baking friday :) Onion Pretzels, and Chocolate Chip Cookies! :) Spring time cheer! :)

"lets all bake!" and "We really got the flour flying today!" :) my nephew's, Hunter, Brody, Carter, Colby, Jacob, Brayden ,and Holly and Chris said that in the kitchen today! :)



baking friday! :) Calling all cookie monsters! :) hehe! :) cookie monsters! :) hehe! :) cookie monsters unite!!! :) it's baking friday!!! :) oh my! :) A super fun, spirit soaring ,and super sweet, happy spring time smiles themed baking friday adventure in the kitchen!!! ) this was so much fun!!! :) we had the flour flying in the air in the kitchen today, and sharing lots of smiles! :) all of the kids helped Holly and i bake today :) We had a full baking friday crew! :) wow!!! :) this is awesome!!! and such a fun tradition! :) celebrating spring time cheer! :) 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 chocolate chip cookies :) it was so much fun! :) We're so happy, we had a full baking friday crew today! :) baking up some awesome goodies, and sharing lots of smiles :) We're loving the day, lots of sunshine, and enjoying the baking friday goodies :) i'm gonna have an onion pretzel this evening :)they came out great! :) we used some of our new baking supplies today too, including a huge new pan i got as a gift in March :) There's lots of great things going on, and we're looking forward to baking more goodies as the season continues to shine! :)



Spirit Soaring Spring Time Baking!!! :) Hi angel friends! :) my family, Holly, and i hope everyone is doing well, healthy, and enjoying a beautiful day :) We love these awesome spring days, with lots of sunshine, and the wonderful spirit of the season all around :) Flowers growing ,blossoming ,new leaves on the trees, and the return of many of our nature friends, including birds, butterflies, and bumble bees :) it's a great time of the year :) We're enjoying a very special time ,sharing in all of the excitement of the blossoming spring season with everyone, and enjoying some awesome super fun baking friday adventures :) There's so much to enjoy this time of the year :) Gardening, BBQ grilling, and all of the awesome adventures that makes spring time a classic time of the year :) You all make each day, very special, and memorable for us :) Thank you angel friends :) We're so happy and excited for all of the great memories being made, and so much more to look forward too :) we'll be having our annual, spring time Grillin n Chillin themed baking friday adventure again very soon :) Grilling hotdogs, making homemade lemonade, and lots more :) Happy spring smiles from our hearts and home to yours :)



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 and for sharing in this very special tradition with us each week :) You all are very nice and sweet :) We've been looking forward to baking some awesome goodies :) we love friday's, and the arrival of the weekend's :) it's been a really good stretch of days this week :) we're very heart happy and excited to be enjoying some nice days, and a really good balance with our days too :) writing, mailing, all of our weekly traditions, and getting more and more into the spring spirited nature outside, with lots of cool nature blossoming all around :) 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 :) The sun was rising up early this morning, and creating a golden glow upon our windows :) We love these classic sunny spring days :) i began to get ready for my early morning nature walk :) i gathered a big bowl of goodies, and went outside into the spring sunrise sunshine for a nice nature walk :)



There were lots of happy birds around this morning ,including a red cardinal :) our nature friends have been visiting often :) i put lots of goodies in our backyard, bird sanctuary area for our nature friends :) They love their baking friday breakfast feasts :) awww! :) The trees look amazing ,with all of the new leaves that are growing :) a wave of green leaves ,and that classic spring time spirit all around :) our plants, flower bushes, and fruit trees are doing very well :) our fruit trees have lots of blossoms :) it could be a big season for fruit growing : )Holly and i are looking forward some awesome fun gardening adventures very soon, and sharing our adventures with everyone :) We're looking forward to seeing lots of happy flowers blossoming all around, all throughout the season :) our lilac bushes, and rose bushes will be blossoming soon :) it's an awesome time in the spring season, and many more nature adventures to look forward too :) happy nature smiles :)



it was a sweet sunny spirited early morning :) We enjoyed our breakfast, and having some water, hot tea, and iced coffee :) i began to gather our baking friday supplies, and 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 blossoming spring theme :) our kitchen looked great! :) i love decorating our kitchen, it's a very special part of the baking friday tradition each week :) As the morning went on, Holly and i put some sports radio on, lots of football and basketball talk on the sports radio :) around mid-day, we enjoyed a nice lunch, and Holly and i also prepared some pretzel dough for later on, so that the dough rises well :)during the early afternoon, i enjoyed some nice time here on DS, writing to friends :)



