baking friday :) Memorial day Holiday Sugar Cookies :) plus, cool good news! :)

"we love m&m's! cookies time!" my nephew's Hunter, Mike, Brayden, Jacob, and Colby 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, spring spirit soaring, cookies party themed baking friday adventure in the kitchen!!! :) this was so much fun!!! :) with m&m's, reese's pieces, and sharing lots of smiles! :) we're having a good day, and some new updates, about things going on here at our home, with the insurance adjuster visiting this late afternoon :) things are looking up, and we're so happy and thankful, for all of your love, care, support, and prayers :) we wish you all could come over, to enjoy some baking friday goodies with us :)

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 memorial day red, white, and blue, cookies with m&m's and also used reese's pieces candies :) we love these special times, and the great memories being made :) There's lots of great excitement, as the memorial day holiday weekend arrives :) my family, Holly, and i want to take this time, to wish you and your family's, a safe, fun, and happy memorial day holiday weekend :) It's such a special time of the year, and lots of wonderful festivities, that are a classic part of the spring season :) we love hearing about your days, adventures, and sharing ours with everyone :)

my family, Holly, and i hope everyone is doing well, and enjoying a beautiful day :) we think of you and your family's often, and love hearing about your holiday weekend plans :) it's so exciting, that the countdown to summer season, is beginning :) we're looking forward to celebrating with you and your family's :) This morning, we had a beautiful new sunny day, rising and shining :) i love wishing my family and friends, a happy baking friday, and i share with them, your wonderful happy baking friday wishes :) thank you angel friends, so very much :) you all are wonderfully nice, and sweet :) we've been doing fairly well, throughout the week, lots of cleaning, organizing, and getting ready for the insurance adjuster to visit our home, to inspect our home damages from last week's storms. we've been feeling hopeful, and positive :) keeping to traditions, like baking friday, has been helping us a lot :) we planned a nice cookies themed baking friday adventure for today :)

it was a nice morning, blossoming into the new day :) i gathered a nice big bowl of goodies, for our nature friends, and went outside, to put the treats in our backyard :) our nature friends, love their baking friday breakfast feasts :) i checked in on our plants, and knew i'd be giving them a nice watering today :) it was forecasted to make it up to about 80 degrees here. i made a nice chamomile hot tea, and enjoyed some nice time here on ds this morning, writing to friends :) i gathered some baking friday supplies, decorations, and began to set up and decorate our kitchen, for our super fun adventure :) Jenn and Hunter stopped by for a visit this morning :) we were all hanging out in the living room :) around mid-morning, i did some gardening, i planted some lettuce plants, and 4 more tomato plants, and enjoyed a good talk with Holly :) she went outside for a nice nature walk too :) my mom and dad went out to shop today, they picked up some nice baking friday supplies, and also some iced cold drinks on the way home, from dunkin donuts :) it's so nice, and sweet of them :) we were all hanging out this afternoon,and awaiting the arrival of the insurance adjuster. we've been looking forward to continued progress forward, as we get ready for our home repairs :) my niece Kayla went with her boyfriend, and her family, to Maine for memorial day holiday weekend. She was with us in spirit today, during baking friday :)

after 3pm, Alyssa and the triplets, Jenn, Mikey,and Hunter came over :) we were all gathering around in our kitchen :) The insurance adjuster came over and was talking with my dad outside :) my mom was talking with my sister Jenn, and Alyssa took our picture in the kitchen :) the kids were all excited, my mom and dad bought bags of red, white, and blue, m&m's and reese's pieces candies :) the kids love those candies :) we were excited to bake some cookies :) each week, we love to use our nice baking friday supplies :) i wear my apron, and we use our aprons, kitchen towels, we've recieved from family and friends over the years :) our kitchen was all set, and we were ready to bake some cookies :) calling all cookie monsters! :) cookie monsters unite! :) it's time to bake! bake! bake! :) we began our super fun adventure :) 

we began our super fun adventure :) the kids were enjoying some m&m's and reeses pieces candies :) my mom and Alyssa came out into the kitchen, and Jenn and Mike were outside, with my dad and the insurance adjuster :) the kids love to help, they get so proud, when they add the ingredients, and super stirring :) my mom and dad got a nice sugar cookies kit, we added an egg, and water :) we were having fun, sharing smiles as we prepared the cookies :) the kids were super stirring :) lots of excitement, as everyone was all around our kitchen, living room :) our pets were all excited too :) You all were right there with us in spirit :) i got some baking pans, and used cooking spray to grease the pans :) we made the cookies into nice round shapes, and put the cookies onto the baking pans, and i then put the cookies into the oven to bake! bake! bake! :) the kids were having some candies, and going back and forth, from the kitchen and living room :) the insurance adjuster and my dad, came indoors and went into our bedrooms, damage, to make an indoor assessment of repairs that need to be done. it's been a trying, challenging time, but we all are keeping strong, as a family with all of the hope and strength you all are giving us :) we are very thankful, and blessed :)

