Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from the O'Donnell Family

2011 was an incredible year for the O'Donnell family. Our new year started with Michele returning home on the 25th of January after a miraculous 1 year battle to survive. Michele did not settle for just surviving though, she has worked very hard to overcome most of her disabilities. Michele is back in the kitchen where she loves to be making meals for her family and friends. She is walking with the limited assistance from her cane. We recently got her a spinning bike for the house so she can work on her leg strength every day. She runs the house with all the kids coming and going and loves being back in charge. Michele's beautiful hair is growing fast and she will soon again have her long hair back. We are working on solving her double vision problems with prism glasses in hopes we can avoid surgery. Michele still battles with nausea and we are working on that as well.

In February we sold our home of 11 years in an effort to get our lives back on track. We then purchased mountain property in March in hopes to build a home to meet Michele's long term needs. After many months of work we started building our new home on October 1st. We are expecting completion by May 1st 2012. We can’t wait!!



June found us traveling back to Cancun with the kids and close friends for some much needed rest. Since Michele had no memory of her last visit to Cancun, she convinced the rest of us that she wanted to go back and hang out at the pool and get some sun. We all had a wonderful vacation.

John now has time to refocus his efforts on work and is in the process of rebuilding what was lost over the last 2 years due to the economy and being out for a year helping Michele recover. Every weekend John is in the mountains working on the new home.

Billy joined the Navy in June. After his 6 weeks of boot camp, Michele, John, JJ and Jordan all went to Chicago to see Billy graduate. We are all so proud of him. Billy got 10 days leave in July and all he wanted to do was spend time with his family up in the mountains at our property. The 1st day back he asked Jordan for her hand in marriage. Billy and Jordan will have their ceremony on July 28th 2012. Billy left this week from California on the USS Abraham Lincoln on a world tour. He should return to Virginia next June just in time for his wedding. The whole family spent Thanksgiving in LA since Billy did not have time off. We had so much to be thankful for this year and we had a wonderful time celebrating both Thanksgiving and Christmas as a family once again.





There is a "BABY" on the way. Tana is expecting our 1st grandchild this June and we are very happy and excited. Tana will finish high school this month and start working for her Father and try to fill her Mothers old position with the company. She will take a year off from school but will return to college in 2013.



Alyssa started high school this year and has been busy socializing with her new school friends. She keeps telling dad she needs all the time she can get with her friends before we move to the mountains and a new school district next year. It will be tough for her but she is a resilient young lady and we have no doubt she will find many more friends at her new school.



JJ is in heaven going to the mountains every weekend with Dad. He cannot wait to move and already has friends near our new home. He is Dads right hand man and is quickly learning how to build and is picking up the trade very quickly. John looks pretty good with a cowboy hat and boots and fits right into mountain life. John has also become a very good pool player and has even won 4 games this year against his Father, an accomplishment his brother did not make until he was 18 years old.



We hope you all have a safe and wonderful holiday.
Love,
The O'Donnell Family

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