baking friday :) Chocolate Chip Cookies, and Onion Pretzels! :) Sweet Spring Time! :)

"It's Chocolate Chip Cookie Time!"- my nephew Hunter 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, flour flying ,and super sweet, Spring time 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 awesome goodies :) Celebrating sweet 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, Holly, and i baked some chocolate chip cookies, and onion pretzels :) it was so much fun :) We love these very special, spirited fun times, and all of the great memories being made :) The spirit of the spring season is all around :) We're celebrating a super fun spring season of baking friday adventures, and spirited cheer! :)

Sweet Spirited 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 :) we're so happy and excited, sharing in and celebrating the spring season with everyone, and all of the continued joys that makes the season a super fun, and sweet time of the year :) Lots of great seasonal festivities, and traditions with many special memories being made :) the spring season is in full swing, with a wonderful blossoming of spring time nature :)Flowers blossoming, leaves growing, and lots of happy nature friends visiting :) it's a great joy, all of the seasonal spirit, and getting to share in the season with eachother :) You all make each day, very special and memorable :) We're very happy and excited, enjoying our spring time baking friday's, and all of the spirited excitement of the season :) We love hearing from you, hearing about your days, spring time festivities, and sharing ours :) Wishing everyone continued joys of the season :) Happy friendship smiles :)

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 wonderfully nice, and sweet :) We've been looking forward to our super fun adventure, we love baking, cooking, and seasonal spring time grilling :) Lots of great recipes :) it's that time of the year, with the spring season blossoming, and soon the scent of BBQ grills, and that classic spring spirit in the air :) we've got lots of super fun baking friday adventures planned, for all throughout the season :) Thank you angel friends, for sharing in this very special tradition with us :) 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 nature week, with lots of spring nature blossoming, and many nature friends visiting our yard, and neighborhood :)

As the new day was blossoming, i gathered a big big bowl of goodies, and went outside for my nature walk :) 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 :) aww! :) We love our nature friends, and are very heart happy to be seeing them visiting :) it was so neat, and super cool to see ducks flying over our yard earlier this week :) spirit soaring nature :) our plants, fruit trees, flowers, and flower bushes are doing well, growing and flourishing :)We had some rain here yesterday and overnight, it eased this morning. We're looking forward to some great spring sunshine returning soon, for some more spirit soaring nature walks, and gardening adventures :) Holly and i are so happy we've been doing some yard and garden work, and getting ready to plant seeds in our greenhouse very soon :) a wonderful new gardening season beginning :) happy spring nature smiles :)

It was a sweet peaceful early morning : )We enjoyed our breakfast, and having some hot chamomile tea, water, and vanilla 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 with a spirited spring time theme :) our kitchen looks great! :) As the morning went on, we put the sports radio on :) We love tuning into all of the sports talk :) it's a very exciting time with lots of sports going on :) we look forward to the Celtics playoffs games :) around mid-day, we enjoyed a nice lunch, and during the early afternoon, i enjoyed some nice time here on DS, and also made some homemade pretzel dough, so that the dough could rise :) The pretzel dough is a really good recipe :) water, yeast, flour, sugar, and vegetable oil, with dried onion flakes :) we love the pretzels :)

Around 3pm, Jenn and the kids came over :) The triplets and Brody are home today Aj has the evening/night off from work, they were with us in spirit :) The spirit of spring season is all around, with the spring season in full swing :)The kids have been back in school this week, they're doing very well with their school work :) We're very proud of the kids :) in just 2 months, they'll be graduating into the next grades, and beginning summer vacation :) 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 us in spirit :) 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 mitts, kitchen towels, and all of our baking 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 :) Today, Hunter helped Holly and i bake goodies :) We first began to get the pretzels ready : )The dough rised nicely :) i cut the dough into strips, and we then made the dough into nice pretzel shapes :) We love to make pretzels, they're one of our favorite goodies :) on the stove, i had a cooking pot with water heating up :) i put the pretzels into the water, one at a time :) the water helps the pretzels get even larger :) i used butter to grease a baking pan, and used a metal spatula to put the pretzels onto the pan :) We melted some butter with dried onion flakes, and drizzled the butter/onion onto the pretzels, and made 2, all/everything bagel spice pretzels for my mom ,she loves the everything spice :) i then put the pretzels into the oven to bake :)

