baking friday :) Zucchini Bread, and m&m's brownies :)

"we bake! m&m's!"- the triplets, Colby, Brayden, 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, summer spirit soaring,baking friday adventure in the kitchen!!! :) This was so much fun! :) with the flour flying, and the triplets super stirring the brownies mix! :) This is awesome!!! :) Kayla and i are teaching the kids, how to bake, and they are learning lots and lots :) They were having such a fun time, they couldn't wait, to get the baking friday advneture started! :) hehe! :) lots of great things going on, during these golden days of summer :)We wish you all could come over to enjoy 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 triplets, and i baked zuchinni bread, and we also baked some m&m's brownies :) Jenn was busy today, but next week, Mikey will join in on the baking friday adventures :) These are the golden days of summer, with lots of great things going on, and many special memories being made :) earlier, Alyssa and the triplets came over, and they were all set, and ready to bring their chairs into the kitchen, to help bake :)awww! :) they've taken a great liking, to baking, and they love cookies, and all kinds of goodies and treats :)
We hope everyone is doing well, and enjoying a great day :) We love when friday arrives,our favorite tradition of the week, baking friday! :) this morning, i wished my family a happy baking friday, and i love to share your heart-felt happy baking friday wishes with them :) You all are wonderfully nice, and sweet :) Thank you everyone! :) we appreciate you all :) it was a nice morning. :) We had an early morning rainfall in our area :) it was so refreshing, and replenishing for the plants :) i gathered some goodies, and put the goodies around our yard, for the birds and squirrels :) they love their baking friday breakfast feasts :)
We've been having an awesome season of baking friday adventures, this summer season, baking all kinds of nice goodies, and treats :) Kayla and Taylynn are getting ready, to return back to school, for a whole new year. :) they've had a great summer vacation :) We're all looking forward to also, our annual fall season themed baking friday adventures, including baking lots of apples and pumpkin themed goodies :) it's gonna be so nice, getting the kitchen cozy warm, on those cool crisp autumn days :) apples, cinnamon, and pumpkin :) yum! :) there's so much more, to look forward too :)
We have a very special shoutout, and thank you, for my dear, and lovely mom, and sister Lisa :) they went over to the stores yesterday evening, and picked up baking friday supplies :) it's very nice, and sweet of them :) We love to chip in each week, to get the baking friday supplies :) i decorated our kitchen this morning, with a cool sunflowers theme :) it's been a wonderful time in the summer season, lots of sunflowers blossoming :) It's always one of our favorite themes to decorate in the kitchen :) i love getting our kitchen all set, and ready for our super fun adventures :)i cooked a nice lunch, baked potatoes, and cabbage soup :) delicious! :) During the early afternoon, i enjoyed some nice time here on ds, writing to friends. :)
Alyssa and the triplets came over around 2:30pm :) the kids were all excited, about baking friday :) it's become a tradition for them, each week, to get their chairs, and they bring the chairs out into the kitchen :) around 3pm, Kayla and i had the kitchen set :) i found a nice recipe, for zuchinni bread, on the all recipes website :) it sounded really good :) i sent happy baking friday texts to friends :) Each week, we love to get our recipes set, and we love to use our baking friday supplies, we have recieved over the years :) our aprons, oven mits, kitchen towels, pans, and lots more :) These wonderful items, are always a special part of our cooking, and baking adventures each week :) our kitchen was all set, and we were ready to get the flour flying in the air. :) calling all cookie monsters! :) cookie monsters unite!!! :) it's time to bake! bake! bake! :)
We began our super fun adventure! :) we first began, by preparing the brownies :) my mom's been wanting us to bake some more brownies :) We had a box of brownies mix, and a bag of brownies mix :) we combined both brownies mixes into 2 bowls, and began to add the other ingredients :) water, vegetable oil, and i said to Kayla, "pick out the best 2 eggs ever!" : )She's always loved to help select the eggs :) Kayla's been helping a lot this summer season, helping teach the kids how to bake :) They've been learning a lot :) i remember when Kayla was as tall as the triplets, and now she's almost tall as me! :) wow! :) the years really fly by. We love baking friday, and are so happy, and thankful to have this very special tradition in our lives :)
The triplets wanted to have some m&m's :) colby, brayden, and jacob, each got to have some m&m's :) They were very happy :) they get so excited, they said, "Candy!!!" awww! :) We were sharing lots of smiles in the kitchen today :) You all are always right there with us in spirit in our kitchen :) We got some spoons, and began to super stir the ingredients :) the triplets are becoming great super stirrers! :) They get very proud, when they help, and adding the ingredients to the bowl :) we added some m&m's into the brownies mix :) i used butter, to grease the baking dish :) We then poured the brownies mix into the baking pan :) baking friday teamwork! :) we love it! :)
we sprinkled more m&m's on top of the brownies, and i then put the brownies into the oven to bake! bake! bake! :) i love that chocolate goodness scent, of the brownies baking in the oven :) As the brownies were baking, we began to get ready, to bake the zuchinni bread :) i found a nice recipe, on the all recipes website :) over the years, i've found many recipes on that site, that we have used, for our baking friday adventures. :) i sliced some zuchinni, and we then began to add all of the ingredients into the bowl :) it's a simple recipe, that includes some cinnamon :) my mom's been wanting us to bake some zuchinni bread :) i love it too, and have been wanting to have some with some soup :)
