baking friday :) Chocolate Chip Cookies :) Cookie monsters unite! :)

"We're cooking monsters and we love cookies!!"- my nephew's Brody, Hunter, Jacob, and Colby 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, cookie monsters themed baking friday adventure in the kitchen!!! :) This was lots of fun! :) The kids really chipped in so very well today, and helped make baking friday possible :) i'm feeling better and well enough to bake today, and Holly is also on the mend, she's getting lots of healing rest today :) She's looking forward to hosting our annual Easter Egg sugar cookie decorating baking friday adventure next week :) We had the flour flying in the air in the kitchen today, and taste testing the chocolate chips! :) 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 and i baked chocolate chip cookies :) it was lots of fun! :) We had lots of baking friday crew helping today, which made it much easier for me as i continue to recover from overcoming the tough cold. The kids did awesome today, we're very proud of them :) We love this awesome tradition, and are so excited we baked up some awesome goodies today, continuing with our spring time baking friday's :) Thank you angel friends, so very much, for sharing in this very special tradition with us each week :)

Baking some sweet spring time treats! :) Hi angel friends! :) my family, Holly, and i hope everyone is doing well, healthy, and enjoying a nice day :) Thank you for your warm well wishes, prayers, and comforting care :) it means the world to us :) Holly and i are doing a bit better today, and we believe we've finally gotten a bit ahead of the cold we've been battling through the week. we had some grinders sandwiches for dinner ,i took a tylenol last night, and Holly and i each took some cough syrup :) We got a full night of sleep :)we're very thankful to be feeling a bit better today :) Lots of continued good care, drinking plenty of fluids, having chicken noodle soup, and also drinking orange juice, we have cough drops too. :) i didn't feel weak/achey this morning, and helped me blossom into the day, knowing i'd be ok for a light baking friday adventure :) We love baking friday, it's a very special tradition :) Beginning some spring time baking friday adventures, and next week our Easter themed baking friday, it's an EGGScellent time of the year with Easter coming up, and so much more to look forward too, with family, friends, and the wonderful spirit of the season :)

This morning, we had a nice 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 :) Thank you angel friends, so very much! :) You all are very nice, and sweet :) This morning ,i could feel my energy was much better than in recent days, and with the acheyness eased, it helped me be able to really go about my early morning, in a normal pace i'm use too :) Holly and i are both doing the same good care plan, with eating well, taking 1 tylenol every 6 hours, taking one half teaspoon of cough syrup each 7 or 8 hours, and also drinking plenty of fluids :) it's helping a lot :) water, hot tea, orange juice, water :) i'm even having some sprite soda, and Holly's having her protein drink :) We feel like we're a bit ahead of the cold, for the first time, and it's a good feeling of relief :) going into the day ,i didn't know if i'd be up for a baking friday adventure ,but was very relieved to be feeling a bit better, and would be ok for a light baking friday adventure :)

it was a nice peaceful morning :) i briefly went outside, and put some goodies outside for our nature friends :) our nature friends love their baking friday breakfast feast :) aww! :) i love making sure they have plenty of goodies to enjoy :)i haven't been able to go out much this week, with battling the cold, and it's been raw/rainy weather. my dad turned the heat/furnace back up, and it's helped warm it up here in our downstairs apartment :) he had turned it down last week, and it got colder down here. we're very thankful for the warm, and slowly getting our health back :)Holly and i enjoyed our breakfast, and had water, hot tea, and orange juice :) as the morning went on ,i gathered our baking friday supplies, decorations, and went out into our kitchen to begin setting up and decorating our kitchen for our super fun adventure :) i'm very happy i got to decorate our kitchen ,it's a very special part of the baking friday tradition each week :) our kitchen looked very nice :) i organized our oven/stove area bit :) i came back downstairs to rest, Holly and i put the sports radio on :) it's been really good today, pacing myself, in preparations for our baking friday adventure :) we made some chicken noodle soup for lunch, and during the early afternoon i enjoyed some nice time here on DS, writing to friends :)

Around 3pm, Jenn, and the kids, and the triplets and Brody came over :) the kids were very excited, as they love to see eachother, and playing some video games, plus baking goodies :) The kids are getting ready, for their upcoming Spring Easter vacation from school :) They look forward to all of the fun Easter festivities, traditions, including Easter egg hunts, getting Easter baskets, and all of the Easter cheer :) We began to gather in our kitchen, and got our picture taken :) it's a cool baking friday adventure :) You all are always right there with us in spirit, during these very special spirited fun times :) 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 Holly gave me, and we use our nice oven mits, 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! :) 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, Brody, Hunter, Colby, and Jacob helped bake goodies :) i'm so happy and thankful more of the kids joined in and helped :) We love chocolate chip cookies :) The kids get so proud, getting to add the ingredients :) They all love to be in charge of adding different ingredients into the bowl :) We had the flour flying in the air in the kitchen, sharing lots of smiles :) i noticed Hunter still has a cough from his cold. We were extra careful around the ingredients/bowl :) We taste tested the chocolate chips, they're a great treat :) my mom was coming out into the kitchen at times, and you all are always right there with us in spirit :) The kids were talking about Easter :)

