baking friday :) Chocolate Chip Cookies, and Brownies :) Sharing lots of smiles! :)

"Lets bake double the chocolate goodies!"-my nephew's Hunter, Colby, and Jacob 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, spring time chocolate themed baking friday adventure in the kitchen!!! :) This was so much fun! :) We had the flour flying in the air in the kitchen, and sharing lots of smiles with spring time 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, and i baked some chocolate chip cookies, and brownies :) it was so much fun! :)We love these very special, spirited fun times, and all of the great memories being made :)Holly's continuing to rest up, and was with us in spirit in the kitchen today :) She's looking forward to joining back in on the baking friday adventures very soon :) We're loving our spring time baking friday's, and all of the awesome spirit in the air :)



Sweet Spring Time Baking! :) Hi angel friends! :) my family, Holly, and i hope everyone is doing well, healthy, and enjoying a wonderful day! :) We think of you all often :) Happy golden days of spring time, as the season continues to shine :) We're having a very special time sharing in the season with everyone :) We're enjoying our spring time baking friday adventures, and all of the great memories being made :)we've been having lots of fun, baking, cooking, and grilling :) The spring season is in full swing, with so much more to look forward too :) The month of May is very special, and is settling in nicely :) We love the seasonal traditions, and festivities :) It's a wonderful time of the year, and lots more baking, cooking, grilling, and soon gardening to look forward too :)We cherish and treasure your very special friendships, and all of the great times we get to share with you all, our dear angel friends :) Wishing everyone continued joys of the spring season :)



This morning, we had a great 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 your sweet happy baking friday wishes with my family and Holly :)awww! :) Thank you angel friends, so very much! :) You all are very nice, and sweet :) it's very special to our hearts, getting to share in this very special tradition with everyone each week :)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're looking forward to some great weekend sunshine, and warmer weather :) i gathered a nice bowl of goodies, and went otuside for my nature walk :)the nature is growing a lot, with the spring season continuing to blossom :) it's very neat, seeing everything flourishing, and seeing special visits from our nature friends :) i put lots of goodies in our backyard, bird sanctuary area for our nature friends :)they love their baking friday breakfast feast :) awww! :) i saw some nature friends this morning, mr. nut squirrel, bluejays, red cardinals :) it was very nature active in the bird sanctuary area of our yard, where we have trees, bird feeders, and bird houses :) Our plants, fruit trees, and flower bushes continue to do very well :) Holly and i are very excited to spend some time in our yard, and garden this upcoming weekend :) We love seeing our plants, and garden coming together, and have lots of nice may gardening plans :) it's a very special time in the season with all of the nature flourishing, and many more adventures to look forward too :) Happy spring nature smiles :)



it was a sweet peaceful early morning :) We heard lots of happy birds singing outside our windows :) We enjoyed a nice breakfast, Holly enjoyed some yogurt, and i enjoyed 2 breakfast burritos :) Holly's having green tea, i'm having some iced coffee, sprite soda, and we're having some water too :) Holly's continuing to take very good care, getting good rest :) her side is tender/sore from the same day surgery she had earlier this week. She's hoping to be back in the kitchen with us next friday, for a baking friday adventure :) Thank you all, our dear angel friends for your continued warm well wishes, prayers, and support :) we appreciate everything :) i began to gather our baking friday supplies, decorations, and went out into our kitchen to set up, and decorate our kitchen for our super fun adventure :) Today, i decorated with a cool garden theme, featuring the awesome decorative garden themed napkins, that our dear friends Brooke (CedarBrooke) and Henri gave us :) our kitchen looked great! :) i love decorating :) as the morning went on, we put the sports radio on :) Holly and i love tuning in, and are very excited for the Celtics and Suns games tonight :) we hope they have some big wins :) the nba playoffs are in full swing :) 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, Jenn and the kids came over, and the triplets and Brody came over :) Lots of great spirit and excitement in the air :) The kids have been having some fun days, and are looking forward to getting closer to the summer vacation next month :) We're very proud of the kids, and all of their school achievements throughout the year :) We all began to gather in our kitchen :) The kids love to select their spots at the kitchen counter :) the kids were much more calmer today, in the kitchen :) The kids, 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 very special, spirited fun moments :) Each week, we love to use our nice baking friday supplies we've recieved from family and friends over the years :) i wore my nice apron that 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! :) it's time to bake! bake! bake! :)



