baking friday :) Holiday Chocolate Chip Cookies, and Oatmeal Raisin Cookies :)

"Baking friday teamwork"- my nephew Mikey said that and Hunter said, "we like cookies" 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, flour flying, happy countdown to the holiday season ,themed baking friday adventure in the kitchen!!! :) This was so much fun!!! :) We had the flour flying in the air today, sharing lots of baking friday smiles :) Mikey and Hunter are so proud! :) they got new holiday themed aprons! :) they went with their mom and dad (Jenn and Mike) today, to see Santa Claus! :) awww! :) they got their picture taken with Santa, and had a nice lunch at the mall :) the kids are so happy and excited, and we all are getting ready for a big holiday season! :) There's lots of great things going on, and many special 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 :) Today, Mikey, Hunter, Colby, and i baked some holiday chocolate chip cookies with red and green m&m's, and some oatmeal raisin cookies :) it was lots of fun :) We're gearing up for our annual Christmas season baking friday adventures :) There's lots of great things to look forward too :) Kayla was with us in spirit today. :) She and her boyfriend, and his family visited and went out to a restaurant for dinner together :)


my family and i hope everyone is doing well, and enjoying a wonderful day, and we hope you and your family's enjoyed a very happy Thanksgiving :) We think of you all often, and are so excited, for the special joys, of getting to share in, and celebrate these wonderful times, with you and your family's :) it was such a nice Thanksgiving yesterday :) Very special memories, that we'll always and forever cherish and treasure :) Thank you all, for celebrating with us, and for sharing your Thanksgiving holiday celebrations with us : )We think of you all often ,and we treasure your very special friendships, and all of these wonderful times :)


This morning, we had a sweet new day, rising and shining :) i love to wish my family and friends a happy baking friday, and i share with them, your lovely happy baking friday wishes :) Thank you everyone, so very much! :) You all are so nice, and sweet :) We planned a nice light baking friday adventure today, after big Thanksgiving holiday yesterday :) my mom and dad bought some holiday chocolate chip cookies with green and red m&m's for us to bake, and we also had ingredients for oatmeal raisin cookies :) we love baking friday, and all of the awesome joys of baking, and cooking, throughout the season :) i began my day with a nice nature walk :) i put lots of goodies in our backyard, for our nature friends :) it was nice and sunny, with a beautiful sunrise, and also birds singing :) it was very chilly cold this morning, winter season is definitely approaching. It's been a nice stretch of days, with some sunshine, and looking forward to welcoming the holiday season with everyone :)


i began to gather some nice baking friday supplies, and decorations, and went out into our kitchen, to begin setting up, and decorating our kitchen, for our super fun adventure :) our kitchen looked so nice, and decorative :) my mom and dad bought a new cabinet stand today, to put some of our canned goods/foods onto :) it's so nice :) we have lots of nice leftovers too, from Thanksgiving :) we love the leftovers :) i had some leftovers for lunch, and during the early afternoon, enjoyed some nice time here on ds, writing to friends :) Around 2:30pm, Alyssa and the triplets came over, and shortly before 3pm, Jenn, Mikey, and Hunter came over :) We were all gathering around :)


Jenn, Mike, Mikey, and Hunter had a big day :) they went to a mall, and had lunch, and got to see Santa Claus, and got their picture taken :) awww! :) They are so happy and excited! :) The holiday season is upon us :) Jenn and Mike got some nice holiday aprons for Mikey and Hunter :) We were all gathering in the ktichen, and getting set, and ready to bake :) eack week, we love to use our nice baking friday supplies we've recieved over the years, from family and friends :) i wear my apron, we also use our 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 ready and we were all set, and ready for our super fun adventure :) calling all cookie monsters! :) cookie monsters unite! :) it's time to bake! bake! bake! :)


We began our super fun adventure! :) We first began, by preparing the oatmeal raisin cookies :) Mikey, Hunter, and Colby picked out the egg for our cookies :) baking friday teamwork! :) we were adding in the ingredients, and super stirring :) The kids love to help :) they get so proud, when they add in the ingredients, and super stirring :) We had the flour flying in the air in the kitchen today :) We were sharing lots of smiles :) my mom and sister Jenn came out into the kitchen too :) this was awesome! :) You all are always right there with us in spirit, during our adventures :)


