baking friday :) Chocolate Chunk Cookies, Berry Muffins, and Potato Chips! :)

Happy baking friday, to all of our dear friends all around the world!- my mom, dad, Jenn, Mikey, Hunter, Kayla, Taylynn, Alyssa, Brayden, Jacob, Colby, Holly and I said that today, during baking friday!!! :) woot yeah!!! :)



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, spring time themed baking friday in the kitchen!!! :) This was so much fun!!! :) We baked and cooked up some awesome treats today! :) an awesome spirited fun adventure in the kitchen! :) cookies, bowls of potato chips! :) we rocked it!!! :) We're so happy and thankful for very special traditions, like baking friday! :) We wish you all were here, and could have some baking friday goodies :) You all are right here with us in spirit :)



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 some chocolate chunk cookies, berry muffins, and made potato chips too :) a good ole fashioned, fun baking friday! :) it always warms our hearts, and brings us lots of smiles :) We treasure the very special moments of a super fun baking friday adventure :) You all are always right here with us in spirit :) We love baking, cooking, and sharing lots of heart-smiles when we need it most :) Happy baking friday smiles :)



Sweet Spring Time Baking! :) We love this very special weekly tradition, baking friday! :) Hi angel friends, my family, Holly, and i hope everyone is doing well, in good health, and having a peaceful day :) You and your family's are always in our thoughts, prayers, and in our hearts :) We're so happy, and thankful for very special traditions to share in, like baking friday :) We count down the days until baking friday, and sharing lots of smiles, baking up some awesome treats :) as spring season has arrived, and is settling in, we love to get into some seasonal baking :) there's so many recipes to try, and recipes we love, from over the years :) we always find such great comfort, and uplifting joy, in awesome fun adventures of baking friday :) Thank you all, for joining us in our kitchen each week, and for welcoming us into your kitchens :) We love hearing about the nice foods, and goodies you all bake and cook throughout the week :) We've been stocking up on some items, and are so thankful to be stocked up on some great baking supplies :) As spring season continues to blossom, we look forward to continuing to bake lots of goodies, old recipes, and new recipes too :)


This morning, we had a sweet new baking friday day, rising and shining :) a very special tradition i love very much on friday mornings, is wishing my family, Holly, and friends a happy baking friday, and i shared with my family and Holly, your sweet happy baking friday wishes :) aww! :) You all are so nice, and sweet :) Thank you angel friends, so very much! :) We've been looking forward to our baking friday adventure :) as the new day was blossoming, i gathered a big bowl of goodies, and went outside for my early morning nature walk :) we recieved some rain here overnight, the rain had eased, and winds in our forecast for today. i put lots of goodies in our backuard, for our nature friends :) they love their baking friday breakfast feasts :)awww! :) we've been hearing lots of birds singing happily, red cardinals, bluejays, warblers, and lots more :) there's been lots of robins in our area :) i heard a robin this morning in one of our trees :) those sweet nature tunes, always warms our hearts :) i love my nature walks, and it always helps begin my day, with a sunny heart smile :)



It was a nice peaceful morning :) we enjoyed a nice breakfast, having iced coffees, and healthy teas :) cheers! to family, friends, good health ,and peaceful comfort :) i began to gather our baking friday supplies, and decorations, and went out into our kitchen to begin setting up and decorating our kitchen, for our super fun adventure :) it's one of my favorite joys about baking friday, decorating our kitchen with themes :) Today, i decorated with a blossoming spring theme :) our kitchen looked great :) around mid-day, we enjoyed a nice lunch, and during the early afternoon, i enjoyed some nice time here on DS, writing to friends :) We've all been keeping to our daily routines, and traditions, best we can, during the current times. it helps so much, keeping to our routines as normal as we can :) the kids are doing great, keeping up with their school work at home, we're very proud of them :) Jenn and Mike have been spending time with the kids, and we've been keeping in contact with many friends, all around the states and world :) keeping strong together, and keeping on keeping on each day, with health focus :)



shortly before 3pm, Alyssa and the kids came over, and Jenn and the kids came over around 3pm :) We were all gathering, and greeting eachother :) Lots of great spirit, and excitement in the air, as we planned to make some awesome treats today :) The kids love to select their favorite spots, and seats at the kitchen counter :) they get so proud, when they select their seats, and ready for some awesome baking friday fun :) it was so nice, and a great joy seeing everyone, as Jenn and family have been home this week, and we're so thankful they could come over, for baking friday :) it felt like an amazing fun adventure was about to begin :) Each week, we love to use our nice baking friday supplies we've recieved from family and friends over the years :) i wear my apron, and we use our 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 for some awesome baking friday fun :) calling all cookie monsters! :) it's time to bake! bake! bake! :)



We began our super fun adventure! :) we first began to prepare the chocolate chunk cookies, that comes in a cookies kit : )baking friday teamwork! :) the kids love to help :) they get so proud, when they each have a cool job in charge of the adding the ingredients :) we added the ingredients, and began to super stir! :) it's so nice, sharing some nice happy baking friday smiles :) the kids have grown a lot :) little Brodie was hanging out with us in the kitchen, he said, "cookie! cookie!" hehe! :) awww! :) Jenn brought Carter into the kitchen, he's grown a lot, and loves to check in on the baking friday fun :) awww! :) my mom, dad, and Holly came out into the kitchen too :) You all were right there with us in spirit :)



We were super stirring the cookie mix, and began to get the cookie baking pan :) The kids have been doing so awesome, we're very proud of them :) we put the cookie dough onto the vegetable oil greased baking pan, and then put the cookies into the oven to bake :) i got the frylator on the back of the stove, heating up, for the potato chips :) We had some potatoes, and some canned potatoes to use, to make the potato chips :) before we made the chips, we prepared the berry muffins mix :) i used vegetable oil to grease the baking pan, and we then poured the muffin mix into the 6 muffin cups in the pan, and i put the muffins into the oven to bake :)
we did some cleaning up in the kitchen,as the cookies and muffins were baking :) we then began to get ready to make some potato chips :)They're one of our favorite treats :) i began putting some potato chips into the frylator, the chips were frying nicely : )the chocolate chunk cookies finished baking ,i brought them out of the oven to cool down :) little Brodie was ready to dig into the cookies! :) hehe! :) We were having so much fun ,baking ,and cooking :) i took a picture of the cookies, and little Brodie got the first cookie! :) he's so proud! :) awww! :) The potato chips were frying nicely, and i brought the plate of cookies around, in the living room :) lots of family having cookies ,i had one too : )We're all cookie monsters! :)



The berry muffins finished baking, i mentioned to Holly, "Holly, you can have the first berry muffin" :) She smiled :) i took a picture of the muffins, and Holly, my mom, and Alyssa all had some muffins :) The potato chips were frying, i made extra potato chips, by slicing some potatoes after i washed the potatoes :) Taylynn and Mikey, and all of the kids shared a bowl of potato chips, and Jenn, Carter, Alyssa, and my mom shared a bowl of potato chips :) everyone's so happy, and we're enjoying the goodis :) everyone wants us to make more of the potato chips soon :) We're so happy and thankful, we had a super fun baking friday adventure today :) i thanked Alyssa and the kids for helping :) We love baking friday, and sharing our adventures :) 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 foods, and goodies you all bake and cook :) We're with eachother in spirit, in our kitchens :) So very proud of us all ,keeping strong, and keeping on keeping on, each day :) i wish we all could have a big baking friday picnic :) there's many more super fun baking friday adventures to look forward too :) Chocolate Chunk Cookies, Berry Muffins, and Potato Chips, dedicated to our wonderful family, friends, and to the 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!!! :) April 3rd, 2020 :) Happy baking friday everyone! :)



We're having a nice day, baking friday, baking, cooking, we love it :) my family, Holly, and i are doing well, in good health, and keeping in good spirits, and taking good care :)We're gonna blossom into the weekend ,continuing with taking good care, keeping healthy :) We're going to watch some shows, and movies this weekend :) i'm also going to do some writing :) we're not feeling very comfortable about going out, due to the virus spreading, and numbers of positive cases increasing in our state. we feel it's best, to remain home, safe, taking good care, keeping busy, and active, so that we can keep in good health :) We're all in this together, and focused on good health :) We look forward to sharing in many more special times with everyone ,family, friends, nature, and the spirit of spring season :) Tonight, Holly and i are going to watch 2 episodes of Most Haunted Show, on youtube :) We love our friday night, paranormal party night's :) Thank you angel friends, so very much, for all that you do for us, and for the very special joy, you all bring to our days, our hearts, and our lives :) we're so thankful, and blessed to have you all in ur lives :) we deeply appreciate everything, with all of the love of our hearts :) big group warm caring, comforting friendship hug :) We wish everyone good health, comfort, peace, and a good weekend :)



