Dutch BABY Pancake...

Dutch BABY Pancake

To die for! Try it. You'll like it.  Here's the recipe...

3 eggs
1/2 c. milk
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
2 Tbsp. sugar
1/4 tsp. salt
1 Tbsp. butter

Here's How
1. Heat oven to 450 degrees.  Whisk eggs, milk, flour, sugar and salt in a medium bowl until smooth

2. Place butter in 9-inch metal pie plate or 9 or 10 inch ovenproof skillet.  Heat in oven to melt butter, about 2 minutes.  Tilt plate to coat evenly with butter.

3. Pour batter into hot pie plate.  Bake at 450 for 8 minutes.  Reduce oven setting to 375 F.  Continue to bake until pancake is golden brown and sides are puffy, 8 to 10 minutes.  Cut into wedges. Serve immediately.

Enjoy!
Makes 2 servings :) That could be a problem for us in ahhh 18 months from now when our BABY starts eating solids! But have no fear the recipe can be doubled to serve 4 to 6 people, just bake it in a 13x9x2-inch metal baking pan in 425F oven for 20 to 25 minutes.

If you haven't heard by now, it is so true and we are so excited...we have a pancake in the oven...well more like a large lemon at this point and getting bigger by the day! 

Our due date...Labor Day 2012!  How fitting!

Baby Lu Turns 1...

It is hard to believe that almost a whole year has past since Lucy was born. She was born the day after Christmas last year and we celebrated her 1st birthday today!  Baby Lu as we call her is mine & Justin's first Godchild and we are enjoying every minute of it!  She is such a beautiful little girl and we love her o-so-much!  She has a smirk that will melt almost anybody's heart and more energy and spunk than the energizer bunny!  She definitely holds her own against big brother Jack!

It is amazing how beautiful it was outside, 40 some odd degrees today only seven days before Christmas.  Last year we had a ton of snow at this time already.  I'm really hoping that we get just a dusting before next weekend to make it feel a little bit more like Christmas...the lights and decorations have been up for a couple of weeks, but it just doesn't feel like Christmas.  I am so excited to see so many family and friends in the next week or so, for some it's been way too long! Never forgetting Jesus is the real reason for the season...our golden diaper baby Jesus is coming...are you ready?

3rd Annual Ugly Sweater Party!!

This past weekend the 3rd Annual Ugly Sweater Party was held at the Kasper farm and it was a blast!! As you tell by the picture above we all sported some very "ugly" sweaters...one better than the next.  There is a traveling trophy and this year our friend Eric was the winner...his sweater was purchased at ragstock and was probably one of the ugliest to date! One of the biggest things I learned this weekend is that I'm getting old...since when can't I stay up until 4 in the morning and actually function the next day?  We drank, ate, played some fun new games and danced the night away just like we were still in college, but let me tell you...Sunday morning church came way too early and afternoon nap time couldn't come soon enough.  Now this wasn't because I had too much "fun in a bottle", but because apparently as we age our bodies need as much sleep as we can possibly get...I guess.  I'm pretty sure that I didn't catch up on sleep until today!  But truthfully I'd do it again next weekend because this group (above) is so much fun to be with!  Justin and I found our sweater vests at Savers and were very surprised at their selection...Justin's outfit was topped off with a golfing reindeer and santa tie...C-U-T-E!  We are  already looking forward to the 4th Annual Ugly Sweater Party! 

p.s. If anyone is looking for an "ugly" sweater we are building quite a collection so let us know!

Church...Holy Days of Obligation

Today was the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a Holy Day of Obligation for all of us Catholics and one of the most important ones in the church year and....WE MISSED IT!  Not for a lack of effort or thoughtfulness, but pure error on my part.  So it goes something like this.  I new that it was coming up and that it would be here before I knew it and that it always sneaks up on me this time of year.  So as I was talking to mom this morning about this that and the other thing she mentioned that Katie had gone to Church this morning because she was working until ten tonight and wouldn't be able to go tonight. The light bulb flickered and popped on....CHURCH TONIGHT! Immaculate conception! I quickly googled Our Lady of Lourdes church in Little Falls to get the mass times for the Tri Parish Faith Community...I read it, got in my head that there was mass at OLOL at 5:30 - a little tight on time with both of us rolling in from work a little after five and 6:30 at St. Mary's....sounds good!  So we got home, dillydallied around, ate some supper and out the door we went ot St. Mary's on the east side of town for 6:30 mass.  When rounding the corner by OLOL I was surprised that all of the cars were gone from 5:30 mass and in my head I thought two things, first I bet that Father Mark was doing both masses and had to hurry through 5:30 mass to get to St. Mary's by 6:30 and secondly and embarrassing to admit I thought...sweet mass is going to be short and we'll be home and toasty warm in less than an hour.  So we turn down 4th street and there are NO cars parked in front of the church there either!!! WTH  (What the Heck - when talking about church) I was so disgusted/frustrated I could have cried.  I processed it all out loud as Justin was saying...there is nothing we can do about it now, at least we made an effort.  He is always so positive!  We made a pit stop for milk and city trash bags on the way home and I rushed in the house to see how I possibly could have messed this one up...So here I sit after perusing the Tri Parish website again and it ends up that there WAS mass at St. Mary's at 6:30 LAST NIGHT! ARGHHH!!! and there WAS mass at OLOL at 5:30 TONIGHT!  How could could I possibly made such a stupid memory error (are the residents wearing off on me)?  Good thing I am not a transcriptionist.  So I'm still struggling with it and trying to figure out how I'm going to make this all ok mentally. Should I say the rosary? Maybe a few extra prayers when I go to bed tonight? OR Should I chalk it up as...we made an effort, missed church and there isn't a darn thing we can do about it?  WOW!! Does anyone else struggle with stuff like this or am I just crazy?  WOW! I feel better just typing it all out...Happy Holy Day of Obligation to all and to all a good night!

