Streusel Topped Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins

Alright, I admit - these were basically cupcakes. And we had them for breakfast. We are not ashamed. :) But oh. my. They were soooo good. Built off a spice cake mix, plus pumpkin and reduced fat sour cream, etc. Got this recipe from Our Best Bites, a food blog I follow regularly and have first-round success with nearly every recipe I've gotten from them.

My August birthday...delayed post

I was cleaning pictures off my new SmartPhone and realized I'd never posted pictures of the birthday cake Chris made for me this year! It was Cinnamon Swirl - and he even made buttercream from scratch! (With a little assistance from me...) We went to a local taco place called Taco Mamcita for dinner and took the cake with us - this first picture is me trying to keep the flame lit because the fans were on high above us!

A Monkey Birthday

One of Chris's co-workers ordered these cupcakes for her son's 2nd birthday party. She was using the Paul Frank Monkey theme and since I didn't really have the skills (or the surface space) to put a monkey on each one, she came up with this idea. I think they turned out pretty good!

Just a few things I've been doing...

Some Oatmeal Raisin cookies for Chris to take to a friend's house for their annual Steelers' game together.

And this picture is actually something Chris did. :) Chris made this corn bread in his cast iron skillet yesterday. We got some fresh ground corn meal at a local festival and Chris just had to make some. It was perfect!

Made some wheat bread...perfectly soft and fluffy!

These cupcakes were made for my friend Melissa's birthday. They are lemonade cake with fresh lemon juice & zest, topped with fresh strawberry buttercream. Divine!

I made this Chicken Corn Chowder from scratch a couple weeks ago. It turned out great!