baking friday :) Pumpkin Cupcakes, and Chocolate Chip Cookies :)

"we love cookies, and thanksgiving time"- my nephew's Mikey and Hunter 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, happy countdown to Thanksgiving, themed baking friday adventure in the kitchen!!! :) this was so much fun! :) we're counting down to the wonderful Thanksgiving holiday :) The season is upon us :) it's a very chilly cold day here today too, a perfect day to bake some goodies, and i even baked some pumpkin seeds earlier too :) The spirit of the season is all around :) 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, Kayla, the kids, and i baked some nice pumpkin cupcakes, and some chocolate chip cookies :) We're so happy and excited to countdown to the Thanksgiving season, and holiday :) there's lots of great things going on, as the season approaches :) it's a great time of the year, with lots of festivities, and wholesome heart warming traditions :) one of our favorite joys of the season, is the baking, and cooking :) We're so happy, thankful, and blessed to have you all in our lives, and to be able to share in, and celebrate the season with you and your family's :) Thank you all, for the wonderful joy you bring to our hearts :)

my family and i hope everyone is doing well, and enjoying a peaceful day :) This morning, we had a sweet new day, rising and shining :) it was a chilly cool morning, and the forecast was calling for more chilly weather as the day went on. it's very cold, windy here. our windchill is about 12 degrees this evening, it feels wintery outside. We're all keeping warm :) this morning, i bundled up for my nature walk, and got a big bowl of goodies, for our nature friends :) i love to go out early, for my nature walks :) our nature friends love their baking friday breakfast feasts :) the sun was rising up, and the sky is very blue today, but the winds came very fast, around the mid-morning hours, and got very much colder outside. it's definitely a great day to keep cozy warm indoors :) i love wishing my family and friends a happy baking friday, and i share with my family, all of your lovely happy baking friday wishes :) You all are so nice, and sweet :) Thank you angel friends, so very much :)

my mom and Lisa went out to get some treats at burger king and dunkin donuts, and surprised me, with a nice hot pumpkin spiced iced coffee :) it's very nice, and sweet of them :) Cheers! :) it was an awesome morning :) i wrote to friends here on ds, and also gathered decorations for our baking friday adventure :) i went out into our kitchen, and began to decorate our kitchen, with a nice happy countdown thanksgiving theme :) it's fun decorating :) our kitchen looked awesome! :) i prepared a nice lunch, some baked potatoes, and also was sipping my hot coffee :) it's really good :) i've been thinking of the wonderful Thanksgiving season, and all we have to look forward too, as the holiday's approach :)

During the early afternoon, i did some organizing here in my computer room, i also wrote to friends :) the kids had the day off from school today :) Alyssa, Aj, and the triplets have been home today :) Jenn, Mikey, and Hunter came over shortly after 3pm :) We were all gathering around : )the kids were very excited about baking :) it's such a nice time of the year, to do some baking :) 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 apron, and we use our oven mits, kitchen towels, and all of our supplies, are so nice to have, and to be able to use during our baking, and cooking each week :) Our kitchen was nice and cozy warm, and set, and we were all set ready to bake some goodies :) calling all cookie monsters! :) cookie monsters unite! :) it's time to bake! bake! bake! :)

We began our super fun adventure! :) You all are always right there with us in spirit, during our adventures :) we first began to prepare the pumpkin cupcakes :) we had some nice pumpkin cupcakes mix :) i said to Kayla, "pick out the best 2 eggs ever" :) she loves to select the eggs :) Mikey and Hunter were so excited to help add the ingredients to the bowl :) the kids are great helpers :) they love to help :) We're very proud of them, and all of the great things they've learned about baking and cooking :) We love sharing lots of smiles, while preparing the goodies :) my mom and Jenn came out into the kitchen today too :) this was awesome! :) We super stirring the pumpkin cupcakes mix, and got some baking pans, and baking cups all set :)

We put the cupcakes mix into the baking cups, we made 10 cupcakes :) i put the cupcakes into the oven to bake! bake! bake! :) our kitchen smelled like pumpkin :) i love that scent of pumpkin :) we were having so much fun, baking today :) our new pup Blue, was coming out into the kitchen too! hehe! :) earlier, i baked some pumpkin seeds, and we all were having some seeds :) Hunter shared some pumpkin seeds with Blue, and was playing hide and seek with Blue, in our kitchen and living room! hehe! :) as the pumpkin cupcakes were baking, we began to prepare the chocolate chip cookies :) my mom gave us a nice package of chocolate chip cookies mix :) we added some butter, and water, and super stirred the cookies dough :)

