Pumpkins

We carved pumpkins this past weekend. We made them out of pictures we took of ourselves.

This photo is of the three pumkins. Vin is a warewolf looking thing, Vance is cute, Angie is the witch on the end...as Vin says.
Looks like Angie eh?
Vin--scary...
Little guys Vance!

Finger Lake Trip

Here we are begining the day and Shelly's dad's lake front with boats and dock. We had a blast that day just being at the waters edge and chatting with friends.

Here we are on the boat with the dogs--who would not stay at the beach when we all got in the boat. Vin is water skiing and Angie is holding the dogs, watching Vance, and taking pictures.

Sunday we headed to Roshcester to the Stong National Play Museum. It was so much fun for Vance and wore us all out. Here we are doing some of the many things there.

Vance 2nd Birthday Party

Happy 2nd Birthday Vance-boy!

We had great weekend filled with family and friends. (It was so much fun to see Gary, Carolynn, and Kyle, and Grandma and Grandpa Codella--thanks so much for visiting and sharing the weekend with us. Vance, and us, loved every minute of it. )

We had the party on Sat with neighbors and friends. It was so much fun to watch Vance realize it was his day and the gifts and cake were for him. He was very excited all day and did well with all the comotion. He recieved lots of gifts and now has plenty to do and play with. Thanks everyone!!!




Here are some pictures of the party and all the fun.



Grandma Codella, MacKinsie and Vance hanging out in the chair.

Grandma and Grandpa Codella with Vance on the deck.

All the kiddies around the table eating the Elmo Cake.

Vance opening gifts--wooden tool box.

Vance getting money from Grandma and Grandpa Faraci--money!

Our family photo

July Summer Fun

Here we are at Little Lake Hosmer getting ready to get in the boat.













Vance and daddy in the boat. Vance looks cool in his shades and life vest.















The kids at Echo on a rainy day last week.


















Vance helping mommy hammer the table to redu this week.

Vance at Little Hosmer in the boat.

4th of July Slides

I tried to post this on my blog...but the best I could do was link to site. Here is a slide show of us on the 4th. Mostly the fireworks, but one shot and Vance and mommy snuggling in the car under the blanket because it was the only way to keep him calm. Then the whole way home it was firwoeks this and fireworks that...he still talks about them! And the loves the pictures as well.

Sorry--I just had to resuce our fish from the hairbrush. Apperently Vance thinks the fish need a brush...ugh...

http://www.slide.com/r/3ir--uw16j8BsI4I4VSH1cEhw704lpoT?previous_view=mscd_embedded_url&view=original

June pics 2008

So here are some more pics of what we have been up to.

Vance hair cut with daddy:

Grandpa and Vance at the Echo checking out fish.

Vance in his new wagon

Vance and Grandma at Lake Champlain

Family photo at the Echo.

June 2008

I just wanted to post some pictures of Vance, Grandma, and Grandpa on thier last visit. They were up two weeks ago and we had a blast at the Echo (kids discovery museum in B'ton) and Lake Elmore where we caught a sunfish and currenlty have as a pet.

Updates on New Blog

For those of you who are still checking this blog and wondering what happened to my posts....I am blogging on my extended family blog.

Check it out...I have photos of July up and stories of life in VT. http://www.codella.info/blog

Nordic U16GP team photos

Relay races for the soccer stars. Cone heads...

New blog site

http://www.codella.info/blog/

Just wanted you all to know I moved my blog to the family blog page.

Please check it out there....

Uncle Lynn's Funeral

We have just returned from Salt Lake City, Utah where we attended a funeral for my Uncle Lynn last week. (The services were actually in Richfield but our trip began and ended in Salt Lake at my brother Brian's house.)

The funeral services were so nice for my uncle. Everyone had such great things to say about him and his life. We heard some very funny stories and will miss the good times we had with him. He was a very nice person and we loved him and will miss him.

The ironic thing about the trip is that in death it brought the family together. We have not seen some of the people at the funeral for YEARS. Especially Vin and I...since we still live in the East. We had a great time seeing the family and friends of the family. Vance loved meeting everyone and playing with all the kiddies.

I will post some pictures of the events and the fun times with my family in my next blog.

For now--goodbye Uncle Lynn, we love you!

Vance walking?

NO, Not yet. He just started to pull himself up on the edge of the sofa this weekend when I was in Boston coaching two soccer games. When I got back to VT, there he was...pulling himself up on the sofa and trying to slide around the edges. WOW. How fast does this kid learn new things? He just started to crawl a few weeks ago.

Vance and dad--gee can you tell he is Vin's kid? Good thing there is no doubt. I love those two! My two boys!

Goats and kids

My friend Heidi and her daughter McKenzie (don't know how to spell it...oh no...sorry) were petting the goat kids. I also forgot all of the goat names...but know they were all named after trees. So Maple is always a good guess.

The goat resting away from the little kids...



These goats were not interested in us, more the food in the bucket. Poor Jada had to pet the goats tails...huh...

Vance and friends visit the goats...

My friend Maria has goats and her goats had kids...so we took our kids to see the kids. Who's with me so far?
The kids are so cute...all of them. Vance and Jada fed the kids and tried not to scare them. If you scare them they faint--that's right. They are fainting goats. Their legs lock up and they cannot move. It is very funny to see, but not nice to the goats to keep doing it.

The goats also just like to hang out and climb on things...so here they are in the field trying to claim the tree stumps.

Vance and Mom play outside...

Well--we are glad to see the last snow storm of the season GONE! Last week was actually great here with sunshine and warm weather. Vance and I got outside every day to rake, clean up the yard, and go for long hour walks. It was great. These photos are of us just chillin in the front yard...Vin was at work.

I love this picture...Vance was giving mommy a hug! Isn't he just the cutest (I guess I am allowed to think so...)