We're so proud of the kids, and how well they do baking :) they learn a lot, about baking friday :) We accidentally got some oats on the flour, and we all chipped in, to help clean up the oats :) Mikey said, "baking friday teamwork!" awww! :) i used some butter to grease the baking pans, and we put the cookies onto baking pans, and i put the cookies into the oven to bake! bake! bake! :) The cookies were baking nicely :) We did some cleaning up in the kitchen :) We were all hanging out, as the cookies baked :) once the 1st batch of cookies finished baking, i brought the cookies out out of the oven to cool down, and i put the 2nd batch of cookies into the oven to bake :) The kids were having fun playing video games, watching videos in the living room :) The 2nd batch of cookies finished baking :) We love cookies :)


We had so much fun baking cookies today :) i thanked Mikey, Hunter, and Colby for helping bake, and thanked my mom and dad for picking up baking friday supplies :) We love baking friday, and are so happy and excited, for many more super fun baking friday adventures coming up, with the holiday season :) A very special shoutout, for family and friends :) Lots of awesome cooking, and baking this week, with Thanksgiving holiday :) We love hearing about the nice foods, and goodies 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 :) Holiday Chocolate Chip Cookies with m&m's and Oatmeal Raisin Cookies, dedicated to our wonderful family, friends, and to the wonderful 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!!! :) November 24th, 2017 :) Happy baking friday everyone! :)


A Thanksgiving to remember! :) my family, Holly, and i had such a wonderful time, celebrating Thanksgiving holiday with everyone yesterday : )Thank you all again, for making our holiday very special, and memorable :) throughout the day, sharing in special heart-felt moments with family and friends, was so very heart warming :) it was so nice, gathering with family, and friends with us in spirit :) We enjoyed a nice visit with my brother Bobby, Stacy, Ryan, and Miranda yesterday evening :) They came over to visit :) we all were hanging out :) they returned home around 7pm :) Alyssa, Aj, Kayla, and Stacy went over to walmart, black friday shopping for a little while yesterday evening :) my mom called Jenn, to thank her, Mike, Mikey, and Hunter, for having us over for dinner :) Jenn, and family had a nice movie night :) i called Holly around 7, she and i enjoyed an awesome talk, and got ready for the Redskins game around 8:25pm :) we had so much fun cheering on my Redskins, and they had a big win last night :) they are 5-6 on the season now, with 5 games left, they still have a chance in the playoffs race :) we gotta keep winning, and hopefully finish with 9 or 10 wins, and could maybe get the 6th playoffs spot :) i didn't watch the whole game, but went to sleep, when it was 10-10, and noticed this morning, final score, Redskins 20-10 :) The thanksgiving holiday was filled with many special, heart-felt moments, that my family, Holly, and i will always cherish and treasure, forever :) Thank you all, for celebrating with us, and for warming our hearts :) We're so thankful, for your beautifully special friendships :)


We're enjoying a great day! :) baking friday! :) We love it!!! :) There's lots of great things going on, and many special memories being made :) it was such a sweet Thanksgiving, all of the special times being shared :) We love this time of the year, and sharing in, and celebrating with everyone :) The weekend is arriving with lots of great spirit :) We're going shopping tomorrow, at the dollar tree :) It's gonna be so nice shopping, and may go to walmart on sunday :) The Redskins had a big win last night :) Holly's team has a game on monday night :) Holly and i are gonna watch a movie on saturday night, and we look forward to the new episode of TWD show :) it's gonna be an awesome weekend :) i look forward to sharing about our weekend adventures, and sharing pictures, in my journals :) There's many more great things to look forward too :) Tonight, Holly and i are going to watch 2 new 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 deeply appreciate everything, with all of the love of our hearts :) BIG GROUP WARM FRIENDSHIP HUG :) We hope everyone enjoys a wonderful weekend :)


-never lose hope :)


To Wildthing, Peaceful gentle moments of the day :) Wildthing, today, the kids, and i baked some nice cookies, for baking friday :) Gearing up for the holiday baking season :) Thinking of you, our dear friend :)


my mom says hello :) She says, "i hope everyone is 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, and enjoying a great day :) We think of you all often :) We're very happy and excited, to celebrate the upcoming holiday season with everyone :) It's gonna be a wonderful season :)


