baking friday :) Chocolate Cupcakes :) Celebrating Spring time cheer! :)

"We love extra chocolate!"- my nephew's Hunter, Brody, and Carter 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, and super sweet, Double Chocolate themed baking friday adventure in the kitchen!!! :) this was so much fun! :) We baked up some awesome goodies today, and sharing lots of smiles and spirited cheer! :) We're loving our spring time baking friday adventures, and all of the awesome spirit of the season :) 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, Holly,and i baked chocolate cupcakes :) ti was so much fun :)We love these very special, spirited fun times, and all of the great memories being made :) We're all digging in, enjoying some cupcakes :) We're so happy and excited, for all of the spring spirit and excitement in the air, as we celebrate these golden days of spring time! :)



Sweet Spring time baking! :) Hi angel friends! :) my family, Holly, and i hope everyone is doing well,healthy,and enjoying a wonderful day :) We love friday's, and the sweet spirit of the spring season :) it's our favorite day and tradition, baking friday! :) We're very happy, thankful, and blessed to have this very special tradition in our lives :) We love counting down the days, until our super fun adventure :)We're having so much fun ,enjoying our spring time bakng friday adventure,sand sharing our adventures with everyone :) It's a very exciting time in the season, and with summer season just a little over a month away, we look forward to lots more spirit soaring adventures and times to share in, with everyone :) it's a great time ,for some baking ,cooking ,and BBQ grilling :) We love these sweet festivities, and traditions that makes the season so much fun ,and very memorable :) Wishing everyone continues joys, of this beautiful spring season :)



This morning, we had an awesome 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 :) awww! :) Thank you angel friends, so very much! :) You all are very nice, and sweet :) We've been looking forward to our super fun adventure :) i was up early this morning ,enjoying some nice time here on DS, writing to friends ,and getting ready for my early morning nature walk :) it's been a great stretch of days, with lots of spring spirit and excitement :) i gathered a nice bowl of goodies, and went outside into the spring sunshine for my nature walk :) It's been a sweet sunny week, with lots of spring nature shining all around :) i put lots of goodies in our backyard, and in the bird sanctuary area where we have lots of trees, bird feeders, and bird houses, for our nature friends :) They lvoe their baking friday breakfast feasts :) awww! :) it's so neat, seeing our nature friends visitings, and lots of spring nature sights all around :) our plants, fruit trees, and flower bushes continue to do very well, growing and flourishing :) We're so glad, and thankful for the nice rain in our forecast for saturday, it's gonna be so nice, the rain replenishing the plants, trees, and nature :) we're very happy and excited to see lots of sprouts soon, in our garden :) Holly and i are looking forward to gardening on sunday :) There's lots more super fun adventures, to look forward too :) We love tending our plants ,and the very special joy it brings our hearts, getting to share our adventures, and garden with everyone :) happy spring nature smiles :)



It was a sweet peaceful early morning :) We enjoyed our breakfast,and having some iced coffee, water, and sprite soda :) i began to gather our baking friday supplies, decorations, and went out into our kitchen to begin setting up and decorating our kichen, for our super fun adventure :) Today, i decorated with a happy golden days of spring theme :) our kitchen looked great, and sunny spirited :) it's so much fun decorating :) as the morning went on, we put some sports radio on : )Holly and i love the sports talk ,and are looking forward to cheering for the Celtics tonight, in game 2 of the Eastern conference finals :) We've been enjoying the basketball playoffs, and are hoping the Celtics have a big win tonight :) We love cheering for them :) Around mid-day, we enjoyed a nice lunch :) During the early afternoon ,i enjoyed some nice time here on DS, writing to friends :)



