baking friday :) Brownies, Potato Chips, and Zuchinni Fries! :) Summer smiles :)

"we love brownies and potato chips!"- my nephew's Hunter, Mikey, Jacob, Colby ,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, classic golden summer time themed baking friday adventure in the kitchen!!! :) This was so much fun! :) we were baking ,frying, and sharing lots of smiles and baking friday cheer, as we baked up some awesome goodies and treats today :) the brownies are going very fast! :) Kayla claimed the first brownie! :) lots of baking friday fun, and great memories being made :) 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, Alyssa, the kids, and i baked some brownies ,and made some zuchinni fries, and potato chips :) it's a baking friday party!!! :) We're all digging in, enjoying the goodies :) everything is going fast! :) i had some extra egg/milk with black pepper/garlic salt left over from the zuchinni fries batter, i made a homemade omelet with zuchinni fries on top :) i'm gonna have it for dinner :) We love these awesome times, and sharing in the joyful moments with you and your family :) it's a summer of baking friday fun! :)

Golden days of Summer Time! :) Hi angel friends! :) my family, Holly, and i hope everyone is doing well, healthy, and enjoying a great day :) We're so happy and excited to share in, the joys of these golden days of summer season :) There's lots of great things going on, as the summer season is in full swing :) The spirit of the season is all around :) As we get ready to blossom into the month of August, we look forward to sharing in many more special times with you and your family's :) We're enjoying our summer time baking friday adventures, so very much :) We love counting down to our super fun adventures :) We're so happy and excited to be using some nice goodies from our garden, as a part of our baking friday adventures :) The gardening season is such a wonderful time, lots of flowers blossoming, and fruits and vegetables growing :) it's the golden days of the gardening season, and we're so proud, using some fresh garden zuchinni today, as special part of our baking friday adventure :) Thank you all, for sharing in the season with us :) we love hearing about your days, adventures, and all of the times we get to share with you and your family's throughout the season, makes the season very special, and memorable for us :)

This morning, we had a sweet 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 :) You all are very nice, and sweet :) Thank you angel friends, so very much! :) we've been having so much fun enjoying our summer time baking friday adventures, baking, cooking, grilling, and frying too :) We love the awesome spirit of our adventures, and are so happy, thankful, and blessed to have this awesome tradition in our lives :) it's always a super fun adventure in the kitchen :) You all make our adventures very special, the heart-felt sharings, and all of the great memories being made over the years, from our adventures :) We love counting down the days, until it's time to bake! :)

As the new day was blossoming, we had some nice replenishing rainfall in our area :) It's great for the plants, and nature :) Holly and i love our new AC we got here in our downstairs apartment :) it's much cooler, and refreshing :) We're so thankful, and blessed for all of the hard work, put into making it happen : )my mom, dad, Holly, and i all worked hard throughout the week, coming up with ideas, organizing, getting our window ready for the installation of the vent :) it's great, and running very well : )We had good sleep last night, i slept all night until 5am :) We're very thankful for our new AC, and it being much cooler :) i gathered a big bowl of goodies this morning, and went outside for my early morning nature walk :) it was still raining a bit. i put lots of goodies in our backyard, bird sanctuary area for our nature friends :) they love their baking friday breakfast feasts :) awww! :) it's been a very active nature week, with lots of our nature friends visiting, and our plants super mega growing as the summer season continues to shine :) our plants are doing great, continuing to grow and flourish :) We're so happy and excited for many more nature walks, and gardening adventures to enjoy, as the season continues on :)

It was a sweet morning :) we enjoyed a nice breakfast, and i made a blueberry iced coffee :) Cheers! to family, friends, good health, and sharing in the peaceful simple joys of the season :) 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 :) Today, i decorated with a blossoming summer time theme, flowers, and decorations :) our kitchen looked great! :) we checked in on our plants around mid-morning, and we prepared a nice lunch :) During the early afternoon, i enjoyed some nice time here on DS, writing to friends :) We've also been doing some organizing in our downstairs apartment, it's looking so nice :) Holly and i both love to clean, and organize :) We're very proud of how well things are going with our organization :) i'd love to take some more pictures soon, of our decorations, and all of our collectibles areas :) it looks awesome :)

