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Fun With Uncle James!

September 2, 2010 by Arena Blake 3 Comments

A few weeks ago, my sister was in town visiting with her son, Hyrum. That boy is a fireball. He’s *always* moving, *always* crawling, *always* wanting to go, go go! One of his favorite things was crawling up and down the stairs with Uncle James. I just have to say that seeing my hubby crawl…

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

Oatmeal Cookie Peach Cobbler

September 1, 2010 by Arena Blake 8 Comments

This past weekend, I decided to make a peach cobbler. You know, summer-time in Texas and all. So, I started searching online for the perfect recipe and I found this little gem. Oatmeal cookies and peach cobbler? Yum! It must’ve been yummy because my family *devoured* it. Literally. It was gone in about 10 minutes….

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Filed Under: Cooking, Recipes Tagged With: Pie, recipes, Summer

Confession: I Like What I Read

September 1, 2010 by Arena Blake 14 Comments

I absolutely *love* to read. I have loved to read ever since I was in third grade and we had to read Where the Red Fern Grows for class. I remember sitting in my mom’s lap as we read the story together and bawling my eyes out at the end. I had never known anything…

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Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: Confessions, Reviews

Review: The Replacement

August 31, 2010 by Arena Blake 9 Comments

The first time I saw the cover of The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff, I was intrigued.I mean, it is creepy, creepy, creepy. Now, I am *not* much of a horror person.In fact, I *hate* scary movies. So, I was a little afraid to pick up this book. But I am *really* glad I did. “Mackie…

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Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: Brenna Yovanoff, Five Stars

Skydiving With the Golden Knights

August 31, 2010 by Arena Blake 1 Comment

Last week, my dad had the chance to go skydiving with the U.S. Army Golden Knights, but the weather didn’t cooperate. So, they rescheduled the jump for two days later. And this time, it was on like Donkey Kong. After hanging around and watching some other folks jump, it was time to get suited up….

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Filed Under: Living Tagged With: Family, Featured, Golden Knights, Photos

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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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