baking friday :) Onion Pretzels, and Brownies :) Countdown to Spring Time! :)

"yay, a double batch of pretzels!"- my nephew's Brody, Jacob, Hunter, 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, four flying, and super sweet, Happy countdown to spring season themed baking friday adventure in the kitchen! :) This was so much fun! :) Sharing lots of smiles and spirited cheer as we get ready to blossom into the month of March, and the countdown to spring time :) We love these very specials, spirited fun times, and all of 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, the kids and i baked onion pretzels, and brownies :) it was lots of fun :) Holly was with us in spirit in the kitchen, as she's continuing to recover from her dental surgery. She's doing ok, and having some nice soft foods, and she had a special request for a soft brownie :) She's looking forward to joining back in on the baking friday fun next week :) We're very blessed, and thankful to have the baking friday tradition in our lives :)We love counting down the days, until it's time to bake :) Thank you angel friends, for sharing in this very special tradition with us each week :) Happy baking friday smiles :)

Sweet Seasonal Baking as we get ready to blossom into the month of March! :) Hi angel friends :) my family, Holly, and i hope everyone is doing well, healthy, and enjoying a nice day :) We love hearing from you, and we think of you all often :)we're very excited to share in many more spirit soaring times with everyone, with all of the seasonal festivities and traditions as we get ready to blossom into the month of March, and the countdown to Spring season :) We love the spirit of the season :) We're having some nice, warmer weather days and feels like a hint of spring in the air :) Very soon there will be lots of signs of spring sprouting and blossoming all around :) it's very special to us, getting to share in the season with everyone :) You all make these times very special for us :)We've been enjoying a fun time, enjoying our winter season baking friday adventures, and very excited to countdown to to spring season, with lots more adventures :) We love seasonal baking, and cooking :) As we get ready to blossom into the month of March, we wish everyone continued joys of the season :) Thank you angel friends, for all that you do for us, and for sharing in the season with us :) We love you all bunches and bunches :) Sending our love, our warmest caring happy sunny friendship hugs, and 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've been looking forward to our super fun adventure :) Everyone loves the onion pretzels, and we had a special request this week for us to bake onion pretzels : )The pretzels are very popular :)when we first began to bake pretzels, we made one batch of dough, but with the pretzels very popular, we now make 2 batches of dough :) 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 :) Holly's continuing with the good care, and making some good healing progress after her dental surgery. We're so glad, and thankful she's healing :)She's getting some good rest today, and is looking forward to joining in on the baking friday fun next week :) Thank you angel friends, for your continued healing energy prayers, and warm well wishes :)

as the new day was blossoming, i gathered a nice bowl of goodies, and went outide for my nature walk :)Our nature friends, and the sweet sunrise sunshine greeted me :) it's been very nature active ,with lots of nature friends visiting :) We love seeing them visiting our yard, and neighborhood :) 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're going to begin to see lots of spring nature friends visiting, and lots of signs of spring sprouting and blossoming very soon :) Holly and i are looking forward to all of our nature walks, and the upcoming gardening season :) Happy sunny nature smiles :)

It was a nice peaceful early morning :)We enjoyed our breakfast, Holly had some fruit flavored greek yogurt :) i had some raisin bran crunch cereal, and a cinnamon raisin bagel :) i enjoyed some hot chamomile tea, and vanilla iced coffee :) Holly had a protein drink :) Tiger girl enjoyed her breakfast :) 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 spring theme :)our kitchen looks great :) as the morning went on, we put our favorite sports radio on :) We love tuning into the sports talk :) Around mid-day, we enjoyed some lunch :) Holly had some soup, and an Italian ice :) Alyssa picked up some Italian ices, and puddings for Holly :) it's very nice of her :) i made some nice onion pretzel dough, a double batch of the dough :) it's very easy to make, and makes lots of pretzels :) the dough rises nicely in the fridge during the afternoon :) i enjoyed some nice time here on DS during the afternoon :)

