of fun ,and very much needed after a big week. Holly, the kids ,and i baked some nice goodies today :) my dad's babysitting the kids ,and Taylynn, Holly, and i are helping around the house :) the kids helped my dad in the front yard ,gathering up brush , sticks, and each earned $10 for helping :) The kids are very happy and are looking forward to buying some nice items :)



keeping with the tradition ,a wonderfully wholesome tradition :) Today, the kids, Holly, and i baked brownies :)We love these very special, spirited fun times, and all of the great memories being made :)We really needed a baking friday adventure this week :) It's our favorite day and tradition :) This afternoon, we were getting ready to bake brownies :)The kids have been hanging out here at our house :) Jenn and family were originally going to come over to help bake goodies, but had a busy afternoon, and went to visit with my mom :) They were with us in spirit today :)



The kids, Holly ,and i had a fun time baking the brownies :)all of the kids helped :) They're great helpers :) They love adding the ingredients ,and it was so nice sharing smiles :)The kids want us to make smores ,and cinnamon rolls next week :) We love when they help select the baking friday menu :) We super stirred the brownies mix, and i used vegetable oil to grease the baking pan :) the kids love to joke, they put a spoon into the brownies mix, and when we poured the mix into the baking pan ,we all shared a smile and laugh when we noticed the spoon, hehe! :) i put the brownies into the oven to bake :)We also baked some pillsbury sugar cookies that my mom had in the freezer, she wanted us to bake the cookies :) We all were hanging out :) my dad had a big day, he went to the store for a little while earlier, Taylynn, Holly ,and i kept an eye on the house ,and babysat the kids :) my dad stocked up on some nice items, and got some ginger ale for Holly and i, it's our favorite soda :) it's very nice of my dad :) We all have been chipping in around the house :)



The brownies and cookies baked nicely :) i brought the goodies out of the oven to cool down :) i took some pictures of the goodies ,and we all began to dig in :) The brownies and cookies came out great :) i thanked the kids, and Holly for helping bake goodies :)We had lots of fun baking, and are looking forward to many more super fun adventures :) 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 Sugar Cookies ,dedicated to our wonderful family, friends, and to the sweet spirit of the summer season :) We love you all ,so very very much :) many great memories made, to always cherish and treasure :) baking friday, we love it! :) August 15th, 2025 :) Happy baking friday everyone :)



We're getting our balance back, slowly each day :) my family, Holly , and i are doing ok, and continuing with the good care :) We're very glad ,and thankful my mom is doing ok, and making good healing progress :) We're looking forward to hearing from her this evening :) my dad and i had to take care of the plumbing issue last night, the clog was still affecting our plumbing ,and caused some more water leakage on this side of the downstairs. We were able to get the clog out, and i used the carpet cleaner, and we also are using a hair dryer, and fan :) things are working well, and much drying taking place. We're sore, tired, and the week has been very long, we're going to take it easy this weekend, welcoming my mom home, and gonna put some movies on tomorrow, and TWD on sunday :) We're caring for our pets, and home, and also our plants :) we're finding normalcy in peaceful moments in the day. We're gonna finish up the downstairs drying this weekend ,and looking forward to putting everything back neatly, and organized :) Holly and i are going to watch an episode of Most haunted show tonight, we love our fun friday night paranormal party night's :)i look forward to sharing about our weekend and taking pictures to share with everyone :) Thank you angel friends, for always being here for us, and for all that you do for us :) We appreciate you all very much :) We love you all bunches and bunches! :) Big group caring ,happy sunny friendship hug :) We wish everyone a peaceful evening and night :)



-never lose hope :)



Happy baking friday :) We sure do love our baking friday adventures ,and sharing our adventures with everyone :) The kids, Holly ,and i had a fun time baking brownies, and sugar cookies, and are looking forward to many more super fun baking friday adventures :)a very special greetings ,from the baking friday crew,from our kitchen to yours :) Sharing lots of smiles, and spirited cheer :) baking friday : )


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CoolGal
CoolGal

Hi Chris Glad you Holly and your family are doing well and enjoyed baking. The brownies and cookies look great. Happy to hear your mom is continuing to heal and can return home, I know all of you will welcome her, Your kitchen decorations look so nice with a sunflower theme. Very nice photo of all of you there. Thanks for all my nice hugs today. Have a good evening Hugs to everyone-Stephanie
Lilysawyer
Lilysawyer

Hey Chris, I am glad your mom is doing better. I hope she is able to come home soon. Well I'm waiting for the brownies and sugar cookies to arrive :D I did have a brownie with my chicken nuggets banquet meal. Hugs
JeanCarlin
JeanCarlin

Hi Chris, I’m so glad to hear that your mom is doing better and it’s nice that you got to talk to her. Those brownies and sugar cookies sure do look good and I’m glad that you and Holly and the boys kept your tradition of your Friday baking, i’m sure it helped to keep your mind occupied. I love all the pics of you and Holly and the boys and hopefully they were a little more respectful this week.
Sorry that you don’t think you’ll go shopping today but hopefully you and Holly will have a nice relaxing weekend and just enjoy watching some movies..
Continued prayers for mom and best wishes for the rest of you that you all. Have a nice weekend..
Sending lots of hugs for everybody :-)