Thanksgiving

We had a pretty laid back Thanksgiving this year.  Our friends, Eric, Cambria, and their baby Will came over to eat with us.  Great Friends + Yummy Food = a Great Thanksgiving.

 The table all set for dinner :)

I didn't take pictures of all the yummy food, just some of my favorites.  Matt LOVES these rolls and asks me to make them pretty much every day.  Recipe found here.

We decided to just make turkey breasts since we don't really like dark meat.  This recipe was amazing.

This is my favorite jello salad of all time.  You can find the recipe for Frog Eye Salad here.

It's that time of year...

The time of year when you find these in the store...

I've already purchased 12 and we've devoured 7 of them.  :)  I look forward to Pomegranates all year long!

TIP: *Score the outer peel, then place underwater in a big bowl while breaking apart and removing the fruit (this prevents juice spraying), then strain, rinse, chill, enjoy!*

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.

Yep, Still Loving Fall...

It's Fall :)

 I couldn't wait any longer to put up all our Fall/Halloween decor.  We love this time of year as it's filled with so much anticipation.  We have been loving having BYU football parties, visiting the farmer's market, and talking walks in the brisk Fall air.  I hope your taking time to enjoy this wonderful time of year.

P.S. My parents come in 2 weeks!!!  :)

If you care...

Happy Thanksgiving... late! :) We had an awesome fun filled weekend! So AWESOME and fun-filled that I forgot to take pictures... :( But here is a little summary about our weekend :0)

Tuesday: was my last day of work last week so I celebrated but going up to South Jordan to see Hello Dolly at Bingham High School (Matt's High School) with Mary and Rachel (some of our friends from Matt's High School days :)). They did such a great job, Rachel's sister was Dolly and she was perfect for the part and super cute! :)

Wednesday: I had the day off so I slept in :) Then I went to run some errands and get the oil changed... hoped I wouldn't see anyone I knew... then I came home and showered and got ready. Matt came home early from work and we took dinner up to his parents house to party :) After dinner we played games and watched the movie 13 days :)

Thursday: morning we got up and got ready then ate breakfast. After breakfast we watched some old family movies that Matt's family just put on the computer. Then we made some food for thanksgiving and headed down to Grandma Palmer's for Thanksgiving lunch :) After lunch at Matt's grandma's we headed to my aunt's house for dinner. We had a blast at Brenley and Eric's too :) Then we headed home to our apartment to relax and go to bed :)

Friday: morning didn't hold any shopping for us :) Just sleeping in :) We got ready and headed to South Jordan again for a family party. We got there early so Matt could go to the mall with his dad to get a new cell phone. I went with mom and Stacie to wash the car, go craft shopping and grocery shopping. Then we came home and finished getting the food ready before the rest of the family came. We had another turkey which we used for sandwiches and tons of other food :) then we played games and relaxed while hanging out with the family. Then we headed to my parents house to play with them :) When we got there we decided to get out for a while and go to Smith's Market Place. We got a few things, like a cheese ball with crackers and amazing sparkling pomegranate juice. When we got home we were all hungry so we made Thai Pizza's and regular pizza for Matt hehe. It was really good. Then we went to my previous young woman leader's house to visit and borrow some movies. We watched the Santa Clause and went to bed :)

Saturday: morning we had a big breakfast then Matt and I headed to Salt Lake to pick out my Christmas present and get it ordered... It's my gorgeous wedding band and I'm SO excited! We had them attached... or whatever that's called and I don't want to see it or wear it until Christmas so that I have something to open - but it is going to be SO pretty and I'm super excited! Then we went to Gateway to do some more Christmas shopping. We had fun walking around and we even ran into my aunt and uncle (Brenley and Eric). Then we met up with our friends Tony and Steph and went back to Tony's apartment to watch John Q. Then Matt and I left to meet up with by brother Sterling and Hayley for dinner :) We went to Thai Spice in Murray - I LOVE this restaurant because the food is SO good, it's not too expensive and you get TONS of food, Matt and I could share a meal but we usually get our own so we can take it home. My favorite meal, and it's the best is the Yellow Curry, I think it's called Gang Garee...? And The Mango Coconut Rice for dessert is a MUST :) Mmmm.... Then we drove back to Provo, unpacked, and watched Kung Foo Panda... or rather Matt watched it and I fell asleep like usual :) But the part I saw was really cute :)

Sunday: I wasn't feeling that great so we slept in and went to church then we just relaxed the rest of the night and enjoyed our break :) Well I relaxed and Matt did homework :) But still... All in all it was a GREAT weekend! Sorry there aren't any pictures and if you made it through my rambling congrats! :)

Fall... Just before it slips away: