baking friday :) Chocolate Chip Cookies, and Ice Cream Cones :) Countdown to Summer! :)

"ice cream! ice cream! and cookies!"- my nephew's Brody, Hunter, Carter ,Colby, Mikey, Jacob, 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, flour flying, ice cream themed baking friday adventure in the kitchen! :) This was so much fun! :) the kids all lined up to get some ice cream cones today ,a cool baking friday surprise! :)We're celebrating the countdown to summer season! :) Sharing lots of smiles, and spirited 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, Holly ,and i baked chocolate chip cookies, and had ice cream cones :) it was lots of fun :) We're so happy and excited to be having our countdown to summer time themed baking friday adventures :) The kids are very excited, for all of the summer time festivities, as they get ready to begin their summer vacation :) We're looking forward to lots of super fun baking friday adventures, all throughout the season :) Thank you angel firneds, for sharing in this very special tradition with us each week :) Happy baking friday smiles :)

Welcome to the baking friday Ice Cream Shoppe! :) Happy Countdown to Summer Season! :) 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're very happy and excited, sharing in these sweet spirited golden days of spring time with everyone,as the summer season approaches :) There's lots of seasonal festivities, and traditions that makes the season very special, and memorable :) We're having lots of fun enjoying our countdown to summer season themed baking friday's :) We have lots of adventures planned, including an ice cream theme today, plus chillin n grillin, 4th of July, Carnival theme, and lots more :)we love counting down the days until it's time to bake :) There's lots of great things going on, and lots of great memories being made :) The gardening season is flourishing, and lots of nature sights glowing all around :) We love the spirit of the season :) Thank you angel friends, for sharing in the season with us, and for all that you do for us :)We love you all bunches and bunches, and appreciate you all very much :) Wishing everyone continued joys of the season :) Sending our love, super big happy sunny caring friendship hugs, and sunflower smiles across the miles, from our hearts, and home to yours :)

This morning, we had a sweet new day rising and shining :) A very special friday tradition i love very much, is wishing Holly, our family, and our friends a happy baking friday, and i share with Holly and our family, your sweet happy baking friday wishes :) Thank you angel friends, so very much :) You all are very nice, and sweet :)We've been looking forward to our super fun adventure :) We love counting down the days until it's time to bake, and having our happy countdown to summer season themed baking friday adventures :) it's very exciting,the summer season is almost here :) 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 :) it's been a nice stretch of days, with warmth and sunshine this week,that's helping our plants,and garden grow :) Holly and i had a really nice gardening week, with 3 planting days :) We love planting our garden,and enjoying sharing in the season with everyone :) it's very nature active, with lots of our nature friends visiting :) i gathered a nice bowl of goodies, and went outside for my nature walk :)

Our nature friends, plants, and sunshine greeted me :) we've been seeing lots of birds and squirrels visiting our yard and neighborhood this week :)We love seeing them, and all of the spirit soaring nature that shines this time of the year :) i put lots of goodies on the bird feeders, and in the bird sanctuary area for our nature friends :) they love their baking friday breakfast feasts :) it's felt very warm,and humid outside here, the plants are soaking up the warmth and sunshine as they continue to super grow during the countdown to summer season :)our plants, fruit trees, and flowers are doing well :) We have new sunflower sprouts, and our vegetable plants are growing :)we have peaches, apples, and pears growing too :) Lots of grapes, raspberries, and potato sprouts :)We're very excited to see everything flourishing :) Holly and i love the gardening week we enjoyed, with some planting, tending the plants, and looking forward to lots more adventures :) nature, and gardening brings us lots of great joy :) We love sharing our garden, and adventures with everyone :) Happy sunny nature,and gardening season smiles :)

It was a nice peaceful early morning : )we enjoyed our breakfast, and having some hot chamomile tea, water, and vanilla iced coffee :) Tiger girl enjoyed her breakfast, and some treats :) 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 happy countdown to summer theme :) our kitchen looks great :) it's lots of fun decorating, and is a special part of the baking friday tradition :) as the morning went on, we put the sports radio on :) We love tuning in,and keeping up with all of our favorite sports :) 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 Brody and the triplets came over :) Lots of great excitement and spirit in the air :)The kids are having some fun school days and times, as they finish up the school year :) they love field trips, watching movies, and having school programs, as they complete the school year :) we're very proud of the kids, they work hard in school, and achieving their grades :) They're looking forward to a great summer season, with all of their favorite summer time festivities, and traditions, including lots of super fun baking friday adventures :)We all gathered in the kitchen :) The kids love to select their spots at the kitchen counter :) the kids, Holly, and i got our picture taken :) it's a special baking friday tradition :) You all are always right there with us in spirit in the kitchen :) my mom takes the picture of us each week :) We love to use our nice baking friday supplies, i wear my nice apron Holly gave me, and we use our nice oven mits, kitchen towels, baking pans, and all of our baking supplies that we've recieved from family and friends over the years :) Our kitchen was all set, and we were ready to bake some nice goodies :) Sweet countdown to summer season baking! :) 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 chocolate chip cookies :) Holly and i wanted to keep the ice cream cones a secret until after the cookies dough was set, we love surprising the kids :) we had lots of baking friday helpers today :) We added in the ingredients, and taste tested the chocolate chips :) We were talking about the upcoming summer season, and all of our summer themed baking friday's :) we were sharing lots of smiles :) my mom and Jenn came out into the kitchen, and you all are always right there with us in spirit in the kitchen :) we super stirred the cookie ingredients :) we love chocolate chip cookies, they're one of our favorite goodies :) We made the cookie dough into round cookie shapes, i used butter to grease the baking pans, and we had 2 pans full of cookies :) i put the cookies into the oven to bake :)