Around 3pm, Jenn and the kids came over, and the triplets and Brody came over :) Lots of great spring time spirit and excitement :) The triplets joined the city's little league team, and are very excited to play in some of the baseball games :)They love sports :) Mikey and Hunter love to play catch with the football :) The kids are all doing very well in school, and are looking forward to those classic days of summer time in the upcoming months :) We all began to gather in our kitchen :) the kids love to select their spots at the kitchen counter :) We all 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 :) Each week ,we love to use our nice baking friday supplies we've recieved from family and friends over the years :) i wear my nice apron Holly gave me, and we use our nice oven mits, kitchen towels, and all of our 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! :) we first began to prepare the chocolate chip cookies :) The kids were so excited to add the ingredients :) they love to help and get so proud getting to add th ingredients to the bowl :) We were sharing lots of smiles, and so excited that Brody and Carter, joined in on the baking friday fun :) Carter said, "i wanna bake! i wanna bake!" :) awww! :) we were adding all of the ingredients into the bowl, the kids were having some of the chocolate chips before we added them into the bowl :) We were super stirring the ingredients :) Holly and i both were taking pictures today :) i took some pictures of her and the kids, and she took some pictures of me and the kids :) my mom and Jenn, came out into the kitchen at times too, and you all were right there with us in spirit :)



We made a huge batch of the chocolate chip cookies :) i used butter to grease the baking pan, and we began to make the cookies into round shapes, and adding them onto the baking pan :) Brody was so excited to learn how to make a round shaped cookie :) i put the first batch of cookies into the oven to bake :) As the cookies were baking ,we began to prepare the onion pretzels :) we love these pretzels :) The dough had rised nicely, i cut the dough into portions, and got some water heating up in a cooking pot on the stove :) We made the dough into classic pretzels shapes, and i put the pretzels into the hot water, one at a time :) i used a metal spatula to bring the pretzels out of the water, and onto the baking pan :) we then melted butter, and added dried onion flakes into the melted butter, and drizzled the butter/onion flakes onto the pretzels, and sprinkled some more dried onion flakes on top of the pretzels, and i then put the pretzels into the oven to bake :)



The first batch of chocolate chip cookies finished baking ,i brought the cookies out of the oven to cool down :) We did some cleaning up in the kitchen, and put a second batch of cookies into the oven to bake :) We were all hanging out :)the kids were coming back and forth, from the kitchen and living room :) Taylynn and Mikey came out into the kitchen at times :) the second batch of chocolate chip cookies finished baking :)i brought the cookies out of the oven to cool, and about 10 minutes later, the onion pretzels finished baking :) they baked nicely :) i took some pictures of the goodies, and we all began to dig in :) the goodies came out great! :) Jenn, Carter, and Holly had some onion pretzels :)



We had so much fun baking goodies today :) We love these awesome spirited fun times :) i thanked the kids and Holly for helping bake :) We have many more super fun baking friday adventures to look forward too as the spring season continues to shine :) 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, and very special :) i wish we all could gather, and have a big baking friday picnic :) Onion Pretzels, and Chocolate Chip Cookies, dedicated to our wonderful family, friends, and to the awesome spirit of the Spring season :) We love you all, so very very much! :) many great memories made, to always cherish and treasure :) baking friday! :) we love it!!! :) April 29th, 2022 :) Happy baking friday everyone! :)



We're enjoying an awesome day! :) baking friday! :) Spirited excitement of the season! :) We love it!!! :) my family, Holly, and i are doing well, and in good spirits :) it was so much fun baking goodies today :) We love these very special, spirited fun times :) There's lots of great things going on, and many special memories being made :) the weekend is arriving with lots of awesome seasonal spirit :) We love the weekend's! :) Tomorrow, my mom, dad, Holly, and i are looking forward to going shopping at the the dollar tree :)We're going to buy some gifts for my dad, for his upcoming birthday, and also going to buy some foods, snacks, and drinks :) We love browsing around the dollar tree :) Holly and i are going to have a popcorn movies marathon party tomorrow :) We're picking out some great movies :) On sunday, we're gonna enjoy some time in our garden, if the weather is nice :) i'm also gonna write a new letter :) Holly and i look forward to checking out the basketball playoffs games, and also gonna watch our shows :) it's gonna be a great weekend :) i look forward to sharing our weekend adventures, and pictures with everyone in my weekend journals :) There's lots more great things to look forward too :) Tonight, Holly and i are going to watch 2 episodes of Most Haunted show :) We love our fun, friday night paranormal party night's :) Thank you angel friends, so very much, for all that you do for us, for your wonderful love, care, support, warm well wishes, and for keeping us in your thoughts and prayers :) We deeply appreciate everything, with all of the love of our very happy hearts :) Big group happy sunny warm caring friendship hug :) We wish everyone, a nice peaceful evening and night, and wishing everyone continued joys of the season :)



-never lose hope :)



