baking friday :) White Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars, Triple Berry Muffins :) Snow Day! :)

Happy baking friday! :) Snow Day! :)



baking friday! :) Calling all cookie monsters! :) hehe! :) cookie monsters! :) hehe! :) cookie monsters unite!!! :) it's baking friday! :) oh my! :)A super sweet, super fun snow day baking friday adventure in the kitchen! :) Celebrating our first baking friday adventure of the new year :) it's a snow day today :) We had a light baking friday adventure :) We're gonna be having a full baking friday adventure next week :) Holly and i baked some nice goodies today, and were hanging out with my mom and dad :) We recieved lots of snow this morning ,an awesome winter wonderland scene :) i've got some pictures of the snow day nature, plus our baking friday adventure, including a cool picture of Holly and i outside in the winter wonderland! :) 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,Holly and i baked white chocolate chip cookie bars, and triple berry muffins :) The kids were with us in spirit :) We love baking, and cooking and are so happy and excited to begin a whole new year of baking friday fun :) We're looking forward to many more adventures :) We're gonna be making a cookie monster visit to the kitchen this evening, to get some cookies and muffins :)



SNOW DAY BAKING!!! :) Greetings, from Winter Wonderland CT! :) Hi angel friends! :) my family, Holly, and i hope everyone is doing well, healthy, keeping warm, and enjoying a wonderful day! :) Wishing everyone safety from the wintery weather. We have a snow day here! :) our biggest snowfall of the season :) We're all keeping warm, and safe :) it's a classic, winter wonderland outside, with the big snowfall we recieved :) the snowfall is beautiful, lots of awesome nature sights :) we love snow days :) It's a good day, for some hot tea, hot chocolate, and baking! :) The month of January has settled in nicely,and today we're celebrating our first baking friday adventure of the new year :) We love this very special tradition :) We're very happy, thankful, and blessed to have you all in our lives, and to be able to share in and celebrate very special and spirited fun times with you and your family's :) We love snow day baking :) my mom's been sharing some stories and memories with us, about how she always use too bake when it snowed outside :) baking is one of our favorite hobbies, and traditions :) Thank you angel friends, so very much, for sharing in this very special tradition with us each week :) The kids are having a great snow day :) it brings back lots of cool memories for me, of when i was a kid and it snowed, and schools were closed for the day :) Lots of great snow day traditions, building snowman, and snow forts, and playing football in the snow :) lots of great memories! :) We're baking up some snow day goodies and lots of memories being made today, on this awesome spirit soaring day :) our first snowfall of winter, and the new year :) Big warm caring happy friendship hugs, sent with our love from our hearts and home to yours :) It's time for some snow day baking!!! :)



This morning ,we had an awesome new day, rising and shining :) We woke up to a beautiful winter wonderland :) The snow was coming down very heavily this morning, up to 1 to 2 inche per hour. i heard the snow plows going by as early as 5:30am. i was up early this morning, blossoming into the snow day :) As the morning went on, a very special baking 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! :)You all are very nice, and sweet :) Thank you angel friends,so very much! :) Lots of great spirited excitement, with the big snow day, a classic winter wonderland :) i enjoyed some nice time here on DS this morning, writing to friends and got ready for my early morning, winter wonderland nature walk :) i bundled up warmly, and gathered a big bowl of goodies, and also brought the broom with me ,and went outside for my nature walk :) oh my! :) it's a big snow fall, with all of the classic wintery scenes, the snow covered trees, homes, and yards, it looks like a snow globe all around :) i used the broom to sweep the backdoor stairs, and made some walking path, i put lots of goodies in our backyard, bird sanctuary area for our nature friends :) We love to make sure that our nature friends have plenty of goodies to enjoy, especially during these wintery days :) We love our nature friends :) i took some pictures of the snowfall, it looks amazing out there :) i walked out into our front yard area too, the snow was coming down heavily, a peaceful calm all around, i took pictures of the view of up and down our street :) i'm very excited to share the snow day pictures with everyone :) after my nature walk ,i came back indoors and made a nice hot tea :) Tea cheers!!! to snow day excitement! :)