i used butter to grease the baking pan, and we put the cookies dough onto the baking pan :) we took a break, and did some cleaning in the kitchen :) we were all hanging out :) Hunter wanted some potato chips, my mom gave him 2 little bags of chips :) he was so happy :) the cupcakes finished baking, and i brought the cupcakes out of the oven to cool down :) i put the chocolate chip cookies into the oven to bake :) i prepared the pumpkin icing/frosting, for the cupcakes :) i added melted butter to the frosting mix, and stirred it :) The frosting is really good :) once the cupcakes cooled down, we put the frosting onto the cupcakes :) the cookies finished baking, and came out really good too :) we cut the cookies into cookie bars :) we put together a nice plate of cookies, and cupcakes for Jenn, Mikey, and Hunter to bring home :) i thanked Kayla, Mikey, and Hunter for helping bake :) it was so much fun baking the goodies :) we love Thanksgiving time, and are so happy and excited, for all of the traditions, and festivities :) we have many 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 cook, and bake :) We're 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 :) Pumpkin Cupcakes, 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!!! :) November 10th, 2017 :) Happy Thanksgiving season, and happy baking friday everyone! :)

We're enjoying a super cool day! :) baking friday! :) we love it!!! :) The Thanksgiving season is coming! :) my family and i are doing well, and are in great spirits :) there's lots of great things going on, and many special memories being made :) We're so happy, the weekend is arriving with lots of spirit :) We're gonna be going shopping tomorrow, at the dollar tree store :) i'm gonna buy some cards, goodies, and treasures :) it's gonna be fun shopping, and browsing around at the holiday items :) i'm going to do some writing this weekend, and continuing to organize my computer room :) i also want to organize our outdoor halloween decorations, i gonna put the decorations on top of my closet here in my computer room :) it's been a nice stretch of days, it does feel like winter is coming. Thanksgiving season is approaching, and so much more, to enjoy this month :) Holly and i are gonna watch some nice videos on saturday night, and football on sunday : )the Redskins have a big game :) i look forward to sharing our weekend adventures, and pictures with everyone, with my weekend journals :) there's many more great things to look forward too :) Tonight, Holly and i are gonna watch 2 new episodes, of most haunted show :) it's a great show :) We love our friday night, paranormal party night's :) Thank you angel friends, so very much, for all that you do for us :) You all are wonderfully nice, sweet, and very caring :) We deeply appreciate everything, with all of the love of our hearts :) BIG GROUP WARM FRIENDSHIP HUG :) We hope everyone enjoys a wonderful weekend :)

-never lose hope :)

To Wildthing, Peaceful Gentle Moments of the day :) Wildthing, today, Kayla, the kids, and i baked some nice pumpkin cupcakes, and cookies for baking friday :) Blossoming into the Thanksgiving season :) Thinking of you, our dear friend :)

my mom says hello :) She says, "i hope everyone had a good baking friday" :) awww! :) We love you all bunches and bunches, our sweet dear wonderful guardian angel friends :) We hope everyone is doing well, and enjoying a great day :) We think of you all often :) We wish everyone a wonderfully safe, fun, and happy weekend :)

Happy baking friday!!! :) calling all cookie monsters!!! :) we're ready for Thanksgiving time baking! :) We're so happy and excited! :) it's that time of the year, the Thanksgiving season is arriving, and lots of wholesome traditions, and heart-warming cheer :) my family and i are so happy and excited to celebrate with everyone :) We love Thanksgiving time :) We're having two, thanksgiving themed baking friday adventures :) The awesome joys of the season, and many special memories being made :) We feel very blessed, and thankful to have you all in our lives, and to be able to share in, and celebrate with you and your family's :) This is a picture of our kitchen all set up, and decorated for our super f un adventure :) Today, we're baking pumpkin cupcakes, and chocolatre 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! :)

baking friday supplies! :) We have a very special shoutout, and thank you, for my dear, and lovely mom, and dad :) they went shopping today, and picked up baking friday supplies :) It's so nice, and sweet of them :) Thank you mom and dad, so very much! :) We all love to chip in each week, to get the baking friday supplies :) We're so happy, and thankful to have this very special tradition in our lives :)

Greetings, from our kitchen to yours :) Kayla, the kids, and i got our picture taken in the kitchen today :) It's a cool baking friday tradition : )We're so excited to bake some nice Thanksgiving goodies :) happy baking friday smiles :)

preparing the goodies! :) baking friday teamwork! :) the kids love to help :) They're great helpers :) We love the awesome steps of preparing the goodies, super stirring, sharing lots of smiles, and of course, enjoying the goodies we bake :)

Hunter taste testing the chocolate chips! :)

Pumpkin Cupcakes, and Chocolate Chip Cookies :) come on over, for some baking friday goodies! :) Kayla, Mikey, Hunter, and i had lots of fun today, baking goodies :) We love the Thanksgiving season :) There's many festivities, and traditions :) Thank you all, for celebrating the season with us :) awesome times, and great memories being made :) baking friday :)