baking friday :) Chocolate Chip Cookies, and Onion Rings :)

"We love cookies! Lets bake them!"- my nephew's Hunter, Mikey, Colby, Jacob, and Brayden said that today, during baking friday and little Brodie said, "cookie!" :) awww! :)



baking friday! :) calling all cookie monsters! :) hehe! :) cookie monsters! :) hehe! :) cookie monsters unite!!! :) it's baking friday!!! :) oh my! :) a flour flying, super sweet, happy countdown to summer time themed baking friday adventure in the kitchen!!! :) This was so much fun! :) We had the flour flying in the air in the kitchen today, and baking up some awesome goodies :) after baking today, the kids went outside to play on the trampoline :) We're counting down to summer time, with all of the seasonal festivities, and traditions! :) 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, Alyssa, the kids ,and i baked chocolate chip cookies, and made homemade onion rings :) we had so much fun, the goodies came out great :) we're all digging in :) We love these awesome times, and the spirited excitement of our baking friday adventures :) You all are always right there with us in spirit, in our kitchens :) We're beginning our countdown to summer time, with some awesome baking friday fun :)



Blossoming into the countdown to Summer Season! :) Hi angel friends! :) my family, Holly, and i hope everyone is doing well, healthy, and enjoying a nice day :) we think of you and your family's often, and are so happy, thankful, and blessed to have you all in our lives :) it's been a nice stretch of days, with the weather warming up, and lots of spring festivities, nature, gardening, the beginning of the BBQ cookout season :) we love the spirit of the season :) these are the golden days of spring :) We've been enjoying our yard, and garden, so very much, including having our first BBQ cookout last sunday :) we love BBQ grilling, and all of the summer salads :) we've had some nice hotdogs, potato salad, macaroni salad, and coleslaw this week :) it's great, and such a nice joy, getting to share in and celebrate the special joys of the season :) the gardening season is flourishing, and we're beginning our countdown to summer season, themed baking friday adventures :) There's so much more to look forward too :)



This morning, we had a sweet new baking friday 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 your lovely happy baking friday wishes with my family and Holly :) You all are so very wonderfully nice, and sweet :) Thank you angel friends, so very much! :) We've been looking forward to our super fun adventure today, counting down the days until baking friday :) The kids are having a big week, enjoying getting into the summer spirit :) they love our new trampoline, and are so excited for us to install our new basketball hoop soon too :) Lots of sports, activities, and summer time coming, we love it! :) We love hearing about your seasonal festivities, and traditions, and sharing ours :) we're all with eachother in spirit :)



As the new day was blossoming, i heard some happy birds singing outside here :) those sweet nature tunes, warms my heart, and makes me very excited to go out for my nature walks :) i gathered a big bowl of goodies, and went outside :) we had some more rain overnight, our plants, trees, bushes, and grass is all replenished :) we're seeing lots of new sprouts all around our yard, and garden :) it's awesome to see :) our plants are smiling and shining, and growing and glowing :) i was walking into the bird sanctuary area of our yard, and put lots of goodies in that area, for our nature friends :) they love their bkaing friday breakfast feasts :) awww! :) it's incredible, all of the nature sights, from leaves, to all of our fruit trees, grapevines, and raspberry bushes growing :) it's been a very active nature week, with lots of birds, squirrels, and garden friends like ladybugs visiting :) my family, Holly, and i are looking forward to some more gardening,planting our popcorn plants into planters, in our front yard, and we also look forward to some more BBQ cookouts soon :) Holly's been so excited, to see buzz the bumble bee interacting with us, she's amazed, at how he buzzes right near us, and it's like he's saying hi :) awww! :) we love our nature friends :)



It was a nice morning :) We enjoyed a nice breakfast, and i brewed some iced coffee, cheers! to family, friends, to good health,peace, comfort, and to enjoying the spirit of the season :) i began to gather our baking friday supplies, and decorations, and went out into our kitchen to begin to set up and decorate our kitchen, for our super fun adventure :) it's a cool baking friday tradition, decorating our kitchen :) i decorated with a sunny countdown to spring theme today :) our kitchen looked awesome :) We feel very thankful, and blessed to have special traditions like baking friday, in our lives :) We look forward to it each week :) During the late morning, we prepared a nice lunch to enjoy, and during the early afternoon, i enjoyed some nice time here on Ds, writing to friends :)