-never lose hope :)



To Wildthing, Peaceful Gentle Moments of the day :) Wildthing, it's a nice day, Today, Alyssa, the kids, and i baked some nice berry muffins, chocolate chunk cookies, and made potato chips, for baking friday :) Enjoying simple joys, and looking forward to the weekend, resting, and enjoying our shows, and movies :) thinking of you, our dear friend :)


my mom says hello :) She says, "i hope everyone is doing well, healthy, and 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, in good health, and having a nice day :) We think of you and your family's often :) We wish everyone a peaceful weekend :) keep safe, and healthy everyone :)



Happy baking friday!!! :) Calling all cookie monsters! :) it's time for some classic spring time baking! :) my family, Holly, and i are so thankful, for very special traditions and festivities, in our lives, like baking friday :) it's always been a very comforting, and uplifting joy, through all times :) We love sharing in, and celebrating this very special tradition with everyone,and we are so happy and thrilled, for the joy it brings to your hearts :) We sure do love our baking friday adventures, and sharing our adventures with everyone :) it's a great joy, keeping with traditions, and festivities :) There's so many nice recipes, and with spring time baking, we're blossoming into a whole new season of baking friday fun :) This is a picture of our kitchen all set up, and decorated for our super fun adventure :) Today, we're baking muffins, chocolate chunk cookies, and making fried potatoes :) 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 have some nice supplies here at home :) We love being stocked up on baking supplies :) over the past weeks, stocking up on some supplies, has been so helpful, and helps limit the amount of times we go out right now during these current times. We're so happy, and thankful to have this very special baking friday 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 :) Sharing lots of happy baking friday smiles :)
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Baking friday teamwork! :) preparing the goodies! :) 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're so happy to be blossoming into spring time baking friday adventures :)
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little Brodie! :) 


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Chocolate Chunk Cookies, Berry Muffins, and Potato Chips :) Alyssa, the kids, and i had lots of fun baking, and cooking today :) We really needed a sweet fun adventure like this :) Enjoying our favorite tradition :) simple joys, and sharing smiles, during these current times, is very soothing, comforting, and uplifting for all of our hearts :) keeping on keeping on, strong, and together :) Baking friday :)
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Holly taking a muffin :) 


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little Brodie enjoying a cookie :) 


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Replies

CoolGal
CoolGal

Hi Chris Glad you and your family are doing well and enjoyed baking. The goodies and chips look great and I know the kids had fun. Your baking t shirt made a fun kitchen decoration today. Glad you had a big baking Friday crew and looking forward to a nice weekend with all your activities. Thanks for all my nice hugs today Have a good evening Hugs to all-Stephanie
cedarbrooke
cedarbrooke

Great job Team Bakers. Everything looks delicious! I want some French fried potato chips. Thanks for sharing your day! Hugs! Brooke
Lilysawyer
Lilysawyer

yummy, I love cookies. I'll take some of everything. mmmm :D
StarBrightGal
StarBrightGal

Those chocolate chunk cookies look incredible!
Ladybug7
Ladybug7

Glad that you guys had fun today! Hope all of you have a safe, healthy, and happy weekend! Love and hugs.
bluemoon29
bluemoon29

Looks delicious!! Great job baking team!
sunsetyellow2
sunsetyellow2

Hi Chris and Holly Quite the baking crew. So glad that you all had such fun baking all the goodies. Love the picture of your baking crew and look forward to seeing it each week. The boys are sure growing. I love that you are teaching them to bake and enjoy time in the kitchen. That is something they will take with them wherever they go later in life. The goodies all look like they were a success. Have a great weekend and stay home and stay safe. Hugs-- John Debbie and Allie
Squarley
Squarley

Hello to all team bakers what a wonderful job you did everything look delicious muffins with the tater chips I was so hungry just watching the pictures thank you for sharing all that with us it looks like a wonderful time the boys look good. You had a wonderful day sharing your tradition with everybody you all look so happy in it just warm my heart, we sent lots of love and lots of hugs hope you can continue baking Friday because I love looking at the pictures and reading your journal on Saturday morning. Bruce says a big hello we send many hugs And lots of love have a wonderful day thank you for sharing. :)