ps. I have a hot date with my husband tomorrow night :) and a busy weekend planned, so look forward to more stories and I'll try to keep my babbling to a minimum.

Maybe Silent Night would be more fitting?

This video was captured at St. Nick night at my Aunt and Uncle's this past weekend.  St. Nick had gathered all the kids around to sing Jingle Bells for their parents and Jack would hear nothing of it!  I only caught the last part of the song because I was laughing too hard to realize I should be recording this priceless occurrence! If you watch really close in the beginning you can see Jack growl at the kids too...

Welcome Back!

I'm BACK in the game!  A New Years resolution beginning today...Facebook out! Blogging in!  My goal is to head to blogland instead of Facebook, as I truly feel like it has consumed too much of my time and the only one that has control over that is yours truly...ME!  I'm not sure where to really start this game of catchyouup, but as I think of things I will post, so for a while there will be a mishmash of postings, with no real rhyme or reason.  I will try to post the timeframe just so you are able to follow.  Above is our Christmas picture for 2011.  This is our second Christmas season as husband and wife and it has been great!  Last Christmas Justin was in the heart of working full time and working to get his law enforcement certificate, he was BUSY!  I had put the lights on the house, put up the Christmas tree and decorated the house as though it was just something we did that time of year...this year has been so much different and so much fun!  WE put the lights on the house already in early November on a rather warm evening and pulled out all of our Christmas decorations the Friday after Turkey day.  WE put up the tree and decorated it TOGETHER and even got some pretty priceless home video of decorating the house for the holidays.  We have been able to just sit and enjoy one another's company in the glow of all the Christmas lights and we are already planning nights out under the stars, skating and skiing by the light of the moon.  We are reflecting on true meaning of CHRISTmas and counting all of our blessings.  I will fill you in on all of the other happenings as time permits because as I come off my facebook "high" I have a feeling I will be spending A LOT of time blogging!  TaTa For Now! Good Night and Sweet Dreams!

Being a wife...

Being a wife is...GREAT!  I love it!  Nothing is greater than being married!

• A new bathroom rug...$10
• A new battery for my car...$60
• To know that no matter what, through thick and thin, I will always have my best friend by my side...priceless!

We are sneaking up on being married for THREE WEEKS!  I can't believe it!

First Comes Love...Then comes Marriage...Then comes...

CANNING!  HA HA HA HA Gotchya!  I've just been a regular old housewife this week...I froze some corn, canned some salsa...what more could a husband ask for?  I got married just in time to get in on some fun homemaker duties, but missed the beans and pickles season by a frogs hair! Dang it anyhow, what was I thinking getting married during canning season?  Amazing what love on the brain can do to a woman!  If you follow my blog at all you might be wondering where I got the tomatoes from as my garden is no longer in existence...my wonderful mother and friend Amanda's mother were gracious enough to donate some tomatoes to our help feed the newlyweds fund!  A million thanks go out to both of them...now we will have homemade salsa (a staple in our house) for the winter.  The corn was also graciously donated by Amanda's aunt and uncle...a whole gunny sack!  Stay tuned for more news...I'll keep you posted!

What does your neighbor boy do when he gets mad?

This is what ours does...

Destroys my garden!

(On a positive note...I don't have to worry about working too hard to clean it out...)

What's a woman to do on her 26th Birthday...?

Well...first she rises with the sun!  Why? I have no idea!  Then she cleans the house?  On her birthday?  Yes, on her birthday!  Then she plays some sand volleyball...huh?  ALL DAY! (luckily she's only a sub! She's getting old you know!) The Tina P's got 2nd place out of 10 teams...We Rock!

Then her husband takes her out for a tasty birthday dinner at Little Fiesta!! Wait a minute...She gets a free dessert?  What's the catch?  AH ha!  Three lovely mexicans sing what she believes was the spanish version of Happy Birthday! She just smiled and nodded...it was great!

