Soup, Our Lady, and Heaven

On Sunday we woke up and went to church with my parents.  It was fun to show them where we go to church and have them meet all our friends and their cute babies.  :)  After church we had Chicken Taco Soup.

Then we headed over to campus.  We thought it would be a good day to show them around when it was less busy.  We had so much fun touring the campus, the law school, and one of the lakes.


In front of the law school - look how cute my parents are!
 

We really should have had someone take a picture of the four of us, but here's one of Matt and I too to prove we were there! :)
 

And I took a few pictures inside the law school to document where Matt has been slaving away since August.
 

One of his classrooms
 

The courtroom
 

Part of the law school from the outside

Campus is looking amazing with all the changing leaves - I LOVE fall out here... I think I might have mentioned that.

Every part of the law school is pretty incredible.
 

This is where Matt likes to study a lot - it's easy to see why!
 

Did I mention how pretty the campus looks right now?
 

Mom and Dad - I love this picture of them :)
 

Matt and I
 

This is where Matt leaves his bike each day.
 

The Basilica
 

Some scenes from our walk around St. Mary's Lake
 

This squirrel was chowing down and it was hilarious - so we took a picture.
 

Mom and Dad walking around the lake.
 

This squirrel pretty much charged Matt.  You might say they are tame - I say they are dangerous!
 

I was up in this squirrels grill and he didn't even flinch.  Mom tried to pet it's tail.
 

Then we came home and ate some amazing four-layer dessert.  This is the "Heaven" part of the title of this post.  This isn't a very good picture, but it's amazing!  See recipe below.
 

Layer 1

Ingredients:

2 cups flour

1 cup finely chopped walnuts or pecans

2 sticks of butter (or margarine if you're lame)

Mix together and press into 9" x 13" pan.  Bake at 325 for about 25 minutes or until barely brown.  Don't over cook!  Cool

Layer 2

Ingredients:

16 oz cream cheese

1 1/2 cups powdered sugar

Beat together until well mixed.  Spread over top of cooled crust.

Layer 3

Ingredients:

3 cups milk

1 small package instant chocolate fudge pudding

1 small package instant vanilla OR chocolate fudge pudding

Beat until thick.  Spread over cream cheese layer

Layer 4

Ingredients:

2 pints fresh whipping cream

2 Tbsp. sugar

Vanilla to taste

Whip and spread over pudding layer.  Top with grated chocolate if desired.  Refrigerate and enjoy!  Seriously.