To Wildthing, Peaceful Gentle Moments of the day :) Wildthing, we're enjoying an awesome day! :) Today, the kids, Holly, and i baked onion pretzels, and chocolate chip cookies, for baking friday :) We love these very special, spirited fun times and all of the great memories being made :) We're very happy and excited to blossoming into the weekend :) We look forward to shopping at the dollar tree, having a popcorn movies party, checking out the basketball games, watching our shows, and enjoying nature :) Thinking of you, our dear friend :)



my mom, Holly, and family says hello :) We hope everyone is doing well, healthy, and enjoying a really good baking friday :) awww! :) We love you all very much, our sweet dear wonderful guardian angel friends :) We think of you all often :) Thank you all ,for brightening our days, and for the very special joy you all bring our hearts :) We're very happy and excited to hare in and celebrate lots more great times with everyone, as the spring season continues to shine :) We wish everyone a healthy, safe, and peaceful weekend :)



Happy baking friday! :) Calling all cookie monsters! :) We're celebrating spring time cheer, as the season continues to blossom! :) my family, Holly, and i are very happy and excited! :) We love the very special joy of sharing in and celebrating the spring season with everyone :) There's lots of great spring time festivities, and traditions that makes the season so much fun, and memorable :) Spring nature blossoming, BBQ cookouts, gardening, and lots more adventures :) We love celebrating the spirit of the season with everyone :) 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 Chocolate chip cookies :) 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! :)
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Baking friday Supplies! :) we have a very special shoutout, and thank you, for my niece Alyssa :) She went to the store this week, and picked up baking friday supplies :) it's very nice, and sweet of her :) Thank you Alyssa, so very much! : )We all love to chip in each week, to get the baking friday supplies :) We love this very special tradition in our lives :)
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Greetings, from our spring time kitchen to yours! :) The kids, Holly, and i got our picture taken today :) It's a cool baking friday tradition :) You all are always right there with us in spirit, during these very special, spirited fun times :) Sharing lots of smiles, and spirited cheer :)
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Baking friday teamwork! :) Preparing the goodies! :) The kids love to help bake goodies :) They're great helpers :) They get so proud, adding the ingredients, super stirring, and of course enjoying the goodies we bake :) We're so happy and excited, enjoying our spring time baking friday adventures :)
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Onion Pretzels and Chocolate Chip Cookies! :) Come on over, for some baking friday goodies! :) the kids, Holly, and i had lots of fun baking goodies today :) We're so happy the whole baking friday crew joined in on the baking friday fun :) Celebrating spring time cheer and the spirit of the season, with so much more to look forward too :) baking friday :)
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Replies

CoolGal
CoolGal

Hi Chris Glad you and your family are doing well and enjoyed baking The pretzels and cookies came out great The boys look like they had fun and you got some great photos of all of you today. Your Springtime kitchen decoration look very festive for the season with our cardinal friend and Mr cool sunshine too. Hope all of you have a nice weekend Thanks for all my nice hugs today Have a good night hugs to all-Stephanie
cedarbrooke
cedarbrooke

Great job Team Bakers! Everything looks delicious. Thanks for all the smiles. The kids are really growing. Made my day! Enjoy your Most Haunted shows tonight! Cheers to garden adventures soon. I bought two more garden stakes. Have to stop. Won"t be any room for the veggies, lol! Hugs! Brooke & Henri
Lilysawyer
Lilysawyer

WOW you certainly had a full house of baking crew! I see one of the triplets had a creepy look on his face. I could only see the whites of his eyes, which triplet was that. Can I have some cookies and an onion pretzel? yum! And I'm glad the grillin and chillin days are coming up. I wish I could be there for homemade lemonade and the rest of it.
gratefulgrandma123
gratefulgrandma123

Hi Sweet Chris, Happy Baking Friday. I'm glad u all had a nice time and that the goodies turned out great. I enjoyed seeing all the pictures u posted. U all look so nice, & I love your decorations & the foods u made looked great. Hugs & love FF Have a good night & feel well & have fun at the Dollar Tree.
JeanCarlin
JeanCarlin

Hi Chris, it’s great to see that you had a full crew for your baking yesterday. Everyone looks like they had a great time and your goodies look yummy, especially those chocolate chip cookies :-) they have always been my favorite.
It’s good that the boys are having fun getting into sports and that they are looking forward to summer vacation.
I hope you and Holly enjoy your movie marathon today
Lots of hugs Jeannie
Ladybug7
Ladybug7

Great pictures, Chris! I love seeing all of the happy, smiling faces. I'm glad you guys had fun. Have a wonderful weekend! Love and hugs.
Squarley
Squarley

Hello baking team seems like you had a crowd to help you today what a fun baking day everybody smiling and baking and the cookies and pretzels look delicious wish I was there with you love seeing Holly smiling face and everybody together the table was nicely decorated with the sunflowers we love this time of the year we love spending it with you and you and sharing your traditions thank you so much we appreciate your friendship sending love and hugs your way have a wonderful Saturday enjoyed your pictures of your baking day on Friday and reading your journal brings great joy to us thank you again!