baking friday :) Strawberry Cupcakes, and Onion Pretzels :) Sweet Summer Time! :)

"We love strawberry and cupcakes!"- my nephew's Hunter, Mikey, and Colby 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 sweet summer time, themed baking friday adventure in the kitchen!!! :) this was so much fun! :) we got the flour flying in the air in the kitchen today, baking up some awesome treats! :) it's sweet summer time ,and we're so happy and excited for all of our summer time baking friday adventures :) from baking, cooking, and grilling :) we love it!!! :) 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, Alyssa, the kids, and i baked strawbrry cupcakes, and onion pretzels :) it was so much fun :) we love these spirit soaring times, and baking up some awesome treats : )the kids went outside to play after baking today :) they love the trampoline, and basketball hoop :) we're enjoying the first week of summer, as the new season settles in :) We love summer time, and the spirit of the season :)

SWEET JOYS OF SUMMER TIME!!! :) The summer season is blossoming!!! :) Hi angel friends! :) my family, Holly, and i hope everyone is doing well, healthy, and enjoying a beautiful day :) The spirit of the summer season is all around, as we celebrate the first full week of summer :) We're so happy, and excited for all of the seasonal festivities, and traditions, that makes summer time so much fun, and memorable :) There's lots of great things going on, as the new season blossoms :) our plants, and garden are growing so very well, and we're seeing lots and lots of amazing, beautiful nature sights all around :) it's amazing, all of our nature friends visiting our yard, garden :) We love it!!! :) We're getting ready for many more summer time festivities, with the upcoming 4th of July holiday, BBQ cookouts, birthday party's, and lots more :) It's feeling like, and looking like, sweet classic, and golden summer time :) There's so much to look forward too :) when i think of summer time ,i think of outdoors, adventures, BBQ Grilling, iced cold lemonade, iced tea, water, nature glowing all around, and flowers blossoming beautifully :) We love sharing in, and celebrating these awesome times of the season with you and your family's :) We're so happy, thankful, and blessed to have you all in our lives :) It's our favorite day, and tradition today, baking friday! :) We've been counting down to our super fun adventure! :)

This morning, we had a beautiful new day, rising and shining :) The summer sunshine was flowing into our window, creating a glow upon our curtains :) i love those sunny mornings, a new day blossoming, for us all to enjoy :) i was up early this morning, the birds were singing happily outside :) we've had lots of happy nature friends visiting :) it's wonderful to hear them singing, especially as the new day is blossoming :) i love my early morning nature walks :) i gathered a big bowl of goodies, and went outside for my nature walk :) it's been such a nice sunny week, with glowing summer time nature all around :) it's been very nature active, with all of our nature friends visiting, birds, squirrels, bumble bees, dragonflies, butterflies, lots of garden friends :) i put lots of goodies in our backyard, bird sanctuary area for our nature friends :) They love their baking friday breakfast feasts :) i saw some happy sparrows gathering at the feeders :) it warms my heart, putting goodies outside, and seeing our nature friends enjoy the goodies :) it's amazing, this time of the year, with all of the summer nature blossoming :) i was walking around our yard, checking our plants :) They're doing really well, growing and flourishing :) We love our garden, and sharing it with everyone :) we're so happy, and excited about our plants doing very well :) they've been soaking up the sweet summer sunshine, super mega growing, and we have some awesome rain nourishment in our forecast on saturday :) it'll be nice, and replenishing for the plants, and nature :) We're loving the season, all of our gardening and nature adventures :) there's lots more to look forward too, as the season continues to blossom :)

It was a sweet sunny morning :) We enjoyed a nice breakfast, and i made a blueberry iced coffee :) Cheers! to family, friends, good health,nature, and spirit soaring summer time :) 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 :) today, i decorated with a cool summer sunshine theme :) our kitchen looked great and summer spirited :) it's so much fun decorating, and is a big part of the baking friday tradition :) i'm so happy everyone enjoys our kitchen decorations each week :) around late mornng, Holly and i went outside for another nice nature walk, and tended our plants, we gave our plants a nice watering :) our plants are very happy, and healthy :) We have lots of flowers growing, and fruits and vegetables growing :) around mid-day, we enjoyed a nice lunch, and during the early afternoon, i enjoyed some nice time here on DS, writing to friends :) We love hearing about your days :)

