I had no idea this was even possible!!!!

So I'm scanning the news on azcentral.com as I often do and I see the Diamondbacks have put catcher Chris Snyder on the 15 day DL for a left testicular fracture! Wow! Who knew? I hope he's okay.

"After initially believing that Snyder would need surgery for
the left testicular fracture that landed him on the disabled list Tuesday,
manager Bob Melvin said Snyder will not undergo a procedure."
Read the entire article here

Yummy Ham & Potato Soup

I try a lot of recipes from a website called Allrecipes.com I like this site because they have a rating system where people who have tried the recipe can rate how it came out, how it tasted, and leave comments.

Here's a tasty and easy recipe for leftover ham. I usually like to make scalloped potatoes and ham with the leftover ham, but thought I would try something different this time. It turned out great! I added a can of drained corn also.

Ham & Potato Soup

INGREDIENTS:
3 1/2 cups peeled and diced
potatoes
1/3 cup diced celery
1/3 cup finely chopped onion
3/4 cup diced cooked ham
3 1/4 cups water or chicken broth
salt to taste
ground white or black pepper to taste
5 tablespoons butter
5 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 cups milk

DIRECTIONS:
1.
Combine the potatoes, celery, onion, ham and water in a stockpot. Bring to a boil, then cook over medium heat until potatoes are tender, about 10 to 15 minutes. Stir in the chicken bouillon, salt and pepper.
2.
In a separate saucepan, melt butter over medium-low heat. Whisk in flour with a fork, and cook, stirring constantly until thick, about 1 minute. Slowly stir in milk as not to allow lumps to form until all of the milk has been added. Continue stirring over medium-low heat until thick, 4 to 5 minutes.
3.
Stir the milk mixture into the stockpot, and cook soup until heated through. Serve immediately.

Arizona Grand Resort Weekend

This probably should have been posted eariler but better late than never, as they say.

The first weekend in June our family spent a weekend at the local Arizona Grand Resort (formerly The Pointe South Mountain) in Phoenix. This is a four-diamond family orientated resort that has it's own water park. It was tons of fun. They also have a cool western-themed restaurant called Rustler's Rooste on the property where we ate dinner and tried rattle snake. It tastes like chicken. Jake liked it though.

Summer Camp 2008

Jacob and his friend Conner left for Camp Sky-Y in Prescott on Sunday 6/29. He has been away from home before and gone on trips without us in the past. However, I didn't realize how hard it would be for us not to hear from him, and not to be able to call. Whew! It's tough!
We had a chance to walk around camp when we dropped the boys off and it looks awesome! I know they're having a great time. Check out the website to see details of the camp http://www.azycamps.org/sky_desc.html . They also have a website that allows you to email (one-way) and check out photos for each day (this is for a fee of course). This feature has been nice because we have been able to see some of the activities they have been participating in through daily posted photos. Jake will be back on Saturday. Yippee! I really miss him.