The cookies were baking nicely :) we did some cleaning up in our kitchen :) the cookies finished baking, i brought the cookies out of the oven to cool down :) when the cookies cooled a bit, we put some red, white, and blue m&m's on the cookies, for memorial day holiday weekend :) the cookies came out great! :) we love sugar cookies :) we had so much fun, baking the cookies today :) i thanked the kids for helping bake cookies :) they did a great job :) we have many more super fun baking friday adventures to look forward too, as spring season is in full swing, and counting down to summer season :) a special shoutout for family and friends :) lots of great baking, and cooking this week :) we love hearing about the nice foods, and goodies you all bake and cook :) we're with eachother in spirit, in our kitchens :) i wish we all could gather, and have a big baking friday picnic :) Memorial Day Holiday Sugar Cookies with m&'m's, dedicated to our wonderful family, friends, all of the brave men and women who have served, and currently serve our country, and to the 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!!! :) May 25th, 2018 :) Happy baking friday, and Happy memorial day holiday weekend everyone! :)

UPDATES. Hi angel friends, all went really well, with the insurance adjuster's visit here. he did a full evaulation of our roof, bedrooms, and filled out paperwork. all state is gonna help us out, with all of the costs of the repairs :) it's wonderful news, and a great blessing :) we're going to be getting a whole brand new roof, bedroom ceilings, all repaired :) we're going to be hiring contractor/carpenter's, and scheduling the repairs soon :) we are very happy, for these great steps forward :) i'll continue to keep everyone updated, on how things are going :)

We're having a good day, with nice progress forward :) my family and i are doing ok, and are in good spirits :) we're so glad, and thankful the insurance adjuster came, and things are moving forward, with the process, and soon, will be having contractor, and carpenters coming, to repair/rebuild our roof, rooms :) it's gonna be so nice :) thank you angel friends, for being here for us, and for all of your incredible love, care, support, and prayers :) i'll keep everyone updated :) the memorial day holiday weekend is arriving :) we want to go shopping tomorrow :) we're hoping there's a clearing in the weather, and that we'll be able to grill some foods :) we'll be close to home this weekend :) it be nice, going to the dollar tree, and Holly and i want to watch a movie on saturday night :) i look forward to keeping everyone updated and sharing our weekend with everyone, in my journal :) i want to do some more gardening soon too :) There's lots more to look forward too, with family, friends, nature, and the spirit of the season :) Tonight, Holly and i are going to watch 2 episodes of most haunted show :) we love our fun, friday night, paranormal party night's :) Thank you angel friends, so very much, for all that you do for us, and for comforting and uplifting us, through these times :) You all are wonderfully nice, sweet, and very caring :) we deeply appreciate everything, with all of the love of our hearts :) big group warm thankful happy friendship hug :) we hope everyone enjoys a nice weekend :)

-never lose hope :)

To Wildthing, Peaceful Gentle moments of the day :)Today, the kids and i baked some nice cookies, for baking friday :) things are progressing well, each day :) thinking of you, our dear friend :)

my mom says hi :) she says, "i hope everyone is having a good day and baking friday" :) she says, "thank you for all of your support" :) awww! :) we love you all bunches and bunches, our sweet dear wonderful guardian angel friends :) We hope everyone is doing well, and enjoying a nice day :) we're thinking of you all :) We hope everyone enjoys a wonderfully safe, fun, and happy holiday weekend :) we're looking forward to celebrating memorial day weekend with everyone :) it's going to be a nice weekend :) we love this time of the year :) 

Happy baking friday! :) calling all cookie monsters! :) we're ready to bake some goodies, and counting down to summer season, as we welcome memorial day holiday weekend :) We love sharing in, special times with you and your family's :) it's a time of the year, with many traditions, and festivities :) thank you angel friends, for sharing your days with us, and for all of your heart-felt support, prayers, and well wishes :) You all are helping us very much, and keeping with special traditions, and routines :) today, to welcome the arrival of the holiday weekend, we're baking sugar cookies with m&m's :) we love baking friday, and sharing our adventures with everyone :) Thank you all, 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! :)

Baking friday supplies :) we have a special shoutout, and thank you for my dear, and lovely mom and dad :) they've been going to some stores this week, and picked up some 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, and get baking friday supplies :) we are so thankful, for my mom and dad, and all they do for us :) We are so blessed, to have this special tradition in our lives :)

Greetings, from our kitchen to yours :) 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 :)

Baking friday teamwork :) the kids love to help, and they get so proud, when they get to add the ingredients, super stirring, and of course, enjoying the goodies we bake :)

Red, White, and Blue, Memorial Day Holiday sugar cookies with m&m's :) come on over, for some baking friday goodies :) the kids and i had lots of fun today, baking cookies :) we love these special times, and all of the great memories being made :) thank you angel friends, for being here for us, and for sharing in, all of the special traditions of the season :) baking friday :)