Thanks to TCB and Vixmom and MBarnum for the Birthday Wishes!!

Dinner at my parents' was nice and fairly quiet. We had home-made tacos (the tortillas weren't home-made, though). My mom made Chocolate Lush for dessert! It's very simple, but my favorite! Here's a recipe:
CHOCOLATE LUSH
Printed from COOKS.COM
CRUST:
1 1/2 c. flour
3/4 c. butter
1/2 c. crushed nuts (my mom used pecans)
Mix together and press into bottom of 14"x10" pan. Bake at 375 degrees for 15 minutes; cool.
FILLING:
8 oz. cream cheese
1 c. powdered sugar
8 oz. Cool Whip
2 (3 oz.) pkgs. chocolate instant pudding
3 c. milk
8 oz. Cool Whip
Cream 8 ounces cream cheese with powdered sugar and add 8 ounces Cool Whip; mix well. Spread over above crust; chill. Mix chocolate instant pudding with milk until thickened. Pour on top of previous mixture and chill again. Top with Cool Whip and crushed nuts.
It's just delicious! For my gifts, I got a Costco cash card, some cash and when my sister, her boyfriend and I went to see The Manhattan Transfer a couple of months ago in Seattle, that was my gift from my sister. My parents are paying for half of my new skylight (that I will be able to open to let out the heat in my 3rd floor during the hot summer months).
