baking friday :) Onion Pretzels, and Brownies :) Blossoming into Summer time! :)

"We're going to bake lots of goodies all summer!"- my nephew's Brody, Hunter, Jacob, Colby, Carter ,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, Happy summer time themed baking friday adventure in the kitchen! :) This was so much fun! :)we had the flour flying in the air in the kitchen today, sharing lots of smiles and spirited cheer as we baked lots of goodies :) We're planning all of our summer time baking friday adventures, and coming up with some cool ideas for baking, cooking, and of course, chillin n grillin! :) Summer season is on it's way! :) 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, the kids, Holly ,and i baked onion pretzels, and brownies :) it was lots of fun :) We love these very special, spirited fun times, and all of the great memories being made :)We're celebrating the kids finishing the school year, and beginning their summer vacation :) We have a full summer of super fun baking friday adventures planned, including a very special request for us to make homemade potato chips, fries, and grilling hotdogs next week, plus today we came up with an idea to bake a super mega cooking/brownie! :) There's lots of adventures to look forward too : )Thank you angel friends, for sharing in this very special tradition with us each week :) Happy baking friday smiles :)

Sweet Countdown to Summer Time! :) Hi angel friends :) my family, Holly ,and i hope everyone is doing well, healthy, and enjoying a wonderful day :) We love hearing from you, a and we think of you all often :) We're very happy and excited,sharing in these golden days of the spring season with everyone ,and all of the excitement of counting down to the summer season arriving next week :) There's lots of seasonal festivities and traditions that makes the season lots of fun, very special, and memorable :) The month of June is in full swing :) The kids finished the school year, and have began their summer vacation :)We're very proud of the kids ,and happy for them beginning a great and fun summer :) They love lots of summer time traditions, including going fishing, going to the amusement park, and we love our baking friday adventures :) We have a whole summer of fun baking friday's planned :) We love hearing about your seasonal festivities, traditions, and sharing ours :) Summer time always brings back lots of great memories ,as new memories are being made :) Thank you angel friends, for sharing in the season with us, and for the special joy you all bring us :) We're very blessed, and thankful to have you all in our lives :) We love you all bunches and bunches! :)Wishing everyone continued joys of the season ,and a very happy upcoming summer season :) We send our love, super big happy sunny warm caring friendship hugs, and sunflower smiles,from our hearts and home to yours :)

This morning, we had a sweet new day rising and shining :) A very special friday tradition i love very much, is wishing Holly, our family, and our friends a happy baking friday, and i share with Holly and our family, your sweet happy baking friday wishes :) Thank you angel friends, so very much :) You all are very nice, and sweet :) We love baking friday,and the greatjoy it brings us getting to share our adventures with everyone :) i was up early this morning ,enjoying some nice time here on DS, writing to friends and getting ready for my early morning nature walk :) we've had a nice blend of weather this week, with some sunshine, rain, and warmth,the plants, and nature love the weather blend :) everything is super growing as the summer season approaches :) We're enjoying these golden days of spring season ,and looking forward to welcoming the summer season :) the nature is spirit soaring this time of the year :) i gathered a big bowl of goodies, and went outside for my nature walk :)

Our nature friends, sunrise sunshine, and our plants greeted me :) The sunshine glows upon the nature :) it's been a very nature active week ,with lots of our nature friends visiting : ) i put lots of goodies on the bird feeders, and in the bird sanctuary area for our nature friends :) They love their baking friday breakfast feasts :)We love seeing our nature friends :)We're going to make some nice nectar food soon ,for the hummingbirds, we love filling the feeders, and seeing the hummingbirds visiting :) our plants, flowers, and fruit trees are doing well, growing and flourishing :) it's a very exciting time in the gardening season :)We love seeing our plants growing, we also have lots of fruit growing, and flowers :) We love planting a beautiful variety of sunflowers ,and other flowers :) The plants have reached a super growing stage :) our vegetable plants are doing great :) Holly and i are looking forward to lots more gardening adventures,as the season continues on :) We've got some more space in our garden, to plant tomato plants ,we're also going to plant some more snap peas, and flowers seeds :) We have potatoes and tomato plants growing ,and our snap peas plants are doing great :) gardening is very rewarding :) We love sharing our garden, and adventures with everyone :) Happy sunny nature, and gardening season smiles :)

