baking friday :) Chocolate Chip Cookies, and Hotdogs! :) Chillin n Grillin! :)

"hot diggity dog! we love hotdogs!"- my nephew's Hunter, 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, Summer Time Chillin n Grillin themed baking friday adventure in the kitchen! :) this was so much fun! :) We were chillin, grillin, and baking up some awesome goodies today, celebrating the kids completing the school year, and beginning their summer vacation! :) We love these awesome times, sharing lots of smiles, and spirited cheer! :) Come on over, for some baking friday goodies! :)

SUMMER TIME CHILLIN N GRILLIN!!! :) Happy Summer Time! :) Hi angel friends! :) my family, Holly, and i hope everyone is doing well, healthy, and enjoying a beautiful day! :) We love hearing from you, and are so very happy ,and excited to share in and celebrate continued joys of the season with everyone :) The summer season is on it's way, with lots of great seasonal festivities, and traditions :) A big Congrats to all of the kids, for completing the school year :) they worked hard all throughout the school year, with their studies, and got to have some very cool times, with field trips, school festivities, recently field day, and they all have advanced to the next school year :)We're so proud of the kids :) Today's baking friday ,is a celebration for the kids, for their great accomplishment of completing the school year :) They're ready, for a super fun summer season, with lots of adventures, and great memories being made :) We've been looking forward to beginning our summer time baking friday adventures :) We love this very special tradition in our lives, and so happy and excited for all of the great adventures, all throughout the season :) Thank you angel friends, so very much, for sharing in this very special tradition with us each week, and for sharing in all of the times of the season with us :) Happy friendship smiles :)

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 very nice, and sweet :) We've been looking forward to our super fun adventure, to begin a whole new season of baking friday fun! :) Today's theme, Chillin n Grillin :) 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've had a great stretch of weather days this week, with some sunshine, and rain ,which is making for a great blend of weather for the plants, fruit trees, flower bushes, and nature ,to continue to grow and flourish :) it's a very exciting time of the year :) i gathered a nice bowl of goodies, and went out inside the sunrise sunshine for my nature walk :) our nature friends greeted me, there's been lots of happy birds, and squirrels visiting our yard and neighborhood :) Holly and i are looking forward to refilling the hummingbird feeders, and adding a total of 5 feeders around our yard :) i put lots of goodies in our backyard, bird sanctuary area for our nature friends :) they love their baking friday, breakfast feasts :)awww! :)

Our plants, and garden is continuing to flourish :) Holly and i have been getting in some great garden time this week, and so happy and excited to see all of our plants, raspberry bushes, grapevines, fruit trees, and flower bushes doing very well, groiwng and flourishing :) it's a very exciting time in the season, with all of the great nature :) it's awesome, the spirit soaring nature moments, being in the yard, and garden, and seeing the plants, and visits from butterflies, ladybugs, bumble bees, dragonflies, and birds :) Holly and i are having so much fun gardening, and sharing our adventures with everyone, and are looking forward to lots more adventures all throughout the season :) it brings us lots of great joy :) The triplets, and Brody were playing outside yesterday while my mom was babysitting them, the kids got to help Holly and i water the plants :)They were so proud and very happy to help :) Happy nature, and gardening season smiles :)

It was a nice peaceful early morning :) We enjoyed our breakfast, and having some iced coffee, water ,and sprite soda :) i began to gather our baking friday supplies, decorations ,and went out into our kitchen to begin setting up and decorating our kitchen ,for our super fun adventure :) it's so much fun decorating :) Today ,i decorated with a cool summer time Chillin n Grillin theme :) our kitchen looked awesome! :) We love all of our seasonal decorations we have, that makes our kitchen glow :) Holly created a nice congrats graduates craft for the kids :) She's very creative :) as the morning went on ,we put the sports radio on :) around mid-day, we enjoyed a nice lunch ,and during the early afternoon, i enjoeyd some nice time here on DS, writing to friends :)

Around 3pm, Jenn and the kids came over, and the triplets, and Brody came over :) It's Summer time!!! :) The kids are so happy and excited, beginning their summer vacation :) We're so happy for the kids ,and very proud of them for their great achievements all throughout the school year :) Wishing them all a great summer! :) Lots of great spirit and excitement in the air :) To celebrate the kids completing the school year, today's goodies we're making are a special request, from the kids :) We all began to gather in our kitchen :) The kids love to select their spots, at the kitchen counter :) Holly presented the nice congratulations graduates picture/craft she made for them :) They love it! :) the kids, 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 :) 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 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 for some Chillin, Grillin, and Baking! :) 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're so happy and excited, enjoying these super fun times, and beginning a whole new season of baking friday fun :) We first began to prepare the chocolate chip cookies :) They're the kids favorite! :) We're all cookie monsters, we love cookies! hehe! :) The kids love to add the ingedients into the bowl :)Brayden helped today, he cracked open the egg :) The kids were talking about summer time :) We taste tested the chocolate chips :) We all began to super stir the ingredients :) Super Stirrers! Super Stirrers! :) We added in some extra melted butter :) we always add a little extra flour, and butter, which helps make a bigger batch of the cookies :) we were sharing lots of smiles and spirited cheer :) my mom, Jenn ,and Mike came out into the kitchen at times, and you all are always right there with us in spirit in the kitchen, our dear angel friends :) i used butter to grease the baking pan, and we made the cookie dough into round shapes, and put the cookies onto the pan, and i put the first batch of cookies into the oven to bake :)