We made a big batch of the chocolate chip cookies dough :) We were originally going to make chocolate chip cookie bars, but the kids mentioned making individual cookies, they love to be able to make the round cookie shapes :) i got 2 pans ready ,i used butter to grease the baking pans, and we began to make the cookie dough into round shapes, and put the cookies onto the baking pans, and i put the cookies into the oven to bake :) we all did some cleaning up in the kitchen :) We were hanging out :) Mikey and Taylynn were playing the video games :) the cookies were baking nicely, the first pan of cookies finished baking, and eventually the second pan :) the cookies baked great! :) i brought them out of the oven to cool down :) Brody was so proud, as he made 5 of the round shaped cookies, he gets so proud, as he loves to be a baking friday crew member :) awww! :) the kids love cookies, and were looking forward to the cookies cooling down a bit :) once the cookies cooled down, i took a picture of them, and we all began to dig in :)

The cookies came out great! :) they're going fast! :) i brought 2 cookies to Holly, she enjoyed them :) i thanked the kids for helping bake :) we had so much fun baking goodies today, and have lots more super fun baking friday adventures to look forward too :) We're very happy and excited we got to bake today, and looking forward to our Easter themed baking friday adventure next week :) A very special shoutout, for family and friends :) Lots of great baking and cooking this week :) We love hearng about the nice 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, dedicated to our wonderful family, friends, and to the wonderful spirit of spring time :) We all, so very very much! :) many great memorie smade, to always cherish and treasure :) baking friday! :) We love it!!! :) April 8th, 2022 :) Happy baking friday everyone! :)

We're enjoying a nice day, baking friday, and blossoming into the weekend :) my family, Holly,and i are in good spirits :) Holly and i are continuing with the very good care, and looking forward to continuing to get our health back :) We're so glad, and thankful we were able to get to bake goodies today :) We look forward to many more baking friday adventures as the spring season continues on :) The weekend is arriving with lots of nice seasonal spirit :) We love the weekend's :) Holly and i will probably be staying home tomorrow, it depends on how we're feeling in the morning, when it comes to the opportunity of going shopping. we've had some coughs, and would be very uncomfortable to be in the dollar tree, and start coughing, we may opt to stay home, and wait it out until next week to shop :) there's still 1 more saturday before Easter, where we could do some shopping :) i'll definitely keep everyone updated :) Holly and i are gonna have a popcorn movies marathon party tomorrow, and looking forward to watching our new "Scream" movie saturday night :) on sunday, we're gonna have a TWD marathon, watching an episode or two of the food that built America show, and then the new episode of TWD :)

it's gonna be a nice weekend :) if weather is nice, Holly and i would love to go outside for some fresh air, and to see our plants, and signs of spring :) our health is slowly improving, and as each day goes on, we feel more and more hopeful and confident we'll be back to 100% very soon :) i look forward to sharing our weekend with everyone in my weekend journals :) There's lots more great things to look forward too :) tonight, Holly and i are gonna watch an episode or two, of most haunted show :) We love our fun ,friday night paranormal party night's :) Thank you angel friends, so very much, for all that you do for us, for your wonderful love, care, support, warm well wishes, and for keeping us in your thoughts and prayers :) We deeply appreciate everything, with all of the love of our very happy hearts :) Big group happy sunny warm caring friendship hug :) We wish everyone, a nice peaceful evening and night, and wishing everyone continued joys of the season :)

-never lose hope :)

To Wildthing, Peaceful Gentle Moments of the day :) Wildthing, we're having a nice day, Holly and i are both on the mend, making some healing progress :) Today, we baked some nice chocolate chip cookies for baking friday :) A light baking friday adventure ,to lead us into the weekend :) We'll probably be home tomorrow, continuing with the good care :) We're going to have a popcorn movies party day :) Thinking of you, our dear friend :)

my mom, Holly, and family says hello :) We hope everyone is doing well, healthy, and enjoying a really good baking friday :) Awww! :) We love you all bunches and bunches, our sweet d ear wonderful guardian angel friends :) Thank you all, for all of your continued warm well wishes, prayers, and for always being there for us :) We'll always be here for you all too, our dear angel friends :) We wish everyone a healthy, peaceful, and happy weekend :)

Happy baking friday! :) Calling all cookie monsters! :) Enjoying some spring time baking! :) my family, Holly, and i love this very special weekly tradition, and all of the excitement of spring time baking :) there's lots of seasonal festivities, and traditions, that brings our hearts a lot of very special joy :) it's very special to our hearts, getting to share in the seasons with you all, our dear friends :) 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 :) 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 yesterday evening, and picked up some nice baking friday supplies :) it's very nice and sweet of her :) Thank you Alyssa, so very much! :) We all love to chip in each week, to get the bkaing friday supplies :) we love this very special tradition in our lives :)

Greetings, from our kitchen to yours! :) The baking friday crew! :) 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, during these very special spirited fun moments :) Sharing lots of smiles, and spirited baking friday cheer! :)

Baking friday teamwork! :) Preparing the goodies! :) The kids love to help! :) They're great helpers! :) they get so proud, when they add the ingredients, super stirring, and of course enjoying the goodies we bake :) Sharing lots of smiles, as we enjoy our spring time baking friday adventures :)

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

Chocolate Chip Cookies! :) come on over ,for some baking friday goodies :) The kids and i had a fun time baking goodies today :) We love these awesome times :) The kids chipping in, helping bake, really helped make baking friday possible :) We're looking forward to lots more super fun adventures as spring season continues to shine :) baking friday :)