Around 3pm, Alyssa, Jenn ,and the kids came over :) lots of great spirit, and excitement in the air :) We're so happy to see everyone :) Hunter and Jacob wanted to help Alyssa and i bake today, and everyone was coming out into the kitchen at times :) Lots of great summer time spirit and excitement :) Each week, we love to use our nice baking friday supplies we've recieved over the years from family and friends :) i wear my nice apron that Holly gave me, and we use our oven mits, kitchen towels, and all of our baking friday supplies :) these special supplies are a big part of our baking, and cooking each week :) our kitchen was all set and we were ready to bake and fry some awesome goodies :) calling all cookie monsters! :) it's time to bake! bake! bake! :)

We began our super fun adventure! :) baking friday teamwork! :) We first began to prepare the brownies :) they're one of our favorite goodies to bake :) The brownies are very popular :) everyone says, i make such good brownies :) awww! :) it makes me very proud : )i credit the kids! :) Their super stirring is what makes the brownies the best! :) we got 2 eggs, and began to add the ingredients into the bowl :) The kids are great helpers :) They love to help :) they get so proud, when they add the ingredients, and super stirring :) Hunter uses 2 spoons ,he says, it's the double super stir! :) cool dudes! :) we were sharing lots of smiles, and cheer, as we prepared the goodies :) little Carter and Brodie came out into the kitchen to check in on the baking friday fun :) They're bakers in training :) we're so excited to teach them about baking, and cooking when they're a bit older :)

i used vegetable oil to grease the baking pan, and we poured the borwnies mix into the baking pan, and i put the brownies into the oven to bake :) my mom, Jenn, and Kayla was coming out into the kitchen too :) You all are always right there with us in spirit, during these special times :) We did some cleaning up in the kitchen :) i had some potato chips fying in the fryer :) the kids love potato chips with salt and vinegar : )they dip the chips into salt and vinegar :) Taylynn and Mikey were so excited, when we brought in some potato chips with salt and vinegar for them :)

The brownies were baking nicely, and i got some zuchinni ready to dry :) FRIED ZUCHINNI FRIES :) it's a really nice recipe :) i washed, and sliced some zuchinni into the shape of fries :) in a bowl, i put 2 eggs, half and half cream milk, and garlic salt :) in another bowl, i put some Italian seasoned breadcrumbs :) i then dip the zuchinni fries into the eggs/milk/garlic salt, and then i put each zuchinni fry into the breadcrumbs to coat the fries, and then the zuchinni fries are ready to go into the fryer :)
we were putting together plates of the potato chips, and fried zuchinni fries :) Everything was frying nicely :) my mom and Jenn were having some zuchinni fries, and we were having some potato chips in the kitchen :) Holly had some potato chips with salt and vinegar :) we were having so much fun, enjoying the adventure :) The potato chips and zuchinni fries were coming out great! :) i had some extra zuchinni fries batter, with the eggs/milk, black pepper, and garlic salt :) i put some vegetable oil in the frying pan, and made a huge omelet :) i'm gonna enjoy it for dinner this evening :)

The brownies finished baking, they baked nicely :) we made some more zuchinni fries, and potato chips :) once the brownies cooled down, i cut the brownies, took a picture, and then we all began to dig in :) after going around with the plate, there was only 3 brownies left! :) hehe! :) Kayla claimed the first brownie! :) little Brodie was reaching for the brownies too! :) an awesome fun baking friday :) i thanked Alyssa and the kids for helping bake :) we had so much fun baking and frying goodies :) We look forward to many more super fun adventures :) i think very soon, we'll have our annual ice cream shop, themed baking friday adventure :) A very special shoutout for family and friends :) lots of great baking, cooking, and grilling this week :) We love hearing about the nice goodies, and foods everyone bakes, cooks, and grills :) We're with eachother in spirit, in our kitchens :) i wish we all could gather and have a big baking friday picnic :) Brownies, Potato Chips, and Zuchinni Fries, dedicated to our wonderful family, friends, and to the wonderful spirit of baking friday :) We love you all, so very very much! :) many great memories made, to always cherish and treasure! :) baking friday! :) we love it! :) July 31st, 2020 :) Happy baking friday everyone! :)

