January 2013 to September 2013

Below is a photo synopsis of what has been going on with the Lazar's in the last nine months:

On January 17th, Alabama got snow.....crazy weather!!!

On February 9th, Ella participated in a fan dance with her classmates from Birmingham Chinese School to celebrate Chinese New Year at Boutwell Auditorium.

 

 

 

A special valentine art project Ella did in 1st grade at school.

 

 

 

In February, Evan came home from college for a weekend. He and Ella rode bikes on the trail near our house....Ella had the best time with her brother xoxoxo!!!

 



    

Celebrated our "6th" Gotcha Day Reunion on February 23 & 24 at the Wilderness at the Smokies in Sevierville, TN.  We had a fabulous weekend with the Mcfee's and Mulligan's!! Congrats to Ken, Teresa, Mollie as they have an addition to the family...Sean Mulligan (Teresa is holding Sean in pic)!!  He is such a special gift and blended in perfectly with the girls during the reunion. 

Morgan and Reagan Dance came to visit us....Thanks Lisa!!

 

 Happy 7th Birthday to our sweet Ella!!!!

 

 

On May 11th, we attended Jiselle Havas's batmitzva in Orlando Florida.  It was a beautiful celebration!!

 

Ella enjoying some pool time with Reese and Rowan....sweet girls!

 

First day of summer vacation....swimming at the pool with friends!!

 

Cousins (Alex, Sydney & Alex) visiting Georgia for the weekend in June...xoxo 

 

 

Ella and Stella (and Stella's friend)  participated in Summer Showoffs Camp (singing and dancing camp that teaches children confidence and stage presence).  They did a fabulous job!!

 

 

 

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Addison came to visit for her 7th birthday.... best friends!!!  So sweet of Addison wanting to spend her birthday visiting Ella in Alabama!  They had a fun-filled weekend (thx De De )

We went to New York for a week at the end of July.  Pic above is from West Hampton beach out on Long Island....so beautiful!!!

Visited Grandma Sally (96 years old) at nursing home in Delaware

Dinner with Aunt Ray, Uncle Morris, Cousin David, his wife Robin and their son Jared in Delaware

After we visited relatives in Delaware, we took a drive to Lancaster, Pennsylvania to visit our ex-neighbors (Rochford's moved to Carlisle, PA )! We had a great day exploring the Amish country

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Evan, Alex, Ethan and Ella playing in mom and dad's pool

The day before we flew back to Atlanta, we spent the day in Brooklyn at Coney Island. We all ate lunch at Nathans Hotdogs and then walked on boardwalk. We also drove around the Brighton Beach area while mom and dad were reminiscing and also stopped by the house that Paul lived in until he was five years old.....it was a great day!

August 19th -First day of 2nd Grade!!!

We participated in a Fairy Tale Ball benefiting childcare resources here in Birmingham.  Pic above is of Ella, Mary Candler and Abby.

Labor day fun at Lake Allatoona with friends!!

Ella found this note that Evan wrote in her piggy bank with $5 attached to it. (note reads: Ella, today is 20th of January 2008.  When you open this note you may be able to read this and I might be in college. I love you very much!  Your brother, Evan)...precious!!!!!