Then they go to a wedding...interesting...very interesting! Angie and Amanda wore their little black dresses ;)...

The night ended at the Tschida/Schirmers Cabin on Bull Dog Lake...the next day was time for church, brunch, fishing, napping, riding/falling off the tractor and home again, home again, jiggity jig!

PICTURES!!

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We're MARRIED!

So we've been married for almost a week and it's great!  The wedding was amazing and couldn't have been better...well if it were up to me I would have deleted the lightening (that freaks me out!), but other than a crazy, God given light show, it was a blast! The WHOLE day! Thank you to everyone who came and celebrated with us, we hope that you all had as much fun as we did!  We plan to keep the wedding website (www.weddingwire.com/justinandangie) updated for the time being and will load some pictures from the BIG day when we get them.  Always stay tuned to this blog for the most recent happenings because hopefully now that the wedding is done, I will have some time to keep up with it!  If anyone wants to share stories or pictures with us we would love to hear from you!  You can email us at happilyeverafter8710@gmail.com...I would love to share our new address on here, but I don't think that is the safest thing to do...so if you want it...email us and we'll be happy to share it with you.   Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! all again for helping us celebrate the most special day of our lives so far!  With all of your help and God's grace our special day was perfect!  P.s. Rain makes corn...Corn makes whiskey...whiskey makes my baby (fill in the blank)!!! Peace Out!

The Count Down is on!

Well, it's about 5600 minutes until we say "I Do"...this quite possibly could be my last post as Angela Seppelt...AHHHH!!! I'm so excited to get this show on the road...after months of planning I am ready to see everything come together in the next couple of days.  I want to thank everyone for all that they have done for us, without our family and friends we wouldn't be where we are at! GETTING MARRIED!  So many people have been asking me if I'm getting nervous....?  For WHAT? I'm just getting excited...and concentrating on enjoying every minute of it!  In the next couple of days, we will work our tails off and than we will PARTY!  I'm asking everybody to PLEASE pray for nice weather...Grandma, please light your candle!  Katie, we're going to church!  My dream has always been to have my wedding dance out under the stars, so my fingers and toes have been crossed for a long time!  Mom and Dad's yard looks amazing and I can't wait to share the beauty with all of our guests. Well, I'm signing off only to sign on again in a few days with a new husband, a new last name, a new place to live and lots of pictures to share! See you soon!
Shalom!
Angela Seppelt

Out in the garden...

Baby Cedar Wax Wings...ready to fly the nest!

Summer is here!

Blogitty Blog Catch Up!

I'm posting some random pictures from the spring so far...the cutest ones are of course of Jack showing off his new pearly whites and how he can sit up all by himself!! It's unbelieveable how fast he is growing and how much fun he is! He'll make a cute ringbearer come August!  Hope everyone is doing well and enjoying this wonderful weather we are having.  Thank God for such a beautiful spring and pray for an amazing summer!

 Lily is trying to figure out what is going on...she's a few cards short of a full deck...

 Justin and his dad cultivating a new food plot...on a rock pile!

 On your mark...get set...go! Katie running the 100 meter dash at the Albany meet

 Go Katie!

 Who can resist this little guy!?!

Introducing Our Wedding Website!

I know I've been absent from blogland for the past couple of months, but I have a really good explanation....I've been working on our wedding website and finally after staying up way past my bedtime last night it's ready to make it's debut!  So if you would like to get in on some of the wedding details all you have to do is go to (or just click on the link)...www.weddingwire.com/justinandangie Please sign our guest book to let us know you were there and enjoy the fruits of my hours of labor :) You may be thinking...isn't there other wedding things she really should be doing? YES, YES you are correct BUT the planning is coming along very nicely these days and we are right on target!  Hope everyone is doing swell out there!  Shalom!

He's getting so big!!! 4 months old already!

Christmastime 2009

Grandma Block's Annual birthday cake for Jesus.

Jesus IS the reason for the season!

Mom & Dad's Christmas Tree

1st Annual Ugly Sweater Party

Kate & I first night of the season on skates!!

Emily on Christmas Day!

Jack with his new teddy bear mom made him :)

Justin & I Christmas Eve

Grandpa & Grandma Seppelt in front of their tree

The snow castle building crew on Christmas Day Eve

The Seppelt Family

Family Pictures

On Sunday, December 20 we took family pictures with both families...first at my mom and dad's than at Justin's. I set up my tripod for the Seppelt family picture and we got everyone situated and waved Matt and Ashley to bring Jack out...didn't want the little peanut getting too cold and he didn't like his snow suit. We used the tripod at Athman's too, and it was quite the circus to get a picture of all of us...you would think that we are all old enough to stand still and be patient...but that just wasn't the case that day :) It was all a lot of fun!