It was time for some Chillin n Grillin! :) We got the George Foreman grill going :) we have some tongs to tur the hotdogs over :) The kids were enjoying helping cook the hotdogs :) Today's Grill master's, were Hunter and Jacob :) everyone was ordering hotdogs, we had 3 packs of hotdogs, a total of 24 hotdogs :) We used the nice Patriotic hotdogs holders we got at the dollar tree :) the kids were having some hotdogs, my mom, Jenn, and i each had a hotdog, and we cooked 2 extra, for my mom and dad to have for dinner :) The kids were all having some hotdogs :) We're so happy we cooked all 24 hotdogs :) We were having hotdogs with ketchup :) The first batch of chocolate chip cookies finished baking, i brought the cookies out of the oven to cool down, and put another batch of cookies into the oven to bake :)

We did some cleaning up in the kitchen :) Once the cookies had cooled down, we all began to dig in :) the cookies came out great :) The kids went outside to play, they brought their soccer ball, and football :) The second batch of cookies finished baking :) it was so much fun baking and grilling today :) i thanked the kids, and Holly for helping bake and grill :) We love these awesome times, and are looking forward to many more super fun baking friday adventures, all throughout the summer season :) A very special shoutout, for family and friends :) Lots of great baking, cooking, and grilling this week :) We love hearing about the nice foods, and goodies you all cook, bake, and grill :) 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 Hotdogs, 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!!! :) June 16th, 2023 :) Happy baking friday everyone! :)

We're enjoying an awesome day! :) baking friday! :) blossoming summer time spirit! :) We love it!!! :) my family, Holly ,and i are doing well, healthy and in good spirits :) it was so much fun baking goodies, chillin n grillin :) We love these very special, spirited fun times, and all of the great memories being made :) The weekend is arriving with lots of great seasonal spirit :) We love the weekend's :) We're very happy and excited! :) Tomorrow, we're gonna go shopping at the dollar tree :)We love shopping there :) We're gonna buy some foods, snacks ,drinks, treats for Tiger, and also browsing at the seasonal decorations :) Holly and i are very excited to have a fun, summer blockbusters popcorn movies party :) We picked out some cool movies to watch :) We've been adding more summer themed movies into our popcorn movies cup :) On Sunday, we're going to celebrate Father's day, and also gonna enjoy some gardening, writing time, and our shows this weekend too :) 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 season and month continue on :) the 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 :) We love the gardening season and sharing our adventures :) Summer Season is on it's way! :) 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 also grilled hotdogs, 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, shopping, watching movies, our shows, gardening, and all of the continued joys of sharing in the season as summer approaches :) Thinking of you, our dear friend :)

my mom, Holly, and family says hello :) We hope everyone is doing well, healthy, enjoying a nice day, and a really good baking friday :) awww! :) We love you all bunches and bunches, our sweet dear wonderful guardian angel friends :) We cherish and treasure you r very special friendships :) We're having so much fun sharing in the season with everyone, and all of the great memories being made :) Happy countdown to Summer! :) We wish everyone, a healthy, safe, and peaceful weekend :)

Happy baking friday, and Happy Summer Time!!! :) Calling all cookie monsters! :) it's time for some summer time Chillin n Grillin! :) Greetings,from our kitchen to yours! :) my family, Holly,and i are very happy and excited! :) We're ready for a whole new season to share in with everyone :) We're loving these very special, spirited fun times of the season, sharing in all of the seasonal festivities,and traditions with everyone, and all of the great joy this very special tradition brings :) The summer season is beginning to arrive! :) The kids have completed the school year, and are so happy and excited for a summer of fun adventures! :) 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 also grilling hotdogs :)Chillin n Grillin! :) Thank you everyone, so very much for sharing in this very special tradition with us each week :) This is so much fun and very special :) Calling all cookie monsters! :) Cookie monsters unite! :) it's time to grill,and 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 kids, 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 summer time BBQ Grilling, and looking forward to lots more adventures all throughout the seasons :)

The kids love the nice congratulations graduates, craft/picture that Holly made for them :) Thank you Holly! :) 

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 :) Summer time baking is here! :) Sharing lots of smiles, and spirited baking friday cheer :)

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

Grilling hotdogs :) 

Chocolate Chip Cookies, and Hotdogs! :) Come on over, for some baking friday goodies! :) The kids, Holly ,and i had lots of fun baking and grilling today :) we love summer time, and are so happy and excited for a whole new season of baking friday fun :) Sharing lots of smiles, and spirited cheer! :) baking friday :)

Cookies time! :)