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ICE!

December 1, 2010 by Arena Blake 5 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 11 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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Filed Under: Photography Tagged With: Family, Photos

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

Matched by Ally Condie

November 30, 2010 by Arena Blake 9 Comments

Today is a day I’ve been anxiously awaiting for a long, long time.It’s the release day for Matched by Ally Condie. I cannot wait to get my hands on a beautiful hardcover of this amazing book. It is seriously one of my favorite reads of the year. If you do nothing else today, go to…

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Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: Ally Condie, Dystopian, Five Stars

Paranormalcy Giveaway Winner!

November 29, 2010 by Arena Blake 1 Comment

I took last week off (for the most part) and now am back to announce the winner of my *signed* Paranormalcy giveaway!  There were 87 entrants with a total of 355 entries. I used the super-awesome random contest picker my brother created to choose the winner. And the winner is… Jessica! Congratulations! I’ve emailed Jessica…

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Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: Giveaway, Kiersten White

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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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