We began our super fun adventure! :) baking friday teamwork! :) the kids love to help :) They're great helpers :)We first began to prepare the brownies :) the kids get so proud, adding the ingredients and super stirring :) We were sharing lots of smiles as we prepared the brownies :) i got a baking pan ready, for the brownies :) i used butter to grease the baking pan :) we're so proud of the kids, and all of the great learning about baking, and cooking :)my mom and Jenn came into the kitchen at times, and you all were right there with us in spirit in the kitchen :) 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 prepare the chocolate chip cookies :) We love our classic cookies recipe, flour, sugar, butter, and chocolate chips with a little extra melted butter :) We always enjoy some chocolate chips, before we add them into the mixing bowl :) We super stirred the chocolate chip cookies :) i used butter to grease the baking pan, and we made the cookie dough into round shapes, and i put the cookies into the oven to bake :)As the cookies and brownies were baking ,we did some cleaning up in the kitchen :) The kids were going back and forth, from the kitchen and living room. they were still a bit wild today, but was less wild than last week. :) the brownies finished baking ,i brought them out of the oven to cool down :) The cookies baked nicely too :) We love the cookies, as they are loaded with chocolate chips :) i took some pictures of the goodies, and we all began to dig in :) the brownies and cookies came out great :) Holly and i each had a chocolate chip cookie :) She was so happy brought her one :)



i thanked the kids for helping bake :) We have lots 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 you all cook and bake :) 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 :) Chocolate Chip Cookies, and Brownies, dedicated to our wonderful family, friends, and to the sweet spirit of the spring season :) We love you all, so very very much! :) many great memories made, to always cherish and treasure :) baking friday! :) we love it!!! :) May 5th, 2023 :) Happy baking friday everyone! :)



We're enjoying a great day! :) baking friday! :) Spring time spirit! :) We love it!!! :) my family, Holly, and i are doing well, and in good spirits :) it was so much fun baking goodies today :) We love these very special times, spirited fun times and all of the great memories being made :) The weekend is arriving with lots of great spirit! :) We love the weekend's :) We're very happy and excited to celebrate my dad's birthday tomorrow :) We have some nice cards ,and gifts for him, and family is going to come over to visit at times :) Holly and i are going to return to shopping next weekend :) We're going to have a fun, popcorn movies party, watching some cool movies, and also going to watch the basketball game :) On sunday, we're going to watch TWD dvds, and spending some time in our yard, and garden, and watching basketball :) it's gonna be an awesome weekend :) i look forward to sharing our weekend adventures, celebrations, and pictures with everyone in my weekend journals :) Tonight, Holly and i are going to watch an episode of Most Haunted show, and also going to watch the Celtics game :) We love our fun, friday night paranormal party night's, and enjoying the nba playoffs :)



There's so much more to look forward too as the month of may blossoms, and the spring season continues to shine :) the spring season is filled with lots of awesome seasonal festivities, traditions, holiday's, and birthday celebrations :) We love the special times, and celebrations from month to month as the year goes on :) Getting ready for some awesome gardening adventures! :) We cherish and treasure, the many special memories being made :) We're very happy, thankful, and blessed, to have you all in our lives, and to be able to share in these very special times of the season with you all :) Thank you angel friends, so very much ,for all that you do for us, for comforting us, uplifting our spirits, brightening our days, and for the very special joy you all bring our hearts :) We deeply appreciate everything, with all of the love of our hearts :) Big group happy sunny caring sunflower friendship hug :) We wish everyone a nice peaceful evening and night :)



-never lose hope :)



To Wildthing, Peaceful Gentle Moments of the day :) Wildthing, we're enjoying a great day :) Today, the kids, and i had a fun time baking Chocolate Chip Cookies ,and Brownies, for baking friday :) We love these very special, spirited fun times, and all of the great memories being made :) We're very excited for the weekend, celebrating dad's birthday, watching movies, basketball, our show, and enjoying some nature walks :) Thinking of you, our dear friend :)



my mom, Holly, and family says hello :) We hope everyone is doing well, healthy, and enjoying a wonderful 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 :) Thank you all, for brightening our days :) we're very happy and excited to share in and celebrate lots more spring season festivities, and traditions with everyone :) We wish everyone, a healthy, happy, and peaceful weekend :)



