baking friday :) Homemade Pretzels :) a Beautiful Thanksgiving week to remember! :)

A BEAUTIFUL THANKSGIVING TO REMEMBER! :)
Happy friendship smiles, sent with our love, from our hearts, and home to yours :) Hi angel friends! :) It's baking friday, and the day after Thanksgiving :) my family and i are thinking of you all, and we hope everyone is doing well, and we hope everyone enjoyed a very happy Thanksgiving holiday :) it was such a sweet day, filled with holiday cheer, wholesome heart warming feelings of joy, and many very special memories being made :) from all of the cooking, baking, the parades, football, and lots more :) it was a magical day, and we even saw some holiday lights on display, in our city on the way home from my sister Jenn's home :) my family and i thought of you all often yesterday, and thought about how wonderfully blessed and thankful we are, to have you all in our lives :) We were so into the moments of the beautiful Thanksgiving holiday, all throughout the day :) The holidays are upon us :)
During the early evening yesterday, we enjoyed a nice time going to my sister Jenn's home :) She had been preparing a nice Thanksgiving meal :) my niece Alyssa, Aj, Colby, Jacob, and Brayden went with us over to Jenn's :) We had a beautiful view, of the sunset sky, a beautiful Thanksgiving sky :) Jenn, Mike, Mikey, and baby Hunter welcomed us in :) they had a nice Thanksgiving meal cooking, and had a nice spruce tree candle lit on the table :) We all gathered around the table :) They had a radio on, and were playing the CT Christmas songs channel :) it really helped put us into a holiday spirit :) The kids were having lots of fun playing :) it was baby Hunter's 1st Thanksgiving :) he was smiling, and even crawling around a bit :) he's getting big, and eating more foods now :) we were all talking, and enjoying the festive spirit in the air :)
Jenn and Mike prepared a wonderful Thanksgiving meal for us all :) we had turkey, ham, stuffing, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes with pecans, and we also had cornbread, string beans casserole, turnip, bread rolls, and for dessert, we had pumpkin cream cheese cake :) wow! :) it was all so nice, and very delicious :) It was so nice of Jenn and Mike to prepare a nice meal for us :) We visited for a while, and had a beautiful view of the rose city, where we could see city hall, the mohegan sun off into the distance :) shortly before 7pm, we began our journey home :) We thanked Jenn and Mike for having us over, for Thanksgiving :) on the way home, we saw a few christmas lights, people have put up, and we also saw a house with a christmas tree in it's window! :) wow! :) There was a beautiful moon light sky too, the moon was full, and visible in the sky, with some clouds near the moon, it looked spectacular! :) such beautiful sights :) i took some pictures of the moonlight sky to share with everyone :)
It was a beautiful Thanksgiving holiday :) my family and i had such a wonderful time, celebrating with you and your family's, and we love hearing about your Thanksgiving traditions, and festivities :) we all were with eachother in spirit yesterday, as we celebrated a beautiful Thanksgiving :) We'll always and forever, cherish, and treasure the wonderful memories made, from the holiday :) feeling so thankful, blessed, and very happy, sharing such an amazing Thanksgiving day, and all of the heart warming joys as the holiday season arrives :) our city is going to be lighting it's Christmas light, this weekend, and having the annual winter festival parade :) It's gonna be so nice, to see our city's Christmas lights :) my family and i want to take this time, to thank you all so very much, for making our Thanksgiving holiday, so very special :) We feel your love, and loving spirits with us in spirit, during these wonderful times :)
This weekend, is my mom's and niece Alyssa's birthday's :) my mom's on saturday, and Alyssa's on sunday :) We're going to be having some special celebrations for them :) We're looking forward to the celebrations, and sharing about it :) We got some nice gifts, for my mom and Alyssa :) my dad went shopping at walmart today too :) it's gonna be a spirited weekend, celebrating my mom's and Alyssa's birthday's :) They are very excited for their birthday's :) We love to make their birthday's extra special, and it's very special to us, being able to share about these wonderful times with you all, our dear angel friends :)
HAPPY BAKING FRIDAY!!! :) calling all cookie monsters! :) hehe! :) cookie monsters! :) hehe! :) cookie monsters unite! :) it's baking friday! :) a sweet wholesome, and joyful baking friday adventure, a day after Thanksgiving :) Gearing up, for Holiday baking time! :) awww! :) my family and i are so happy and excited, with the holidays upon us, we are very excited, about all of the baking, and cooking :) it's going to be so nice, and a very special joy, to be able to bake all throughout the holidays :) we've had an amazing season of fall season baking, and now as December approaches, and winter time, all of the holidays, Christmas excitement is beginning to blossom :)
Today, we had a light baking friday adventure :) Kayla, Mikey, and i baked some nice homemade pretzels :) we love homemade pretzels :) They are so easy to make :) we used 1 packet of yeast, 1 cup of water, plus some vegetable oil, a little salt, and we mix in the flour :) we flour, until the dough has a nice feel to it, like pizza/pretzel dough :) i got some water bowling on the stove, and Kayla, Mikey, and i made the dough into pretzel shapes :)i used a spoon-spatula, to put the pretzels in and out of the water :) the pretzels boil up for about a minute, and the water boil helps the pretzels get bigger :) i put some vegetable oil on the baking pan, and i put the pretzels into the oven to bake! bake! bake! :) the pretzels baked nicely, and are fluffy pretzels, they look so nice :) we love all of the joys, of the special times baking, sharing smiles, and all of the great memories being made :) i thanked Kayla and Mikey for helping bake :)
next friday, we'll be having our 1st holiday season themed baking friday adventure :) looking forward to a big season of baking friday fun :) it's gonna be awesome! :) we love our adventures, and sharing our adventures with everyone :) it was so nice baking goodies today, and so nice, to be baking and cooking this week : )we have a very special shoutout, to all of our family and friends :) all of the nice Thanksgiving cooking, and baking is so nice :) Happy baking friday everyone, and happy holiday season! :)
We're enjoying a beautiful day! :) Thanksgiving time, Holidays, baking friday! :) we love it! :) my family and i are doing well, and are in wonderful spirits :) We're ready for the big weekend, celebrating my mom's and niece Alyssa's birthday's :) We look forward to all of the celebrations, and sharing about them in my weekend journals :) It's been a big week, all of the Thanksgiving preparations, and preparing for the birthday's :) it's gonna be an awesome weekend :) We feel very blessed, and thankful to be able to celebrate these very special times with you all, our dear friends :) There's many more great things to look forward too :) i enjoyed some nature walks today too :) Tonight, Holly and i are going to watch our paranormal show, "most haunted" :) we love our friday night paranormal night :) Alyssa, Aj, and Kayla went black friday shopping last night :) they picked up a cool deal for me, $9.96 for "The walking dead, season 5" :) i bought it for Holly :) She and i will be able to watch it together :) 9.96 is a great bargain! :) my family and i thank you all so very much, for all that you do for us :) You all are very nice, and sweet :) 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, it was so nice, celebrating a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday, and today baking pretzels, for baking friday :) We're ready for a special weekend too :) Thinking of you, our dear friend :)
my mom says hi :) she says, "thank you for your well wishes" :)awww! :) she says, "i hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving, and baking friday" :) We love you all bunches and bunches, our sweet dear wonderful guardian angel friends :) We hope everyone is doing well, and enjoyed a special Thanksgiving, and is enjoying a wonderful Thanksgiving :) We cherish, and treasure your beautiful friendships :) we wish everyone, a wonderfully safe, fun, and happy weekend :)
Happy baking friday!!! :) We had a light baking friday adventure today, day after Thanksgiving :) we love baking friday, and it's such a wonderfully wholesome tradition, we look forward too each week :) calling all cookie monsters! :) Today, we baked some nice homemade pretzels :) it's a nice simple and fun recipe :) We've had an amazing, fall season ,baking season, and now are going to be beginning our holiday season, of baking friday fun. :) There's so much to look forward too :) We'll be getting the flour flying in the air, like snowflakes flying in the sweet december sky :) Happy baking friday smiles :)

THANKSGIVING MOONLIGHT SKY! :) WOW!!! :) the moon was amazing last evening, as it glowed in the sky, there were some clouds near the moon, and made these spectacular, beautiful sights :) When we arrived home, i took these pictures out by the end of our driveway :) an amazing view :) it was such a sweet joy to see :) Happy nature smiles :)
View from our driveway :)

i want to repost some Thanksgiving pictures from yesterday :) A wonderful week, and so much more, to look forward too :)




cool Seagull that visited us yesterday on Thanksgiving :)

Replies

CoolGal
CoolGal

Hi Chris Glad you and your family are having a nice day and you enjoyed a great baking Friday too.The pretzels look great.You sure do have a big weekend ahead with lots of celebrations.Hope your mom and niece have wonderful birthdays.Thanks for all my nice hugs today.Have a good evening. hugs to all there-Stephanie
KneeDeep
KneeDeep

Chris your day today sounded like a great way to end the week and begin the weekend. Your pretzels look good. Nothing better than home made. Lots of Birthday celebrations this weekend! That is a Great deal on the WD video.Holly will enjoy that so much. We wish the Birthday girls a very Happy Birthday.
Your sisters Thanksgiving dinner and gathering sounded so nice. Christmas lights are beginning to show up here too! Have a great evening Chris. Say hello to everyone from us.blessings and greenies
Love4you
Love4you

Dear Chris, I am happy you and your family had a nice day.:-)
Your pretzels look YUMMY! I took 2 :-) Sending Best Wishes
Thank you so much for your beautiful hugs, support and
especially for your very special friendship. God bless you!

Love,hugs&Blessings,
Maria
kmhll447
kmhll447

I am so glad your Thanksgiving was peaceful and you had a good time. Your baking Friday sounds like you all had fun. I haven\'t made pretzels so I shall have to try.
Big happy holiday hugs, Karen
Squarley
Squarley

Hi Chris just read your journal always joy full as usual tell your niece happy birthday to you hope she has a wonderful day tomorrow if that\'s her birthday ,I loved your pictures in the pretzels looks very good I love pretzels specially home made ,have a good day hope to talk to you soon love you bunches your friend Shirley