Around 3pm, Alyssa, Jenn, and the kids came over :) lots of great spirit, and excitement in the air, as we were getting ready to bake some goodies :) the kids love summer time ,and are having a great start to the summer season :) We've been planning some fun baking friday adventures for the kids :) we love teaching them how to cook, bake, and grill :) We're gonna be having our annual 4th of July themed baking friday adventure, and our upcoming chillin n grillin themed baking friday :) there's lots of great things to look forward too :) Each week, we love using our nice baking friday supplies, and decorations that we've recieved from family and friends overthe years :) i wore my new apron Holly gave me, and we use our oven mits, kitchen towels, and all of our baking friday supplies, are a big part of our baking ,and cooking each week :) our kitchen was all set, and we were ready to get the flour flying and baking up some awesome goodies :) calling all cookie monsters! :) cookie monsters unite! :) it's time to bake! bake! bake! :)

We began our super fun adventure! :) we first began to prepare the strawberry cupcakes :) baking friday teamwork! :) the kids love to help :) they're great helpers :) they get so proud, adding the ingredients :) Hunter and Colby helped prepare the cupcakes today :) they each got to crack open an egg :) they love cracking the eggs :) We got some spoons, and super stirring the ingredients :) my mom, Jenn, Kayla, Carter, and Brodie came out into the kitchen :) They were so excited to check in on the baking friday fun :) We were sharing lots of smiles :) You all are always right there with us in spirit, in our kitchens :) We love these awesome moments :) we put the cupcakes mix into the baking cups, and i put the cupcakes into the oven to bake :)

As the cupcakes were baking, we began to prepare the pretzels :) earlier, i made some onion pretzel dough, so that it could rise in the fridge :) we love to make pretzels, they're one of our favorite goodies to bake :) We were having an awesome fun time, preparing the pretzels :) Mikey joined in on the baking friday fun :) we made the pretzels into shapes, and then i boiled each pretzel, and put them onto a nicely greased baking pan :) we melted some butter and added in more onion flakes, and drizzled the butter/onion on the pretzels, and i then put the pretzels into the oven to bake :) we did some cleaning up in the kitchen : )the kids were going back and forth, from the living room into the kitchen :)

The strawberry cupcakes finished baking, i brought them out of the oven to cool down :) the pretzels finished baking too :) we got ready to decorate the cupcakes, with strawberry frosting :) we spread the frosting on the cupcakes :) i took pictures of the cupcakes, and pretzels and we all began to dig in :) the goodies came out great :) We had so much fun baking goodies today :) the kids are enjoying the goodies, little Carter and Brodie are enjoying some cupcakes, and pretzel :) the kids went outside to play on the trampoline and basketball :) i thanked Alyssa and the kids for helping bake :) We have many more super fun adventures to look forward too as the summer season goes on :) a very special shoutout, for family and friends :) lots of great baking, cooking, and BBQ grilling this week :) We love hearing about the nice goodies, and foods you all bake, cook, and grill :) We're with eachother in spirit, in our kitchens :) i wish we all could gather and have a big baking friday picnic :) Strawberry Cupcakes, and Onion Pretzels, dedicated to our wonderful family, friends, and to the awesome spirit of the summer season :) We love you all so very very much! :) many great memories made, to always cherish and treasure :) baking friday! :) We love it!!! :) June 26th, 2020 :) Happy baking friday everyone! :)