Happy baking friday! :) Calling all cookie monsters! :) it's sweet treats baking friday! :) my family, Holly, and i are very happy and excited! :) We sure do love our baking friday adventures, and sharing our adventures with everyone :) We're celebrating spring time spirit, and awesome festivities and traditions that makes spring season so much fun, and very special :)We're enjoying an awesome time sharing in the season with everyone, and enjoying some super fun baking friday adventures :) baking, cooking, and grilling, and have so much more to look forward too :) Thank you all, for sharing in this very special tradition with us each week :) This is a picture of our kitchen all set up, and decorated for our super fun adventure :) Today, the kids and i are baking chocolate chip cookies, and brownies :) 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 shopping this week and picked up baking friday supplies :) it's very nice and sweet of her :) Thank you Alyssa, so very much! :) We appreciate all of the nice baking friday supplies she gets for us all :) We all love to chip in each week, to get the baking friday supplies :) We love this very special tradition in our lives :) this picture i took of the supplies, didn't show up on my computer.

Greetings, from our kitchen to yours! :) The baking friday crew! :) The kids, 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 very special, spirited fun times :) we're very happy and thankful to have the baking friday tradition in our lives :) We look forward to baking each week :) a whole new season of baking goodies :) We love seasonal baking, cooking, spring/summer time BBQ Grilling, and looking forward to lots more adventures all throughout the spring season :)


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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, cook, and grill :) We're so proud of the kids, and all that they're learning about baking, and cooking :) We're very happy and excited for all of our baking friday adventures each month, all throughout the year :) Sharing lots of smiles, and spirited baking friday cheer :)
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The kids love to make funny faces! :) hehe! :) 


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oh my! it was getting wild in the kitchen!!!


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Chocolate Chip Cookies, and Brownies! :) Come on over, for some baking friday goodies! :) The kids and i had lots of fun baking goodies :) We love these very special, spirited fun times, and all of the great memories being made :) We look forward to lots more super fun adventures, all throughout the season :) sharing lots of smiles :) 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 came out great. Happy to see the boys had a good time and were calmer today Hope Holly enjoys some goodies too. Good luck to the Celtics and Suns tonight. Hope they have great games with exciting wins for you. Your kitchen decorations look nice for Spring. Thanks for all my nice hugs today Have a good evening. Hugs to all-Stephanie
bluemoon29
bluemoon29

Looks so fun and the baked goods look delicious!! I love the picture where the cat is trying to get in the action!!

Another great baking adventure:). Thanks for sharing!

Hope Holly feels all better real soon:)

Happy early birthday to your dad!! Hugs to you all:)
Lilysawyer
Lilysawyer

wow what a fun time, I had to laugh when the kids made those funny faces. What are Mikey and Hunter doing in one of the photos? I hope Holly feels better and can join you next week. Hugs
cedarbrooke
cedarbrooke

Great job Team Bakers! Love the kitchen decorations. Lots of smiles & funny faces.

Double chocolate baking adventure. Brownies & choco chip cookies look yummy!
Thanks for sharing your day & pics!

Hugs! Brooke & Henri
JeanCarlin
JeanCarlin

Sorry that Holly didn’t feel well enough or safe enough to join you in the baking adventures yesterday I hope she got lots of rest.
The kids look like they all had a great time and your cookies and brownies look awesome as usual, I want to put my arm through the computer and grab one of each, lol
Hopefully Holywell enough to join in the fun next week
If you go to the dollar tree today enjoy your shopping trip and enjoy celebrating your dad‘s birthday today……….. happy birthday to your dad exclamation!
Way to go Celtics!
Hugs Jeannie
Squarley
Squarley

Hello team baker scored a wonderful spring table love your pictures brings joy to our hearts we love seeing you and the kids and Holly baking glad Holly is resting and hope she feels better soon. The cookies and brownies look delicious have a wonderful day and a wonderful weekend and happy birthday to your dad love you bunches!,