It was a sweet spirited, exciting snow day morning :) We enjoyed a nice breakfast, having hot tea, we also had some iced coffee, water, and later on planned to have some hot chocolate :) i began to gather our snow day 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 Snow day theme, with our decorative towels, and some of our snowman decorations :) our kitchen looked fun ,festive, and snow day spirited! :) it's our first baking friday adventure of the new year :) as the morning went out, we checked out the beautiful snow views from our windows and put some sports radio on :) Lots of great football talk, with the upcoming football games this weekend and playoffs next weekend :) around mid-day, we enjoyed a nice lunch ,and during the early afternoon, i enjoyed some nice time here on DS, writing to friends :) Holly and i went outside for a nature walk too, and got our picture taken in the winter wonderland :) i'll include the picture in my journal today :)



Shortly before 3pm, Holly and i were getting ready to bake goodies :) Each week, we love to use our nice baking supplies that 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 baking supplies are a big part of our baking, and cooking each week :) our kitchen was all set, and Holly and i were 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 :) Holly and i first prepared the white chocolate chip cookie bars :) We have a very special shoutout and thank you for my niece Alyssa :) She picked up the nice supplies for baking friday :) Holly and i added the ingredients into the bowl, and began to super stir :) my mom and dad were in the living room :) You all were with us in spirit in the kitchen : )We w ere having a nice time baking, preparing the goodies :) We were thinking of the kids, and looking forward to them coming over next friday for baking friday :) i used some butter to grease the baking pan, and Holly and i added the cookie dough into the baking pan, and i put the cookie bars into the oven to bake :) as the cookies were baking, Holly and i prepared the triple berry muffins :) it came in a nice muffins mix kit :) We added the mix into a bowl with some half and half cream milk and stirred the ingredients :) We added the muffins mix into the baking cups, and i put the muffins into the oven to bake :)



We did some cleaning up in the kitchen :) The muffins finished baking first, they baked really nicely :) we made a total of 7 muffins :) The white chocolate chip cookie bars finished baking a bit later, they baked nicely too :) i waited until the cookies to cool down, and then sliced the cookies into bars :) They came out great :) i thanked Holly for helping bake today :) 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 :) White Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars, and Triple Berry Muffins, dedicated to our wonderful family, friends, and to the awesome spirit of the blossoming new year :) We love you all, so very very much! :) many great memories made, to always cherish and treasure :) baking friday! :) We love it!!! :) January 7th, 2022 :) Happy baking friday everyone! :)



We're enjoying an awesome day! :) baking friday! :) snow day! :) spirited blossoming of the new year! :) We love it!!! :) my family, Holly, and i are doing well, healthy, and in great spirits :) it was so much fun baking goodies today :) There's lots of great things going on, and many special memories being made :) We love these special spirited fun times :) awesome snowfall today :)we love seeing the wintery wonderland sights outside :) The weekend is arriving with lots of great spirit :) We love the weekend's :) Tomorrow, my mom, dad, Holly, and i are gonna go shopping at the dollar tree :) We're gonna buy some foods, snacks, and writing supplies :) it's gonna be so much fun shopping :) Holly and i are also going to have a popcorn movies marathon party, and picking out a new movie to watch :) There's football games on saturday and sunday this week :) We look forward to having a football party on sunday :) Lots of great games :) We're gonna have some gameday foods, snacks, and drinks :)



it's gonna be a great weekend :) i look forward to sharing our weekend adventures, and pictures with everyone in my weeknd 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 :) it's a great start to the new year, sharing in lots of special times :) You all warm our hearts, and brighten our days :) 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 :) Happy Weekend! :)



-never lose hope :)



To Wildthing, Peaceful Gentle Moments of the day :) Wildthing, we're enjoying an awesome day! :) Today, Holly and i baked triple berry muffins, and white chocolate chip cookies for baking friday :) We love these very special, spirited fun times :) it's a classic snow day, a great day for some baking :) We're so excited to shop a bit tomorrow at the dollar tree, and also going to have a popcorn movies party, and watching football this weekend too :) We're enjoying the spirited blossoming of the new year :) Thinking of you,our dear friend :)



my mom, Holly, and family says hi :) We hope everyone is doing well, healthy, and enjoying a really good baking friday :) Awww! :) We love you all bunches and bunches, our sweet dear wonderful guardian angel friends :) We think of you and your family's often :) We're very excited to share in lots more special times, as the new year continues to blossom :) We love the month of January :) We have some celebrations coming up, and so much more :) We wish everyone a safe, peaceful, and happy weekend :)