We're enjoying an awesome day! :) baking friday! :) blossoming summer time spirit! :) 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 awesome times, and all of the very special memories being made :) The weekend is arriving with lots of summer spirit :) We love the weekend's :) Tomorrow, We're going to tend our plants, enjoying nature walks, and having a popcorn movies day and night :) Holly and i look forward to picking out a new movie :) We're going to do some more gardening on sunday, and watching TWD dvds :) i look forward to sharing our weekend adventures, journals, and pictures with everyone :) There's many more great things to look forward too :) tonight, Holly and i are going to watch an episode of most haunted, and an episode of ghost adventures :) we love our fun, friday night paranormal party night's :) summer season is blossoming nicely :) We love sharing in, and celebrating the spirit of the season with you and your family's :) Wishing everyone the best of good health, comfort, and peace :) Thank you angel friends, so very much, for all that you do for us, and for the very special heart warming joy, comfort, and peace, you all bring our lives :) You all are wonderfully nice, sweet, and very caring :) We deeply appreciate everything, with all of the love of our hearts :) big group happy sunny caring sunny sunflower caring friendship hug :) You all brighten our days, warm our hearts, and give us strength, hope, and inspire us :) We're so happy, thankful, and blessed to have you all in our lives :) We look forward to sharing in many more very special times, adventures, and all of the seasonal traditions and festivities with family, friends, nature, gardening, and the wonderful spirit of the summer season :)

-never lose hope :)

To Wildthing, Peaceful Gentle Moments of the day :) Wildthing, it's an awesome day! :) Today, Alyssa, the kids, and i baked some strawberry cupcakes, and pretzels for baking friday :)We love these spirit soaring times :) We're so happy and excited for all of the joys of continued summer time traditions, festivities, and adventures :) We're going to enjoy some nature walks, gardening, and watching movies :) thinking of you, our dear friend :)

my mom says hello :) she says, "i hope everyone is having a really good baking friday" :) awww! :) she says, "i hope everyone enjoys a nice weekend" :) We love you all bunches and bunches, our sweet dear wonderful guardian angel friends :) we hope everyone is doing well, healthy, and enjoying a great day :) we think of you all often :) We wish everyone a healthy, safe, and happy weekend :) we're so happy and excited to blossom into many more joys, traditions, and festivities of the season with everyone :)

Happy baking friday!!! :) Calling all cookie monsters! :) it's sweet classic, and golden summer time! :) We love it!!! :) my family, Holly, and i are so happy, and excited! :) we love summer time, and all of the festivities, and traditions that makes the season so much fun, and memorable :) we love hearing about your summer time days, adventures, and sharing ours :) We're so excited the season is blossoming, and there's so much to look forward too :) We've been counting down the days, until baking friday :) We have a whole new season of baking friday adventures to enjoy :) This is a picture of our kitchen all set up and decorated for our super fun adventure :) Today, to celebrate the blossoming of summer time, we're baking strawberry cupcakes, and pretzels :) We sure do love our baking friday adventures, and sharing our adventures with everyone :) 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 niece Alyssa :) she made some store runs this week, and picked up baking friday supplies :) it's very nice of her :) thank you Alyssa, so very much! :) We all love to chip in and get the baking friday supplies each week :) We love this very special tradition in our lives :)

Greetings, from our kitchen to yours! :) The kids and i got our picture taken in the kitchen today :) it's a cool and fun baking friday tradition : )You all are always right there with us in spirit, in our kitchen :) We love sharing lots of smiles, and enjoying this very special tradition each week :)

Baking friday Teamwork! :) Preparing the goodies! :) the kids love to help :) They're great helpers :) the kids get so proud, adding the ingredients, super stirring, and of course enjoying the goodies we bake :) We love baking friday, and are so happy and excited blossoming into the summer baking season :) happy baking friday smiles :)

Little Brodie taste testing the strawberry frosting :) awww! :) he says, "good!" :) 

we love to decorate cupcakes :) 

Strawberry Cupcakes, and Onion Pretzels! :) Alyssa, the kids, and i had a super fun time baking goodies today :) we love these special times of the season, and all of the great memories being made :) spirit soaring summer t ime :) baking friday :)