It was time for some Ice Cream! :) Holly and i were very happy and excited to surprise the kids :) we had the ice cream cones, and chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry ice cream :) the kids all lined up, they were very happy and excited : )The kids all got to pick out which ice cream they wanted :)Some wanted 1 flavor ice cream, some wanted 2 flavors, and Hunter went for the triple flavor, all 3 kinds of ice cream! :) The kids were coming back for seconds, extra scoops of ice cream :) they were enjoying their ice cream cones :) Holly and i enjoyed some ice cream too :) We did some cleaning up in the kitchen :) We all were hanging out :)The cookies finished baking :) i brought the cookies out of the oven to cool down :)The kids were going outside to play :) Holly and i brought the cookies plate outside, the kids were very excited to enjoy some cookies :)

We had so much fun baking goodies today, and enjoying some ice cream cones :)i thanked the kids, and Holly for helping bake :) we love these awesome fun times, and 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 Ice Cream Cones, dedicated to our wonderful family, friends, and to the spirited excitement 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 6th, 2025 :) Happy baking friday everyone :)

We're enjoying a great day :) baking friday,and sweet countdown to summer season spirit :) my family, Holly, and i are doing ok, and continuing with the good care :) 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 seasonal spirit :)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 treats for Tiger, some snacks, drinks, and browsing at the seasonal items, hotwheels, basketball cards :) Holly and i are going to have a fun, popcorn movies party :) We picked out some cool summer blockbuster movies, and gonna watch a new movie on saturday night :) on sunday ,we're going to have a TWD party, and also going to enjoy some time in our yard, and garden, tending our plants :) it's gonna be a great weekend :) i look forward to sharing our weekend adventures, and pictures with everyone in my weekend journals :) There's lots to look forward too :) Tonight, Holly and i are going to watch some episodes of most haunted show :)We love our fun, friday night paranormal party night's :) Thank you angel friends, for always being here for us, and for the special joy you all bring us :)We appreciate you all very much, and will always be here for you all too :) Big group caring, happy sunny warm friendship hug :) We wish everyone a nice peaceful evening and night :)

-never lose hope :)

my mom, Holly, and our family says hello :) we hope everyone is doing well, healthy, enjoying a nice day ,and a really good baking friday :) We love you all bunches and bunches, our sweet dear wonderful guardian angel friends :) You all are always in our thoughts, prayers, and in our hearts :) We're very happy and excited, sharing in these golden days of spring season with everyone, and counting down to the summer season :) We wish everyone a healthy, safe, and peaceful weekend :)

Happy baking friday :) Calling all cookie monsters! :) We're celebrating the countdown to summer time! :) my family, Holly ,and i are very excited, to share in all of the seasonal festivities and traditions with everyone, with the golden days of spring time here, and soon summer season arriving :)We love the spirit of the season, and all of the great memories being made :)We sure do love our baking friday adventures, and sharing our adventures with everyone :) We're counting down to the summer season, with some cool themes each week :) This is a picture of our kitchen all set up and decorated for our super fun adventure :) Today, we're baking chocolate chip cookies, and having ice cream cones :) Thank you angel friends, 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 :) A special thank you for Alyssa :) Alyssa went to the stores, and picked up baking friday supplies this week :) it's very nice of her :) We all love to chip in to get the supplies :) We love baking friday, and are very thankful, and blessed to have this very special tradition in our lives :)

Greetings, from our Summer countdown kitchen to yours :) The baking friday crew :) the kids, Holly, and i got our picture taken in the kitchen :) it's a very special tradition :) We love welcoming everyone over, for these fun seasonal adventures :) You all are always right there with us in spirit, in the kitchen :) it's our favorite tradition :) We love gathering, and sharing lots of smiles with spirited baking friday cheer :) Sweet seasonal baking, grilling, and cooking :)

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 :) we're very proud of the kids, and all that they have learned about baking, and cooking :) They love to help Holly and i in the kitchen :) We love helping teach the kids how to bake and cook goodies and foods :) plus our spring/summer grilling foods :) we're so happy the kids love to help pick the baking friday menu :) We love baking friday, and are very excited for a whole season of baking friday fun, with many great memories being made :) we're counting down to the summer season! :)

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

Chocolate Chip Cookies, and Ice Cream Cones :)Come on over, for some baking friday goodies :) The kids, Holly, and i had a fun time baking cookies, and having ice cream cones :) We love these special times ,sharing lots of smiles and spirited seasonal cheer :) baking friday :)