Friday, January 7, 2022

 January 2021 - December 2021



January - March highlights including "Sunday Fundays" and lots of snuggles with fur babies πŸ’—πŸ’—πŸ’—












Happy 15th birthday Ella


In May, Evan and Danee attended a beautiful wedding in Hilton Head, South Carolina. They both look STUNNING!!



Memorial Day weekend we visited the Sewell family in Birmingham, AL -- (welcome to the Sewell family ......"Flynn" he's an adorable Havanese πŸ’™ 




Beginning of June, we flew to Palm Beach, Florida and visited Paul's parents, his brother David and his wife Nicole.  Due to the pandemic, we hadn't seen them in 18 months πŸ˜’.  We all had a wonderful visit😁



June 17th we left GA and started our journey to SD. We spent three weeks in Watertown, SD at My Place hotel which had kitchen with full refrigerator, two burner stove, desk and ample room for all of our stuff ha ha! Paul was able to work from the hotel most days and Ella took high school chemistry class so she was busy studying etc.  While they were working, I went out most days visiting my sister, niece, aunts, uncles and old friends.  In addition, we attended the Athey Family reunion, boat fishing in Aberdeen, drove by the Schmidt's (my mom's parents) family home, went to Bramble Zoo, toured Redlin Art Center, day trip to Fargo, ND, Canterbury Park Horse Racing, BBQs and much much more !  It was so  fun reconnecting with family and friends !!  After putting over 5,000 miles on the rent-a-car, we made it home July 15th. Below are some highlights of our adventure:








August 9th Ella's first day of 10th Grade



Northview High School Marching Band fun!!



Happy Halloween .... made and decorated a cake to share with friends and carved a "cat" pumpkin




Happy 5th birthday "Biscuit " 🐢🐢🐢🐢

(thank you two sweet neighborhood girl Milee that brought him birthday cookie πŸ’›)



Enjoyed the Sunday before Thanksgiving visiting our wonderful friends the Sewells, that feel like family, in Blue Ridge Georgia




Celebrated Thanksgiving in Florida with Lazar family and friends....so much fun and LOTS of laughs






Evan and Danee came over for lunch with more cake...lol and opened Christmas early because they were headed to Danee's family for the holidays



Mom and Dad Lazar drove up from Florida for a few days during Christmas.  We had a lovely time cooking, playing Quirkle and enjoying the dogs!!




We played shitzuopoly (monopoly) on New Years Eve and Paul bankrupted both Ella and myself...ugh



Wishing everyone a happy and healthy 2022 ....take time to enjoy making memories with family and friends.....see you next year 😍






Welcome to Ella's Blog

Hi everyone, Welcome to Ella Sarah Lazar's first blog.

How it Started

Laura, Evan and I will be updating this blog as we prepare to travel to Yangchun, China. Yangchun is located approximately 160 miles southwest of Guangzhou, in Guangdong Province, China. We just received our match (referral) on Thursday January, 4th 2007 and aim to travel 4-8 weeks from this date (most likely 7-8 weeks as the Chinese New Year falls during this period).

Watching Ella Grow

Thanks for visiting - we had so much fun updating this blog during our trip to China, that we decided keep Ella's blog updated (once a month) to watch her (and Evan) grow up in front of our very eyes!


Happy 1st Birthday Ella

Happy 1st Birthday Ella

Ella Laughing for Mom

Ella Laughing for Mom

Daddy's Little Girl

Daddy's Little Girl

Ella's Referral Pictures #2

Ella's Referral Pictures #2
What a cutie!

Ella in Crib

Ella in Crib

Ella Referral Picture #3

Ella Referral Picture #3
Look at that Hair!!!

Announcing Yang Chun, Hua Tuan

Announcing Yang Chun, Hua Tuan
1st Picture of Ella