baking friday :) Onion Pretzels, and Brownies :) Sweet February baking! :)

"We love these huge pretzels!"- my nephew's Hunter and Carter 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, february times themed baking friday adventure in the kitchen! :) this was so much fun! :) We had the flour flying in the air, and sharing lots of smiles and spirited cheer! :) we're loving our winter time baking friday's, and all of the excitement in the air :) 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 so much fun! :) We love these very special, spirited fun times, and all of the great memories being made :) The pretzels and brownies are very popular, we're all digging in :) We're very happy, thankful, and blessed, to have this very special tradition in our lives :) Happy baking friday smiles :)

Sweet February times! :) Hi angel friends! :) my family, Holly ,and i hope everyone is doing well, healthy,and enjoying a wonderful day :)we think of you all often :)We're enjoying a very special time, sharing in the month of February with everyone, with lots of wholesome and heart warming festivities, and traditions that makes the month a very sweet one :) we love all of these great times, and the very special memories being made :) We had a fun time celebrating Hunter's 9th birthday yesterday :)he thanks you all, for your sweet happy birthday wishes :) Hunter smiled big, when i shared your happy birthday wishes with him :) You all make these times , very special, and memorable for us :) We're very happy, thankful, and blessed to have you all in our lives, and to be able to share in these times with you all :) We're looking forward to lots more seasonal celebrations, with birthday's, the countdown to spring ,and so much more! :) the month of March is on it's way, with 2 holiday's in March too, St. Patrick's day and Easter! :) Wishing everyone continued joys of the season :) Happy friendships miles :) we'd love to take this time to share about Hunter's birthday party :)

Birthday Party for Hunter! :) an awesome fun time! :) Thank you angel friends, for celebrating Hunter's 9th birthday with us all :) During the evening yesterday, we had a fun birthday party for Hunter :) You all were with us in spirit :) We went to Jenn's and family's house for Hunter's birthday celebration :) Alyssa and the kids were with us :) We all wished Hunter a happy birthday :) he was so happy and excited, for his birthday party :) he had a pokemon themed birthday :) with lots of balloons, banner, tableclothe :) The kids were having lots of fun playing :) We put Hunter's presents on his birthday table :) We all gathered around to watch Hunter open his birthday presents : )he had lots of fun opening is presents ,and got cool presents, pokemon trading cards, a cool wooden castle house to display his pokemo collectibles, also a pokemon advant calendar with figurines, a new bike that has lights, money, cards, snacks, goodies, and more :) he loves all of his presents :) We all got ready to enjoy a nice dinner :)We had cheese pizza, and taco pizza :) Jenn and Mike got a cool pokemon themed birthday cake for Hunter :) We sang happy birthday to Hunter, and he made a wish :) We all enjoyed some cake :) it's great! :) We were all hanging out :) a really nice evening :) We thanked Jenn ,Mike, and the kids for having us over for Hunter's birthday party :) We're so happy Hunter had a great, and fun birthday, and lots of great memories made :)i took some pictures at the birthday party to share with everyone in my saturday journal tomorrow :) happy february celebrations smiles! :)

This morning, we had an awesome new day, rising and shining :) A very special friday tradition i love very much, is wishing my family, Holly ,and friends a happy baking friday ,and i share with my family and Holly, your sweet happy baking friday wishes : )awww! :) Thank you angel friends, so very much! :) You all are very nice, and sweet :) We love baking friday, and have been looking forward to baking some goodies :) 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 some great sunshine the past week, it's been so nice ,having more nature walks, and seeing all of the glowing nature all around :) it's spirit soaring :) We did have some rain overnight, and temperatures remained above freezing. Lots of snow and ice melting, it could be the beginning of the february thaw, where we see the snow and ice melting, and very soon spring flowers will be sprouting :) i gathered a big bowl of goodies, and went outside for my nature walk :) our nature friends greeted me, with lots of them singing all around our yard, and neighborhood :) it's been very nice ,nature active all around, with lots of spirit soaring nature sights :) i put lots of goodies all around our yard ,for our nature friends :) They love their baking friday breakfast feasts :) awww! :) we want to buy some more suet cakes, for our nature friends, they love those, and all of the goodies we put outside for them :) Holly and i are looking forward to enjoying some more nature walks this upcoming weekend :) Happy nature smiles :)

