baking friday :) Chocolate Chip Cookies, and Ice Cream Cones :) Sweet Summer Time! :)

"Cookies and Ice Cream!"- my nephews Hunter and Carter 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 cookies and ice cream themed baking friday adventure in the kitchen!!! :) This was so much fun! :) We had the flour flying ,and sharing lots of smiles, and spirited cheer as we baked some aweesome cookies, and having some ice cream cones on this hot summer day! :) Ice cream is one of our favorite treats :) We're loving our summer time baking friday adventures, and all of the 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, the kids, Holly, and i had a fun time baking chocolate chip cookies, and had some ice cream cones :) it was so much fun :) We love these very special, spirited fun times ,and all of the great memories being made :) The summer season has settled in nicely, and we're so happy and excited to be enjoying our summer time baking friday adventures :)



Summer Time Cookies and Ice Cream Party!!! :) Summer Smiles! :) 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 :) We're very happy and excited, sharing in and celebrating the summer season with everyone ,and all of the continued joys of the summer time festivities, and traditions :) There's lots of great things going on, with the month of July in full swing ,and those classic summer time days shining bright :) We hope everyone who is experiencing hot, and humid weather, is keeping cool, and hydrated :) with the summer heat wave we're having ,we thought it would be a great day to enjoy some ice cream cones during our baking friday adventure :) We love baking friday, and the very special joy it brings us getting to share our adventures with everyone :) There's so much more to look forward too, all throughout the summer season :) Thank you angel friends, for making each day very special, and memorable :) Wishing everyone continued joys of the summer season :)



This morning, we had an awesome 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're loving our summer time baking friday adventures, and counting down to our adventures each week :) With the summer season in full swing, we're baking lots of our favorite goodies, and also enjoying all of the chillin n grillin, along with having ice cream :) i was up early this morning, blossoming into the new day, enjoying some nice time here on DS, writing to friends, and getting ready for my early morning nature walk :) We're so happy my mom's been coming outside with us at times in the past week, to check in on our plants with us :) the gardening season is flourishing, and lots of spirit soaring summer time nature sights all around :) i gathered a nice bowl of goodies, and went outside for my nature walk :) our nature friends, and the blossoming summer time nature greeted me :)we love seeing our nature friends, and taking good care of them ,especially during these very hot and humid summer days. i put lots of goodies in our backyard, and in the bird sanctuary area for our nature friends :) They love their baking friday breakfast feasts :) awww! :) We hope to see some hummingbirds very soon :)We're on hummingbirds watch, with our newly refilled feeders, we love looking to see if some hummingbirds visit our yard :)



Our plants, fruit trees, and garden are doing very well, growing and flourishing :) it's so nice, seeing everything super growing, and having some nice fruits growing on our trees, raspberry bushes, and also vegetables growing :) Holly and i want to pick some more snap peas soon :) They're growing plentiful :) it's also very neat, to see all of the sunflowers, and flowers growing, and blossoming :) We have roses, lillies, daisies, wildflowers, and our snowball bush is beginning to blossom : )A spirit soaring time in the gardening season :) our plants enjoyed all of the nice replenishing rainfall we recieved earlier this week, and are enjoying the summer warmth, as they continue to super grow :)We're very heart happy and excited, that everyone is enjoying seeing our plants, fruit trees, and garden :) Thank you angel friends, for your beautiful comments :) We look forward to lots more super fun nature walks, and gardening as the season continues to shine :) happy summer gardening season smiles :)



It was a sweet spirited early morning :) We enjoyed our breakfast, and having some hot tea, water, sprite soda, and iced coffee :) 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 our kitchen with a cool summer flowers theme :) our kitchen looked great! :) it's so much fun decorating, our baking friday kitchen decoration picture is one of my favorite pictures i take each week :) As the morning went on, we put some sports radio on, and around mid-day ,enjoyed a nice lunch :) We've been enjoying our meals throughout the week :) During the early afternoon, i enjoyed some nice time here on DS, writing to friends :)



Around 3pm, Jenn and the kids came over :) Alyssa, the triplets, and Brody went to their friend's birthday party ,and were with us in spirit today :) Jenn and Mike went shopping :) Lots of great summer time spirit, and excitement in the air :) The kids are enjoying their summer season :)We've been looking forward to our super fun baking friday adventure :) it's very special to us all, getting to gather each friday, for a super fun baking friday adventure :) 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 in the kitchen :) it's a cool baking friday tradition :) You all are always right there with us in spirit, our dear angel friends :) Each week, we love to use our nice baking friday supplies that 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 to bake some goodies, and have some ice cream cones :) 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 :) Today, Hunter and Carter helped Holly and i bake the goodies :) We first began to prepare the chocolate chip cookies :) They're one of our all time favorite treats :) the kids to add the ingredients into the bowl :) We got the flour flying in the air in the kitchen :) we opened up the chocolate chips, and taste tested the chocolate chips :) They're a great treat :) Today, Carter cracked open the egg :) he was so proud! :) We were sharing lots of smiles :) my mom came out into the kitchen at times, and you all were right there with us in spirit :) we added a little extra melted butter into the ingredients, and got the cookie dough all set, and ready :) i used butter to grease the baking pan :) we then made the cookie dough into round shapes, and put a huge batch of cookies into the oven to bake :) we love the scent of chocolate chip cookies baking :)