Around 3pm, Jenn, and the kids came over and Brody came over :) The triplets were home with their dad Aj, they were with us in spirit :) Lots of great spring excitement and spirit in the air :) The kids have been having lots of fun, enjoying spring ,going outside more to play sports, riding their bikes, scooters, and playing games :)it brings back a lot of great memories for Holly and i, as she and i have lots of great memories of when we were younger, and had fun playing outside with friends :) The kids are looking forward to an awesome upcoming summer vacation :) We all began to gather in our kitchen :) The kids love to select their spots at the kitchen counter :) the kids, Holly, and i got our picture taken in the kitchen :) 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, we've recieved from family and friends over the years :) i wear my nice apron that 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! :) it's time to bake! bake! bake! :)



We began our super fun adventure! :) The kids love to help! :) they're great helpers! :) We began to prepare the chocolate cupcksakes :) Today, Hunter, Brody and Carter helped Holly and i bake the goodies :) The kids get so proud, when they add the ingredients :) We were sharing lots of smiles, and spirited cheer as we prepared the cupcakes :) The kids love cracking open the eggs,and super stirring the ingredients :) my mom and Jenn came out into the kitchen at times, and you all were right there with us in spirit :) We're so proud of the kids, and all of the great learnings about how to bake, cook, and even grilling foods :) we got the cupcake baking pans ready, and our baking cups :) We poured some cake mix into the baking cup, and then poured the cake mix into the baking cups, in the pan, we had a total of 17 cupcakes :)



i put the cupcakes into the oven to bake :) as the cupcakes were baking ,we did some cleaning up in the kitchen :) we were all hanging out, the kids were having fun playing :) Mikey, Taylynn, and Hunter played the video games for a little while :) The cupcakes baked nicely, i brought the cupcakes out of the oven to cool down :) The cupcakes baked really well :) We were talking about the day, and upcoming weekend :)once the cupcakes had cooled down ,we spread chocolate frosting on the cupcakes :) i took some pictures of the cupcakes, and we all began to dig in :) The cupcakes are delicious! :) i thanked the kids and Holly for helping bake :) We had so much fun baking the cupcakes, and are looking forward to lots more baking friday adventures : )A very special shoutout for family and friends :) Lots of grat baking, and cooking this week :) We love hearing 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 Cupcakes, 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!!! :) May 19th, 2023 :) Happy baking friday everyone :)



We're enjoying an awesome day! :) baking friday! :) Spirit of Spring time! :) 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 very special, spirited fun times, and all of the great memories being made :) the weekend is arriving with lots of awesome seasonal spirit :) We love the weekend's! :) We're very happy and excited! :) Tomorrow, we're gonna go shopping at the dollar tree :) We're going to buy some nice foods, snacks, drinks, and browsing at the collectibles, dvds, hotwheels, and seasonal items :) Holly and i are going to have a fun, popcorn movies party :) We picked out some cool movies :) We have some rain forecasted for saturday, it'll be a nice replenishing rainfall for the plants, and nature :) on sunday, Holly and i want to do some gardening, and also going to do some writing,and watching our shows :) i'm also gonna browse at some collectibles :) It's gonna be a great weekend :) i look forward to sharing our weekend adventures, and pictures with everyone in my weekend journals :) Tonight, Holly and i are going to watch an episode of Most Haunted show :) We love our fun, friday night paranormal party night's :) We're also going to watch some of the Celtics game :) Lets go Celtics! :)



There's so much more to look forward too as the month of may continues on, and the spring season continues to shine :) the spring season is filled with lots of awesome seasonal festivities, traditions, holiday's, and birthday celebrations :) We love the special times, and celebrations from month to month as the year goes on :) We love the gardening season :) We cherish and treasure, the many special memories being made :) We're very happy, thankful, and blessed, to have you all in our lives, and to be able to share in these very special times of the season with you all :) Thank you angel friends, so very much ,for all that you do for us, for comforting us, uplifting our spirits, brightening our days, and for the very special joy you all bring our hearts :) We deeply appreciate everything, with all of the love of our hearts :) Big group happy sunny caring sunflower friendship hug :) We wish everyone a nice peaceful evening and night :)



-never lose hope :)