it was a sweet spirited early morning :) We enjoyed our breakfast, and having some chamomile tea : )i want to order another box of the tea on amazon very soon :) 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 nice nature theme, featuring the wonderful decorative napkins that our dear friends Brooke (CedarBrooke) and Henri sent us :) Our kitchen looked great! :) As the morning went on ,Holly and i put the sports radio on :) we love tuning into all of the sports talk :)around mid-day, we enjoyed a nice lunch, and during the early afternoon, i enjoyed some time here on DS, and also made some nice, homemade pretzel dough, it's fun to make, and is a very easy recipe :) 1 cup of water, 1 packet of yeast, 3 tablespoons of sugar, 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil, onion flakes, and flour :)the dough rises nicely in a bowl, in our front during the afternoon :)

Around 3pm, Jenn and the kids came over :) The triplets and Brody were home today, Aj has the evening off, and when he does ,the kids usually stay home and they play video games with their dad :) they were with us in spirit :) Lots of great spirit, and excitement in the air :) The kids had so much fun playing at Hunter's birthday party yesterday evening ,sharing lots of smiles, and many great memories made :) We have lots more birthday's coming up in March, to celebrate :) We love sharing in and celebrating these spirited fun times with everyone :) The kids are doing great with their school work, and looking forward to spring ,and times like St. Patrick's day and Easter :) Lots more great celebrations coming up :) We all began to gather in our kitchen :) The kids love to select their spots at the kitchen counter :) The kids, Holly ,and i got our picture taken :) It's a cool baking friday tradition :) You all are always right there with us in spirit :) Each week, we love to use our nice baking friday supplies, that we've recieved from family and friends over the years :) i wear my nice apron that Holly gave me, and we use our nice oven mitts, kitchen towels, and all of our baking supplies are a big part of our baking ,and cooking each week :) Our kitchen was all set, and we were ready to bake some awesome 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 :) Hunter and Carter helped Holly and i bake today :) We first began to prepare the onion pretzels :) They're one of our favorite goodies to bake :) the pretzel dough had rised nicely :) i got some water heating up in a cooking pot on the stove :) i sliced the pretzel dough into portions :)We made the dough into pretzel shapes :) i put the pretzels into the water, one at a time :) the water helps the pretzels get larger :) i used a metal spatula to put the pretzels on a butter greased baking pan :) we melted some butter in the measuring cup, and added in some dried onion flakes :)We drizzled the butter/onion onto the pretzels, and a few more more onion flakes, and also made 3, everything bagel spice pretzels for my mom :) i put the pretzels into the oven to bake :) The pretzels were baking nicely :) We got ready to prepare the brownies :)

We love brownies :) We added the brownies mix, water, vegetable oil, and 2 eggs into the bowl, and began to super stir :) we were sharing lots of smiles :) my mom and dad came out into the kitchen at times, and you all are always right there with us in spirit, in the kitchen :) Hunter was telling us about his pokemon trading cards, and how he got some cool cards in his packs of cards he recieved for his birthday :) We're so happy he loves all of his gifts :) we got the baking pan ready, and poured the brownies mix into the pan :) The onion pretzels finished baking ,they baked nicely :) i brought the pretzels out of the oven, and put the brownies into the oven to bake :)

We did some cleaning up in the kitchen, and were hanging out :) the brownies baked nicely :) our kitchen smelled like brownies, and onion :) my mom said, "our kitchen smells great!" :) i sliced the brownies, and took pictures of the goodies, and we all began to dig in :) The goodies came out great! :) i thanked the kids, and Holly for helping bake :) We had so much fun baking ,and are very happy and excited for many more super fun baking friday adventures, all throughout the season, and our upcoming countdown to spring time baking friday's :) A very special shoutout for family and friends :) Lots of great baking ,and cooking this week :)We're all with eachother in spirit, in our kitchens :) This is so muh 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 wonderful 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 23rd, 2024 :) Happy baking friday everyone! :)