It was a nice peaceful early morning :)We enjoyed our breakfast, and having some hot chamomile tea, water, and vanilla iced coffee :) Tiger girl enjoyed her breakfast, and some treats :) i began to gather our baking friday supplies, kitchen decorations, and went out into our kitchen to begin setting up and decorating our kitchen for our super fun adventure :) Today, i decorated with a happy countdown to summer theme :) our kitchen looks great :) It's lots of fun decorating, it's a special part of the baking friday tradition :) Around mid-morning ,we enjoyed some snacks and put the sports radio on :) We love tuning in,and keeping up with our favorite sports :) Around mid-day, we enjoyed a nice lunch, and during the early afternoon, i enjoyed some nice time here on DS :) i also made some homemade onion pretzel dough :) i made a double batch of the pretzel dough, the pretzels are very popular :) the dough rises nicely as the afternoon goes on :)

Around 3pm, Jenn and the kids came over, and my mom was babysitting Brody and the triplets today :) Lots of great summer time spirit and excitement in the air :) We're very happy for the kids, beginning their summer vacation :) a big Congrats to them for completing the school year :) The kids love summer time :) We're very excited for all of our summer time baking friday adventures :) We love counting down the days, until it's time to bake,and with the kids on summer vacation now, we'll be able to bake goodies earlier each week :)We have a full summer of super fun adventures to look forward too, including the upcoming 4th of July theme, Chillin n Grillin, Carnival theme, and lots more :) We all gathered in the kitchen :) The kids love to select their spots at the kitchen counter :) the kids, Holly, and i got our picture taken :) it's a special baking friday tradition :) You all are always right there with us in spirit in the kitchen :) my mom takes the picture of us each week :) We love to use our nice baking friday supplies, i wear my nice apron Holly gave me, and we use our nice oven mits, kitchen towels, baking pans, and all of our baking supplies that we've recieved from family and friends over the years :) Our kitchen was all set, and we were ready to bake some nice goodies :) Sweet countdown to summer season baking! :) Calling all cookie monsters :) It's time to bake! bake! bake! :)

We began our super fun adventure! :) baking friday teamwork! :) the kids love to help, they're great helpers :) We first began to prepare the onion pretzels :) They're one of our favorite foods we bake :) the double batch of pretzel dough rised nicely, we were able to make 21 pretzels with the dough :) making the pretzels is a fun process :) i sliced the dough into portions, and we made the dough into pretzel shapes :) i had some water heating up on the stove in a cooking pot :) we put the pretzels into the hot water for about 1 minute, the pretzels get larger :) i used a metal spatula to put the pretzels onto a butter greased baking pan :) the kids were excited to help add the butter/onion flakes, and everything bagel seasoning onto the pretzels :) We're so proud of the kids, and all that they're learning about baking,and cooking :) we got the pretzels all set ,and i put the 2 pans of pretzels into the oven to bake! :)

We love the scent of onion pretzels baking in the oven :)As the pretzels were baking, we began to prepare the brownies :) Mikey and Hunter cracked open the eggs,and we began to super stir the brownies mix :) the kids are enjoying a great start to their summer vacation : )We were talking about all of our baking friday adventures for summer time, and came up with a cool idea, about chocolate chip cookies, and brownies, and if we somehow combined both, to make an awesome super mega cookie brownie :) we're going to try it this summer season :) my mom and Jenn came out into the kitchen at times, and you all are always right there with us in spirit in the kitchen :) i used butter to grease the baking pan, and we added the brownies mix into the pan :) The onion pretzels finished baking, i brought them out of the oven, and put the brownies pan into the oven to bake :)

We did some cleaning up in the kitchen, and were all hanging out :) the onion pretzels came out great :) we all enjoyed some pretzels : )They're very popular :) We'll definitely be baking lots more this summer season :) the kids went outside to play :) the brownies finished baking ,i brought the brownies out of the oven to cool down :) once the browneis were cooler, i sliced the brownies, and took a picture :) Holly and i brought the brownies outside and all of the kids were very excited :) We had so much fun baking goodies today :) the brownies and onion pretzels came out great :) We're so happy to begin a full season of summer time baking friday adventures to share in : )i thanked the kids and Holly for helping bake :) We have many more super fun baking friday adventures to look forward too :) a very special shoutout for family and friends :) Lots of great baking ,and cooking this week :)We love hearing about the goodies, and foods you all bake and cook :)We're all 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 :) Onion Pretzels, and Brownies ,dedicated to our wonderful family, friends, and to the sweet 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! :) June 13th, 2025 :) Happy baking friday everyone :)

