baking friday :) Chocolate Chip Cookies, Peanut Butter Cookie Bars :) Spirited Fun and Smiles! :)

"we love chocolate chips! Lets bake them!"- my nephew's Hunter, Colby, Brayden, 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, happy spirited summer countdown 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! :) We baked up some awesome goodies today! :) the kids are so excited! :) Holly and i had some cool treasures for them! :) She drew a cool video game picture, featuring the kids as game characters, and we also had some cool toys for the kids too :) Kayla baked a pizza stromboli for her and her bf Zach :) celebrating spirited cheer of the s eason! :) come on over, for some baking friday goodies! :)

We sure do love our baking friday adventure, 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 peanut butter cookie bars :) We had a full baking friday crew today! :) Everyone helped, including Carter, Brody, Mikey, along with Hunter, Jacob, Brayden, Colby, Holly and i :) it was so much fun!!! :) We love these very special spirited times, and are so happy to celebrate this awesome tradition each week :) We're cruising toward the summer season! :)

Spirit soaring times of the season! :) Happy countdown to Summer!!! :) Hi angel friends! :) my family, Holly, and i hope everyone is doing well, healthy, and enjoying a wonderful day! :) We're so happy and excited for all of the seasonal festivities, and traditions, as we countdown to the summer season :) it's that time of the year, the sounds of birds singing happily, the scent of BBQ cookouts, the sounds of lawnmowers, and water hoses watering plants, super fun adventures, gardening, and spirited cheer! :) We love sharing in, and celebrating these very special times of the season's with you and your family's :) We're so happy, thankful, and blessed to have you all in our lives :) There's lots of great things going on :) The kids are finishing up the school year, and are so happy and excited for their upcoming summer vacation :) They love summer time :) We've been enjoying some BBQ grilling, gardening adventures, and our happy countdown to summer season themed baking friday adventures :) we love counting down to our adventures each week :) it's feeling like summer season is arriving :) Thank you angel friends, for sharing your days with us, and for the very special joy your friendships brings our hearts :) We wish everyone a wonderfully safe, fun, and happy upcoming summer season :) it's gonna be a great summer to share in, lots of spirited fun times! :)

This morning, we had a beautiful new day, rising and shining :) We love friday's, and the arrival of the weekend's :) 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! :) You all are wonderfully nice, and sweet :) Thank you angel friends, so very much! :) We love sharing in this very special tradition with everyone :) it's been an awesome stretch of days :) During the evening yesterday, we all were hanging out :) my brother Charlie came over, and we ordered domino's and Chinese food :) we all enjoyed our foods :) Holly and i had sandwiches from dominos :) the kids had lots of fun playing, basketball, and jumping on the trampoline :) Brody loves for me to pick him up so he can dunk the basketball! :) hehe! :) The kids love sports :)We love our yard, and garden :) Holly and i tended our plants, giving them a nice watering :) We all enjoyed the evening, and night :) it was great having family over to visit, and having dinner :)

As the new day was blossoming this morning, i was up early, enjoying some nice time here on DS, writing to friends, and getting ready for my early morning nature walk :) our weather has cooled down, and there's some great sunshine in our area :) i love hearing the birds singing outside, especially during the early mornings :) i gathered a big bowl of goodies, and went outside for my nature walk :) i noticed the very nice cooler air, it's awesome, and refreshing :) i walked over to the bird sanctuary area in our yard, and put lots of goodies in this area for our nature friends :) They love their baking friday breakfast feasts :) Awww! :) It's beautiful weather, and so nice to see all of the plants soaking up the sunshine :) our plants are continuing to grow, and flourish :) Lots of happy flowers plants, our fruits, and vegetables plants, and trees are doing so very well, growing and flourishing with the season :) it's been a big growing week for the plants, and all of the nature all around :) Holly and i have been enjoying our nature walks, and gardening adventure, so very much :) We love our plants, and garden :) it's a very exciting time in the gardening season :) We have some nice weekend gardening planned, planting pumpkin plants, tomatoes, peppers, and more snap peas, and string beans :) we're loving all of the great gardening season memories being made :) We love our beautiful roses, and rhododendrum flowers that have been blossoming, and are so happy and excited for lots more flowers to blossom as summer season arrives :) happy nature, and gardening season smiles :)

