baking friday :) Gingerbread Cookies, and a special message from the North Pole! :)

"santa claus knows our names! we're baking cookies!"- my nephew's Hunter, Mikey, Brayden, Colby, and Jacob said that today, during baking friday! :)

baking friday! :) calling all cookie monsters and santa claus! :) hehe! :) cookie monsters and santa claus! :) hehe! :) cookie monsters and santa claus unite! :) it's baking friday!!! :) oh my! :) a super fun, flour flying, festive welcome holiday season, gingerbread themed baking friday adventure in the kitchen!!! with very special messages for the kids, from Santa Claus!!! :) this was so much fun!!! :) We're beginning our season of holiday baking friday fun, with some awesome Christmas season baking traditins :) We're so happy and excited, to welcome the holiday season, and sharing in, and celebrating in all of the awesome times, with the seasonal festivities, and traditions with everyone :) The kids are so happy and excited! :) They each recieved a special Christmas message, from Santa Claus and his reindeer, at the north pole! :) 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, the kids, and i baked some gingerbread cookies :) We're so happy, and excited to begin our season of Christmas time baking friday fun :) There's lots of favorites we love, this time of the year :) Christmas cookies, brownies, and so much more :) it's been such a fun time ,bringing out our Christmas decorations, baking supplies, and beginning to get into the holiday season spirit :) We've began to see Christmas decorations all around our area, and lights :) it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas time :)

my family, Holly, and i hope everyone is doing well, and enjoying a beautiful day :) we have some light snowfall here in our area this late afternoon, into the evening :) it's feeling Christmasy :) We're so happy and excited, the holiday season is upon us :) it's been a wonderful stretch of days, with celebrating my mom's and niece Alyssa's birthday's :) Thank you angel friends, so very much, for your lovely happy birthday wishes for my mom and Alyssa, and for making their birthdya's very special :) We had so much fun celebrating :) during the late afternoon yesterday, we went over to my niece Alyssa's home to celebrate her birthday party :) She loves her cards, and gifts we gave her :) She's very happy and excited :) We were enjoying an awesome visit, and had sandwiches, pizza, and strawberry shortcake :) it was such a nice evening :) i made some cool free santa claus personalized messages for all of the kids, on the www.portablenorthpole.com site :) it's so neat :) Santa claus says the kids name, and also has a special message for the kids :) We've been having so much fun, showing the kids the messages :) they're very happy and excited, to hear Santa Claus say their name the site is really coo :) i want to post it again here, for everyone, if you have a kid, or nephew/niece, the video is free to make, and the kids love it! :)

www.portablenorthpole.com

This morning, we had a sweet new day, rising and shining :) The day began with some wonderful sunshine ,festive spirit, and awesome joy, as the holiday season is arriving :) We saw some Christmas lights on our way home from Alyssa's home yesterday, and our local fire department is selling Christmas trees :) We love hearing about your decorating, and all of the special times, traditions, and festivities you and your family's have planned :) We love celebrating the holiday's, and Christmas time with you and your family's :)

i love wishing my family and friends, a happy baking friday, and i share with my family, your lovely happy baking friday wishes :) awww! :) Thank you angel friends, so very much :) You all are so nice, and sweet :) we've been looking forward to baking some Christmas treats :) i thought gingerbread cookies would be perfect for today's baking friday theme :) i gathered a nice big bowl of goodies this morning, and went outside for my early morning nature walk :) i put lots of goodies outside, our nature friends were so excited! :) they love their baking friday breakfast feasts :) awww! :) i saw some birds gathering the goodie :) it was such a nice morning :)

here in my computer room, i've brought out Christmas decorations, baking friday supplies, and was sorting them yesterday, and today :) it's so much fun : )i'm also in the stages of decorating my Christmas town :) my Christmas town will be lit bright tomorrow, on December 1st, for 25 days of festive Christmas season celebrations :) i went out into our kitchen, and decorated with a nice gingerbread seasons greetings theme :) it's so much fun decorating :) our kitchen looked awesome and festive :) i was doing some more decorating, had a nice lunch, and also enjoyed ome blueberry iced coffee :) my mom and dad treated me to the coffee :) it's very nice, and sweet of them :) cheers! :) i enjoyed some nice time here on ds this afternoon, writing to friends, and also enjoyed some talks with Holly :)

Around 3pm, we were getting all set, and ready for our baking friday adventure :) Kayla and Taylynn were home from school, and Alyssa, Brody, Brayden, Jacob, and Colby came over :) Jenn brought Mikey and Hunter over too :) Jenn was busy,and made plans, but brought over Mikey and Hunter a bit later, shortly after 3:30pm : )We're so happy they were able to come over :) each holiday season, we love to use our Christmas time baking friday supplies :) i love to wear my apron, and we have Christmas oven mits, kitchen towels, cookie cutters, and lots more, that we enjoy using for our Christmas time baking friday adventures :) our kitchen was all set, and ready, and we were set to begin baking some awesome holiday treats :) it was snowing a bit in our area too, it made it feel Christmasy :) calling all cookie monsters and santa claus! :) it's time to bake! bake! bake! :)

We began our super fun adventure :) baking friday teamwork! :) we love Christmas time recipes, and baking :) we began to add the ingredients to the bowl :) the kids are great helpers, they love to help, and they got so proud, when they added the ingredients :)Earlier, our dear friend Cj (ddeadred) sent me a message, and mentioned she loves to add a dash of pepper, to the gingerbread cookies recipe :) i thanked her :) We added a dash of pepper to the recipe :) The kids were super stirring :) Around this time, is when Jenn brought over Mikey and Hunter, and then she went somewhere. it was so nice, having Mikey and Hunter over, to help :)