To Wildthing, Peaceful Gentle Moments of the day :) Wildthing, we're enjoying an awesome day! :) Today, the kids, Holly, and i had a fun time baking chocolate cupcakes for baking friday :) We love these very special, spirited fun times :) We're very happy and excited for the weekend :) Going shopping, watching movies, gardening, and basketball :) We're loving the awesome spirit of the spring season :) Thinking of you, our dear friend :)



my mom, Holly, and family says hi :) We hope everyone is doing well, healthy,enjoying a wonderful day, and having a really good baking friday :) awww! :) We love you all bunches and bunches, our sweet dear wonderful guardian angel friends :) We think of you all often :) We're having so much fun, and a very special time sharing in and celebrating the season with everyone :) We wish everyone a healthy, happy,and peaceful weekend :)



Happy baking friday!!! :) Calling all cookie monsters! :) We're loving these spirited fun times of the season! :) my family, Holly,and i are very happy and excited :) We're enjoying a very special time sharing in and celebrating the season with everyone, and all of the festivities, and traditions that makes the season so much fun, and very memorable :) We're having so much fun enjoying our golden days of spring time, baking friday's :)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, the kids, Holly, and i are baking chocolate cupcakes :) 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 a very special shoutout and thank you for my niece Alyssa :) She went shopping this week and picked up baking friday supplies :) it's very nice and sweet of her :) Thank you Alyssa, so very much! :) We appreciate all of the nice baking friday supplies she gets for us all :) We all love to chip in each week, 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 baking friday crew! :) The kids, Holly, and i got our picture taken in the kitchen :) it's a cool baking friday tradition :) You all are always right there with us in spirit, during these very special, spirited fun times :) we're very happy and thankful to have the baking friday tradition in our lives :) We look forward to baking each week :) a whole new season of baking goodies :) We love seasonal baking, cooking, spring/summer time BBQ Grilling, and looking forward to lots more adventures all throughout the spring season :)
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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, cook, and grill :) We're so proud of the kids, and all that they're learning about baking, and cooking :) We're very happy and excited for all of our baking friday adventures each month, all throughout the year :) Sharing lots of smiles, and spirited baking friday cheer :)
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Chocolate Cupcakes! :) come on over, for some baking friday goodies! :) The kids, Holly, and i had lots of fun baking goodies :) We love these very special, spirited fun times, and all of the great memories being made :) Celebrating spring time cheer :) baking friday :) 


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CoolGal
CoolGal

Hi Chris Glad you Holly and your family are doing well and enjoyed baking. The cupcakes came out great and you got some nice photos of everyone having fun today Your kitchen decorations look great too Good luck to the Celtics tonight, Hope they have a big win. Thanks for all my nice hugs today Have a good night Hugs to everyone-Stephanie
bluemoon29
bluemoon29

I’m right there with you all! Double chocolate is one of my favorites too!! Yummy:)

I had a great doctor appointment. My kidney stone is small. No surgery!! Just drink a lot of water and hopefully will pass them soon:). I’m rooting for Holly too!

After my appointment (a friend took me) we went and got a donut at Dunkin Donuts. I thought about all of you while I was having my cinnamon one:).

Hugs to everyone:). Another great job by the fabulous baking team!!

Yard sales tomorrow:)
Lilysawyer
Lilysawyer

Hey Chris, WOW you guys had SO much fun baking those cupcakes. I'd love to have a cupcake :D I hope you have a wonderful Movie Sat. :D
JeanCarlin
JeanCarlin

I’m glad that you and Holly and the boys had so much fun baking your chocolate cupcakes, they sure do look delicious!
Sorry about your Celtics, hopefully they win the next game.
I hope you and Holly have fun shopping at the dollar tree today and enjoy your movie marathon tonight.
Wishing you and Holly and your whole family a very good weekend
Hugs Jeannie
cedarbrooke
cedarbrooke

They look doubly delicious! Yummy. Super stirring in the kitchen. Great job Team Bakers! Another funtastic Friday!

Have a great shopping adventure at the Dollar Tree. Thanks for sharing you day & pics.

Hugs! Brooke & Henri