baking friday :) Onion Pretzels, Chocolate Chip Cookies :) Sharing lots of smiles, and cheer! :)

"Lets bake these chocolate chips!"- my nephew's Brody, Colby, Hunter, and Jacob 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,flour flying, and super sweet, spring time baking friday adventure in the kitchen!!! :) This was so much fun!!! :) we had the flour flying in the air ,and sharing lots of smiles as we baked some awesome goodies, blossoming into the holiday weekend, and the countdown to summer time! :) 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! :) The spirit of the season is all around ,and lots of great excitement as the holiday weekend arrives :) We love these very special, spirited fun times, and all of the great memories being made :) Thank you angel friends ,so very much, for sharing in this very special tradition with us each week :)



Happy Memorial day Holiday Weekend Wishes, and Happy Countdown to Summer!!! :) Hi angel friends! :) sunny smiles on this beautiful day! :) my family, Holly and i hope everyone is doing well, healthy,and enjoying a wonderful day :) We think of you all often, and are so happy and excited to share in and celebrate these awesome times of the season with you all :) The spirit of the season is all around :) as we get ready to blossom into the memorial day holiday weekend, my family, Holly, and i would love to take this time ,to wish everyone a safe, joyful, and happy holiday weekend :) We're very happy and excited to hear about your weekend ,and sharing ours :) We'll be thinking of you all often :) We love memorial day weekend, with all of the great spirit of the season, and looking forward to th countdown to summer :) There's lots of great things going on, with the season in full swing :) BBQ cookouts, gardening ,adventures, and so much more :) We're loving these very special times of the season ,and all of the great joys of the festivities, and traditions that makes the season spirit soaring :) Happy friendship smiles :)



This morning, we had a beautiful 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 :) 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 :) it's been a great stretch of days, with lots of spirit soaring nature shining all around :) We love these golden days of spring time ,and are very happy and excited for all of the great memories being made, and looking forward to sharing in the upcoming holiday weekend, and summer season soon :) You all make each day, very special and memorable for us :) i gathered a nice bowl of goodies this morning, and went outside for my nature walk :)



We're loving these golden sunny bright days, with all of the nature glowing, and the gardening season blossoming :) i put lots of goodies in our backyard, and in the bird sanctuary area, for our nature friends :) They love their baking friday breakfast feasts :)Awww! :) it's so nice, seeing our nature friends visiting our yard, garden, and them all enjoying the goodies :) our plants, fruit trees, and garden are doing well :) Holly and i are very happy and excited, about all of the nice gardening we've been doing this week, and getting some nice seedlings plants growing our greenhouse :) We're loving sharing our gardening adventures, and pictures with everyone and are looking forward to some more gardening this upcoming weekend :) We love these early days of the gardening season, and all of the spirit soaring joy it brings our hearts getting to share in the season with everyone :) We have lots of flowers sprouts ,and soon will be seeing more sunflowers, and vegetable seeds sprouting, and going to transplant more plants into our garden areas very soon :) Happy sunny nature, gardening season smiles :)



it was a nice spirited and sweet early morning :)We enjoyed our breakfast, and having some iced coffee, water ,and sprite soda :) i began to gather our baking friday supplies, decorations, and went out into our kitchen to begin setting up and decorating our kitchen, for our super fun adventure :) it's so much fun decorating :) Today ,i decorated with a spirit soaring nature theme :) our kitchen looked great! :) i love taking a picture of our kitchen all decorated, to share with everyone :) as the morning went on, we put the sports radio on :) Holly and i are very happy ,excited, and thrilled that the Celtics had a big win last night, their 2nd straight win ,and the series is now, 3-2, with a huge upcoming game 6 on saturday night :)Lets go Celtics! :)we believe in them, and have lots of hope, that they can win game 6, and push the series to an epic, classic game 7 in Boston, which would be on monday night :) wow! :) This is very exciting!!! :) We look forward to cheering and cheering for the Celtics on saturday night :) the sports radio is very exciting today, with all of the Celtics basketball talk :)Around mid-day, we enjoyed a nice lunch, and during the early afternoon, i enjoyed some nice time here on DS, writing to friends, and also made some pretzel dough :) The dough rised nicely in the fridge as the afternoon went on :)