It was a sunny spirited and sweet early morning, blossoming into the new day :) We enjoyed our breakfast, and had some water, hot tea, and iced coffee :) Cheers! to 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 so much fun decorating :) it's a special part of our baking friday each week :) today, i decorated with a spirited sunny countdown to summer time theme :) our kitchen looked awesome, and spirited :) During the mid-morning, we put some sports radio on, and also went outside to tend our plants, giving them a good watering, and taking in lots of awesome nature sights :) a beautiful weather day :) we enjoyed a nice lunch around mid-day, and during the early afternoon, i enjoyed some nice time here on DS, writing to friends, and also browsed some gifts, collectibles online :)

Around 3pm, Jenn, Alyssa, and the kids came over :) The kids love baking, and are so excited to select their seats, and selecting their spots at the kitchen counter :) Lots of great spirit, and excitement in the air, as we're counting down to the summer season :) The kids finish the school year next week :) We're so proud of the kids, they've been doing really well with the school year, and are looking forward to their summer vacation :) We all gathered in our kitchen to get our picture taken :) it's a cool baking friday tradition :) 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 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! :) Holly and i love teaching the kids about baking, cooking :) the kids get so proud, learning, and they each get to add ingredients into the bowl :) We're so proud of the kids :) We had a big baking friday crew today, with all of the kids joining in on the baking friday fun at times :) Holly and i told the kids, how you all gave them the baking friday crew nickname :) awww! :) We first began to prepare the chocolate chip cookies :) They're one of our favorite treats :) We're so happy Kayla joined us in the kitchen today :) She was preparing a nice pizza stromboli for her and her bf Zach :) he's coming to visit for the weekend :) my mom, Jenn, and Alyssa came out into the kitchen at times, and you all are always right there with us in spirit, during our adventures, our dear angel friends :) The excitement in the kitchen was awesome! :) it was like a baking friday party! :) before we added in the chocolate chips, we always love to eat some chocolate chips :) we're chocolate chips taste testers! :) hehe! :) We were sharing lots of smiles, and cheer! :)

We super stirred the chocolate chip cookie dough :) the chocolate chip cookie dough came out great :) i used butter to grease the baking pans, and we made the cookie dough into round shapes, and put the cookies into the oven to bake :) We were having so much fun enjoying our adventures :) Holly drew a really cool picture for the kids ,featuring the kids as video game characters from the minecraft game, and put the picture on our door :) everyone was having so much fun looking at the picture at times :) earlier, i printed copies of the picture for Holly and i to give to the kids, so they could color the picture :) Holly's very creative and talented :) We also had some cool toys to give to Brody and Carter :)

We began to prepare the peanut butter cookies :) they're one of our favorite treats :) We added the ingredients into the bowl, including extra peanut butter, and began to super stir the cookies :) We w ere having so much fun, preparing the goodies :) Mikey was helping, and also the kids were going back and forth, from the kitchen and living room :) Lots of great spirit and excitement in the air :) The first batches of chocolate chip cookies finished baking :) i brought the cookies out of the oven to cool down :) We added the peanut butter cookie dough into a greased baking pan,and then put the peanut butter cookies into the oven to bake :) We did some cleaning up in the kitchen :) Holly and i then gave the kids the cool picture Holly drew for them, for them to color, and we gave Brody a ninja turtle toy, and a cool motorcycle toy, and we gave Carter a plastic baseball, and a soft football :) the kids were so excited and very happy :)

The peanut butter cookies baked nicely, i brought them out of the oven to cool down :) i took a picture of the chocolate chip cookies ,and we all began to dig in :) i cut the peanut butter cookie bars, and took a picture :) the goodies came out great! :) We love these awesome times, and all of the great joys of baking, and cooking :) i thanked the kids and Holly for helping bake :) We had so much fun baking :) The kids went outside to play, and jumped on the trampoline :) We're looking forward to many more super fun baking friday adventures :) A very special shoutout, for family and friends :) lots of great baking, cooking, and grilling this week :) We love hearing about the nice foods, and goodies you all bake, cook, and grill :) 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 Peanut Butter Cookie Bars, dedicated to our wonderful family, friends, and to the awesome spirit of the season :) We love you all, so very very much! :) baking friday! :) We love it!!! :) many great memories made, to always cherish and treasure :) June 11th, 2021 :) Happy baking friday everyone! :)

