baking friday :) Oatmeal Cookies, and Popcorn! :) a party in the kitchen :)

"we're making popcorn! WOW!!! look at the popcorn pop!!!"- my nephew's Hunter, Jacob, Colby, Mikey, and Brayden 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, Popcorn party in the kitchen, themed baking friday adventure!!! :) We had our new popcorn popper in the kitchen today, and the popcorn was popping and popping! :) hehe! :) the kids were so excited, when they heard the popcorn popping :) it's a kettle popcorn popper, and the kids were so proud, getting to push the lever so that the popcorn fell into the bowl :) We love these awesome times, and the great 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 :) keeping with the tradition, a wonderfully wholesome tradition, today Kayla, the kids, and i baked some awesome oatmeal cookies, and made lots of popcorn :) We were handing out bags of popcorn, the kids were so excited! :) our new popcorn popper is awesome! :) the kids were getting such a kick out of it, when the popcorn began to pop, they said, "wow! wow!" hehe! :) Hunter's been looking at the popcorn popper throughout the week when he and Jenn visited, and he wanted to be in charge, of the popcorn popper level, that dumps the popcorn into the bowl :) Awww! :)

Hi angel friends! :) my family, Holly, and i hope everyone is doing well, and enjoying a peaceful day :) we think of you all often :) This morning, we had a sweet new day, rising and shining, with some beautiful sunshine, but was very windy and cold outside, overnight, and this morning. winter season has been settling in. it's a great day for some baking :) we love baking, and cooking :) i love to wish my family and friends, a happy baking friday :) Thank you angel friends, so very much ,for your wonderful happy baking friday wishes :) You all are so nice, and sweet :) i began my day with an early morning nature walk :) i gathered a big bowl of goodies,and went outside :) i was bundled up warmly :) our nature friends love their baking friday breakfast feasts :) awww! :)

It was a nice morning :) i heard from Holly, her friend Linda, and also sent out some baking friday texts :) i began to gather our baking friday supplies, and decorations, and went into our kitchen to begin decorating :) i drew some pictures of popcorn container, our kitchen looked great :) i was hanging out with my mom and dad, talking, and also had some lunch,and made a blueberry iced coffee :) cheers!!! to family, friends, health, healing, and togetherness :) during the afternoon, i enjoyed some nice time here on ds, writing to friends, and also talked with my mom :) i was sipping my iced coffee :)

Kayla and Taylynn arrived home from school, and Alyssa, Brodie, Jacob, Colby,Brayden,Jenn,Mikey, and Hunter came over :) The kids were all excited, as they saw the popcorn popper :) Jenn brought over some paper bags to put the popcorn in :) We were all gathering around, lots of great excitement in the air :) we began to get ready to bake :) my mom took our picture in the kitchen :) it's a cool baking friday tradition :) each week, we love to use our nice baking friday supplies we've recieved over the years :) i wear my apron, and we also use our oven mits, kitchen towels, and all of our baking supplies, are a big part of our seasonal baking, all throughout the seaon and year :) our kitchen was all set, and ready, and we were ready to blossom into a super fun baking friday adventure :)calling all cookie monsters! :) cookie monsters unite! :) it's time to bake! bake! bake! :)

We began our super fun adventure :) baking friday teamwork! :) we first began to prepare the oatmeal cookies :) i said to Kayla, "pick out the best egg ever" :) she loves to select the eggs :) The kids were all set, and ready to help add the ingredients :) they're great helpers,and love to super stir the cookie dough :) We were stirring, and sharing smiles, as the kids were having so much fun, they love to bake :) they were also very excited to use the popcorn popper for the 1st time :) i got a baking pan, and i spread butter on the pan,and we then put the oatmeal cookies onto the pan,and i put the cookies into the oven to bake! :)

As the oatmeal cookies began to bake, it was then time for the popcorn party!!! :) my mom, dad, were in the kitchen, as we were getting the popcorn popper set :) They bought it for me for Christmas :) i plugged the popcorn popper in, and it has a light that goes on, and added in some butter into the kettle area of the popper, and then added in a half cup of popcorn kernels :) we were waiting a bit, as the butter and kernels melted and getting ready for those sounds of pop! pop! popcorn!!! :) the kids were so excited, as we heard the first popcorn beginning to pop :) the kids were going wild, cheering,smiling :)This was awesome!!! :) You all are always right there with us in spirit, during these times :)