We love sharing lots of smiles, and Christmas time cheer :) we get so into the spirit of the holiday's :) The kids used the gingerbread cookie cutters, to make the gingerbread shaped cookies :) they were doing awesome! :) we're so proud of the kids, and all of the great baking, and cooking they've learned :) i used vegetable oil, to grease the baking pans, and we put the cookie onto the pans, and then put the cookies into the oven to bake! :) i love the scent of gingerbread cookies baking :) my mom and Alyssa, with baby Brody came out into the kitchen, and were joining in on the baking friday fun :) we did some cleaning up in the kitchen, and as the cookies were baking, we showed the kids their cool personalized video messages, from Santa Claus :) we were all watching the message, the kids eyes were lighting up with excitement, when Santa claus said their names :) aww! :) they were so happy and excited! :) Lots of Christmas time cheer :) we love these special times :) You all are always right therr ewith us in spirit :)

The gingerbread cookies finished baking nicely :) i brought the cookies out of the oven to cool down, and then took a picture of the cookies :) they came out great! :) we love gingerbread cookies, and will definitely bake more, in December :) i thanked Kayla and the kids for helping bake goodies :) We had so much fun baking the gingerbread cookies, and are so excited, to blossom into the holiday baking friday season :) We have many more super fun Christmas time baking friday adventures planned, for December :) a very special shoutout, for family and friends :) Lots of great baking, and cooking this week :) We love hearing about the nice goodie, and foods you all cook and bake :) We're 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 with Christmas goodies, and hot chocolate, teas, and coffee :) Gingerbread Cookies, dedicated to our wonderful family, friends, and to the festive spirit of the holiday season :) We love you all, so very very much! :) many great memories made, to always cherish and treasure :) baking friday, we love it!!! :) November 30th, 2018 :) Happy baking friday everyone! :)

We're enjoying an awesome day, and wonderful week, baking friday, we love it!!! :) my family and i are doing well, and are in great spirits :) it's been a wonderful stretch of days, and lots of great memories being made :) We're loving the season, and all of the excitement, as we get ready to welcome the month of December, holiday's, and Christmas time :) Thank you all for celebrating with us, our dear angel friends :) the weekend is arriving with lots of spirit :) Tomorrow, we're gonna go shopping at the dollar tree :) it's gonna be so much fun, shopping :) i'm going to buy some Christmas cards, gifts, and treasures :) it's gonna be so much fun browsing around :) i'm going to do some writing, and decorating this weekend :) Holly and i are going to watch a movie tomorrow night :) we love our fun, saturday night popcorn movie party's :) We're gonna watch football on sunday :) i look forward to sharing our weekend adventures, and pictures with everyone, in my weekend journals :) There's many more great things to look forward too :) Tonight, Holly and i are going to watch 2 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 d eeply appreciate everything, with all of the love of our hearts :) big group warm happy holiday friendship hug :) We hope everyone enjoys a wonderful weekend :)

-never lose hope :)

To Wildthing, Peaceful Gentle Moments of the day :) Wildthing, it's an awesome day :) today, Kayla, the kids, and i baked gingerbread cookies, for baking friday :) The holiday season is arriving :) Thinking of you, our dear friend :)

my mom says hi :) She says, "i hope everyone is having a really good baking friday" :) Awww! :) she says, "have a nice weekend" :) We love you all bunches and bunches, our sweet dear wonderful guardian angel friends :) We hope everyone is doing well, and enjoying a wonderful day :) We wish everyone a safe, fun, and happy, festive weekend, as we welcome the month of December, Christmas time is upon us :) We're very happy and excited to celebrate with everyone :)

Happy baking friday, and Happy Holiday's! :) It's that time of the year :) Christmas is coming, and festive holiday cheer! :) calling all cookie monsters and Santa Claus!!! :) it's time for some holiday season baking!!! :) my family, Holly, and i are so happy and excited, to celebrate the holiday season with you and your family's :) it's a sweet time, with some joyful festivities, traditions, and one of our favorite joys of the season, is holdiay baking! :) We have lots of favorites this time of the year :) i've brought out of our Christmas themed baking friday decorations, baking supplies :) It's a great time, for all of the excitement of blosoming into the season :) From decorating, to all of the special memories that blossom and glow in our hearts, like a bright Christmas tree in our hearts :) We love sharing in, and celebrating 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 gingerbread cookies :) We love getting the flour flying in the air, and sharing lots of smiles :) This is the time of the year, when you hear the Santa Claus' reindeer bells up on the rooftop, Reindeer paws! down through the chimney, here comes Santa Claus! :) 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 :) Claling 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 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 :)

Season's Greetings, from our kitchen to yours :) Kayla, the kids, and i got our picture taken in the kitchen today :) it's a cool baking friday tradition : )We're so happy and excited, for all of the special times, and great memories being made :) You all are always right there with us in spirit :) happy baking friday smiles :)

Christmas time is here! :) We're so happy and excited, to celebrate our annual Christmas time baking friday adventures with everyone :) we're having 5 Christmas holiday themed baking friday adventures this season :) we love decorating our kitchen, with our wonderful Christmas decorations we've recieved over the years :) our kitchen is glowing with the spirit of the season :)

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 :) sharing lots of happy baking friday smiles :) 

Gingerbread Cookies! :) come on over, for some baking friday goodies :) Kayla, the kids, and i had a super fun time baking Christmas cookies :) The holiday season is upon us, it's so much fun blossoming into the season with everyone :) We're looking forward to lots more baking friday's with holiday themes, in December :) the festive spirit of the season is in the air :) baking friday :)

Christmas Town is coming! :) Hi angel friends! :) Twas the evening before December 1st :) Christmas town is gonna be glowing tomorrow, for the grand opening of Christmas town, 2018, and the Jingle Bells ready is gonna be rocking and jingle bells rolling, for 25 days of Christmas! :)