Around 3pm, Jenn and the kids came over, and the triplets and Brody came over :) Lots of great spirited excitement in the air, as the spring season is in full swing :) the kids are having a fun spring ,they love going outside to play :) Jenn and family go fishing, and for hikes, and the triplets and Brody like to play sports, including soccer and baseball :) the kids and us all are looking forward to a great upcoming summer season :) 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 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, our dear angel friends :) Each week, we love to use our nice baking friday supplies we've recieved from family and friends over the years :) i wear the 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! :) Cookie monsters unite! :) 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 :) they get so proud ,adding the ingredients : )the kids were all excited, as they love the weekend's, and are looking forward to lots of summer adventures during their upcoming summer vacation :) We firsit began to prepare the chocolate chip cookies :) They're one of our favorite treats :) We added in the ingredients, including some melted butter, we taste tested the chocolate chip cookies :) once we had all of the ingredients in the bowl, we began to super stir :) we were sharing lots of smiles :) We love these great times, and are so proud of the kids and all that they're learning about baking, and cooking :) my mom and Jenn came out into the kitchen at times, and you all are always right there with us in spirit :) i got the baking pans ready, i used butter to grease the baking pan, and we began to make the cookie dough into round shapes, and put the cookies onto the pan ,and put the first batch of cookies into the oven to bake :)



The kids were so excited, as they love chocolate chip cookies, and they all always want the first cookie! :) awww! :) As the cookies were baking, we prepared the onion pretzels :) The kids love to help make the pretzel dough into the shapes of pretzels :) Holly and i got some plates for them, we put some flour on the plants ,and began to roll the pretzel dough, into the shapes of pretzels :) on the stove, i got a cooking pan with watering heating up :) the pretzels go into the water for a good minute, as the hot water helps make the pretzel get larger :) i used butter to grease the baking pan, and used a metal spatula to bring the pretzels out of the hot water :) we melted some butter, and added onion flakes into the melted butter, and drizzled the butter/onion flakes onto the pretzels, with some extra onion flakes on top of the pretzels :) i put the pretzels into the oven to bake :)



the first batch of cookies, and pretzels were baking nicely :) we did some cleaning up in the kitchen :) The first batch of cookies finished baking, i brought the cookies out of the oven to cool down, and then added in another batch of chocolate chip cookies :) We were all hanging out, the kids began to go outside to play, and were coming back and forth into the kitchen and living room too :) the pretzels baked for about 20 minutes, they baked very nicely ,along with the 2nd batch of cookies :) i took some pictures of the cookies, and pretzels, and we all began to dig in :) The cookies and pretzels came out great :) i thanked the kids, and Holly for helping bake :) We had so much fun baking the goodies :) We love these awesome times, and have lots 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 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 season :) We love you all, so very very much! :) many great memories made, to always cherish and treasure :) baking friday! :) We love it!!! :) May 26th, 2023 :) Happy baking friday and Happy Memorial Day Holiday Weekend Everyone! :)



We're enjoying an awesome day! :) baking friday! :)celebrating 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! :) Tomorrow, we're going to go shopping at the dollar tree :) We love shopping there :) We're going to buy some foods, snacks, and drinks, we love browsing around at the seasonal items, decorations, dvds, and hotwheels :) Holly and i are going to have a fun, popcorn movies party :) We picked out some cool movies :) We're also going to watch the big game 6, of the Celtics vs Heat series :) We hope the Celtics have another big win :) we'll be cheering and cheering for them :) On Sunday, we're going to watch TWD dvds, and also gonna do some gardening, and writing this weekend :) Monday is memorial day holiday :) We might BBQ Grill some foods :) it's gonna be a great 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 2 episodes of Most Haunted Show :) We love our fun, friday night paranormal party night's :)