Happy baking friday! :) Calling all cookie monsters! :) It's the countdown to the holiday season!!! :) my family and i are so happy and excited! :) The holiday's are upon us :) We had such a wonderfully special time, celebrating Thanksgiving holiday with everyone, and are so thrilled, the countdown to Christmas season has began :) We cherish and treasure, all of the very special times, and great memories being made :) To begin our countdown to Christmas season baking, today, we're baking some holiday cookies and oatmeal cookies :) This is a picture of our kitchen all set up and decorated, for our super fun adventure :) there's lots of special traditions, and festivities, this time of the year :) We're so happy, thankful, and blessed to have you all in our lives, and to be able to share in, and celebrate these times with you and your family's :) thank you everyone, so very much, for joining us in our ktichen 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 dear, and lovely mom and dad :) they went shopping this week, and picked up some baking supplies :) It's so nice and sweet of them :) Thank you mom and dad, so very much! :) We're getting ready for a big holiday baking season : )We're so happy, and thankful to have this very special 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 and fun tradition :) Jenn, Mike, Mikey, and Hunter put a picture of us all together, on baking friday, on their fridge :) awww! :) Happy baking friday smiles :)


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Baking friday teamwork! :) The kids love to help :) They're great helpers :) We love sharing lots of smiles, as we bake goodies :) it's such a great time of the year, for some nice baking, and cooking :) We're so excited, and thrilled for the holiday baking season :) We'll be baking goodies, all throughout the holiday's :)


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Holiday Chocolate Chip Cookies with m&m's and oatmeal raisin cookies :) Mikey, Hunter, Colby, and i had lots of fun baking cookeis today :) We love baking friday, and sharing our adventures with everyone :) We love these awesome times of the season, and are so happy and excited, to celebrate the holiday season with everyone :) Sweet times, and great memories being made :) baking friday :)


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Replies

CoolGal
CoolGal

Hi Chris Glad you and your family are having a nice day and enjoyed baking the cookies look great and I know the kids had fun.So nice that they like to bake with you and Kayla.Hunter has quite the head of hair blonde and curly for sure. Glad you have a nice weekend planned. Thanks for all my nice hugs today Have a good night hugs to all there-Stephanie
sunsetyellow2
sunsetyellow2

Hi Chris I love the aprons the boys got. they are so cute. It sure looks like everyone is having a fun time and the cookies look delicious. The Redskins game was great last night. John and I stayed up and watched the whole thing. I was so glad they won. They have a light schedule left so maybe they can make the playoffs. John and I are rooting for them. Steelers and Redskins in the superbowl!! So happy that you all had a great thanksgiving and got to spend it with family. I miss holidays with my family. But I have a lot of memories of growing up with a huge family and lots of celebrations at the holidays.

Have a great evening and catch up with you later.
StarBrightGal
StarBrightGal

Yum Chris those cookies look so delicious! And the smiles are fabulous! It's great you are all having fun with your Christmas baking. Keep up the great work!
Lilysawyer
Lilysawyer

oh BOY you all look like you're having fun. I see some of your baking team were not there this time, well the crew you had did a GREAT job. Save me some cookies :D
ZenEm
ZenEm

What a fun baking Friday :-) I’m glad the children are enjoying baking and working as a team to make awesome cookies. I cooked a spaghetti bolognaise today and a chicken curry. I also toasted some sunflower seeds and some pumpkin seeds to have as a snack later. I put some salt on them and also stirred through some fresh rosemary. Yum :) Sending you all lots of love. Four weeks until Christmas!! xx
bluemoon29
bluemoon29

great pics! you all did a great job! i love the aprons:) i hope Kayla had fun too:) love to everyone! i got my tree up and all the lights are on. i made a decoration for my front door with wrapping paper and ribbon. my front door looks like a great big present! going to have more decorating fun today!
Squarley
Squarley

Hi Chris wonderful pictures love seeing the kids have a good time baking with you they've learned so much ,so cute that little aprons. It was a wonderful day for baking. So glad I get to share this tradition with you I look forward to it every week seeing your pictures reading your journal and feeling like part of the family, thank you for sharing this. I really appreciate it ,love you bunches talk to you soon ,your friend Shirley .