Pete Codella's Family Blog

Party on the last day of school 0

Party on the last day of school

On Thursday Eliana and her cohorts finished this year of public school. As I mentioned earlier, she and Vickey cooked up a plan to have many of her kindergarten class friends over for a...

The Eagle has flown the coop 0

The Eagle has flown the coop

My parents are now at the Las Vegas airport waiting for their flight back to rainy Albany. It’s 100 degrees and sunny here in Henderson and in Albany it’s 64 degrees and rainy. We...

A retirement home in New Harmony? 0

A retirement home in New Harmony?

We learned late this afternoon that my parents have made an offer on a 3.8 acre lot in New Harmony, Utah, just south of Cedar City. They’ll know early next week whether or not...

The great search continues 0

The great search continues

We received a voice message tonight that my parents—who are hunting in southern Utah for a place to call home after my dad retires in a few years—are extending their trip and will be...

Eliana’s kindergarten graduation 0

Eliana’s kindergarten graduation

Tonight we rushed through dinner, dashed off to Cox Elementary School, ran into the cafeteria and dropped off a plate of our famous Reese’s peanut butter cookies just in time for the procession to...

Happy birthday dad 0

Happy birthday dad

Yesterday my parents flew back to Vegas from Salt Lake City where they were visiting my brother and his family. The first order of business was for my dad to go to a quick...

Slowly taking shape 0

Slowly taking shape

I spent some time this evening browsing WordPress themes to get our family blog more set-up. It’s amazing how many hundreds of available designs there are. Let’s hear it for open source code. I’ve...