We're enjoying a great day! :) baking friday! :) 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 special times :) There's lots of great things going on, and many special memories being made :) The weekend is arriving with lots of awesome seasonal spirit :) We love the weekend's :) Holly and i are going to have a popcorn movies party day tomorrow :) We're picking out some cool movies to watch :) We're gonna do some light gardening this weekend, writing, and having a TWD marathon on sunday :) It's gonna be a great weekend :) i look forward to sharing our weekend adventures, and pictures with everyone in my weekend journals :) There's lots of great things to look forward too :) Tonight,Holly and i are going to watch some episodes of Most Haunted show :) We love our fun, friday night paranormal party night's :)

keep healthy, safe, and strong everyone :) Thank you angel friends, so very much, for all that you do for us, and for the very special heart warming joy you all 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 :) big group warm caring happy sunny sunflower friendship hug and blueberry iced coffee cheers! :) You all give us strength, hope, inspiring us to enjoy each day to the fullest <3 We're with you all, and will always be here anytime you all need us :) Thank you all, for brightening our days and making each day very special :) We're so happy, thankful, and blessed to have you all in our lives :) We look forward to sharing in many more very special times, adventures, birthday's, holiday's, and all of the seasonal traditions and festivities with family, friends, nature walks, the wonderful spirit of the season, and blossoming more and more into the gardening season, and celebrating the month of June, as summer season approaches :)

-never lose hope :)

To Wildthing, Peaceful Gentle Moments of the day :) Wildthing, we're enjoying a great day! :) today, the kids, Holly, and i had a super fun time baking chocolate chip cookies, and peanut butter cookie bars for baking friday :) We love our adventures :) We're enjoying the week, and so happy and excited to blossom into the weekend :) Watching movies, gardening, and writing :) Thinking of you, our dear friend :)

my mom says hello :) She says, "i hope everyone is doing well, healthy, and enjoying a really good baking friday" :) Awww! :) We love you all bunches and bunches, our sweet dear wonderful guardian angel friends :) We hope everyone is doing well,healthy, and enjoying a wonderful day :) We think of you and your family's often :) We're so happy, and excited to share in the continued joys of the season, as summer season approaches :) There's so much more to look forward too :) We wish everyone a healthy, safe, and peaceful weekend :) Happy countdown to Summer! :)

Happy baking friday, and happy countdown to summer season! :) Calling all cookie monsters! :) my family, Holly, and i are so happy and excited to countdown to the summer season with everyone :) There's lots of great things going on, and the spirit of the season is all around :) There's lots of great seasonal festivities, and traditions to enjoy this time of the year :) gardening, walks, BBQ grilling, nature, adventures :) We love sharing in, and celebrating the spirit of the season's with you and your family's :) We sure do love our baking friday adventures, and sharing our adventures with everyone :) we're counting down to summer, by baking some of our favorite goodies :) 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 peanut butter cookie bars :) 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! :)

Holly drew this cool awesome picture for the kids, featuring the kids as video game (Minecraft game) characters :) The kids love it! :) Holly's very creative, and talented :) We printed the picture ,so that all of the kids could have a copy of it, to color :) they're so happy and excited to bring the picture home :) Holly colored this picture :) it's on our freezer door :) 

baking friday supplies! :) We have a very special shoutout, and thank you for my dear, and lovely mom, and dad :) They went shopping this week, and picked up baking friday supplies :) it's very 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 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, in our kitchen :) Sharing lots and lots of smiles, and spirited baking friday cheer! :)

Baking friday teamwork! :) 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 :)We're loving our baking friday adventures, and counting down to the summer season! :)

Hunter and Jacob, and also Kayla :) Kayla was preparing a nice pizza strombili for her and her bf Zach :)

Mikey, Holly, and Jacob :) 

Chocolate Chip Cookies, and Peanut Butter Cookie Bars! :)come on over, for some baking friday goodies! :) the kids, Holly and i had lots of fun baking goodies today :) We love these special spirited times, and all of the great memories being made :) counting down to summer season, and celebrating special traditions! :) baking friday :)