baking friday :) Chocolate Chip Cookies ,and Brownies! :) Sweet Baking Times! :)

"We love double chocolate!"- my nephew's Brody, Jacob, Brayden, and Colby 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, double chocolate themed baking friday adventure in the kitchen!!! :) This was so much fun!!! :) We had the flour flying, and sharing lots of smiles as we baked some awesome goodies! :) Celebrating a summer of super fun baking friday adventures, and so much more to look forward too :) 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 chocolate chip cookies, and brownies :) it was so much fun! :) We love these very special times, and all of the great memories being made :) We love baking, cooking, grilling, and so happy and excited to greet the month of September soon with our annual fall season baking :) Lots of spirited excitement, and cheer! :) Happy baking friday smiles! :)

Sweet Seasonal Baking, and Looking forward to many more adventures as we get ready to welcome the month of September soon! :) Hi angel friends! :) my family, Holly, and i hope everyone is doing well, healthy, and enjoying a wonderful day :) We're loving these golden days of the summer season, as the month of September approaches :)we've been having so much fun baking goodies throughout the summer season, and a very special time sharing our adventures with everyone :) as we get ready to welcome the month of September next week, we're very happy and excited to begin our countdown to fall season themed baking friday's, with apples, pumpkins, and lots of goodies that we enjoy during that time of the year, and season :) We'll be having a big celebrating next month for baking friday's 16th anniversary too :) we're very happy, thankful, and blessed to have the baking friday tradition in our lives, and all of the great joy it brings each week :) Thank you angel friends, so very much for shairng in this very special tradition with us :) You all make these times very special, and memorable for us :) Wishing everyone continued joys, all throughout the rest of the summer season, and a very happy countdown to fall season soon :)

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 with my family and Holly, your sweet happy baking friday wishes :) awww! :) Thank you angel friends, so very much! :) You all are wonderfully nice, and sweet :) 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 have some rain/stormy weather forecasted for our area today, it's a good indoors day, and a nice day to bake goodies :) it wasn't stormy early, thankfully. i gathered a nice bowl of goodies, and went outside for a brief nature walk :) 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 nature friends visiting :) Holly and i want to make some nectar food this weekend ,to refill the hummingbird feeders at least one more time ,this summer season : )We hope to see some more hummingbirds :)

Our plants ,fruit trees, and garden are doing very well :) it's very neat, to see the plants flourishing, and lots of beautiful flowers blossoming ,and lots more to blossom all throughout the season :) We've been enjoying taking in the beautiful nature sights, seeing our nature friends visiting ,and lots of beautiful flowers blossoming all around :) it's an awesome joy, and many great nature memories being made :) We're so happy and excited to be harvsting lots of fresh garden goodies too, and enjoying the goodies we harvest :) We've had a big growing season for cucumbers, zuchinni, yellow squash, and snap peas :) We also look forward to picking some string beans, and are hoping for some cool gourds to grow for fall, and halloween season :) we've had an amazing nature adventures week, seeing the happy frog visiting our garden earlier this week, and also seeing lots of bees, butterflies, and birds :) The nature is spirit soaring :) Holly and i look forward to many more nature walks, and tending our garden throughout the season :) happy nature and summer gardening season smiles :)

It was a sweet peaceful early morning :) We enjoyed our breakfast, and having some hot tea with peppermint candy, water, and sprite soda :) i began to gather our baking friday supplies, kitchen 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 summer flowers and nature theme :) our kitchen looked great! :) it's so much fun decorating :) We put some sports radio on as the morning went on :) we're super pumped up and excited, the first nfl regular season sunday of the season beginning 2 weeks from this sunday sunday :) woot!!! :) we love all of the football talk :) 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, the triplets and Brody came over :) Jenn and family were with us in spirit :) Lots of great summer spirit in the air, as these golden days of summer time have been going on :) we're having so much fun enjoying our summer baking friday adventures, and all of the great memories being made :) The kids are gonna be returning to school in early September, for a new school year :) We're very excited to enjoy the rest of our summer time baking friday's, and looking forward to our countdown to fall season baking friday adventures soon :) We all began to gather in our kitchen :) the kids love to select their spots at the kitchen counter :) The kids, Holly ,and i got our picture taken :) it's a cool baking friday tradition :)You all are always right there with in spirit, in the kitchen :) 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! :) baking friday teamwork! :) The kids love to help! :) They're great helpers :) We first began to prepare the brownies :) Brody was so proud to crack open the eggs :) We added some vegetable oil, and water, and began to super stir the ingredients :) Brody was talking about his upcoming birthday in September :) he loves dinosaurs, and is gonna have a dinosaurs themed birthday party :) we were sharing lots of smiles as we prepared the brownies :) my mom came out into the kitchen at times, and you all are always right there with us in spirit :) i used vegetable oil to grease the baking pan, and we poured the brownies mix into the pan, and i put the brownies into the oven to bake! :)

