baking friday :) Peanut Butter Cookies, and Brownies :) Sharing lots of Summer Smiles! :)

"Cookies and Brownies!"- my nephew's Hunter, Brody, Colby, Jacob, Brayden, 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 flour flying, sweet 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, and sharing lots of smiles, and spirited summer time cheer! :) we're loving our summer time baking friday's, and the awesome spirit of the season! :) 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 peanut butter cookies, and brownies :) it was so much fun! :) Lots of summer time spirit in the air, as the season is in full swing :) We love these very special, spirited fun times, and all of the great memories being made :)

Summer Time Spirit! :) Hi angel friends! :) my family, Holly, and i hope everyone is doing well, healthy,and enjoying a great day! :) We think of you all often :) The summer season is in full swing, with lots of seasonal festivities, and traditions that makes the season so much fun ,very special, and memorable :) We're loving our summer time baking friday adventures, and the very special joy it brings us, getting to share our adventures with everyone :) Lots of great memories being made to always treasure :) Thank you angel friends, for sharing in this very special tradition with us each week :) We love summer time baking, cooking, and grilling, enjoying classic recipes, and baking new recipes too :) We have a full summer of baking friday adventures planned, and so much more to look forward too as the season continues to shine :) Wishing everyone continued joys of the summer season :) We cherish and treasure your very special friendships, and the great joy of being able to share in and celebrate the season with you all :)

This morning, we had a great 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 :) aww! :) 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 :) We had a thunderstorm here around 4:40am, i was woken up by the thunder, there were some loud thunder and lightning. it cleared as the early morning went on :) i gathered a nice bowl of goodies ,and went outside for my nature walk :) We have some thunderstorms possible as the day goes on, but thankfully it cleared up this morning with some sweet blue sky, and sunshine :) i put lots of goodies in our backyard, bird sanctuary area for our nature friends :) They love their baking friday breakfast feasts :) awww! :) We love seeing our nature friends visiting our yard, garden, and neighborhood :) Lots of spirit soaring summer time nature :)

Our plants ,fruit trees, grapevines, and garden are doing well, growing and flourishing :) it's so neat, to see how much the plants have grown :) We're very happy and excited to be picking some fresh garden goodies, yellow squash ,snap peas, and soon will be picking some cucumbers, and zuchinni :) The season is flourishing nicely :) we have lots of beautiful flowers growing ,and blossoming :) The sunflowers are growing taller, and it's so nice seeing a beautiful wave of summer flowers blossoming around our yard, and garden :)we have marigolds blossoms growing ,and cosmos, zinna's growing :) we also have a few new sunflower sprouts too :) our snowball bush has just began to blossom :) It's very nice, and a pure joy, all of the great nature and gardening to enjoy this time of the year :) The season is very rewarding :) We're having so much fun ,and a very special time sharing our garden and nature adventures with everyone, and lots more spirit soaring adventures to look forward too, all throughout the summer season :) happy nature, and summer gardening season sm iles :)

It was a sweet spirited early morning :) Holly and i are celebrating our 12th anniversary together :) We officially became a couple on July 14th, 2011 :) We're very heart happy :) Thank you angel friends, for your sweet happy anniversary wishes for Holly and i :) Holly and i met here on DS, in 2009, and became great friends, and became a couple on 7-14-11 :) We share a wonderful love, and are very happy we found eachother :) We wished eachother a happy anniversary this morning, and enjoyed a nice breakfast, and having some iced coffee, water, hot tea, and sprite soda :) Cheers!!! to spirit soaring times :) As the morning went on,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 our kitchen with a sweet summer time theme :) our kitchen looked great! :) it's so much fun decorating :) as the morning was going on, we put the sports radio on, and also opened up some nice anniversary cards, and gifts we got for eachother :) Holly and i got eachother some nice cards, and gifts :) we thanked eachother :) We're enjoying a very nice anniversary :) in my saturday journal, i'm going to share pictures of the nice cards, and gifts we gave eachother :) We enjoyed a nice anniversary lunch today, and during the early afternoon ,i enjoyed some nice time here on DS, writing to friends :)

Around 3pm, Jenn and the kids came over, and Brody and the triplets came over :) Lots of great summer time spirit, and excitement in the air :) The kids are having a fun summer season, with lots of great activities, playing outside, and playing their video games :) We're so happy the kids are having a great summer :) We love baking friday, and counting down to our adventures each week :) 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 here with us in spirit, during these very special, spirited fun times :) Each week, we love to use our nice baking friday supplies,and kitchen decorations 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 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 love adding the ingredients :) we first baking to prepare the brownies :) The kids were so excited :) We had the whole baking friday crew together in the kitchen today :) We added the ingredients into the bowl,and began to super stir :) The kids were so happy to crack open the eggs for the brownies :) We were sharing lots of smiles :) 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,our dear angel friends :) we're so proud of the kids, and how much they have learned about baking, cooking, and grilling :) They love to help pick out the baking friday menu each week :) i used butter to grease the baking pan, and we poured the brownies mix into the pan, and i put the brownies into the oven to bake :)

