baking friday :) Football Cupcakes, and Chocolate Chip Cookies :) Special Thanks :)

"cookies and cupcakes!" -my nephew's Hunter ,Jacob ,Colby, Brody, and Carter said that today,during baking friday! :)

baking friday! :) Calling all cookie monsters! :) hehe! :) Cookie monsters! :) hehe! :) cookie monsters! :) hehe! :) Cookie monsters unite!!! :) it's baking friday! :) oh my! :) A super fun, super sweet, and flour flying ,football themed baking friday adventure in the kitchen!!! :) this was so much fun! :) Sharing lots of smiles,and spirited cheer as we baked some awesome goodies today :) We're looking forward to the football games this upcoming weekend, and all of the spirited gameday cheer! :) Lots of sweet January baking, and many great memories being made :) 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 football cupcakes, and chocolate chip cookies :) it was so much fun! :) You all were with us in spirit, and Holly was with us in spirit too :) Holly's resting up, and doing ok :) She's in good spirits, and looking forward to returning to baking with us next week, as she makes good healing progress :)

Special Thanks! :) Hi angel friends! :) my family, Holly, and i hope everyone is doing well, healthy, and enjoying a nice day :) Thank you all,our dear angel friends, for your comforting well wishes,and prayers for Holly :) We appreciate everything :) we're so glad, and thankful she was able to find out her health condition yesterday,and recieved medicines and beginning her journey to healing and getting back to 100% healthy :) She's determined to do all she can, to help ease the kidney stones,and that she'll be kidney stones free. all of your warm well wishes,and prayers are very comforting :) it helped us make it through the day yesterday,and looking forward to continued focused on good health :) We got good sleep last night :) Holly's got a nice paper from the hospital, of tips, lists of foods/drinks to avoid, and foods/drinks that are good and healthy for her to be able to feel better :) She's determined to get healthy :) Holly and i thank you all, so very much! :) Holly says ,"Thank you all so much,and she says, "i appreciate your appreciation for Chris" :)Awww! :) We're very proud of Holly :) We're very proud of how well we did yesterday, it was a very long day, it felt like at times we'd be home at midnight, but thankfully we arrived home, and rested last night :) it helped getting good sleep :) Holly's up, and is ready to continue to do all she can ,to help get rid of the kidney stones. She's gonna be drinking some pineapple juice with lemon :) We're so very glad, and thankful she's gonna be ok :) Thank you all for always being here for us, our dear angel friends :) We love you all bunches and bunches! :)

It felt nice sleeping well last night :) This morning ,we had a nice new day, rising and shining :) i was up early this morning, enjoying a very special friday tradition which i love very much ,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 love baking friday ,and enjoying this very special tradition with everyone each week :) i enjoyed some nice time here on DS this morning ,writing to friends ,and getting ready for my early morning nature walk :) i gathered a nice bowl of goodies ,and went outside :) We have some freezing rain/rain forecasted for later on today. i'm so glad it was clear this morning :) i put the goodies all around our backyard ,for our nature friends :) they love their baking friday breakfast feasts :) awww! :) Holly and i love to get some fresh air, she tries to come out with me at least twice a week, it's been tough for her to walk around a lot, with the pain/discomfort she's been experiencing. She's very relieved, we all are, to know the condition ,and that she's gonna get better :) one of Holly's special goals is to get back to 100%, for the gardening season :) she's been mentioning it often lately,that she wants to get better, so that she can garden :) aww! :) We look forward to a wonderful 2023 gardening season ,and many more nature walks to look forward too :) Happy nature smiles :)

It was a nice peaceful early morning :) Holly had some yogurt, and i had 2 breakfast burritos, and some toast :) i've been having some hot tea, water, and sprite soda :) my mom and i have been overcoming colds, coughs, we're doing better :) it's getting a bit better each day :) we're all focused on good health :) i began to gather our baking friday supplies, decorations ,and went out into our kitchen to begin setting up and decorating our kitchen ,for our super fun adventure :) With the weekend's upcoming big football games, i thought it would be cool to decorate our kitchen with a football theme :) our kitchen looked great! :) as the morning went on, Holly called her dr. to get 3rd medication situated :) We also put some sports radio on :) We love all of the football talk :) it's gonna be very exciting, the big 4 football games this upcoming weekend :) We look forward to celebrating the big games with everyone, and seeing which teams advance :) Holly's having some soft foods, for lunch she had some pudding ,banana, peanut butter :) During the early afternoon ,i enjoyed some nice time here on DS, writing to friends :)

Around 3pm, Jenn and the kids came over, and the triplets, and Brody came over :) the kids are very excited for baking friday, they love counting down the days until it's time to bake :) we began to gather in our kitchen :) The kids love to select their spots at the kitchen counter :) The kids, 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 :) 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 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! :) We first began to prepare the football cupcakes :) We love football, and are very excited for all of the big games this upcoming weekend :) We love baking up a gameplan in the kitchen! :) hut! hut! Hike!!! :) We began to pass around the ingredients! :) The kids are great helpers! :) they love to help! :) we began add the ingredients into the super bowl, and began to super stir! :) we were sharing lots of smiles, and spirited cheer, as we prepared the cupcakes :) i got the cupcakes baking pan set, and some baking cups, and we began to add the cake mix into the baking cups :) i then put the cupcakes into the oven to bake :)

