We Interrupt This Life to Bring You Baseball Season

Are you ready for some baseball? February is here and that means Spring Training is underway. The Rangers' Spring Training is held in Surprise, Arizona. Surprise is located right outside of Phoenix.

Kelly reported to Spring Training last week while I flew in last night. My flight started off with some nice turbulence and ended with a nice hard landing. All I could think of was the United flight that just crashed the night before which made me very nervous... You know what happens when I get nervous??? That and I get super sweaty. So poor Kelly found me right outside of baggage claim with clammy hands and a sweaty forehead. What a site I was!

We did see two famous people at the airport. Marla Sokoloff from Dude, Where's My Car and The Practice as well as former player Homer Bush from the New York Yankees. You never who you will see at the Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix. Keep your eyes open!

If you do not know, Kelly is a Food Network Junkie. That is pretty much on the TV 24/7. I have now grown to love Food Network and get super excited when we find new places to go courtesy of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. They found this one place in Gilbert, Arizona that looked so good that we had to add it to our list. So as soon as we landed, we headed off to the booming metropolis of Gilbert where we found Joe's Farm Grill. The restaurant is actually on the 12 acre farm so you can walk the garden and see what you are going to consume. Everything is made from scratch and made with local products (even the beef!). Kelly and I had amazing burgers but the highlight of the meal were the sweet potato fries with a pineapple Serrano dip. It was out of this world good. We really wanted dessert but were super full! We decided to take a walk around the farm to see if that would help. We went up and down the garden looking at all the produce. It made us wish we had a garden! They also had huge grapefruit and orange trees all over. Kelly really wanted to pick one but I didn't feel like making a trip to the Gilbert jail so he restrained himself. While on our walk, we came to a huge tree that had a sign that read "Beware of Falling Scorpions". Thanks for the warning!!! We finally decided that we could have a dessert so I got a real vanilla bean milkshake and Kelly got a fresh berry sundae. We enjoyed them as we sat outside under the stars next to the mountains.

Arizona is so beautiful. From the palm tree lined streets to the mountains, everywhere you look is so pretty and so different from Texas. I am excited that I get to spend the next 6 weeks out here with Kelly and find more unique spots like Joe's.