Around 3pm, Alyssa, Jenn, and the kids came over :) We welcomed everyone :) Earlier, i prepared some nice onion rings batter dip :) it's really easy recipe :) flour, garlic salt, black pepper, 1 egg, and milk :) i also sliced some onions :) we love homemade onion rings, and haven't made any in a while, and have been looking forward to making some :) we all began to gather in our kitchen :) The kids love to select their spots at the counter, they each get a chair :) little Brodie was joining us in the kitchen, and my mom, Jenn, and little Carter came into the kitchen too :) We got our picture taken :) it's a cool baking friday tradition :) Each week, we love to use our nice baking friday supplies we've recieved from our family and family of friends all around the world, over the years :) i wear my apron, and we use our 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 ready, 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 :) they love to each have ingredients to add into the bowl :) We were adding the chocolate chip cookies ingredients, and of course, the best egg ever, and we tried some of the chocolate chips before adding the rest into the bowl, they're awesome! :) We were sharing smiles, as we prepared the goodies :) the kids are very excited for summer season, and are looking forward to all of the upcoming summer time festivities :) i got a baking pan, and used butter to grease the baking pan :) little Carter is walking very well, and he was walking out into the kitchen at times, and checking in on the baking friday fun :) awww! :) Carter's been helping Jenn and Mike a bit at their home ,with helping bake and cook :) he's a little baker in training :)



We put the chocolate cookie dough into round shapes, and i put the cookies into the oven to bake :) on the stove, i had some onion rings fying in the fryer :) we love homemade onion rings :) i was putting onion rings in the bowls :) we did some cleaning in the kitchen :) the kids had some popcorn :) the first batch of chocolate chip cookies finished baking :) my mom, Jenn, Alyssa, Brodie, and i had some onion rings :) The onion rings are awesome :) i put another batch of cookies into the oven to bake :) The kids went outside with my mom and Jenn, to play on the trampoline :) the 2nd batch of cookies baked nicely too :) once the cookies cooled down a bit ,i brought a plate of cookies outside, the kids were so excited, they were each taking a cookie :)



We had so much fun baking cookies, and making homemade onion rings :) i thanked Alyssa and the kids for helping bake :) We love these awesome times, and have many more super fun baking friday adventures to look forward too, as we blossom into the countdown to summer season :) a very special shoutout for family and friends :) lots of great baking, cooking, and BBQ grilling this week :) we love hearing about the nice goodies, and foods you all bake, cook, and grill :) BBQ grilling season is here :) We're with eachother in spirit, in our kitchens, and BBQ cookouts :) i wish we all could gather and have a big baking friday picnic :) Chocolate Chip Cookies, and Onion Rings, 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 treasures :) baking friday! :) We love it!!! :) May 29th, 2020 :) Happy baking friday everyone! :)



We're enjoying an awesome day! :) baking friday! :) we love it!!! :) my family, Holly and i are doing well, healthy, and in good spirits :) it was so nice baking goodies today, and a nice stretch of days this week :) We're very excited to blossom into the weekend :) We love the weekend's :) We're going to enjoy some nature walks, gardening, writing, we also look forward to our movies day and popcorn movie party tomorrow night :) On sunday, i think we're gonna go over to my sister Jenn's home to celebrate Jenn's and Mike's 2nd anniversary :) it's amazing, how it's almost been 2 years, since their wedding :) We remember it like it was yesterday :) it's gonna be a nice weekend :) i look forward to sharing about our weekend, and pictures in my weekend journals :) there's lots to look forward too :) Tonight, Holly and i are going to watch 2 episodes of most haunted show :) We love our fun, friday night paranormal party night's :) We'll always be here for you all, our dear angel friends :) keep healthy, safe, and strong :) Thank you angel friends, so very much, for all that you do for us, and for the very special joy and comfort, you bring to our days, our hearts, and our lives :) You all are wonderfully nice, sweet, and very caring :) We deeply appreciate everything, with all of the love of our hearts :) You all warm our hearts, and brighten our days :) big group caring happy sunny sunshine friendship hug :) We look forward to many more special times, with family, friends, nature, the blossoming spring season, and the countdown to summer season :) We wish everyone a nice peaceful weekend :)



