baking friday :) Oatmeal Cookies, and French Fries! :) a Baking FRY-day party!!! :)

"it's baking FRY-day!!! :) We want french fries!"- my nephew's Mikey, Hunter, Brayden, Colby, and Jacob 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, spirit soaring, flour flying, baking friday adventure in the kitchen!!! :) this was so much fun! :) We had the whole baking friday crew together today, for some baking friday fun! :) we even got the frylator going, and everyone ordering up some french fries with ketchup, and Taylynn loves salt and vinegar to dip fries into! :) it's a baking friday party!!! :) 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 nice oatmeal cookies, and we also made some awesome homemade french fries :) it was so much fun! :) we're already recieving requests to make more fries in the upcoming weeks! :) it's the countdown to superbowl week coming up, and we've got lots and lots more baking, and cooking planned! :) the celebrations are on! :) We love these special times, as the new year is settling in nicely, and we're getting ready for superbowl week, and baking a superbowl themed cake next friday, with team flour vs team sugar in the kitchen bowl! :) We're so happy and excited, to welcome back into our kitchen today, Mikey and Hunter! :) we had a full baking friday crew, and sharing lots and lots of smiles :)

Thank you angel friends, for sharing in, and celebrating these awesome times with us :) You all are always right there with us in spirit :) my family and i hope everyone is doing well, and enjoying a great day! :) we think of you all often :) You all warm our hearts, and bring us lots of smiles :) Lots of great excitement building up, as we get closer to superbowl week :) We were so thrilled to hear today, that Jenn, Mikey, and Hunter were gonna be coming over, returning to the baking friday fun :) we love when everyone joins in :) it's so much fun :) we've been looking forward to our super fun adventure :)

This morning, we had a beautiful new day rising and shining, with a golden bright sunrise, and sweet blue sky :) it's really nice weather today, it got up into the 40's, with sunshine :) it felt like a hint of late winter season air, when it begins to warm up outside :) we love these warmer days, and of course, the rockin and sweet cool sunshine! :) i love to wish my family and friends a happy baking friday, and i share with my family, your sweet happy baking friday wishes :) awww! :) Thank you angel friends, so very much! :) it was a great morning, as the new day was blossoming :) i gathered some nice goodies, and went outside for my early morning nature walk :) i put lots of goodies in our backyard, for our nature friends :) they love their baking friday breakfast feasts :) awww! :) i've been seeing, and hearing more birds, this week :) i love nature, it's amazing :)

i began to gather our baking friday supplies, and decorations, and went out into our kitchen to begin setting up, and decorating our kitchen :) i love to decorate :) i had a nice time decorating, and i also found our nice frylator on top of our fridge in a storage container :) it had been a while since we used the frylator, and i thought it would be great to make some homemade fries :) they're a favorite :) i cleaned the frylator and added new vegetable oil to it today :) i couldnd't wait to make some fries later on :) i prepared a nice lunch, a baked potato, baked sweet potato, and salad :) lunch was delicious! :) i enjoyed some nice time here on ds, writing to friends :)

During later on in the afternoon, it was getting close to baking friday time :) i washed some potatoes, and also had our kitchen all set up and ready :) my niece Alyssa and the triplets arrived, and Jenn, Mikey, and Hunter came over, and Kayla and Taylynn arrived home from school :) we were all very excited, to welcome over Jenn, Mikey, and Hunter, as we've really missed them on baking friday's in recent weeks. we had the whole crew together, and were getting ready for some awesome baking friday fun :) the kids love to select their seats in the kitchen :) They were all so excited :) each week, we love to get our picture taken in the kitchen, and we love our nice baking friday supplies we've recieved from family and friends over the years :) our nice aprons, oven mits, kitchen towels, and more :) these awesome supplies are always a big part of our baking and cooking each week :) We were all very excited, and all set, and ready, to bake some awesome treats :) calling all cookie monsters! :) cookie monsters unite!!! :) it's time to bake! bake! bake! :)

We began our super fun adventure! :) it felt great to have the whole baking crew in the kitchen :) we first began to prepare the oatmeal cookies :) i said to Kayla, "pick out the best egg ever" :) She loves to pick out the eggs, and we also got some butter :) the kids were so excited us add the ingredients into the bowl :) baking friday teamwork! :) the kids get so proud, when they add in the ingredients, and super stirring! :) We got the flour flying in the air in the kitchen today! :) We were sharing lots of smiles :) Hunter was so excited to show everyone his new, ninja turtles shirt :) awww! :) he loves the ninja turtles :) We were all enjoying such a fun time preparing the cookies :) my mom, and Jenn came out into the kitchen too :) this was awesome, having the whole baking friday crew baking some cookies :) we used vegetable oil to grease the baking pan, and put the cookies onto the pan, and then put the cookies into the oven to bake :)

As the cookies were baking, i began to get the frylator all set, i had the vegetable oil heating up in the frylator :) i cut some potatoes into shapes of french fries, and put the first batch into the frylator :) we began to get some orders for fries! :) the kids all wanted some fries, Kayla and my mom wanted some fries too :) the kids were playing some video games, watching videos in the living room, and at the table in the kitchen :) i had the frylator on the back area of the stove, and used the metal spatula to check in on the fries :) the fries were sizzle cooking nicely :) i brought the first batch of fries out, Taylynn wanted some fries with salt and vinegar :) She loves to dip the fries into the salt and vinegar :)

