These are a few of my favorite fall things.

Well, its obvious that fall is here. The temperature isn't quite fall-ish all day long but every now and then I feel it in the air. The front porch decorations are out. I started painting our pumpkins last year for our first Fall as a married couple and I loved it so I did it this year as well.

Adam and I are SO looking forward to our annual Fall Party coming up October 20th. We make sweet chili (it is to die for and I will post recipe at a later date), Caramel Apple Cider, Roast Marshmallows out back in the fire pit, eat some yummy fall flavored desserts and cakes (this year we will have cake dots for sure), drink sweet tea from mason jars, and just enjoy fall and all that comes with it. Its a blast and I look forward to it every year!

In honor of fall I figured I would come up with a few reasons why I enjoy it so much and wish it would stick around a little bit longer, and here they are (in no particular order):

The entire month of October

Football (The boys watching, not me)

Fall smelling candles burning at home

Leaves falling

Pumpkin patches

Corn mazes

Hayrides

Seasonal beverages at coffee shops

Fall and Christmas decorations up in stores

New Wardrobe

Fall Cooking (Chili, Pumpkin Rolls and Pies, etc)

Planning for upcoming holiday meals

Bonfires

Being only months away from Christmas

Uggs and VS sweat pants

The sound of leaves crunching

I could go on and on about Fall but my head keeps bobbing so right now my favorite thing is going to my bed. Night little bloggies!

What's YOUR favorite thing about fall??

Sweet Tie-dye Reunion

...and for the record, I have no excuses for being gone so long. One of the reasons I have not posted anything in the last couple weeks is because I kept pondering what to write when I had to explain why I have been out of my blogging element lately. This morning I decided I would say nothing. I will just blog... and I will start with a fun little edible craft. Tie-dye Cupcakes!

I decided to bake these for my "SuperMom". In reality, she probably deserves the most expensive cake you could ever find or buy in this world but I wanted to show a little "labor of love" and bake her something myself. Here is my mom. I hope I look half as good as she does when I get to be her age and I want her beautiful skin, her hands ( which are so perfect to me), and her heart.

So here are the cupcakes I made and here's how YOU can make them too!

You start off with a regular butter cake recipe or use your favorite light colored cake. Follow directions until batter is mixed thoroughly.

Then scoop an even amount of cake batter into 4 different bowls. (Or however many different colors you choose to use.)

Choose what colors you would like to use and drop food coloring in 1 drop at a time until you get the brightness and color you desire.

Drop 1 spoonful at a time, alternate each color, and layer them until the baking cup is 3/4 full.

Each one is different and unique.

Bake at 350 degrees (or whatever your recipe calls for) ice them with your favorite buttercream or cream cheese icing and you will get these little cuties!

Don't ask me why the tie-dye just makes it taste better... but it does.

Now go make some cupcakes and tell me about them!!! Have a great day everyone :)