Pete Codella's Family Blog

Vickey’s birthday 0

Vickey’s birthday

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...

Eliana turns six 0

Eliana turns six

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...

Tammy Bruce Show 0

Tammy Bruce Show

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...

The 5 Browns 0

The 5 Browns

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...

The start of first grade 0

The start of first grade

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...

Celebrating Charley’s birthday 0

Celebrating Charley’s birthday

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...

Next stop, Helper 0

Next stop, Helper

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...

A quick visit to Brian and Melissa’s 0

A quick visit to Brian and Melissa’s

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...

A visit to Strawberry Reservoir 0

A visit to Strawberry Reservoir

We also paid a visit to Strawberry Reservoir. It was one of those summer afternoons when thunderclouds were overhead but no rain was falling. It was actually quite beautiful. The kids took a few...