baking friday :) Chocolate Chip Cookies, Onion Pretzels, a cool baking party! :)

"cookies and pretzels! come on over!" :) my nephew's Hunter, Mikey, Colby, Brayden, and Jacob 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, classic summer time celebrations themed baking friday adventure in the kitchen!!! :) this was so much fun!:) we had the flour flying in the air today, and sharing lots of smiles! :) We baked 2 of our favorite treats today!:) my mom, Jenn, and Alyssa couldn't wait, until the onion pretzels were finished baking! hehe!: ) we're all digging in! :) we love these awesome times, the spirit of the season shining bright, with some golden sunshine today! :) 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, Kayla, Hunter, Colby, and i baked some awesome chocolate chip cookies, and onion pretzels :) it was so much fun! :) we love these awesome times, and everyone joining in on the baking friday fun :) we had a big baking crew today :) We're so happy, and excited, to share in, and celebrate these wonderful times with you and your family's :) the spirit of the season is all around, with lots of great things going on, and many special memories being made :) We're having so much fun, celebrating the season with everyone :)

my family, Holly, and i hope everyone is doing well, and enjoying a wonderful day :) We've had some nice sunshine in our area today :) it's so nice, to see the summer sunshine, sweet blue sky, and the nature glowing all around :) our plants are very happy, and healthy, as they super mega grow, with the season :) it's an amazing time of the year :) Lots of wholesome festivities, traditions, and celebrations :) We're so thankful, and blessed to have you and your family's in our lives :) Thank you all, for brightening our days :) We've been looking forward to our super fun baking friday adventure today :)

This morning, we had a sweet new day, rising and shining :) The birds were singing happily, and the summer sun was rising up into the sky, as the new day was blossoming :) i love to wish my family and friends, a happy baking friday, and i share with my family, your sweet happy baking friday wishes :) awww! :) You all are so nice, and sweet :) Thank you angel friends, so very much :) it was a spirited morning :) i gathered a nice big bowl of goodies, and went outside for my early morning nature walk :) i've been putting extra goodies in the bird sanctuary area in our yard, for our nature friends :) they love their baking friday breakfast feasts :) i checked our plants, they're doing really well, growing, and flourishing with the season :) there's lots of wonderful nature sights all around this time of the year :) i love seeing our plants doing so well, and our nature friends very happy, as they continue to super mega grow into the season :)

i gathered our baking friday supplies, and decoration, and went out into our kitchen, to begin setting up and decorating our kitchen, for our super fun adventure :) it's so much fun! :) i decorated, and also brewed a nice iced coffee, and prepared a nice lunch :) my mom and dad went out to the bank, and to shop :) i went outside, when i was on the phone with Holly, and picked some more string beans :) our string beans plants are growing lots of string beans :) it's been a big harvest week, and we also have our first big tomato beginning to ripen :) it's awesome to see :) i'm loving the season, and the excitement of all of the nature, and special times being shared with family and friends :) during the early afternoon, i enjoyed some nice time here on ds, writing to friends :)

Around 3pm, Alyssa, the triplets, Jenn, Mikey, and Hunter came over :) we were all gathering around, Hunter and Colby went out into the kitchen, they wanted to help Kayla and i bake today :) There was lots of great excitement all around, as we all were getting ready to bake :) Jenn said, "i can't wait to have some pretzels!" :) She and my mom, love the pretzels so much, Alyssa enjoys the pretzels too :) 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 apron, and we also use our oven mits, kitchen towels, all of our supplies, are a big part of our baking and cooking each week :) earlier in the afternoon, i made some homemade pretzel dough, so that it could rise while in the fridge :) we love to make the giant pretzels :) it's such a fun, easy recipe, and with the dough, you can make pretzels, pizza dough, breadsticks, or bagels :) it's really nice :) Our kitchen was all set, and ready, and we were ready to get the flour flying in the air in the kitchen! :) calling all cookie monsters! :) cookie monsters unite! :) it's time to bake! bake! bake! :)

We began our super fun adventure! :) we first began to prepare the chocolate chip cookies :) the kids wanted to open up the bag of chocolate chips! hehe! :) i said to Kayla, pick out the best egg ever :) she loves to select the eggs :) baking friday teamwork! :) the kids were so excited to help! :) Mikey, Jacob, and Brayden came out into the kitchen, along with my mom, Jenn, and Alyssa too :) we wish Lisa was here, she loves the pretzels we bake too :) i know she'll be having a pretzel this evening :) We were adding the ingredients into the bowl, and super stirring! :) the kids are great helpers, they love to help Kayla and i bake :) they get so proud, when they add the ingredients, they all love to add the cups of flour, sugar, all of the incredients :) we poured the chocolate chips into the bowl, and added extra melted butter too :) Kayla and i helped the kids stir the cookies :)

We were having so much fun, sharing smiles, preparing the cookies :) i used vegetable oil to grease the baking pans :) we made 2 pan fulls of cookies :) i put the cookies into the oven, to bake! :) The kids were asking if the cookies were finished baking, i said, "very soon" :) we began to prepare the pretzels :) we love these nice pretzels we bake from homemade recipe :) the pretzel dough rised nicely in the fridge :) i sliced the pretzel dough into portions, and we rolled the dough, making it into nice pretzels shapes :) on the stove, i got some watering heating up :) putting the pretzels into the water for about a minute, is a key part of the recipe, as the hot water helps the pretzels boil up more, and the pretzels get really big :) we got another pan,and used vegetable oil to grease the pan :)