Happy baking friday! :) Snow day!!! :) Calling all cookie monsters! :) Celebrating new year cheer, snow day excitement, and our first baking friday adventure of 2022 :) my family, Holly, and i are so happy, and excited! :) We're enjoying a very special time,sharing in and celebrating the first full week of the new year with everyone :) There's lots of great things going on, as the new year blossoms :) The month of January is in full swing :) We love the seasonal festivities, and traditions :) We recieved a big snowfall here, the snowfall looks beautiful :) It's a great day for some baking, and cooking :) 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 some triple berry muffins, and white 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 :) in recent weeks, she's been picking up some baking friday supplies for us at the store :) it's very nice, and sweet of her :) Thank you Alyssa, so very much! :) We were all stocked up on supplies, for today's adventure :) 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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Baking friday teamwork! :) Preparing the goodies! :) Holly and i got the cookies, and muffins ready :) We love to bake, and are looking forward to baking goodies all throughout the year with the kids :) The kids were with us in spirit today :)
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White Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars, and Triple Berry Muffins :) come on over, for some baking friday goodies :) Holly and i enjoyed a great time baking goodies :) the kids were with us in spirit today :) We're looking forward to many more baking friday adventures, as the season goes on :) baking friday :)


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Snow Day!!! :) Winter Wonderland Greetings, from Connecticut! :) We recieved a big snowfall here, it's a classic snow day with that awesome spirited excitement! :) We love snow days :) This morning, i went outside for an early morning nature walk :) the snow was coming down heavily, and that classic snowy scenes all around :) it looks like a snow globe! :) i took some cool snow day pictures to share with everyone :) Our first snowfall of 2022 and winter season :) Happy nature smiles :)


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view of up and down our road :)


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Holly and i got our picture taken outside in the winter wonderland :) Happy snow day smiles! :)
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RiS
RiS

Your outdoor pictures are awesome! I only have use of my cell phone now!
CoolGal
CoolGal

Hi Chris Glad you and your family are doing well and enjoyed baking. The bars and muffins came out great. I'm sure the boys will look forward to joining uncle Chris & Holly next Friday You received lots of snow there,Your winter wonderland photos are awesome. Your snow themed kitchen decorations look cute. A very nice photo of you and Holly this evening too. Thanks for all my nice hugs today Enjoy a good night hugs to everyone-Stephanie
cedarbrooke
cedarbrooke

Winter wonderland! I love a good storm as long as it doesn"t do any damage. Great pictures especially the two of you. Bars & muffins look delicious. Miss the kids but I know they will be back next Friday! They are probably having a blast playing in the snow. Thanks for sharing your day! Football this weekend! Go Teams! Hugs! Brooke & Henri
cedarbrooke
cedarbrooke

PS. I love your Snow People!!!
gratefulgrandma123
gratefulgrandma123

Hi Sweet Chris & Holly & family. Happy Baking Friday. I love the picture of you and Holly and all the pictures of the snow. It's very pretty. Your baked goods turned out great and they look very yummy. I'm glad u & Holly had a very happy Baking Friday. Tu for featuring the Christmas card I gave u on your Baking Friday table. I am very honored by this & I thank you. I hope u all have a nice evening & stay warm. Hugs & love FF Hi to Holly, your mom & dad, family, Tiger
Lilysawyer
Lilysawyer

Aw I love the pics you took of you both outside and the baking goodies. they all look SO good. Perfect weather to stay in and BAKE send some baking Fri goodies over to me. we were all with you in spirit. Hugs
bluemoon29
bluemoon29

Beautiful snow pictures and so sweet of you and Holly:). Thanks for sharing friends:)
JeanCarlin
JeanCarlin

I’m so glad that you and Holly enjoyed your baking Friday even without the boys, hopefully they’ll be back next week. Your muffins and white chocolate chip bars looks so yummy!
I love your winter pics, they’re beautiful and I love the picture of you and Holly whoever took it did a great job. Hugs
Squarley
Squarley

Oh wow what wonderful pictures having a snow day I love your snowman on your table you always set everything up so wonderfully and the food looked delicious I would love those white chips I love them too and I know Holly does everything looks so good the muffins in my gosh the snow it was just beautiful look like Christmas thank you so much for sharing that and the greatest surprise was you and Holly together what a picture I love it so much U2 looked happy and I just love that she had her sunglasses on because that’s what I wear outside to with my migraines tell her we said hello and we love you all thank you for sharing this with us we are truly blessed to have you as friends have a wonderful day my friend we love You all bunches!!!!!