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A Trip to the Zoo…

June 11, 2010 by Arena Blake 3 Comments

Yesterday, we decided to take the kiddos to the Albuquerque Zoo. That’s River, Nanna, Jet and Hyrum. We got a wagon to cart them around in.  Of course, River wanted to pull Hyrum around for a bit.  Our first stop was to see the chimpanzees.  Hyrum and River was amazed by the “munkees.” River thought…

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Filed Under: Photography Tagged With: Family, Featured, Photos

Book Blogger Hop

June 11, 2010 by Arena Blake 12 Comments

Woohoo! It’s Friday! That means it’s time for the Book Blogger Hop from Crazy-For-Books. If you’re here from the Hop, welcome! I’m always excited to have new readers stop by my blog. Be sure to say hello, so I can visit you, too! I’ve been in New Mexico the past week visiting my sister, so…

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Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: BlogFest, Book Blogger Hop, Got Books?

Up in the Mountains

June 11, 2010 by Arena Blake 2 Comments

It is beautiful here in New Mexico. Jet took us up to Pajarito Mountain so I could take some photos. Of course, there was not a lot of skiing going on up there. The aspen trees around the lodge were beautiful. There were green trees *everywhere*. I could have spent hours hiking here. You know,…

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Filed Under: Living Tagged With: New Mexico, Photos, Toddler Travel

Before and After

June 10, 2010 by Arena Blake 9 Comments

I’ve been getting lots of compliments on the photos I posted yesterday of my niece, River. Yes, folks, the girl has a pair of bloomers on her head. I thought I’d take a moment (we’re getting ready to leave for the zoo) to show you the before and after photos. I got a “real” camera…

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Filed Under: Living Tagged With: Before and After, Photos

Rolo Pretzel Turtles

June 10, 2010 by Arena Blake 8 Comments

Remember back in February when my niece moved to Denver? During her last weekend in Texas, we made these Rolo Pretzel Turtles together. I don’t know why I never posted this, but as I’m in New Mexico this week, I thought it would be a good post from way back when. These are so much…

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Filed Under: Cooking, Recipes Tagged With: Candy, Dessert, Pretzels, recipes

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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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