Around 3pm, Jenn and the kids came over, and Brody and the triplets came over :) Lots of great seasonal spirit in the air :) We love welcoming everyone over :) We're enjoying a fun time enjoying our winter time baking friday adventures, and are very excited to blossom into a whole new month of baking friday fun, and the countdown to spring season :) The kids had a very special request for us this week, to bake onion pretzels :) The pretzels have become one of the most popular goodies we bake :) Holly came upstairs to say hi to everyone :) She's continuing to heal well from her dental surgery, and is looking forward to joining in on the baking friday fun next week :) We all gathered in the kitchen :) The kids love to select their spots at the kitchen counter :) The kids, 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 :) 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 :) Earlier, i prepared the onion pretzels, so that we could get the pretzels baked, as everyone loves the pretzels, and begins to dig in, as soon as the pretzels finish cooling down :) The pretzels were baking nicely in the oven :)We began to prepare the brownies :) brownies are also one of our favorite goodies to bake :) The kids added in the brownies mix, and we added in the flour, water, and vegetable oil :) Hunter and Colby cracked open the eggs :) The kids are excited for the upcoming spring season, it's amazing how March arrives tomorrow, and soon it'll be spring, and many seasonal times, like St. Patrick's day, Easter, and lots more :) We super stirred the brownies mix :) We were sharing lots of smiles and spirited cheer :) my mom came out into the kitchen at times, and you all are always right there with us in spirit :)

We poured the brownies mix into the baking pan :) one of the pans of pretzels finished baking :) i brought the pretzels out of the oven to cool down, and put the brownies into the oven to bake :) the second pan of pretzels finished baking :) The pretzels baked nicely :) we did some cleaning up in the kitchen :) i took some pictures of the pretzels, and we all began to dig in :) The pretzels are delicious :) We were hanging out :) The kids were going back and forth ,from the kitchen and living room :) i came downstairs to check in on Holly, Tiger girl was curled up with Holly on the fleece blanket as they were resting :) i went back upstairs, and got the brownies out of the oven :) The brownies baked nicely :) the brownes cooled down a bit, i sliced the brownies, and we all began to dig in :) The brownies came out great :) i put a soft brownie from middle of the pan, on a plate for Holly :) She was excited to have a brownie :) It was so much fun baking goodies today :) i thanked the kids for helping bake :)We're looking forward to Holly returning to the baking friday kitchen very soon ,for many more super fun adventures all throughout the month of March ,and into the spring season :) 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 bake and cook :)We're all with eachother in spirit, in our kitchens :) This is so much fun ad 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! :) February 28th, 2025 :) Happy baking friday everyone :)

We're enjoying a sweet day, baking friday, and sweet spirit of the season :) my family, Holly, and i are doing ok, and continuing with the good care :) Holly's continuing to heal well, and getting lots of good rest :) it was so much fun baking goodies today :) We love these very special, spirited fun times, and all of the great memories being made :) The weekend is arriving with lots of seasonal spirit as we get ready to blossom into the month of March :)We love the weekend's, and are very excited to share in the month of March with everyone :) my favorite month of the year :) Tomorrow, we're gonna take it easy :) Holly is continuing to heal and resting :)We've stocked up really well on soft foods ,snacks, drinks :)We'll return to shopping next saturday :) Holly and i are going to have a fun, popcorn movies party :) We picked out some cool movies to watch, and going to watch a new movie on saturday :) on sunday, we're going to have a TWD party, watching some classic episodes :) i'm gonna enjoy some writing time this weekend, and organizing some of my new coins and stamps collectibles :) it's gonna be a nice weekend :) i look forward to sharing our weekend adventures, and pictures with everyone in my weekend journals :) Tonight, Holly and i are going to watch some episodes of Most Haunted show :) Thank you angel friends, for always being here for us ,and for all that you do for us :) 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 nice day, and a really good baking friday :)We love you all bunches and bunches, our sweet dear wonderful guardian angel friends :) We think of you all often :) We're enjoying a nice time sharing in the season with everyone, and looking forward to sharing in a great new month of March, with many more seasonal festivities, and traditions :) We wish everyone a healthy, safe, and peaceful weekend :)

Happy baking friday :) Calling all cookie monsters :) We're counting down to the spring season :) my family, Holly ,and i are very excited to blossom into the month of March, and all of the seasonal festivities, and traditions with everyone as spring season approaches :) We're having lots of fun enjoying our seasonal baking ,and cooking : )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 onion pretzels, and brownies :) 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 kitchen to yours :) The baking friday crew :) The kids and i got our picture taken in the kitchen :) it's a very special tradition :) We love welcoming everyone over, for these fun 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 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 :) We love baking friday, and are very excited for a whole new year of fun baking friday adventures all throughout 2025, with many great memories being made :)

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

Onion Pretzels, and Brownies :) Come on over, for some baking friday goodies :) The kids and i had a fun time baking goodies :) We love these very special, spirited fun times, sharing lots of smiles and spirited cheer as we get ready to blossom into the month of March :) baking friday :)