We're enjoying an awesome day! :) baking friday! :) Sweet spirit of the season! :) We love it!!! :) my family, Holly, and i are doing well, healthy, and in good spirits :) 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 :) We love the weekend's :) We're very happy and excited! :) Tomorrow, we're gonna go shopping at the dollar tree :) We're going to buy some foods, snacks, candy, and gonna browse at the seasonal items :) We love shopping at the dollar tree :) Holly and i are going to have a fun, popcorn movies party :) We're going to watch some cool zombies movies, and picking out a new movie to watch on saturday night :) On sunday, we're going to have a special TWD party, re-watching some classic episodes, counting down to the new TWD show on saturday night :) Holly and i are going to cook spaghetti and garlic bread :) i'm also going to enjoy some writing time this weekend, and browsing coins, collectibles on ebay :) it's going to be an awesome 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 :)We love our fun, friday night paranormal party night's :) Happy weekend everyone! :)

There's so much more to look forward too, as the season continues on :) The winter season is filled with lots of awesome seasonal festivities, traditions, and birthday celebrations to share in :) We love the special times, and celebrations from month to month as the year goes on :) February is a sweet month :) We're so happy to celebrate all of the excitement of the season with everyone :) the basketball season in full swing :) We love cheering on the teams! :) Go Celtics! :) We cherish and treasure, the many special memories being made :) We're very happy, thankful, and blessed, to have you all in our lives, and to be able to share in these very special times of the season with you all :) Thank you angel friends, so very much, for all that you do for us, for comforting us, uplifting our spirits, brightening our days, and for the very special joy you all bring our hearts :) We deeply appreciate everything, with all of the love of our hearts :) Big group happy sunny warm caring friendship hug :) We wish everyone a nice peaceful evening and night :)

-never lose hope :)

To Wildthing, Peaceful Gentle Moments of the day :) Wildthing, we're enjoying an awesome day! :) the kids, Holly, and i had a fun time baking brownies, and onion pretzels, for baking friday :) We love these very special, spirited fun times :) We're very happy and excited for the weekend, with shopping, watching movies, and our TWD show on sunday :) The spirit of the season is all around :) Thinking of you, our dear friend :)

my mom, Holly, and family says hello :) We hope everyone is doing well, healthy, enjoying a wonderful day, and a really good baking friday :) awww! :) We love you all bunches and bunches, our sweet dear wonderful guardian angel friends :) We think of you all often :)We're very heart happy and excited, sharing in these very special times with everyone, as the season continues on :) Thank you angel friends, for making each day very special and memorable :) We wish everyone, a healthy, safe, and peaceful weekend :)

Happy baking friday! :) Calling all cookie monsters! :) it's sweet february baking! :) my family, Holly ,and i are very happy and excited, sharing in and celebrating the sweet february festivities, and traditions with everyone, that makes the season so much fun, and very special : )We're having lots of fun enjoying our winter time baking friday adventures :) We love baking lots of goodies, especially today's baking friday menu! :) 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 brownies, and onion pretzels :) Thank you everyone ,so very much, for joining us in our kitchens 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! :) We have a very special shoutout and thank you for my niece Alyssa :) She went shopping this week and picked up baking friday supplies :) it's very nice and sweet of her :) Thank you Alyssa, so very much! :) We appreciate all of the nice baking friday supplies she gets for us all :) We all love to chip in each week, to get the baking friday supplies :) We love this very special tradition in our lives :)

Greetings, from our kitchen to yours! :) The baking friday crew! :) Hunter, Holly, 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, during these very special, spirited fun times :) we're very happy and thankful to have the baking friday tradition in our lives :) We look forward to baking each week :) We love seasonal baking, cooking, and looking forward to lots more adventures all throughout the seasons :) We're so happy and excited, enjoying our winter time baking friday adventures :)

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 and cook :) We're so proud of the kids, and all that they're learning about baking, and cooking :) We love when the kids help select the goodies for the baking friday menu :) We're very happy and excited for all of our baking friday adventures each month, all throughout the year :) Sharing lots of smiles, and spirited baking friday cheer with winter time baking :)

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

Onion Pretzels, and Brownies! :) Come on over, for some baking friday goodies! :) The kids, Holly, and i had lots of fun baking goodies :)We love these very special and spirited fun times of the season ,sharing lots of smiles and spirited cheer :) baking friday :)