The Price Family Home Companion

Homemade Ice Cream Childers-style

Grandma Childers is legendary for cooking with alternate ingredients. Grandpa is well-known for his yeh-boo! stories. This is a tribute to both of them:

Mom and Dad gave us an Ice Cream maker for our anniversary... yeh

But we didn't have the ingredients... boo

So, we went out and bought stuff to make Coffee Ice Cream... yeh

But Chantell's trying to limit caffeine during the pregnancy... boo

So we used Decaffeinated coffee grounds... yeh

Except Jeff can't read. The recipe calls for INSTANT COFFEE and he's already thrown it in the mix... boo. bozo. boo

But we have coffee filters and I filtered out the grounds... yeh

Well, most of the grounds boo

Chantell's avoiding uncooked eggs during the pregnancy... boo... err...yeh

The recipe calls for cooking the eggs... yeh... err... yeah, yeh

But the mixture is too hot and Jeff poaches 'em... BOO

But we have coffee filters... Yeh! Oh forget it!

Anyway, despite all my Childerian mistakes the ice cream turned out fantastic!!! I think the coffee grounds actually turned out being pretty good and I'll likely do that again. But now that I know how to do the eggs, we won't have the occasionally rubbery surprise in future recipes.

Cheers Grandma and Grandpa!

Frequent Fly(er) Smiles

Tuesday, August 21, 2001 was a special occasion at thepricefam. It signified the passing of two years from our wedding date and to celebrate, we went to the Rainbow Lodge down on Buffalo Bayou.

It was a beautiful setting for our anniversary and was exciting trying all the unique foods they had (venison, quail, buffalo, wild boar, etc)... it was, however, not a good place to leave your fly wide open. To think, I was concerned about making sure I was using the right fork at the appointed time.

The food was outstanding. Chantell ordered Pecan Smoked Pork Tenderloin, which was incredible. The pork just melted in your mouth and had a sweet, smoky aftertaste. My Grilled Buffalo Rib-eye was good, but not as good as the venison (excellent) we tried for the appetizer. We also had coffee and a nice cinnamon bread-pudding affair for dessert.

Baring the embarrassing open-fly incident it was a thoroughly enjoyable evening.

New Photos

thepricefam.org began as a creative way to log certain notable events, news, and happenings in our family. The idea is to create an electronic history that we can all look back on, reminisce, laugh, and enjoy. So, we're proud to announce that the Photo Album is now open.

The most recent photos span from December 2000 to August 17, 2001 (yeah I know, we haven't used our camera much lately). Most notably these include our cousin Miranda's Birthday party and some very cute shots of her little sister, Adriana.

I'll be slowly adding pictures to the albums. Ideally we'd like to add a request form or shopping cart of sorts, if you would like to request duplicates. Also, I'll be improving the interface, titles, and descriptions shortly.

Stay tuned here in the articles section because we'll notify you here when new photos are added to the album... so you won't miss a single shot!

We hope you enjoy.

Babymania Is Sweeping the Household

Added new scans on Monday, August 20, 2001.

We went to the Dr. today, and Chantell and baby are doing VERY well. We had an ultrasound and saw our precious baby moving around. We also saw its little heart pumping like crazy.

Attached is the printout of the ultrasound...

It's not a great angle (we saw a much better view on the screen as the baby wriggled around), but the baby's head is at the left and looking up. You can barely make out the little hands curled up and the legs bent at the knees.

We're not due until March 16, 2002, but we already have names picked out. We like Salem McKenzie (spelling to be decided on latter) or Joshua Michael.

This is an exciting time at thepricefam, and we're glad to be able to share it with such great family and friends.

This is not a picture of ours, but is just to show you what the baby looks like at this stage.

LEGO My Grail

I just ran into this LEGO movie of Monty Python's Search for the Holy Grail. It's quite amusing! It reminds me of Claymatrix that my cousin Daniel did for a school project... minus the blood and guts.

Story with a Twist

Several years ago, my mom was turned on to those microwave-able soft pretzels. Each package came with special "pretzel salt" to sprinkle on the warm, breaded treats.

There always seemed to be more salt than necessary, so mom would save the extra in a small jar. On the jar she wrote the instructions for heating the pretzels...

This summer, my cousin, Stacy, stayed with my parents during her final semester in college. One day she happened upon the bottled white substance in the cabinets and was highly suspicious about its contents. Her concerns peaked upon reading 30 sec. high written on the label.

Little Stinker

After work yesterday, I went to the Bachicha's house where Chantell was babysitting our cousins Miranda and Adrianna. Upon arriving, I kicked off my shoes and settled into the sofa for some relaxation time.

Soon, Miranda was marching around the room on her play telephone consoling with her play friend saying I know! I know! I smell it too!!

It was pretty funny... the first time that is.