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Cranberry Turtle Bars

December 2, 2010 by Arena Blake 10 Comments

As soon as I saw this recipe, I knew I had to make it. And let me tell you, these bars were gobbled up so fast I only had a chance to eat one of them! Cranberry Turtle Bars Source: The Curvy Carrot Ingredients: For crust: 2 c all-purpose flour 1/2 c packed light brown…

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Filed Under: Cooking, Recipes Tagged With: 12 Days of Christmas Cookies, Cookies, Cranberries, Dessert, recipes

Stained-Glass Sugar Cookies

December 1, 2010 by Arena Blake 18 Comments

This lovely little cookie first appeared on my blog back in July when I needed a fun treat for Independence Day, but I thought it would be fun to refurbish the idea with Christmas in mind.

Filed Under: Christmas, Cooking, Recipes Tagged With: 12 Days of Christmas Cookies, Christmas, Cookies, recipes, Tutorial

ICE!

December 1, 2010 by Arena Blake 3 Comments

Last weekend, we decided to visit the ICE! Exhibit at the Gaylord Texan. If you’re not familiar with ICE!, it’s a display of ice sculptures that’s 9 degrees inside. Because it’s so cold, they give you these HUGE parkas to wear. They ran out of the smaller size, so River’s was giant on her. It…

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Filed Under: Dallas, Living Tagged With: Family, Holidays, River

Family Photos 2010

November 30, 2010 by Arena Blake 3 Comments

Last week, I had the chance to take photos of our family during the holiday. I think they turned out pretty good, considering the lighting situation in my parents’ house. The babies’ faces look a little blown out in the one above, but other than that, I’m pretty satisfied with how the photos turned out….

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12 Days of Christmas Cookies

November 30, 2010 by Arena Blake 4 Comments

The Holiday Baking Season is upon us! One of my favorite things about Christmas is all of the fun, festive treats that we get to enjoy. With that in mind, I wanted to come up with a creative way to share some of my favorite Christmas cookie recipes…and so, the 12 Day of Christmas Cookies…

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Arena is the wife of a Nerd and mom of a toddler who loves his Star Wars blankie a little too much. She shares parenting adventures, yummy recipes, and great photography on this Dallas mom blog. thenerdswife@gmail.com

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