As the brownies were baking, we got ready to prepare the peanut butter cookies :) they're one of my favorite cookies over the years :) We added the ingredients into the bowl, including extra peanut butter, and began to super stir the ingredients :)We're so happy all of the kids were joining in on the baking friday fun :) We made a big batch of peanut butter cookies :) i greased the baking pan with some butter, and we made the cookie dough into round shapes, and Holly used a fork to make the criss-cross on the cookies, to press the cookies down a bit, andi put the cookies into the oven to bake :) We did some cleaning up in the kitchen :) The brownies baked nicely, i brought the brownies out of the oven to cool down :)

The kids were very excited to have some brownies :) the peanut butter cookies baked nicely :) i brought themout of the oven to cool down, and sliced the brownies :) i took some pictures of the goodies, and we all began to dig in :) The brownies and peanut butter cookies came out great! :) Holly and i each had a peanut butter cookie :) We had so much fun baking goodies today :)i thanked the kids, and Holly for helping bake :)We love these very special, spirited fun times, and have lots more super fun baking friday adventures to look forward too, as the summer season continues on :) 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 everyone bakes, cooks, and grills : )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 :) Peanut Butter Cookies, and Brownies, dedicated to our wonderful family, friends, and to the awesome spirit of summer time :) We love you all, so very very much! :) many great memories made, to always cherish and treasure :) baking friday! :) We love it!!! :) July 14th, 2023 :) Happy baking friday everyone! :)

We're enjoying a great day! :) baking friday! :) Spirit of Summer time! :) We love it!!! :) my family, Holly, and i are doing well, healthy,and in good spirits :) it was so much fun baking goodies today :) Holly and i are also enjoying celebrating our 12th anniversary :) We love these very special, spirited fun times, and all of the great memories being made :) The weekend is arriving with lots of summer time spirit! :) We're very happy and excited! :) We love the weekend's :) Tomorrow, we might stay home to continue to rest up after a busy week :) Holly and i are also looking forward to a fun, popcorn movies party :) We picked out some cool movies to watch, and going to watch a new movie saturday night :) We're getting ready for Kayla's and Lisa's birthday's :) they're gonna visit on sunday, or monday :) We'll have some cards, and gifts for them, and going to enjoy some foods, snacks, drinks, and cake :) We look forward to celebrating :)You all will be with us in spirit :) on sunday night,Holly and i are going to watch the new episode of TWD, dead city :) We're also gonna tend our plants, and garden this weekend :) 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 summer season continues to blossom :) the month of July is in full swing, and the season is filled with lots of awesome seasonal festivities, traditions, holiday's, and birthday celebrations to share in :) We love the special times, and celebrations from month to month as the year goes on :) We love the gardening season and sharing our adventures :) a whole new summer season to share in :) 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 a great day! :) Today, the kids, Holly, and i enjoyed baking brownies, and peanut butter cookies for baking friday :) We love these very special, spirited fun times, and all of the great memories being made :) Holly and i are enjoying our 12th anniversary today :) We're very happy and excited to blossom into the weekend, enjoying some movies, and resting up:) Lots of summer time traditions :) Thinking of you, our dear friend :)

Happy baking friday! :) Calling all cookie monsters! :) It's sweet classic, and golden summer time! :) my family, Holly, and i are having so much fun, and a very special time, sharing in and celebrating the summer season with everyone ,and this very special tradition each week :) We sure do love our baking friday adventures, and sharing our adventures with everyone :) There's lots of great summer time festivities, and traditions that makes the season so much fun, very special, and memorable :) Thank you angel friends, for sharing your summer's with us,and for celebrating with us :) We're celebrating summer time cheer! :) 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 peanut butter cookies, and brownies :) Thank you angel friends, 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! :)

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! :) 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 :) We love seasonal baking, cooking, and summer time BBQ Grilling, and looking forward to lots more adventures all throughout the seasons :)

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 :) Summer time baking is here! :) Sharing lots of smiles, and spirited baking friday cheer :)

Funny faces! :) hehe! :) 

Peanut butter cookies, and Brownies! :) Come on over, for some baking friday goodies! :) The kids, Holly and i had lots of fun baking goodies today :) We love these very special, spirited fun times, and all of the great memories being made :) we're looking forward to many more super fun adventures, all throughout the summer season :) baking friday :)