Ice Cream Party!!! :) as the cookies were baking, we got ready to enjoy some ice cream cones :) Mikey and Taylynn came out into the kitchen :) We had chocolate and vanilla ice cream, with lots of cones :) The kids had fun selecting their ice cream they wanted, we saved some chocolate chips to put on top of the ice cream :) Holly and i also had some ice cream cones :) We all enjoyed the ice cream cones, it's a great treat, especially on a hot summer day :) The cookies finished baking ,they baked nicely :) i brought the cookies out of the oven to cool down :) We did some cleaning up in the kitchen, and got ready to enjoy some cookies :) The cookies came out great! :) Holly and i love to have some cookies with our iced coffee :)



It was so much fun baking goodies today :) i thanked the kids, and Holly for helping bake :) We love these awesome times, and are looking forward to lots 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 goodies, and foods you all bake, cook, 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 :) Awww! :) Chocolate Chip Cookies, and Ice Cream Cones, dedicated to our wonderful family, friends, and to the awesome spirit of the summer season :) We love you all, so very very much! :) many great memories made, to always cherish, and treasure! :) We love it!!! :) July 7th, 2023 :) Happy baking friday everyone! :)



We're enjoying an awesome day! :) baking friday! :) spirit of summer time! :) We love it!!! :) my family, Holly, and i are doing well, healthy, and keeping 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 :) We're very happy and excited! :) The weekend is arriving with lots of summer time spirit :) We love the weekend's :) Tomorrow, we're gonna go shopping at the dollar tree :) We love shopping there :) We're going to stock up on some nice items, snacks, candy, some treats for Tiger, and also going to buy some gifts, cards :) it's gonna be so nice returning to shop :) Holly and i are going to have a fun, popcorn movies party :) We're picking out some cool movies to watch, and a new movie on saturday night :) on sunday, we're going to watch TWD show, the new episode of TWD, dead city, and also going to enjoy some writing time this weekend, plus checking in on our plants, and garden :) 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 summer season continues to blossom :) the month of July is in full swing, and the season is filled with lots of awesome seasonal festivities, traditions, holiday's, 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 :) a whole new summer 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 baked chocolate chip cookies, and had ice cream cones, 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, and watching our show, along with some nice writing time :) The spirit of the summer 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 :) You all are always in our thoughts, prayers, and in our hearts :) We're very happy and excited to share in and celebrate lots more special times of the season with everyone, as the summer season continues to shine :) We wish everyone a safe, peaceful, and happy weekend :)



Happy baking friday!!! :) Calling all cookie monsters! :) it's time for a summer time cookies and ice cream party!!! :) my family, Holly, and i are very happy and excited, sharing in the summer season with everyone, and all of the sweet festivities, and traditions that makes summer time so much fun and very special :) the season is in full swing ,with lots of spirit soaring excitement and great memories being made :) 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 having ice ceam cones :) 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 :)
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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 :)
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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 :) Summer time baking is here! :) Sharing lots of smiles, and spirited baking friday cheer :)
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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 today and having ice cream cones :) sharing lots of smiles, and celebrating summer time cheer :) baking friday :)
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Replies

CoolGal
CoolGal

Hi Chris Glad you Holly and your family are doing well and enjoyed baking. The boys look like they had fun The cookies and cones look great. Your kitchen decorations look very nice with the ice cream theme, Its great your mom's been joining you for some nature walks recently. Happy to hear you're looking forward to shopping and your shows this weekend. Thanks for all my nice hugs today. Have a good evening. Hugs to all there-Stephanie
bluemoon29
bluemoon29

Yummy!! Looks delicious and so much fun!! I love ice cream!!

Have fun shopping tomorrow!

I’m hoping to go treasure hunting tomorrow too:).

Thanks for sharing your joy:)
cedarbrooke
cedarbrooke

Great job Team Bakers! Love the choco chips on the ice cream cone. Yummy! I finally got to spend most of the day outside. It was wonderful! Thanks for sharing your day & pics.

Hugs! Brooke & Henri
Lilysawyer
Lilysawyer

oh the cookies and ice cream look YUMMY. AND I've done my fair share of 'quality' control with chocolate chips, too. ha ha. Send some cookies my way :D Hugs
JeanCarlin
JeanCarlin

I’m so glad that you and Holly and the boys had a fun baking Friday and your chocolate chip cookies look delicious and who could say no to ice cream cone on a hot day? Love the addition of the chocolate chips to the ice cream!
I hope you and Holly have a fun time shopping today and watching your movies later tonight and have a great weekend, hugs Jeannie
BTW love the cute sunflower towels :-)
Squarley
Squarley

Hello baking team look like a wonderful baking Friday I love the table and the pictures I’m sure Holly drew them they just brighten the whole table it looks so nice very summery looking forward to seeing you eat your ice cream and your cookies and everything looks great thank you for sharing the pictures and sharing your day so much fun with your baking day everything looks delicious the kids look like they’re having fun everybody’s doing summer stuff we send our love have a wonderful weekend love Shirley and Bruce.
Ladybug7
Ladybug7

Great pictures, Chris! Looks like you and the baking crew did a great job with the cookies and ice cream. Good to hear that your mom has been joining you for some nature walks. Hope you enjoy the rest of the weekend! Love and hugs.