Christmas 2012

Tony and Carol Bilello

Holiday Greetings from our house to yours.This has not been the best year for us and we will not be unhappy to see it leave.

We started off the year with a great trip visiting friends in New Mexico and Jim and Judy Bujalski in Arizona and then on to San Diego for a week We had a great trip, but Carol started getting sick and by the time we got home, we went right to urgent care and she ended up in the hospital with septic pneumonia.

In June, we went to Virginia to our grandson's high school graduation which was wonderful, of course It is so rewarding to see how great your grandkids grow up.

Aug brought shoulder surgery for me and months of rehab to follow During this surgery, they discovered problems with my heart After many tests, it was decided I needed a pacemaker/defibrillator It was installed in December, and I'm feeling a lot better Age has nothing to do with it Ha!

We hope that we are done with illness and surgeries and 2013 brings us good health.

Our oldest daughter, Jeanne, and her husband are moving to St Cloud Minn after years in Sioux City Rob'll be heading up the student aid department at St John's University There should be a small airfield around there somewhere.

Courtenay is living back at home and working for a law firm but looking to go back to grad school next year

Cameron graduates from the University of Iowa in May and plans on going on to get his degree in Physical Therapy, which is probably 3 more years

Connor is a sophomore at St John's University and is majoring in Forensic Science.

Our special daughter, Jennifer, and husband Edward are still living here in Denver and doing fine They took a driving trip, by themselves, to Yellowstone this summer and did very well We got a daily report She still doesn't have a job, but  it doesn't seem to concern her very much.

Daughter number 3, Susan, is struggling along after her divorce and is working two jobs to get by She seems to have settled into her new life with some peace now.

Molly is a junior in college and majoring in elementary education Ian is a freshman at West Virginia majoring in Criminal Justice Liam is a sophomore in high school, and Aidan is in the 6th grade.

We are spending Christmas with Jeanne and her family in Iowa and really looking forward to seeing all of them.

Do not try to top our last year May the New Year bring health and happiness to all of you.

Tony and Carol