baking friday :) Chocolate Chip Cookies, and Onion Pretzels :) Sweet Summer Times! :)

"We love extra chocolate chips!"- my nephew's Brayden ,Hunter, Jacob, Colby, Carter, Brody, and Mikey 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, Golden days of Summer time, themed baking friday adventure in the kitchen!!! :) this was so much fun! :) we had the flour flying in the air, and sharing lots of smiles and spirited cheer as we baked some awesome goodies! :) Celebrating sweet classic ,and golden summer time! :) The spirit of the season is all around! :) 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 onion pretzels :) it was so much fun! :) We're loving the summer season, and baking lots of our favorite goodies and treats :) The cookies and onion pretzels are very popular :) We're all digging in ,enjoying the goodies, and spirited cheer of the day and season :) The summer season is shining bright with lots of great things going on :) Thank you angel friends, for sharing in this very special tradition with us :) Happy baking friday smiles :)

Sweet Golden days of Summer time! :) Greetings ,from our summer kitchen! :) Hi angel friends! :) my family, Holly, and i hope everyone is doing well, healthy, and enjoying a wonderful day :) We love hearing from you :)We're very happy and excited, blossoming into the month of August with everyone, and sharing in continued joys of the summer season :) The season is in full swing, with lots of seasonal festivities, and traditions :) We're enjoying a very special time ,sharing in the season with everyone, and treasuring all of the great memories being made :) We're having lots of fun enjoying our summer themed baking friday adventures :) it's a very exciting time in the season :) We love to bake, cook, and grilling foods, and goodies : )Celebrating summer time spirit, and cheer! :) We're very happy, thankful, and blessed to have you all in our lives, and the baking friday tradition to share in each week :) We love counting down to the days ,until it's time to bake! :) We're loving the spirit of the season, and with the golden days of summer season here, there's lots more great times to look forward too :) Thank you angel friends, for making each day very special, and memorable, and for sharing in the season with us :) We love you all bunches and bunches! :)Wishing everyone continued joys of the season :) Happy sunny 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 very nice, and sweet :) we're very excited, blossoming into the new month of August with everyone ,a whole new month of super fun adventures :) 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 mix of some rain, sunshine ,and hot weather this week, the plants are super growing and blossoming :) it's amazing to see how much they've grown over the season :) from seeds to sprouts, to growing ,and blossoming :) the gardening season is amazing :)i gathered a nice bowl of goodies, and went outside for my nature walk :)

Our nature friends, and the summer sunshine greeted me :) it's so nice, seeing the nature glowing all around :) it's a very exciting time in the summer season : )We love the great joy, the season brings :) we're seeing lots of happy nature friends visiting this summer season :) 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! :) It's very nice, seeing our nature friends, the bluejays, squirrels, mockingbirds, sparrows, red cardinals, and lots more :) the golden finches visit during these times of the season too, they love sunflower seeds :) it's very amazing, all of the spirit soaring nature that makes the summer season shines :) our plants, flowers, and fruit trees are doing well, growing and flourishing :) we have zuchinni, cucumbers, and yellow squash growing, and lots of beautiful flowers blossoming, including lots of sunflowers :) it's very exciting, seeing the happy sunflower smiles in the garden, and all of our nature friends visiting, with bees, butterflies, ladybugs, and dragonflies :) our garden is flourishing nicely, and soaks up the sunshine happily on these sunny summer days :) Holly and i love sharing our garden, and adventures with everyone :) We're looking forward to lots more spirit soaring nature walks, and gardening adventures all throughout the season :) happy sunny nature, and summer gardening season smiles :)

it was a sweet spirited and peaceful early morning :) We enjoyed a nice 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 our kitchen with a cool golden days of summer time theme :) our kitchen looks awesome! :) it's lots of fun decorating! :) i love taking a picture of our kitchen decorations :) as the morning went on, we put the sports radio on :)we love tuning in to all of the sports talk :) 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 as the afternoon went on :) it's a really good and easy recipe :)

Around 3pm, Jenn and the kids came over, and the triplets ,and Brody came over :) Lots of great spirited excitement in the air :) the summer season is in full swing :) We're enjoying our summer themed baking friday adventures, and all of the great memories being made :) The month of August is here, and lots more super fun baking, cooking, and grilling to look forward too, as we continue to celebrate the summer season :) 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 :) Summer time baking, grilling ,and cooking! :) 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 :) Holly and i are so happy, all of the kids helped today! :) We first began to prepare the chocolate chip cookies :) They're one of our favorite goodies :) The kids love to add the ingredients, they each like to have one of the ingredients they can add into the cookies, the flour, sugar, chocolate chips, and egg :) we always taste test the chocolate chips before adding them into the bowl :) we love chocolate chips! :) we had the flour flying in the air in the kitchen! :) hehe! :) one of the kids clapped flour, and got flour all over Brayden! oh my! lol :) We were all laughing ,smiling ,Brayden felt so cool, as he was officially floured! hehe! :) Lots of great baking friday spirited fun moments! :) my mom and Jenn came out into the kitchen at times, and you all are always right there with us in spirit :) We super stirred the cookie 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 i put the cookies intothe oven to bake :) we love the scent of chocolate chip cookies baking :)