The batches of chocolate chip cookies finished baking, they came out great :) The kids were cheering, "cookies! cookies! :) hehe! :) We're cookie monsters! :) We were having lots of fun, sharing smiles, awesome baking friday spirit! :) you all are always right there with us in spirit, during these awesome times :) i melted some butter with dried onion flakes, and we then drizzled the butter/onion flakes on top of the pretzels, and i put the pretzels into the oven to bake :) The pretzels were baking very nicely :) We did some cleaning up in the kitchen :) once the cookies cooled down, everyone began to dig in! :) enjoying some cookies, i had one, they're awesome! :)

the pretzels baked for a good, 20 minutes :) we like to bake the pretzels soft, as they are nice, and fluffy :) i brought the pretzels out of the oven, my mom, and Jenn came out into the kitchen, i took a picture of the pretzels, and got a pretzel for my mom and Jenn, and put the rest of the pretzels onto a plate :) the kids were coming out into the kitchen to get cookies, and going back into the living room :) about 10 minutes later, Jenn came back out into the kitchen, and got another pretzel :) Sweet!!! :) We had so much fun today, baking the pretzels, and chocolate chip cookies :) we love these awesome times, and the great memories being made :) i thanked Kayla and the kids for helping bake goodies :) we love sharing our adventures :) this is such a spirited fun day, and we love this very special tradition :) 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 nice goodies and foods, you all bake and cook :) We're with eachother in spirit, in our kitchens :) my dad brought a pretzel to work, and i'm gonna have a pretzel this evening :) i wish we all could gather, and have a big baking friday picnic :) Onion Pretzels, and Chocolate Chip Cookies, 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!!! :) July 27th, 2018 :) Happy baking friday everyone! :)

We're enjoying a great day! :) baking friday, we love it!!! :) my family and i are doing well, and are in great spirits :) there's lots of great things going on, and many special memories being made :) We love this time of the year, and the spirit of the season :) The weekend is arriving with lots of great spirit :) We're gonna go shopping tomorrow, at the dollar tree :) We love shopping there :) i'm going to buy some gifts, goodies, and treasures :) Holly and i are gonna watch a movie saturday night, and i'm going to do some weekend writing too :) on sunday, Bobby, Stacy, Ryan, and Miranda are coming over, to celebrate Stacy's birthday :) it's gonna be a great weekend :) i look forward to sharing our weekend adventures, and pictures with everyone in my journals :) There's lots more great things to look forward too :) Tonight, Holly and i are gonna watch 2 classic episodes, of most haunted show :) We love our friday night, paranormal party night's :) Thank you angel friends, so very much, for all that you do for us :) You all are wonderfully nice, sweet, and very caring :) We deeply appreciate everything, with all of the love of our hearts :) Big group warm happy friendship hugs :) We hope everyone enjoys a wonderful weekend :)

-never lose hope :)

To Wildthing, Peaceful Gentle Moments of the day :) Wildthing, today, Kayla, the kids, and i baked some nice chocolate chip cookies, and onion pretzels, for baking friday :) Thinking of you, our dear friend :)

my mom says hi :) She says, "i hope everyone is having a good baking friday" :) awww! :) We love you all bunches and bunches, our sweet dear wonderful guardian angel friends :) We hope everyone is doing well, and enjoying a great day :) We hope everyone enjoys a wonderfully safe, fun, and happy weekend :)

Happy baking friday!!! :) calling all cookie monsters! :) it's a summer time, baking friday celebration!!! :) come on over, for some baking friday fun! :) We're so happy and excited, the summer season is in full swing, with lots of great things going on, and many special memories being made :) The spirit of the season, is all around :) We love this time of the year, and the excitement of the season :) We're having so much fun, celebrating the season with you and your family's :) 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 :) We love baking friday, and sharing our adventures with everyone :) 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 dear, and lovely mom, and dad :) They went shopping, and picked up baking friday supplies :) it's so nice, and sweet of them :) Thank you mom and dad, so very much! :) We all love to chip in each week, to get baking friday supplies :) we love this awesome tradition in our lives :)

Greetings, from our kitchen to yours :) Kayla, the kids, and i got our picture taken in the kitchen today :) You all are always right there with us in spirit :) happy baking friday smiles :)

baking friday teamwork! :) The kids love to help :) They're awesome helpers :) they love to help add the ingredients, super stirring, and of course, enjoying the goodies we bake :) Sharing lots of happy baking friday smiles :)

Chocolate Chip Cookies, and Onion Pretzels! :) come on over, for some baking friday goodies :) Kayla, the kids, and i had so much fun today, baking some nice goodies :) We're so happy and excited! :) Everyone is digging in, enjoying the goodies :) this is awesome!!! :) we love these spirited fun times, the joyful moments that warm our hearts, sharing in, and celebrating with you and your family's :) baking friday :)