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My 9 Pregnancy Essentials

May 11, 2017 by Annie Chesson 2 Comments

Okay all you women out there, let's get real for a quick minute. Pregnancy ain't no walk in the park. It might be for some of you lucky ladies out there (I'm glad you can't feel my resentment as I type... 😉), but for the majority of the female species, it's nine months of heartburn, mood swings, back pain, and the appetite of fifteen morbidly obese men. I definitely haven't had a bad pregnancy, ...

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Filed Under: Extras, Parenting Tagged With: baby essentials, baby must haves, pregnancy, pregnancy essentials, pregnancy must haves, pregnancy needs

Riley

May 4, 2017 by Annie Chesson 8 Comments

May 4th. This day was supposed to be very, very different for us. Rather than just another normal Thursday work day, Seth and I were supposed to be at the hospital, welcoming our first child into the world. Today was my due date for the baby that my husband and I lost this past September. I never realized how common miscarriages were until I had one, and people started coming out of the woodwork ...

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Filed Under: Extras, Parenting Tagged With: extras, life, loss, miscarriage, miscarry

Fifteen Quick and Simple 30 Minute Meals

April 13, 2017 by Annie Chesson Leave a Comment

Even those of us that love, love, looooove cooking are fans of 30 minute meals. Meals that are that quick and easy but still pack so much flavor and yumminess are just so much fun to make. Not to mention, MUCH needed on crazy weeknights when you've either been dealing with a pack of crazy kids all day, dealing with a crazy day at work...or both...yikes. So, this roundup is for you, busy ...

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Filed Under: 30 Minute Meals, Extras Tagged With: 30 Minute Meals, Easy, fast, Quick, quick and easy, simple

It’s a…

April 4, 2017 by Annie Chesson Leave a Comment

Boy! We are having a sweet little baby boy in July. ^^ That's how we announced it on social media a few days ago. I posted the black and white picture, opened up the floor for anyone who wanted to make any guesses, and then posted the color version later. So much fun! If you've read a lot of my past blog posts, you know that I was feeeeeeling like it was a boy but kind of wanting it to be a ...

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Filed Under: Extras Tagged With: balloon gender reveal, boy gender reveal, gender, gender announcement, gender reveal, pregnancy, pregnancy announcement

Guess What?!

January 11, 2017 by Annie Chesson 12 Comments

OH my goodness, I cannot possibly explain how hard it has been to wait this long to share this news with you guys!! I. Have. Been. Dying. Every single post I've written since the very beginning of November, I've been one spastic keyboard motion away from typing "OH BY THE WAY I'M PREGNANT" and then frantically clicking publish. I overshare on this blog like every single day, and keeping this to ...

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Filed Under: Extras, Parenting Tagged With: babies, baby, pregnancy, pregnancy announcement

The Top 15 of 2016

January 3, 2017 by Annie Chesson Leave a Comment

Hello!!! I missed you, internet frands. It was a wonderful, exhausting, and impossibly short Christmas break, and I had a fantastic time. How was your break?? What did you do?? Where did you go?? I want to hear all the deets. For now, while I wait to hear about your December awesomeness, I will bask in what was 2016. I don't know about you, but my Facebook is loaded to the brim with statuses ...

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Filed Under: All Recipes, Extras Tagged With: all time favorite, best recipes, favorite, favorites, most popular recipes, recipes

Merry Christmas!

December 25, 2016 by Annie Chesson 1 Comment

Merry Christmas everyone!!! I had to stop by for a minute and send my tidings your way on this wonderful day #unintentionalrhyme. I hope you are all having such a bright, warm, happy Christmas surrounded by family, friends, and loved ones. This is one of my favorite days of the entire year, so I wanted to be able to slightly share it with you and wish you all a Merry Christmas! You are some of ...

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Filed Under: Extras Tagged With: Christmas, holidays, life, merry christmas

Off to Seattle!

December 21, 2016 by Annie Chesson Leave a Comment

Seth and I are hiking our cold little butts over to Seattle tonight for Christmas! Today is my last day of finals at school (which I now know as a teacher can be just as mentally taxing on our end as the students'...WHEW), and we are catching a red eye to the big WA late tonight. So...it's going to be a really relaxing day/night...oh wait...FALSE. But it will be totally worth it. Seth's brother ...

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Filed Under: Extras Tagged With: Christmas, christmas break, life

10 Super Simple Crock Pot Recipes

December 19, 2016 by Annie Chesson 8 Comments

Ah, the Crock Pot. Such a wonderful vessel for comfort food goodness. Wouldn't you agree?? Throw your ingredients in, turn that baby on, and let it sit and simmer away allllll day while you're out doing your thangs. Or while you're binge watching Netflix. Whatever floats your boat. And then at dinner time, you pop off the lid and say hello to your delicious, slow-cooked dinner. It's so ...

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Filed Under: All Recipes, Crock Pot, Extras, One Pot Meals Tagged With: crock pot, crock pot recipes, Easy, roundup, simple, slow cooker, slow cooker recipes

The Mercantile

December 14, 2016 by Annie Chesson 6 Comments

Oh...my...gosh...BEST DAY EVVEERRRRRRRRRRRRRR. Seriously. Best day ever. If you didn't read my last post, let me catch you up real quick. This past weekend (on Saturday), Seth and I traveled down to little ol' Pawhuska Oklahoma to visit Ree Drummond's - aka The Pioneer woman's (aka my favorite human's) - new store, The Mercantile. She calls it "The Merc," but I don't feel cool enough to say that ...

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Filed Under: Extras, Random Tagged With: exras, life, pioneer woman, ree drummond, the mercantile

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Annie Chesson
I am a passionate Christian, wife, cooking addict, and mom to the two sweetest boys in the world! Join me in my journey to create delicious, flavorful food. More About Me...

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