We're enjoying a great day :) baking friday ,and sweet seasonal spirit :) we love it :) my family, Holly, and i are doing ok, and continuing with the good care :) it was so nice baking goodies today :) We love these very special, spirted fun times, and all of the great memories being made :) The weekend is arriving with lots of seasonal spirit :)We love the weekend's :) Tomorrow, we're going to go shopping at the dollar tree :) We love shopping there :) We're going to buy some treats for Tiger, some snacks, candy, drinks, and more :)We love to browse at the hotwheels, garden supplies,and seasonal items :) Holly and i are going to have a fun, summer blockbusters popcorn movies party :)We picked out some cool movies, and going to watch a new movie on saturday night :) sunday is father's day :) We're gonna be hanging out here at home, and also spending time in our yard ,and garden :) i look forward to sharing our weekend adventures and pictures with everyone in my weekend journals :) There's lots to look forward too :) Tonight, Holly and i are going to watch some episodes of most haunted show :)We love our fun, friday night paranormal party night's :) Thank you angel friends, for always being here for us, and for making each day very special :) We appreciate you all very much, and will always be here for you all too :) Big group caring, happy sunny warm friendship hug :) We wish everyone a nice peaceful evening and night :)

-never lose hope :)

my mom, Holly, and our family says hello :) We hope everyone is doing well, healthy, enjoying a wonderful day, and a really good baking friday :) We love you all bunches and bunches, our sweet dear wonderful guardian angel friends :)We're very excited to share in many more spirit soaring times with everyone, as the summer season approaches :)We wish everyone a healthy, safe ,and peaceful weekend :)

Happy baking friday :) Calling all cookie monsters! :)We're celebrating the countdown to summer season! :) my family, Holly ,and i are very excited, enjoying these golden days of spring time with everyone, and counting down to the summer season :) The kids are having a big week, they finished up the school year, and beginning their summer vacation :) We're very proud of the kids, and their school achievements :)We've got an awesome season of fun adventures planned, enjoying our favorite tradition, baking friday :) We sure do love our 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 brownies, and onion pretzels :) Thank you angel friends, 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 :) It's time to bake! bake! bake! :)

baking friday supplies :) A special thank you for Alyssa :) Alyssa went to the stores, and picked up baking friday supplies this week :) it's very nice of her :) We all love to chip in to get the supplies :) We love baking friday, and are very thankful, and blessed to have this very special tradition in our lives :)

Greetings, from our Summer countdown kitchen to yours :) The baking friday crew :) the kids, Holly, and i got our picture taken in the kitchen :) it's a very special tradition :) We love welcoming everyone over, for these fun seasonal adventures :) You all are always right there with us in spirit, in the kitchen :) it's our favorite tradition :) We love gathering, and sharing lots of smiles with spirited baking friday cheer :) Sweet seasonal baking, grilling, and cooking :)

Baking friday teamwork! :) The kids love to help :) they're great helpers :) They get so proud, adding the ingredients, super stirring, and of course enjoying the goodies we bake :) we're very proud of the kids, and all that they have learned about baking, and cooking :) They love to help Holly and i in the kitchen :) We love helping teach the kids how to bake and cook goodies and foods :) plus our chillin n grillin baking friday's this time of the year :) we're so happy the kids love to help pick the baking friday menu :) We love baking friday, and are very excited for a whole season of baking friday fun, with many great memories being made :) we're counting down to the summer season! :)

The kids love to make funny faces! :) hehe! :)

Onion Pretzels, and Brownies :) Come on over, for some baking friday goodies :) The kids, Holly,and i had a fun time baking goodies :) We love these special times, sharing lots of smiles, and spirited cheer :) We're very excited for all of our adventures, with lots of summer time baking, cooking, and grilling :) baking friday :)