We're enjoying an awesome day! :) baking friday! :) Spirited summer time! :) we love it!!! :) my family, Holly, and i are doing well, healthy, and in good spirits :) We're so happy and excited, for all of the great memories being made, from our summer time baking friday adventures :) There's lots of great things going on, as the summer season is in full swing, and the weekend is arriving with lots of great spirit :) We love the weekend's :) Tomorrow, Holly and i are going to have a movies marathon, tending our plants, and also gonna pick out a new movie to watch tomorrow night : )We've been making a list of new movies we want to watch :) on sunday, we're going to have a TWD marathon, and also some nature walks : )The summer season is in full swing :) i look forward to sharing our weekend adventures, and pictures with everyone, in my weekend journals :) There'smany more great things to look forward too :) Tonight, Holly and i are going to watch an episode of Most Haunted and an episode of Ghost Adventures show :) We love our 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 happy sunny caring sunflower summer time friendship hug :) You all give us strength, hope, inspiring us to enjoy each day to the fullest :) Thank you all, for brightening our days :) 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, and all of the seasonal traditions and festivities with family, friends, nature, gardening, and the wonderful spirit of the summer season :) We wish everyone a healthy, safe, and peaceful weekend :)

-never lose hope :)

To Wildthing, Peaceful Gentle Moments of the day :) Wildthing, it's an awesome day! :) Today, Alyssa, the kids, and i baked brownies, and made fried zuchinni fries, and potato chips, for baking friday :) We love using goodies from our garden, to cook and bake :) We're looking forward to blossoming into the weekend, with some nature walks, gardening, and watching our movies :) thinking of you, our dear friend :)

my mom says hi :) She says, "i hope everyone is doing well, healthy, and having a really good baking friday" :) awww! :) we loe 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 wish everyone a wonderfully healthy, safe, and peaceful weekend :) We think of you and your family's often :) Thank you angel friends, for brightening our days :) We're so happy and excited to blossom into the month of August, and sharing in many more special times with everyone, as the summer season continues to shine :)

Happy baking friday!!! :) calling all cookie monsters! :) it's sweet classsic, and golden summer time! :) my family, Holly, and i are so happy and excited for all of the summer time joys, festivities, and traditions :) We're loving our summer time baking friday adventures, and all of the great memories being made :) We're so proud, to use some nice fresh garden goodies, as a part of our baking friday adventure today :) it's a great time in the gardening season :) lots of beautiful flowers growing, blossoming, fruits and vegetables growing :) This is a picture of our kitchen all set up and decorated for our super fun adventure :) Today, to celebrate the joys of summer time gardening ,and the golden days of summer, we're baking brownies, and making fried zuchinni fries, and potato chips :) 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! :)

Very special treasure :) our dear and lovely friends Shirley (Squarley), and Bruce sent Holly and i, this lovely and beautiful gift :) Bruce created this love sign, for Holly and i for our 9th anniversary :) it's very nice, sweet, and thoughtful of them :) Holly and i love our very special gift, and will always treasure it :) Thank you Shirley and Bruce! :) 

Baking friday supplies! :) We have a very special shoutout, and thank you for my dear, and lovely mom and dad :) they went out at times this week, and picked up some baking friday supplies :) It's very nice, and sweet of them :) Thank you mom and dad so very much! :) We all love to chip in each week, to get the baking friday supplies :) We're so happy, and thankful to have this very special tradition in our lives :)

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, in our kitchen :) Sharing lots of smiles, and baking friday cheer! :)

Baking friday teamwork! :) Preparing the goodies! :) the kids love to help! :) they're great helpers :) they get so proud, when they add the ingredients, super stirring, and of course, enjoying the goodies we bake :) We're so happy, to share in these awesome fun times, and lots of great memories being made :) baking friday, we love it!!! :)

The kids love to make funny faces! :) hehe! :) 

Hunter listening to the sounds of the brownies mix! :) hehe! :) it sounds like a chocolate waterfall! :) 

Mikey's looking forward to his upcoming 9th birthday :) 

Brownies, Potato Chips and Zuchinni Fries! :) Come on over, for some baking friday goodies! :) Alyssa, the kids, and i enjoyed a super fun time, baking brownies, and made potato chips, and zuchinni fries :) We love these awesome times, and celebrating the spirit of summer season :) baking friday :)