There's so much more to look forward too as the season continues on :) the spring season is filled with lots of awesome seasonal festivities, traditions, holiday's, and birthday celebrations :) We love the special times, and celebrations from month to month as the year goes on :) We love the gardening season :) Soon, the countdown to summer season! :) 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 caring sunflower 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! :) Today, the kids, Holly, and i had a fun time baking chocolate chip cookies, 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, movies, gardening, and celebrating memorial day holiday weekend with everyone :) 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 happy, and excited to share in continued joys of the season with everyone, with the memorial day holiday weekend, and the countdown to summer season soon :) We wish everyone a safe, peaceful, and happy holiday weekend :)



Happy baking friday!!! :) Calling all cookie monsters! :) It's sweet classic, and golden days of spring time! :) my family, Holly ,and i are very happy and excited! :) We're enjoying a very special time ,sharing in and celebrating the season with everyone, and all of the great festivities, and traditions that makes the season so much fun and very memorable :) Wishing everyone, a safe, peaceful, and happy holiday weekend :) We love memorial day holiday weekend :) it's a great time of the year, and the countdown to summer season :) 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, the kids, Holly, and i are baking chocolate chip cookies, and onion pretzels :) 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 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 :) 


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Greetings, from our kitchen to yours! :) The baking friday crew! :) The kids, 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 :) a whole new season of baking goodies :) We love seasonal baking, cooking, spring/summer time BBQ Grilling, and looking forward to lots more adventures all throughout the seasons :)
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Holly designed an awesome baking friday themed shirt :) She did a great job! :) 


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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, cook, and grill :) We're so proud of the kids, and all that they're learning about baking, and cooking :) 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 :)
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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 :) We're enjoying our spring time adventures, baking, cooking, grilling, and looking forward to lots more spirit soaring super fun adventures :) sharing lots of smiles, and spirited cheer :) baking friday :)
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Replies

CoolGal
CoolGal

Hi Chris Glad you Holly and your family are doing well and enjoyed baking, The cookies and brownies came out great. I know all of you had some fun today. Your kitchen decorations look very nice too. Holly did a great job on her baking Friday shirt, Glad you have some nice plans for the long weekend, I too hope the Celtics have a big win tomorrow, Thanks for all my nice hugs today. Have a good evening Hugs to all there -Stephanie
cedarbrooke
cedarbrooke

Great job Team Bakers & Celtics! Wow! Everything looks delicious. Love your kitchen display! Makes me happy! Thanks for sharing your day & pics!

Go Celtics Go! Hugs! Brooke & Henri
Ladybug7
Ladybug7

Great to see that you guys had fun baking today! I like Holly's Baking Friday shirt. Rooting for your Celtics tomorrow! Love and hugs.
Lilysawyer
Lilysawyer

Wow what a fun time that was had by all. What kind of mask were the kids wearing? Good luck for the Celtics! And send me some of those yummy cookies and pretzels. yum! hugs
JeanCarlin
JeanCarlin

I just love all the pics, the boys always look like they’re having so much fun. I like Holly shirt, it’s pretty cool. But the pretzels and chocolate chip cookies look yummy!
Good luck to your Celtics tonight!
I hope you enjoy your shopping at the dollar tree and have some great movies picked out.
Have a wonderful holiday weekend
Hugs Jeannie
bluemoon29
bluemoon29

I love it all!! Hollys shirt is ADORABLE:). You all look like you’re having so much fun:). Thanks for sharing another fantastic baking Friday!!
Squarley
Squarley

Hi baking king everything looks so good summer table looks wonderful food looks delicious I love your T-shirts that you and Chris have on Hi baking king everything looks so good summer table looks wonderful food looks delicious I love your T-shirts that you and Chris have on , Thank you for sharing your baking day with me love that I could get on today and look at it hoping to get a little stronger thank you for all your love and support we love you all have a wonderful weekend happy memorial weekend, From your friend Shirley and Bruce friends forever!