As the cookies were baking, we prepared the onion pretzels :) The dough rised nicely :) it's a great pretzel dough recipe :) 1 cup of water, 1 packet of yeast, some dried onion flakes, about 4 tablespoons of sugar, and flour :) i mixed the flour in earlier, until the dough becomes very nice dough, to make the pretzels, the dough rised during the afternoon in the fridge :) i cut the dough into portions ,and got some water heating up in a cooking pot on the stove :)we made the dough into pretzels shapes, and i put the pretzels 2 at a time, into the water on the stove :) i then used a spatula to take the pretzels out of the water, the water helps the pretzels get larger :) i put the pretzels onto a butter greased baking pan :) we melted some butter, and added some dried onion flakes into the butter ,and drizzled the butter onto the pretzels, with some extra dried onion flakes, and everything bagel seasoning, for 2 pretzels for my mom, she love everything bagel seasonig :) i then put the pretzels into the oven to bake :)

We did some cleaning up in the kitchen :) The chocolate chip cookies finished baking, they baked nicely :) i brought the cookies out of the oven to cool down :) we were hanging out :)The kids were going back and forth ,from the kitchen and living room :) The pretzels baked nicely, the came out great! :) Jenn and my mom, and Holly and i were looking forward to having some pretzels :) i took a picture of the cookies, and pretzels, and we all began to dig in :)the cookies and pretzels are delicious! :) i thanked the kids and Holly for helping bake :) We had so much fun baking goodies :) We love these awesome fun times, and looking forward to lots more super fun adventures all throughout the season :) 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 Onion Pretzels, 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 2nd, 2024 :) Happy baking friday everyone! :)

We're enjoying an awesome day! :) baking friday! :) Sweet spirit 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 seasonal spirit :) We love the weekend's :)We're very happy and excited, sharing in the season with everyone :) Tomorrow, we're gonna go shopping at the dollar tree :) we love shopping there :) they're beginning to add some fall season, and halloween items :) we're very excited to see the items, we love browsing around the store :) We're going to buy some treats for Tiger, some foods, snacks, drinks, candy, and also browsing around the seasonal items ,hotwheels, and crafts items :) it's gonna be fun shopping :) Holly and i are also looking forward to a fun, summer movies popcorn party :) We picked out some cool movies to watch, and going to watch a new movie on saturday night :) on sunday, we're going to have a TWD party, and also gonna spend time in our yard and garden this weekend, enjoying nature walks, tending our plants, and also gonna browse some collectibles, along with some nice writing time :) 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 :) Wishing everyone a great weekend! :)

There's so much more to look forward too, as the month of August blossoms and the summer season continues on :) The month of August is an awesome month :) Gardening season in full swing, Flowers growing, and blossoming, and that classic seasonal spirit :) 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're so happy to celebrate all of the excitement of the season with everyone :) Celebrating the 2024 NBA Champions this year, the Boston 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 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 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, nature, and more :) The spirit of the summer season is all around :) Thinking of you, our dear friend :)

my mom, Holly ,and family says hi :) 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 these golden days of the summer 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! :) It's sweet classic ,and golden days of summer time! :) my family, Holly, and i are very happy and excited! :) We're loving the summer season ,and enjoying a very special time sharing in the season with everyone :) There's lots of great things going on ,as the summer season is shining bright, with all of the beautiful summer time nature :) it's a great time in the season :) One of our favorite summer time festivities, is our baking, cooking, and grilling this time of the year :)We're having an awesome season of super fun baking friday adventures :)We sure do love our 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, we're baking chocolate chip cookies, and onion pretzels :) 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! :)

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 summer time kitchen to yours! :) It's Summer Time! :) 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, summer grilling, and looking forward to lots more adventures all throughout the seasons :) We're so happy and excited, for all of our spirited fun, Summer season themed baking friday's :) 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 :) it's sweet summer time! :)

Brayden got floured! hehe! :) lol

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

Chocolate Chip Cookies ,and Onion Pretzels! :) Come on over ,for some baking friday goodies! :) the kids, Holly ,and i had lots of fun, baking the goodies :)We're loving our summer time adventures, sharing lots of smiles, and spirited seasonal cheer :) baking friday :)