Pete Codella's Family Blog

Crazy hair day 0

Crazy hair day

Yesterday was crazy hair day at Oak Hills Elementary. Eliana was so excited to do something fun with her hair. Vickey was under the weather so it was up to me to come up...

Sledding in February 2

Sledding in February

Last week Vickey took the kids sledding after school at the hill next to Eliana’s school. They were the only ones around, so even Tank got in on the action. They all had a...

Eliana looses other top front tooth 0

Eliana looses other top front tooth

Yesterday was a big day in our home. For weeks Ellie has been working on her remaining top front tooth. She eagerly anticipated the day when both of her top front teeth were gone....

Celebrating Gordon’s birthday 0

Celebrating Gordon’s birthday

On Saturday we went out to breakfast with Vickey’s parents to celebrate Gordon’s birthday. It’s the first time we’ve been able to do that — a fun perk of living in Utah. We enjoyed...

Codella cousin holiday activities 0

Codella cousin holiday activities

A couple times during the Christmas and New Year’s holidays Eliana and Dominic were able to have a sleepover with their cousins — Carter, Luke, Anthony and Nick — known as my brother’s ‘CLAN.’...

Snow day 0

Snow day

It snowed here quite a bit on the night of Jan. 2. The next morning we spent several hours clearing the driveway — our new favorite pastime. Vickey took a break from shoveling to...

Sledding on New Year’s Day 0

Sledding on New Year’s Day

I’m a bit behind on my blog posts. I’ve been busy at work these past couple of weeks. On New Year’s Day we made the drive up to Heber, Utah to spend the day...

Eliana looses first top tooth 0

Eliana looses first top tooth

Last week Eliana was so determined to get her top front tooth out that she spent about half an hour twisting, pulling and prodding it. Finally, it succumbed and she now has a gaping...