As the cupcakes were baking ,we got ready to prepare the chocolate chip cookies :) the kids enjoyed some chocolate chips before adding the chips into the bowl :) We super stirred the ingredients :) my mom and Jenn came out into the kitchen at times, and you all were right there with us in spirit :) Brody and Carter wanted to help add the cookies onto the baking pan :) Brody made a huge cookie for his mom (Alyssa) :)Awww! :) i put the first batch of cookies into the oven to bake :) We did some cleaning up in the kitchen :) the cupcakes finished baking :) i brought the cupcakes out of the oven to cool down :) We love cupcakes, earlier Holly asked me i could make a vanilla frosting cupcake for her :) i said, sure! :) The first batch of cookies finished baking,i brought the cookies out of the oven, once they cooled down a bit ,i put the cookies onto a plate,and put another batch of cookies in :)

The cupcakes had cooled down :) we decorated the cupcakes with chocolate frosting ,and i added white frosting into a zip lock bag,and used the frosting to make the laces on the football cupcakes :) They came out great! :) The second batch of cookies finished baking :) i took some pictures of the goodies, and we all began to dig in :) The cupcake, and cookies came out great! :) We had so much fun baking goodies today :) i thanked the kids for helping bake :) we love this very special, spirited fun times :) We have lots 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 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 :) Football Cupcakes, 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!!! :) January 20th, 2023 :) Happy baking friday everyone! :)

We're enjoying an awesome day! :) baking friday! :) sweet spirit of January times! :) We love it!!! :) my family, Holly ,and i are in good spirits ,continuing with the good care :) Holly's so thankful she got her medicines, and can begin more healing :) 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 seasonal spirit :) We love the weekend's :) We're very happy and excited! :) Tomorrow, we're gonna go shopping at the dollar tree :) We love shopping there :) Holly wants to shop :) with her taking her medicine, it'll make it easier for her to shop :) We're going to buy some snacks, drinks, and browsing at the dvds, and hotwheels :) Holly and i are gonna have a popcorn movies marathon :) We picked out some great movies :) We're also gonna watch football, the big NFL divisional round games are this weekend, with 4 huge games,and the winners of the games advancing to the epic, classic championship sunday the following weekend :) On sunday, we're gonna have a football party :) my mom's gonna make some homemade lasagna :) it's my favorite! :)we look forward to celebrating the big football games with everyone ,and all of the great gameday cheer :) 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 2 episodes of most haunted show :) We love our fun, friday night paranormal party night's :)

There's so much more to look forward too as the month of January and winter season continues on :) Lots of seasonal festivities, and traditions and Valentine's day next month :) We love the special times, and celebrations from month to month as the year goes on :) 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 warm caring 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, and i baked some chocolate chip cookies for baking friday :) We love these very special, spirited fun times :) We're very excited for the weekend, shopping, watching movies, football, and enjoying some nice baked lasagna on sunday :) The spirit of the season is all around :) Thinking of you, our dear friend :)

my mom, Holly, and family says hello :) We hope evryone is doing well, healthy, enjoying a great day,and 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 very happy, and excited to share in and celebrate many more special times with everyone, as the season continues on :) You all make each day, very special for us :) We wish everyone a healthy, safe, and peaceful weekend :)

Happy baking friday!!! :) Calling all cookie monsters! :) Are you ready for some football! :) my family, Holly, and i are very happy and excited! :) We love the football playoffs season, and all of the exciting game day cheer,and spirited moments of the games :) We're looking forward to the big divisional round games, this upcoming weekend :) We thought it would be cool, to have a football themed baking friday :) We love football, and are super pumped up and excited for the big games :) Good luck to all 8 teams as they continue their journey to the superbowl :) 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, and i are baking football themed cupcakes,and 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! :)

The NFL Divisional round playoffs are set! :) Bengals vs Bills, Chiefs vs Jaguars, 49ers vs Cowboys, and Eagles vs Giants :)

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 :)

Greetings, from our kitchen to yours! :) The baking friday crew! :) The kids, 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 it each week :)

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 :)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 this year :) Sharing lots of smiles, and spirited baking friday cheer :) We're baking up a gameday plan, baking some football goodies for the big football weekend! :)

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

Football Cupcakes, and Chocolate Chip Cookies! :) Come on over, for some baking friday goodies! :) The kids and i had lots of fun baking the goodies :) We love these awesome, spirited fun times :) it's a great time in the new year,and so much more to look forward too :) baking friday :)

Holly and i :) Thank you angel friends! :) We love you all bunches and bunches! :)