baking friday :) Happy Anniversary, Mom and Dad, and anniversary of Holly living with us :)

"lets bake! the baking friday crew is here!"- my nephew's Hunter, Carter, Brody, Brayden ,Jacob, Colby, and Mikey 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,happy anniversary's themed baking friday adventure in the kitchen! :) this was so much fun! :)Welcoming the baking friday crew back into the kitchen today, including Holly! :) She helped make the onion pretzels :)We're very happy and excited, baking lots of goodies, and also did some grilling today :) the grill master's helped grill the hotdogs! :) it was so nice, having a full kitchen, and everyone enjoying the adventure :) sharing lots of smiles, and spirited cheer :) 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 onion pretzels, chocolate chip cookies, and also grilled hotdogs :) we grilled a whole pack of hotdogs, the kids wanted more, we ended up grilling another 8 hotdogs :) some winter time chillin n grillin in the kitchen! :) We're so happy everyone joined in,we had a big baking friday crew today, even the triplets joined in on the adventure! :) Awesome! :) Thank you angel friends, for sharing in this very special tradition with us each week :) Happy baking friday smiles :)

Happy Anniversary's Celebrations Smiles! :) Hi angel friends :) my family, Holly, and i hope everyone is doing well, healthy,and enjoying a wonderful day :) We love hearing from you, and we think of you all often :) Happy 61st Anniversary to my mom and dad, and happy 7th anniversary to Holly, of her living here with us :) Thank you angel friends, so very much for your wonderful happy anniversary wishes for my mom and dad, and for Holly ,for her anniversary of living here with us and for celebrating with us :) You all are very nice, and sweet :) We're enjoying a wonderful time celebrating the anniversary's with everyone :) You all are with us in spirit :)We love sharing in and celebrating these very special times with you all, and many great memories being made :) my mom and dad are enjoying a great anniversary and we're enjoying celebrating the 7th anniversary of Holly living here with us in Connecticut :) it was January 16th, 2019, when we had an incredible traveling adventure and journey, from Connecticut to Maryland to pick up Holly,and a spirit soaring traveling adventure home :) We'll forever be appreciative, grateful, and thankful for my mom and dad traveling with me to pick up Holly on their anniversary day in 2019 :)

We're very happy and excited, celebrating today, sharing lots of stories, memories, and sweet reflections upon all of the times :) We're enjoying some foods,snacks, drinks,and also going to have some BBQ chips, and blue powerade drinks :) those are the goodies that we brought in 2019 when went to pick up Holly, and enjoyed the goodies on the way home :) We had a super fun baking friday adventure today too :) We're very blessed, and thankful to have you all in our lives, and to be able to share in and celebrate these times with you all :) Thank you angel friends,for sharing in the season with us, and for the special joy you all bring us :)We love you all bunches and bunches :) We send our love ,our most warmest caring happy sunny friendship hugs, and happy friendship smiles across the miles, from our hearts, and home to yours :)Wishing everyone continued joys of the season :)

This morning, we had a wonderful new day, rising and shining :) January 16th, very special Anniversary's celebrations day :) We've been looing forward to this very special day :) A very special friday tradition i love very much, is wishing Holly, our family, and our friends a happy baking friday,and i share with Holly and our family, your sweet happy baking friday wishes :) Thank you angel friends, so very much :)We appreciate you all very much :) 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 got wintery cold outside here overnight. we're keeping warm :)wishing everyone warmth thru these wintery cold days. we wished my mom and dad a happy anniversary,and i wished Holly a happy anniversary of living here with us in CT :) my mom and dad love to share stories with us, about their wedding day,and how it snowed on their wedding day,and they remember the minister being able to arrive to the place, to marry my mom and dad, on January 16th, 1965 :) my mom and dad got married when they were young, they were 17 and 16 years old when they got married :) We love hearing my mom and dad's stories,and memories of their wedding day, and times shared over the years :)

i bundled up warmly this morning, gathered a big bowl of goodies, and went outside for my nature walk :) our nature friends, and sunrise sunshine greeted me :) i put lots of goodies on the bird feeders, and in the bird sanctuary area for our natrue friends :) they love their baking friday breakfast feasts :) i love taking in all of the spirited sights and sounds , of the early morning blossoming :)We've been seeing lots of winter nature friends visiting :) it might snow here tonight into tomorrow. We're so happy our nature friends are enjoying visiting our yard, and enjoying the goodies we put outside for them : )We hope our dollar tree has some suet cakes in stock soon :)We look forward to putting more suet cakes outside, and also looking forward to lots more nature walks ,and adventures, all throughout the season :) Happy nature smiles :)