-never lose hope :)



To Wildthing, Peaceful Gentle Moments of the day :) Wildthing, it's an awesome day :) the kids and i bakd chocolate chip cookies, and made onion rings for baking friday :) We're very excited to blossom into the weekend, with continued spring joys, nature, gardening, movies, and our shows :) Thinking of you, our dear friend :)



my mom says hi :) She says, "i hope everyone is well, healthy, and having a good baking friday" :)awww! :)She says, "have a nice weekend everyone" :) We love you all bunches and bunches, our sweet dear wonderful guardian angel friends :) We hope everyone is doing well, in good health, and having a nice day :) we wish everyone a healthy, safe, and peaceful weekend :) We think of you all often,our dear friends :) thank you all, for the very special joy you all bring us :)



Happy baking friday!!! :) Calling all cookie monsters! :) happy countdown to summer season! :) We're so happy and excited, nature joys, gardening, BBQ cookouts, and our countdown to summer, baking friday's! :) my family, Holly, and i love sharing in, the heart-felt joys, traditions, and festivities of the season, with you and your family's :) You all make the seasons so much fun, very special, and heart warming for us :) We're very thankful, and blessed to have you all in our lives, and very special traditions, like baking friday :) 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, we're baking chocolate chip cookies, and making homemade onion rings :) 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 had some nice baking friday supplies here at home, in our cupboards and my mom and dad also picked up some supplies, onions and chocolate chips during a store run :) it's very nice and sweet of them :) thank you mom and dad, so very  much! :) a very special shoutout for them :) We love being stocked up on baking supplies :) over the weeks, we all love to chip in, 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 kids and i got our picture taken in the kitchen today :) it's a cool baking friday tradition :) You all are always right there with us in spirit :) We're so happy, enjoying our spring time baking friday adventures :)
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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 :) we love to get the flour flying in the air in the kitchen :) sharing lots of happy baking friday smiles :)
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Hunter showing us the double spoon super stirring! :)


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Chocolate Chip Cookies, and Onion Rings! :) Come on over, for some baking friday goodies! :) we had lots of fun baking and cooking today :) The summer season is on it's way :) We're loving our adventures, and looking forward to many more :) The spirit of the season is all around :) sharing smiles, and great memories being made :) baking friday :)
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Cookies time! :) the kids enjoying some chocolate chip cookies! :)


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Replies

CoolGal
CoolGal

Hi Chris Glad you and your family are doing well enjoying the nice weather and looking forward to the weekend. Your kitchen decorations look nice and festive for Spring. The cookies and onion rings came out great.Glad the kids had fun today, Thanks for all my nice hugs today Have a good evening. hugs to everyone-Stephanie
Squarley
Squarley

Hi Chris family and Holly couldn’t read your journal but I could see the pictures looks like you had a good day beautiful set up nice food and the kids were having a blast just wanted to say good morning and that looking forward to talking to you soon I have really bad vertigo so I will be in the chair all day love you bunches.
sunsetyellow2
sunsetyellow2

Hi Chris and Holly. Looks like everyone had a great time baking. Your goodies look really good. That is so cute you have a new little baker. We had storms yesterday but they weren't bad. We got a lot of rain. Today is chilly but the sun is shining and it is a pretty day. Hope you and Holly have a great weekend. Hugs John Debbie and Allie
Lilysawyer
Lilysawyer

Hey Chris and Holly, oh boy! Brodie is SO cute, the newest generation of bakers! Please pass some choc chip cookies along and onion rings, too. :D thanks for sharing your baking Fri with us :D
cedarbrooke
cedarbrooke

Great job Team Bakers! I am hungry. Lots of smiles in the kitchen. I am smiling too. Thanks for sharing your day. That"s nice that you will be celebrating your sister"s wedding anniversary. Great family traditions. Hugs! Brooke