We had the flour flying in the air in the kitchen today! :) hehe! :) my mom and Alyssa came out into the kitchen, we were all gathering around :) We used a nice bread baking pan, for the zuchinni bread :) i used butter to grease the pan, and we poured in the zuchinni bread mix :) we loaded the bread mix with lots of zuchinni :) i couldn't wait to try it! :) We did some cleaning up in the kitchen, as the brownies and zuchinni bread were baking :) Kayla, Alyssa, and i talked about some of our upcoming baking friday adventures, including the halloween themes we have in October :) the brownies, and zuchinni bread finished baking, i brought the goodies out of the oven to cool down :) The triplets were looking forward to having a brownie! :) they love brownies :)
We had lots of fun today, baking goodies :) We love all of the special memories being made :) i thanked Kayla, and the triplets for helping bake :) i said, "cool dudes!" and the triplets are making the cool dude symbol with their thumbs :) awww! :) We have many more super fun baking friday adventures to look forward too :) a very special shoutout, to family and friends :) lots of cooking, and baking this week :) it's a great joy,hearing about all of the nice goodies, and foods, everyone is cooking, and baking :) sharing recipes :) we've baked lots of goodies over the years, with nice recipes we've recieved from friends :) i wish we all could gather, and have a baking friday picnic :) Thank you all, for welcoming us into your kitchens each week, and for joining us in our kitchens :) This is so much fun, and very special :) Zuchinni bread, and m&m's brownies, dedicated to our wonderful family, friends, and to the spirit of the season :) we love you all so very very much! :) many great memories being made, to always cherish, and treasure :) baking friday! :) we love it! :) August 21st, 2015 :) Happy baking friday everyone :)
PRAYERS REQUEST! hi angel friends, we have a prayers request, for everyone in Washington State, where there's awful wildfires. we have many friends who live in Washington, who have been touching base with us, to let us know them and their family, friends, are ok. please keep them in your thoughts and prayers. my family and i are praying for everyone's safety, and hoping everyone is ok, and wishing safety, to all of the brave men, and women firefighters, who are battling the wildfires. we hope, and pray, that all the wildfires, will be fully extinguished as soon as possible. big group comforting hug.
We're enjoying a good day:) baking friday! :) spirit soaring summer! :) we love it!!! :) my family and i are doing well, and are in great spirits :) We're so very happy, thankful, and blessed, to have the wonderful opportunity, to experience amazing days, and times like this, celebrating these special moments with everyone :) Lots of great memories being made, to always cherish, and treasure :) it's been a really nice week, and the weekend is arriving with lots of spirit :) i'd love to go shopping tomorrow, at the dollar store :) i want to buy some gifts, goodies, and treasures :) on sunday, i want to do some gardening :) i look forward to sharing our weekend adventures and pictures with everyone, in my weekend journals :) There's many more great things to look forward too :) Tonight, Holly and i are going to watch 2 cool episodes, of "Most Haunted" show, on youtube :) We love our paranormal night party night :) Thank you everyone, so very much, for all that you do for us : )You all are wonderfully nice, and sweet :) We deeply appreciate everything, with all of the love of our hearts :) BIG GROUP HAPPY SUNSHINE HUG :) my family and i hope everyone enjoys a wonderful weekend :) -never lose hope :)
To Wildthing, Peaceful Gentle Moments of the day :) Wildthing, today, the kids and i baked m&m's brownies, and zuchinni bread, for baking friday :) Thinking of you, our dear friend :)
my mom says hi :) She says, "i hope everyone had a happy baking friday" :) awww! :) She says, "have a good weekend" :) We love you all very much, our sweet dear friends :) We hope everyone is doing well, and enjoying a great day :) we hope everyone enjoys a wonderfully safe, fun, and happy weekend :)
Happy baking friday! :) calling all cookie monsters! :) It's golden days of summer, and we're ready for some more wholesome, and fun baking adventures! :) It's that time of the year, late summer, the harvesting season is in full swing, with lots of great things going on :) We're very happy, and excited, to celebrate with everyone :) As the kids get ready for back to school, we've been reflecting back upon an amazing season of fun baking friday adventures, and all of the very special memories that have been made :) Soon, we'll be getting into some Fall season baking, with apples, and cinnamon, pumpkin, and lots more :) This is a picture of our kitchen, all set up and decorated, for our super fun adventure :) Today, the kids and i are baking zuchinni bread, and making some nice, M&M's brownies :) We're very excited about the adventure :) we sure do love our baking friday adventures, and sharing our adventures with everyone :) Thank you all 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 sister Lisa :) they went to the store yesterday evening, and picked up baking friday supplies :) it's very nice, and sweet of them :) Thank you mom and Lisa, so very much! :) we all love to chip in each week, to get baking friday supplies :) We're very happy, and blessed, to have this wonderful tradition in our lives :) Happy baking friday smiles :)
Greetings, from our kitchen to yours! :) The kids and i got our picture taken in the kitchen today :) We love baking friday, and all of the great memories being made :) You all are always with us in spirit, in our kitchen :) Thank you, for sharing in, these very special times with us :) Happy baking friday smiles :)
Preparing the goodies! :)BAKING FRIDAY TEAMWORK! :) the kids and i love the awesome steps, to preparing the goodies and treats we make :) We love baking friday :) adding in the ingredients, SUPER STIRRING, and baking the goodies :) It's always a super fun adventure in the kitchen, sharing lots and lots of smiles :)







