What a Beautiful Fall Weekend

This weekend was so nice and relaxing (and it isn't even over yet)!  Friday night we had a nice bonfire out in the backyard.  It smelled like Fall outside and the fire was casting a shadow of our tree on the entire side of our house...it was really awesome.  I tried to take a picture of it but had no luck with my $70 Olympus camera :)  hahaha

It kind of looked like this:

Ok - it didn't look this good - but you get the idea right? :)

Then on Saturday night Logan and Andrea invited us over for dinner.

Taken some time last year!

  Logan made some really awesome chili and I baked some pumpkin chocolate chip cookies (they were pretty tasty) 

Here is the recipe:

Prep Time: 20 Minutes Cook Time: 54 Minutes Ready In: 1 Hour 14 Minutes Servings: 36

Ingredients:

2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour 1 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 cup butter or margarine, softened 1 cup granulated sugar 1 (15 ounce) can LIBBY'S® 100% Pure Pumpkin 2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 (12 ounce) packages NESTLE® TOLL HOUSE® Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels 1 cup chopped walnuts Vanilla Glaze 1 cup powdered sugar 1 tablespoon milk 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions:

1.	PREHEAT oven to 350 degrees F. Generously grease a baking sheet; set aside.
2.	COMBINE flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl. Beat butter and granulated sugar in large mixer bowl until creamy. Beat in pumpkin, eggs and vanilla extract. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in morsels and nuts. Drop by rounded tablespoon onto prepared baking sheets.
3.	BAKE for 15 to 20 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire rack to cool completely. Drizzle or spread with Vanilla Glaze.

Give them a try!

I hope everyone enjoyed their weekend!