Author: Pete Codella II

Thanks to Grandma C. for visiting with us this past week. We enjoyed the extra hands, especially when it came to cooking and cleaning up. Grandma made the prerequisite trips to the park and...

We celebrated Vickey’s birthday this week. She had a pretty busy day with getting Eliana to school and attending to Dominic’s needs, picking Eliana up, running errands, etc. We went out to dinner at...

Yesterday we hosted a birthday bash for Eliana. She and a dozen or so friends swam at the Coglianese pool for an hour then came to our place for lunch, opening presents and birthday...

Remember a while back when I wrote about an experience I had on a nationally syndicated Fox radio program (see PC2 on nationally syndicated radio today), the Tammy Bruce Show? The 10 minute interview...

Months ago, as part of my BYU Alumni Association duties, I helped orchestrate an engagement for The 5 Browns to give a fireside in the Las Vegas Valley. Tonight was the night and they...

On Monday Eliana began her year in first grade. She’s turning six next weekend and growing up right under our noses. I’ll include some photos with this post taken before and after school. She...

We were staying at a hotel in Price and visiting with Charley in Helper last weekend. On Saturday we ate a great home cooked meal followed by a birthday cake surprise for Charley. Today’s...

There’s a small artsy, fartsy town in central Utah called Helper. That’s where Vickey’s becoming famous artist brother, Charley, lives. It’s chic and hip if you’re into the whole art thing. Charley bought a...

I’ve seen my share of scenery: most U.S. states, four other continents and probably hundreds of tourist’s stops along the way. But I’ve never been as impressed with the sheer size and beauty of...

On Thursday, Aug. 16 we made the 150 minute (thank you Utah-construction-everywhere) drive from the cabin to Brian and Melissa’s in South Jordan to let the cousins play for a day. They had a...