As the brownies were baking, we got ready to bake the chocolate chip cookies :) They're also one of our favorite goodies :) We added the ingredients into the bowl, including adding both brown sugar and white sugar, and we taste tested the chocolate chips :) We had the flour flying in the air, enjoying a super fun adventure :) We made a big batch of cookie dough :) i got 2 pans ready, i used butter and vegetable oil to grease the baking pan :) we made the cookie dough into round shapes, and put the cookies onto the first pan,and i put the first batch of cookies into the oven to bake! :) We did some cleaning up in the kitchen , and were hanging out :) We were talking about some upcoming september baking :) We love getting into the spirit of the season, with our seasonal baking :)
The first batch of cookies finished baking, i brought them out of the oven to cool down :) i put the 2nd batch of cookies into the oven to bake :) The brownies finished baking, they baked nicely :) our kitchen smelled like chocolate :) we love that scent of chocolate :) The 2nd batch of cookies finished baking :) the brownies and chocolate chip cookies came out great :) i took some pictures of the goodies, and we all began to dig in :) The cookies and brownies are delicious :)

We had so much fun baking goodies today :) i thanked the kids, and Holly for helping bake :) We're looking forward to lots more super fun baking friday 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 :) Chocolate Chip Cookies, and Brownies, 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!!! :) August 25th, 2023 :) Happy baking fridy smiles :)

Prayers Request. hi angel friends, we have a prayers request for our dear friends Debbie (Sunsetyellow2), and her husband John. Both Debbie and John have had some health ailments, and she texted me that John is currently in the hospital, and recieving treatment for his kidney's. please keep Debbie and John in your thoughts and prayers, and please send healing energy prayers. Thank you angel friends, so very much. we care deeply about you all, and will always be here for you all. big group caring comforting friendship hug <3

We're enjoying an awesome day! :) baking friday! :) Sweet golden days of summer time! :) We love it!!! :) my family, Holly, and i are doing well, healthy, and in good spirits :) it was so much fun baking goodies today :) We love these very special, spirited fun times, and all of the great memories being made :) The weekend is arriving with lots of awesome seasonal spirit :) We're very happy and excited! :) We love the weekend's :) Tomorrow, we're gonna go shopping at the dollar tree :)We love shopping there :) We're going to buy some snacks, candy, drinks, treats for Tiger, and also gonna browse at the dvds, hotwheels, and fall/halloween items :) It's gonna be lots of fun shopping :) Holly and i are going to have a fun popcorn movies party, and watching a new movie on saturday night :) On sunday, Holly and i are going to have a TWD party, and cooking some nice foods :) We also look forward to tending our plants, and i'm gonna enjoy some writing time this weekend :) It's gonna be a great weekend :) i look forward to sharing our weekend adventures, and pictures with everyone in my weekend journals :) Tonight, Holly and i are going to watch 2 episodes of Most Haunted show :) We love our fun ,friday night paranormal party night's :)

There's so much more to look forward too as the month of August continues on :) the golden days of the summer season are here, and the season is filled with lots of awesome seasonal festivities, traditions,and birthday celebrations to share in :) We love the special times, and celebrations from month to month as the year goes on :) We love the gardening season and sharing our adventures :)The football season is coming up too! :) a whole season to share in :) 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 an awesome day! :) Today, the kids, Holly, 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 happy and excited for the weekend, shopping ,watching movies, our show, and writing :)The spirit of the season is all around :) Thinking of you, our dear friend :)

my mom, Holly, and family says hello :) We hope everyone is doing well, healthy, 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 :) We're very heart happy and excited, sharing in and celebrating the sweet joyful times of the season with everyone, and all of the great memories being made :) We wish everyone a healthy, safe, and peaceful weekend :)

Happy baking friday! :) Calling all cookie monsters! :) We're celebrating the golden days of summer season, and getting ready for the countdown to fall season! :) my family, Holly, and i are very happy and excited! :) We're having so much fun ,and a very special time enjoying our summer time baking friday adventures, and sharing our adventures with everyone :) Lots of great memories being made, to always treasure :) we're looking forward to many more adventures, including our upcoming countdown to fall season baking friday's :) We sure do love our baking friday 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 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! :) 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 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 :)

Greetings, from our kitchen to yours! :) The baking friday crew! :) The Brody, 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 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 :) We love seasonal baking, cooking, and looking forward to lots more adventures all throughout the seasons :) We're counting down to baking friday's 16th anniversary next month and fall season baking! :)

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 love when the kids help select the goodies for the baking friday menu :) We're very happy and excited for all of our baking friday adventures each month, all throughout the year :) Fall season baking time soon :) Sharing lots of smiles, and spirited baking friday cheer :)

Funny faces! :) hehe! :) 

Chocolate Chip Cookies and Brownies! :) come on over, for some baking friday goodies! :) The kids, Holly, and i had lots of fun baking goodies today :) We're loving our summer of super fun adventures, and all of the spirited cheer with great memories being made :) sharing lots of smiles :) baking friday :)