Pete Codella's Family Blog

4th of July at Strawberry 0

4th of July at Strawberry

We drove into the mountains to celebrate the 4th of July this year. We spent a long, relaxing weekend at the Snow family cabin at Bryant’s Fork near Strawberry Reservoir. Going to the cabin...

Fortunate to be a father 0

Fortunate to be a father

This father’s day I’m writing to say thanks to the fathers in my life, especially my dad and Vickey’s dad. We’re blessed by their love and support. I’m so fortunate to be Eliana and...

Grandpas are for memories 0

Grandpas are for memories

Today we had a stake conference where we heard from our stake leaders and a couple LDS general authorities, including an apostle, Elder Ballard. He spoke for a few minutes about grandfathers and said...

Gardening fools 0

Gardening fools

We’re enjoying the four seasons again. We’re also enjoying participating in the neighborhood garden. Our backyard neighbors have a large plot of land next to their tennis court where a dozen or so families...

Happy Mother's Day Vickey 0

Happy Mother's Day Vickey

For Mother’s Day this year, we decided to put together a digital slideshow for Vickey. We love you because . . . You are selfless You are patient You are always willing to help...

The Codella Family in 2009 0

The Codella Family in 2009

It’s 2009 and we’re doing just fine. It seems like the years go by faster and faster. Our family is in three states now, instead of four. Peter and Vickey moved their family back...

Playing soldier 0

Playing soldier

I have a whole ton of photos and stories to publish on the family blog. I’ll have to play catch up one of these days. We had a very fun week in southern Utah...

A springtime getaway 0

A springtime getaway

This week is spring break for Vickey and Eliana. We decided to take advantage of the opportunity to get away. We’re with Vickey’s brother, Matt and his family, in Hurricane, Utah. And Tank’s keeping...

Bad news day 0

Bad news day

Tuesday was a not-so-good news day for the Codella family. Several members of our family are dealing with really difficult situations that came to a head. It’s interesting, I think, how things seem to...