We were all hanging out, having an awesome time :) i brought the 2nd batch of fries out of the frylator :) the kids wanted ketchup with their fries, my mom had some fries, and Kayla did too :) i had a fry, they came out great :) we made about 5 batches of french fries :) Everyone was digging in to the fries! :) we love fries :) it's awesome! :) the kids were at the table in the kitchen, eating fries, and playing with the toys :) the oatmeal cookies finished baking, i brought the cookies out of the oven to cool down :) we did some cleaning in the kitchen, and my mom said, we should make some more french fries next week :) i said, "we definitely will" :) We had so much fun baking the cookies and making french fries :) we love these awesome times, and we have lots more super fun baking friday adventures to look forward too :) We're going to be having a superbowl themed baking friday adventure next week, baking a superbowl cake, and also gonna be making more fries, and potato chips too :) i thanked Kayla and the kids for helping bake goodies :) a very special shoutout for family and friends :) Lots of great baking and cooking this week :) We love hearing about the nice goodies and foods you all cook and bake :) We're with eachother in spirit, in our kitchens :) i wish we all could gather and have a big baking friday picnic :) Oatmeal Cookies, and French Fries, dedicated to our wonderful family, friends, and to the awesome 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!!! :) January 26th, 2018 :) Happy baking friday everyone! :)

Prayers Request :) hi angel friends, my family and i have a prayer request, for our dear and lovely friends Di (SilentWhisper), her mom, dad, and their family :) Di's been keeping us updated on how they're doing. Di's mom recently had a stroke, and she and her dad had falls, and are healing, and making some healing progress. please continue to keep Di, her mom, dad, and their family in your thoughts and prayers, and please continue to send healing energy :) Thank you angel friends, so very much :) You all are like family to us :) We love you all very much :) big group caring comforting friendship hug :) <3

We're enjoying a great day! :) baking friday! :) we love it!!! :) my family and i are in great spirits :) There's lots of great things going on, and many special memories being made :) The weekend is arriving with lots of spirit :) We're so happy and excited to go shopping tomorrow :) We're going to go shopping at the dollar tree :) it's gonna be awesome shopping :) i'm going to buy some gifts, treasures, and more soups :) i'm going to write some cards and letters this weekend too :) Holly and i are gonna pick out a new movie to watch tomorrow night :) i look forward to sharing our weekend adventures and pictures with everyone, in my 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 deeply appreciate everything, with all of the love of our hearts :) BIG GROUP WARM HAPPY SUNNY FRIENDSHIP HUG :) We hope everyone enjoys a great weekend :)

-never lose hope :)

To Wildthing, Peaceful Gentle Moments of the day :) Wildthing, it's a great day :) Today, Kayla, the kids, and i baked some nice oatmeal cookies, and made french fries, for baking friday :) Thinking of you, our dear friend :)

my mom says hi :) She says, "i hope everyone had a good baking friday" :) She says, "have a good weekend" :) 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 wish everyone a wonderfully safe, fun, and peaceful weekend :) We're so excited for the weekend, and upcoming superbowl week :)

Happy baking friday! :) calling all cookie monsters! :) it's cookies baking time!!! :) come on over, for a cookies party in the kitchen! :) my family and i are so happy and excited! :) We've been enjoying some great adventures to begin the new year, and so excited, for lots more :) The superbowl week is coming up, lots of great festivities, traditions, and celebrations :) We're looking forward to celebrating with everyone, including baking a superbowl themed cake next week :) The spirit of the season is all around :) We love sharing our baking friday adventures :) This is a picture of our kitchen all set up and decorated for our super fun adventure :) Today, we're baking oatmeal cookies and making french fries :) We love getting the flour flying in the air in the kitchen :) Sharing lots of smiles, and great memories being made :) 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 had some baking supplies in our cupboards, for baking friday today, and some potatoes too, for making the french fries :) We all love to chip in each week, and get baking friday supplies :) We love this very special tradition, and are so blessed to have it in our lives :)

greetings, from our kitchen :) Kayla, the kids, and i got our picture taken in the kitchen today :) it's a cool baking friday tradition :) Happy baking friday smiles :)

Baking friday teamwork! :) The kids love to help! :) They're great helpers,and they get so proud, when they add the ingredients, and super stirring, and of course, enjoying the goodies we bake :) We love sharing lots of smiles, and we love the great memories being made :)

our pup Blue was greeting us all in the kitchen :)

Oatmeal Cookies and French fries :) come on over, for some baking friday goodies! :) Kayla, the kids, and i had so much fun today, baking cookies and making french fries :) we're so happy the whole baking friday crew was with us today :) We love these awesome times, and we have many more super fun advetures to look forward too sharing :) Sweet awesome times, and great memories being made :) baking friday :)

Happy baking friday smiles :) the kids having some fries with ketchup :)