We were sharing lots of smiles, and cheer :) Hunter was telling us about his school day, he got an extra recess today, and had fun playing sports :) We were preparing the chocolate chip cookies :) They're one of our favorite goodies :) my mom and Jenn came out into the kitchen, and you all are always rght there with us in spirit :) We added the ingredients into the bowl, including taste testing the chocolate chips :) We love chocolate chips :) We super stirred the ingredients, and added in some extra melted butter :) We got the cookie dough all set,i used butter to grease the baking pans :) We made the cookie dough into round shapes, and put the cookies onto the pan :)

The Pretzels baked nicely, we love when the pretzels are soft, and crispy at the same time :) i put the cookies into the oven to bake :) we did some cleaning up in the kitchen, and began to enjoy some pretzels, the pretzels came out great :) we were hanging out, and talking about spring, and baking friday :) Carter and Mikey were here :) the chocolate chip cookies baked nicely :) i brought the cookies out of the oven to cool down, and took a picture of the cookies, and we all began to dig in :)The cookies are delicious :) We had so much fun baking goodies today :) i thanked Hunter and Holly for helping bake :) We're hoping the triplets, and Brody come over next friday to join in on the baking friday fun :) we have many 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, and foods you all bake, and cook :) We're all with eachother in spirit, in our kitchens :) i wish we all could gather and have a big baking friday picnic :) This is so much fun and very special! :) Chocolate Chip Cookies, and Onion Pretzels, dedicated to our wonderful family, friends, and to the wonderful 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!!! :) April 19th, 2024 :) Happy baking friday everyone! :)

We're enjoying an awesome day! :) baking friday! :) Spring 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 today :) We love these very special times, and all of the great memories being made :) the weekend is arriving with lots of 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 and browsing around :) We're going to buy some foods, snacks, treats for Tiger, and also gonna browse at the seasonal items, dvds, and hotwheels :) our dollar tree has lots of garden supplies :) Holly and i are going to have a fun, popcorn movies party :) we picked out some cool movies to watch, and gonna watch a new movie on saturday night :) On Sunday, we're going to do some garden work, planting seeds in our greenhouse, and also having a Celtics playoffs basketball party :)We're very happy and excited, to cheer on the Celtics, in game 1 of their series :) We're going to prepare some nice foods, and having snacks, drinks, and wearing our Celtics shirts :) it's gonna be an awesome 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 :) Happy weekend everyone! :)

There's so much more to look forward too, as the month of April and spring season continues on :) Flowers sprouting ,and blossoming ,and that classic spring time spirit :) Spring 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're so happy to celebrate all of the excitement of the season with everyone :) the nba playoffs beginning :) Lets Go Celtics! :) 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 warm caring 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 onion pretzels 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, with shopping, movies, gardening, and cheering on the Celtics :) 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 enjoying 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 enjoying a very special time, sharing in and celebrating the spring season with everyone, and all of the seasonal festivities and traditions :) Thank you angel friends, for making each day, very special and memorable :) We wish everyone, a healthy, safe, and peaceful weekend :)

Happy baking friday!!! :) Calling all cookie monsters! :) it's sweet classic, and golden spring time! :) my family, Holly ,and i are very happy and excited! :)We're enjoying a very special time, sharing in the spring season with everyone, enjoying all of the seasonal times, festivities, traditions, and our spring time baking friday's :) The season is blossoming beautifully :) There's so much to enjoy this time of the year :) spring nature blossoming ,lots of flowers, new tree leaves, and a wonderful flourish of spring time spirit :) 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 :) Today, we're baking chocolate chip cookies, and onion pretzels :) Celebrating spring time spirit! :) 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! :) Hunter, 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 so happy and excited, for all of our spirited fun, Spring time baking friday adventures :) 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 and cook :) 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 :) Sharing lots of smiles, and spirited baking friday cheer :)

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

Cookies ready to bake! :) Hunter made a mountain cookie! :) (on the  left)

we love the scent of onion pretzels baking :) 

Chocolate Chip Cookies, and Onion Pretzels! :) Come on over, for some baking friday goodies! :) Hunter, Holly, and i had a fun time baking goodies :) We love these very special, spirited fun times, sharing lots of smiles and spirited cheer, with spring season spirit all around :) baking friday :)