We added m&m's to the brownies mix :)
bake! bake! bake! :) we had the nice loaf of zuchinni bread, and brownies baking nicely in the oven :) our kitchen smelled great! :)


Zuchinni Bread, and m&m's brownies! :) come on over, for some yummy treats! :) awww! :) The kids, Kayla, and i had lots of fun baking goodies today :) lots of baking friday teamwork in the kitchen :) Kayla and i are teaching the kids about baking :)they're learning a lot, and they love to help :) We love these fun times, and all of the great memories being made :) baking friday! :) we love it! :) August 21st, 2015 :) Happy baking friday everyone! :)

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RiseAndShineSunshine
RiseAndShineSunshine

Hi Chris ! I managed to get my internet turned back on, Yay !My Lap top is acting up,so not sure if I will get to be on much yet. Those treats you baked look super yummy ! And those big smiles are priceless ! Prayers going up with yours for the friends in Washington State for the fires.My son took off for a few days.I am enjoying having the house to myself again.But miss him too. I had company from Ohio for a few days, we enjoyed eating out and watching movies.So glad all is going so well for you all. I am excited a friend made me a crochet prayer shawl, it should be getting here soon, can\'t wait to see this labor of love arrive.Also a man is supposed to come put up a much needed light in my kitchen soon.Looking forward to that.And my friends from Ohio gave me a beautiful Mermaid what not, I LOVE it ! That is about all of my news. Keep on keeping on my treasured friend. God Bless :) Happy weekend to you !!! ~ Anya
Squarley
Squarley

Hi Chris love your journal and your picture looks like everyone had so much fun I love the brownie and bread I made chocolate cupcakes this week they were really good hope you have a wonderful weekend hope to talk to you soon tell everyone hi we love you all talk to you soon your friend Shirley
JOYHOLY
JOYHOLY

LOOKS GOOD CHRIS, I HAVE BEEN GIVEN A RECIPE FOR ZUCCHINI MUFFINS BUT NEVER HEARD OF BRED, BUT LOOKS GOOD, YES WONDERFUL MEMORIES BEING MADE, THE CHILDREN WTH CHOCOLATE ON THEIR FACES JUST SWEET, LOVE THE JOURNAL, HOPE THE FIRES ARE OFF AND RAIN WILL SOAK THE EARTH.
LOVE TO HEAR OF OUR NATURE FRIENDS, YOUR HEALTHY EATING, ALL THE WONDERFUL NEWS, ITS A JOY TO READ YOUR JOURNAL, YOU HAVE A JOYFUL DAY LOVE TO ALL, HUGS LUCY**
ddeadred
ddeadred

I see you had a FULL HOUSE for Baking Friday!!! Very cool, Chris, and it looks like the kidz had fun!!! I still have not baked though I\'m still FINDING kitchen stuff... LOL

Still getting organized which I fear will be an endless task... The WINTER, I\'ll have lots to do, i keep telling myself...

Good to see the BAKING BUNCH all together to BAKE BAKE BAKE!!! 3 more kidz LEARNING ALL that Baking Friday OFFERS!!! xoxoxo Cj