We made our 1st batch of popcorn, and then added in some more :) it was so neat, how fast the popcorn was popping :) the kids all got to take turns ,using the popcorn popper lever to dump the popcorn into the bowl :) Mikey came out into the kitchen to help today too,and both Mikey and Taylynn had some popcorn :) We made lots of bags of popcorn for everyone :) it came out really good :) We love the popcorn popper, and will be using the popper again soon, to make some more popcorn :) The kids were snacking on the popcorn :) the oatmeal cookies finished baking :) i brought the cookies out of the oven to cool down :)

We had so much fun today, baking cookies, and making popcorn :) we'll definitely be using the popcorn popper again soon :) it's awesome :) the kids already want us to make some more popcorn! hehe! :) we love popcorn :) i thanked Kayla and the kids for helping bake cookies, and making popcorn :) We have many more super fun adventures to look forward too :) we look forward to many more winter time baking friday adventures :) a very special shoutout to 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 :) This is so much fun, and very special :) i wish we all could gather, and have a baking friday picnic :) Oatmeal Cookies, and Popcorn, dedicated to our wonderful family, friends, 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!!! :) January 11th, 2019 :) Happy baking friday everyone! :)

We're having a nice day :) baking friday, we love it!!! :) my family and i are doing ok, and keeping strong for Holly,and in good spirits about things :) a wonderful foundation being established, for Holly, as she continues to do really well :) all that she has endured, and made it through, she's a survivor :) all of the situations she's had to endure, would make anyone have anxiety, stress, and possible PTSD. She's recieving all of the treatment, and we're dedicated by her side, with her eating disorder, and her making progress with it :) Holly's having a good day today, her social worker talked with my mom and i :) Holly called me too,and her voice sounds strong :) Thank you angel friends, for sticking by our side :) We're with you all too :) always here :) the weekend is arriving with rejuvenated spirit, and goodness, as we continue to get ready, to bring Holly here, and welcoming her home :) we're gonna be going to the dollar tree tomorrow, and maybe walmart this weekend too :) Holly is getting up the hill more now, with her treatments, and is doing much better, getting balanced :) We're keeping her surrounded by love, care, support, encouragement :) her determination is amazing :) we have some work to do, organizing this weekend :) i look forward to sharing about our weekend adventures, and pictures with everyone in my weekend journals :) Thank you angel friends, so very much, for all that you do for us :) We deeply appreciate everything, with all of the love of our hearts :) big group warm caring comforting friendship hug :) There's many more special times, to look forward too, with family, Holly, friends, nature, and the beautiful spirit of life :)

-never lose hope :)

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

my mom says hi :) She says, "i hope everyone had a really good baking friday" :)awww! :) She says, "we're happy, and thankful to help Holly,and welcoming her into our family" :) We love you all bunches and bunches, our sweet dear wonderful guardian angel friends :) We hope everyone is doing well, and enjoying a peaceful day :) We think of you all often :) We hope everyone enjoys a wonderfully safe, fun, and happy weekend :)

Happy baking friday!!! :) calling all cookie monsters! :) it's movie and popcorn time in the kitchen!!! :) my family and i are enjoying blossoming into our new year's baking friday adventures :) we love baking, cooking, and sharing lots of smiles :) Hunter's been looking forward to us using our new popcorn popper, to make some popcorn :) all throughout the week, when he and Jenn visited, he said, "Chris, can i be in charge of the popcorn popper"? :) awww! :) i said, you sure can! :) 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 oatmeal cookies,and making some homemade popcorn :) Thank you everyone, so very much, 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 very special shoutout, and thank you, for my dear and lovely mom and dad :) they went shopping this week, and picked up 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 to get baking friday supplies :) We love this very special tradition in our lives :)

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

Popcorn Popper! :) This is a picture of our new kettle popcorn popper :) it's awesome! :)

Baking friday teamwork! :) The kids love to help :) They get so proud, when they add the ingredients, super stirring, and of course, enjoying the goodies we bake :) sharing lots of happy baking friday smiles :)

the kids were listening for the popcorn to pop :)

Oatmeal Cookies, and Popcorn! :) come on over, for some baking friday goodies :) Kayla, the kids, and i had lots of fun, making cookies, and popcorn : )The popcorn popper is awesome :) we love it,and will definitely make some more popcorn soon :) Treasuring all of the great memories being made, and smiles being shared, baking friday :)