It was a spirited ,and peaceful early morning :)We enjoyed our anniversary day breakfast, and having some hot chamomile tea ,water, and vanilla iced coffee :) Tiger girl enjoyed her breakfast, and some treats :) i began to gather our baking friday supplies, kitchen decorations, and went out into our kitchen to begin setting up and decorating our kitchen for our super fun adventure :) Today, i decorated with a nice seasonal theme :) our kitchen looks great :) As the morning went on, we put our favorite sports radio on :)We love tuning in to their football preview on friday's, for this weekend's upcoming games :)it's gonna be very exciting, watching the divisional round football playoffs games :)We're going to watch both games on saturday,and on sunday, having a football party :)We're planning to make some nice french bread pizza,and having snacks,and drinks :) it's gonna be awesome! :) Around mid-day, we enjoyed a nice anniversary day lunch, and during the early afternoon, i enjoyed some nice time here on DS, and also prepared a nice batch of pretzel dough :) the dough rises nicely as the afternoon continues on :)

Holly and i gave my mom and dad a nice anniversary card, and money :) They're very happy,they have their card displayed on the dining room table :) my mom and dad went for a car ride, to the Chinese food place :) They bought some nice Chinese food, and treated Holly and i to some nice foods for lunch : )they brought home some platters with Chinese food :) it's very nice of them :)We all enjoyed a nice lunch :) a special thank you for my mom dad ,for the delicious lunch :)

Around 3pm, Jenn and the kids came over,and Brody and thre triplets came over after school :) we love welcoming everyone over,and celebrating a very special anniversary's day :) Lots of great spirit, and excitement in the air, with the month of January in full swing, the new year has settled in :)We're very happy and excited, for all of our super fun baking friday adventures, lots of great baking, and cooking :) it's so nice, the baking friday crew gathering :)We love seasonal baking,and cooking :)With the winter time here, we've got lots of baking and cooking planned :) We all gathered in the kitchen :) The kids love to select their spots at the kitchen counter :) the kids, Holly, and i got our picture taken :) it's a special baking friday tradition :) You all are always right there with us in spirit in the kitchen :) my mom takes the picture of us each week :) We love to use our nice baking friday supplies, i wear my nice apron Holly gave me, and we use our nice oven mits, kitchen towels, baking pans, and all of our baking supplies that we've recieved from family and friends over the years :) Our kitchen was all set, and we were ready to bake some nice goodies :) Sweet winter time baking and cooking! :) Calling all cookie monsters! :) It's time to bake! bake! bake! :)

We began our super fun adventure! :) baking friday teamwork! :) We first began to prepare the onion pretzels :) Holly joined us in the kitchen today,as she's easing back into the baking friday adventures :) She wanted to help make the onion pretzels :) the dough had rised nicely as the afternoon went on :) i made a huge double batch of pretzel dough :) i got some water heating up in the stove, for the pretzels and sliced the dough into nice portions :)We made the dough into nice pretzels shapes :)We made a total of 17 pretzels : )i used butter to grease the baking pans,and put the pretzels into the water to boil for about 1 minute :) the pretzels get larger in the water :) i used a metal spatula to put the pretzels onto the baking pans :) we melted butter, and added dried onion into the melted butter, and drizzled the butter onto the pretzels, along with some everything bagel seasoning, and i put the pretzels into the oven to bake :) The pretzels were baking nicely :) We thanked Holly for helping prepare the pretzels : )She went back downstairs to rest her back :) We're so happy she joined in the baking friday fun :)

We began to prepare the chocolate chip cookies :) They're one of our favorite goodies we bake :) Hunter cracked open the egg, we added all of the ingredients into the bowl, and taste tasted the chocolate chips before adding them into the bowl :)we love chocolate chips :)We were sharing lots of smiles :) my mom came out into the kitchen at times, and you all are always right there with us in spirit : )the triplets, and Carter came into the kitchen ,Mikey was hanging out with us too :)We had a big crew in the kitchen today :) We had the flour flying in the kitchen :) we super stirred the ingredients :) The pretzels baked nicely for about 25 minutes :) i brought the pretzels out of the oven to cool down :) i used butter to grease the baking pan, and we made the cookie dough into cookie shapes, and i put the cookies into the oven to bake :)

We were ready for some winter time chillin n grillin :) The grill masters were in the kitchen today! :) Hunter, Carter, Brayden ,and Jacob were ready to grill hotdogs :)they used the tongs to turn the hotdogs on the George Foreman grill :)we cooked 8 hotdogs, everyone wanted more! :) We grilled another 8 hotdogs :)Everyone was so happy :) the cookies finished baking :) i brought the cookies out of the oven to cool down :) The cookies baked nicely :) we all began to enjoy some pretzels, and also enjoying the chocolate chip cookies :) it was so nice baking goodies today, and lots helpers in the kitchen :) We love these awesome, spirited fun times :) i thanked the kids, and Holly for helping bake goodies :)We're looking forward to many more super fun baking friday adventures :) a very special shoutout for family and friends :) Lots of great baking, and cooking this week :)We love hearing about the 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 Chip Cookies, Onion Pretzels, and Hotdogs, dedicated to our wonderful family, friends,and to the awesome spirit of the season :)We love all, so very very much :) many great memories made, to always cherish and treasure :) baking friday, we love it! :) January 16th, 2026 :) Happy baking friday everyone! :)

