Cookie Time!

Every Halloween my Mom makes the most delicious sugar cookies. It is always a tradition that we carve pumpkins, frost cookies, and my sister and I do our annual thriller dance. I was feeling a little homesick and wishing I could do all these things with my family back home. I decided to be a grown up and make the cookies myself. They were sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo hard. haha. I am no professional like my Mom but I am sure in the years to come I will perfect them like she has. I thought it would be fun to have some of my dental wife buddies over with their kids and we could all frost them together. It was so fun and the kiddos had a blast! It was so worth staying up way too late baking just to see how much fun they had. It was also fun to chat with my friends! Poor Madi wanted so badly to get in on the action and feeling guilty I let her eat a cookie, don't worry baby girl maybe next year!

Lily frosting cookies, she was so patient and didn't even eat a cookie until she was done!

Madi eating her first cookie!

The Cookies!

The frosting Crew
Jenny, Lily, Brittany, and Ansley

Lily enjoying her cookie!

I feel so lucky to have made such amazing friends while we have been out here in Florida! They are so wonderful and I am glad that we are friends!

A little bit of Fall

Fall has always been one of my favorite times of year! I love everything about fall. I am so incredibly homesick right now. Everyone is talking about the leaves changing into the beautiful orange, red, and yellows, Breaking out their sweaters and boots, Delicious pumpkin dishes and the cold crisp air. It is still 90 plus degrees and still unbelievably hot so it is hard to get into the fall spirit. 

This weekend we decided to go to a Pumpkin Patch with our friends the Rubisch's. We drove about 45 minutes and found a cute little Pumpkin patch that was just the right size for the kiddos. Madeline loved the pumpkins and kept trying to pick them up and drop them on the ground. She also liked to eat the stems. She of course enjoyed the company of Lily and Levi. 

I am pretty sure this pumpkin is bigger than Madi

Poor Levi, he takes a lot of abuse from this girl

She loves Pumpkins!

Photo Cred: To the amazing Jenny!

Thanks to our amazing friends for a fantastic time and helping us get into the Fall Spirit!

Last week I also decided to make Pumpkin Chocolate cookies. These cookies are so easy and only have three ingredients. One of my friends brought them to my baby shower last year and they were amazing!

Ingredients: 

1 package Spice Cake Mix

1 15 oz can of Pumpkin

1 bag of Chocolate Chips (I used the mini Chocolate Chips)

Directions:

Mix together spice cake mix and pumpkin until well blended. Add Chocolate Chips. Drop cookies onto a greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 15-18 minutes. 

They are so easy and so delicious! 

Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

I made cookies this past weekend and all I can say is F.A.B.U.L.O.U.S. They were the best chocolate chip cookies I have ever had/made. They were so addicting. Alan would eat like 4 at a time. These yummy cookies only lasted a couples days at our house.

I found the recipe here. They have tons of good recipes!

Make these cookies, trust me you wont be disappointed!