Happy Birthday Canean. Your unwavering love for me continues to amaze me. How we survived the first 20 years of our lives without one another, I am not sure. Your ability to see me in ways that I can't see myself brings out better parts of me and who I want to be.

Stay wild at heart, because it's what I love most about you. A lot of men lose their wild hearts and yours remains constant and ever seeking adventure just the way God intended it. So as you turn another year older today, keep your boyish spirit and gusto to live each day to it's fullest because tomorrow is not guaranteed.

PostedJanuary 5, 2015

AuthorLeigh Ann Chatagnier

CategoriesLife, Love

TagsHappy Birthday, 31 Years, Love, Life, Happily Ever After

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Today is the last day of 2014. Tomorrow will be 2015 and I can remember when the year 2000 was a big deal. Time flies more quickly every year, making me want to try and slow things down a bit and to savor each day and moment that is offered to me. As I look back over the past year, I am overwhelmed with what an amazing year it turned out to be.

We moved back to Louisiana after only being gone for a year in Texas, allowing me to reconnect with old friends that have become stronger relationships now than they ever were before. There have also been new friends and I have been so blessed to have these talented and kind women be a part of my life. I fell in love with Baton Rouge in a new light and the people that live in this city with me.

PostedDecember 31, 2014

AuthorLeigh Ann Chatagnier

CategoriesLife

TagsNew Years Recap, New Years Happenings, Life, Life's Moments, living life, 2015

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I woke up this morning after sleeping until 9:30, laying in bed enjoying the quiet house and a few moments where I was alone with my thoughts. Canean had gone hunting with his dad and the dogs were sound asleep in their beds. It was the best kind of morning after being out of town for the past week and a half.

I took this picture of my arm where the saying "no place I'd rather be" now has a home to remind me of appreciating this life and this moment that I am in...probably because I am still getting used to it living there.

Slowly, I made myself get out of bed right as Canean was coming home with coffee and a scone in hand for me which made waking up a little easier.

PostedNovember 22, 2014

AuthorLeigh Ann Chatagnier

CategoriesLife

TagsThanksgiving, Thanksfulness, Life, Gratefulness

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If you follow me on social media at all then you know that last night was our very first Farm to Fork dinner that I collaborated with Maker's Workshop, Country Table Delivery, and Red Onion. This week has been a crazy one and last night made it totally worth it because the night could not have been any better! It was a community gathering where local people came together to donate their time and talents and spent an evening getting to know each other and ate an amazing dinner with all farm fresh and local ingredients!

PostedNovember 7, 2014

AuthorLeigh Ann Chatagnier

CategoriesLife

TagsFarm to Fork, Outdoor Dinners, Local Gatherings, Community Events, Farm to Fork Dinners, Fall, November

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Photo and Lettering by Holly Everett: My Diary of Us

Do you remember your first trip to Disneyworld as a kid, or maybe the first time that you saw the ocean? Remember how excited you were to live, to experience new adventures and how even the smallest new thing was always...always the best thing? And then we grew up. We started taking life and new experiences for granted and we stopped living life with the gusto of our ten year old selves.

Unless you are my husband...

He is kind of incredible in that he still has that childlike enthusiasm for life and new adventures. It's one of the qualities that I love the most about him. Canean is always up for anything, soaking up new experiences like a sponge determined to not let the world take the boy inside him away or take away pieces of the man that God created him to be...wild at heart.

PostedNovember 4, 2014

AuthorLeigh Ann Chatagnier

CategoriesLife

Tagslife, live, Miss Potter, Quotes about life, Maison Everett, Calligraphy, Living LIfe to the Fullest

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Mini Apple Pies with Spiced Whip Cream: My Diary of Us

I made apple pies on Sunday...mini apple pies. They are adorable and delicious. I made them last year for the first time and fell in love. I have a confession...I never used to like apple pie. I didn't like the big chunks of apple, but I loved the crust. True story, my best friend and I still to this day are the perfect pie eating pair. She loves the filling, I love the crust. We could polish off one of her grandmother's cushaw pies (similar to pumpkin in taste) by ourselves, two spoons in hand. It's still one of my favorite memories. It brings me back to fall in Tennessee which is one of the most beautiful places when fall rolls around. I love all Fall things, like apple pie...

My mini apple pies have smaller chunks of apple and a good crust layer on top and bottom so they are right up my ally. This time though, I added some amazing spiced whip cream to the top inspired from Offbeat + Inspired and let me tell ya. It's a game changer.

Just cover me in whip cream and I'll die happy.

PostedSeptember 30, 2014

AuthorLeigh Ann Chatagnier

CategoriesDessert, Life

Tagsfall things, apple pies, mini apple pies, hand pies, pie recipes, Fall, Fall Loves, Baking, Fall baking

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