Happy birthday Laurie! (Laurie32) :) We have a very special happy birthday wish, for our friend Laurie :) Today's her birthday! :) Happy birthday to you! :) Happy birthday to you! :) Happy birthday dear Laurie! :) Happy birthday to you! :) Laurie, we hope you're enjoying a nice birthday, and we hope all of your birthday wishes come true :) 

We're enjoying a wonderful day :) Anniversary's Celebrations, Baking friday, and sweet spirit of the season :) my family, Holly, and i are doing ok, and continuing with the good care :)We're enjoying a very special time, sharing in and celebrating my mom's and dad's anniversary, and the anniversary of Holly living here with us in Connecticut :)it was also lots of fun baking goodies today :) We love these very special, spirited fun times, and all of the great memories being made :)We're very happy my mom and dad are enjoying a great anniversary :) Trhe weekend is arriving with lots of seasonal spirit :)We love the weekend's :) Tomorrow, we're gonna go shopping at the dollar tree :) We love shopping there, it's our favorite store :) We're gonna buy some treats for Tiger, plus some snacks, drinks, cards, and more :) We look forward to browsing around the store :) Holly and i are gonna have a fun, popcorn movies party :)We're going to watch some movies early, and then going to watch football :)

It's a big football weekend :)We're looking forward to watching the 4 big divisional round playoffs games, and seeing all of the big plays, and seeing which teams win and advance :) divisional round weekend games are some of the best games of the season, the winners advance to the epic and legendary, Championship Sunday :) Good luck to the teams :) it's gonna be awesome! :)We're going to have a football party on sunday :)Holly and i are looking forward to baking french bread pizza, and also going to have snacks, and drinks :) It's gonna be an awesome weekend :) i look forward to sharing our weekend adventures, and pictures with everyone in my weekend journals :) This evening ,we're going to have dinner,and having some BBQ chips, and blue powerade drinks :) Holly and i enjoy these nice goodies each year on January 16th :) We're going to watch an episode of most haunted show :)We love our fun, friday night paranormal party night's :) Thank you angel friends, for always being here for us, and for the special joy you all bring us :) We're very blessed, and thankful to have you all in our lives :) We appreciate you all very much, and will always be here for you all too :) Big group caring, happy sunny sunflower friendship hug :) We wish everyone a nice peaceful evening and night :)

-never lose hope :)

my mom, Holly, and our family says hello :)We hope everyone is doing well, healthy, enjoying a wonderful day,and a really good baking friday :)We love you all bunches and bunches, our sweet dear wonderful guardian angel friends :) You all are always in our thoughts, prayers, and in our hearts :) We're enjoying a very special time, sharing in the anniversary's celebrations day with everyone, and looking forward to blossoming into the football weekend :) We wish everyone a healthy, safe, and peaceful weekend :)

Happy baking friday! :) Calling all cookie monsters! :)it's time for some sweet seasonal baking and cooking! :) my family, Holly, and i are very happy and excited, sharing in the season and blossoming of the new year with everyone ,and very special anniversary's celebrations day today, celebrating my mom's and dad's anniversary, and anniversary of Holly living here with us in CT :) Lots of great memories being made :) We love the spirit of the season, and very blessed, and thankful to have you all in our lives,and getting to share in and celebrate these spirit soaring times with everyone :) 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, we're baking onion pretzels, chocolate chip cookies, and also grilling hotdogs :) Thank you angel friends, 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 :) it's time to bake! bake! bake! :)

baking friday supplies :) A special thank you for Alyssa :) Alyssa went to the stores, and picked up baking friday supplies this week :) it's very nice of her :) We all love to chip in to get the supplies :) We love baking friday, and are very thankful, and blessed to have this very special tradition in our lives :)

Greetings, from our Winter time Kitchen to yours :) The baking friday crew :) the kids, Holly, and i got our picture taken in the kitchen :) it's a very special tradition :) We love welcoming everyone over, for these fun seasonal adventures :) You all are always right there with us in spirit, in the kitchen :) it's our favorite tradition :) We love gathering, and sharing lots of smiles with spirited baking friday cheer :) Sweet Winter time baking and cooking! :)

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 very proud of the kids, and all that they have learned about baking, and cooking :) They love to help Holly and i in the kitchen :) We love helping teach the kids how to bake and cook goodies and foods :) we're so happy the kids love to help pick the baking friday menu :) We love baking friday, and are very excited for all of our fun baking friday adventures this new year :)

Chocolate Chip Cookies, Onion Pretzels, and Hotdogs :)We had lots of fun baking and cooking today :)We love these very special, spirited fun times, gathering with the baking friday crew, and friends with us in spirit in the kitchen :) Sharing lots of smiles, and spirited cheer :) baking friday :)

Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad! :) my mom and dad on their wedding day, January 16th, 1965 :)

Holly and i :) celebrating Holly's 7th anniversary of living here with us in Connecticut :) Holly and i got our picture taken here on our couch :) We're wearing the same shirts we wore on January 16th ,2019 :) Happy anniversary celebrations smiles! :)