Sunday, March 12, 2023

 January 2022 - December 2022


Lazar yearly update below:


We started the new year with snow fall on January 16th...... Ella and a couple of friends built a snow man




In February we all went to Beech Mountain in North Carolina to ski and snow board. We had a great time at the cabin...lots of eating and playing games!!


 

Celebrated April birthdays....Danee 4/6, Paul 4/14 and Ella 4/25



Ella's 16th birthday with her friends



In May, Paul and I flew to Minnesota to celebrate our Godson Preston Morton's confirmation



Happy 28th birthday Evan!!



In June, Ella went to Europe with EF Tours through Northview H.S.  The toured Italy (Florence and Rome) and Spain (Barcelona and Madrid) from June 8 to June 17th. 





🎉  JUNE 17TH EVAN PROPOSED TO DANEE MASUR 🎉

Evan's grandparents (Paul's parents) so kindly and generously offered Evan to have one of Grandma's 1 carat diamond stud earrings to be used as part of Danee's engagement ring...WOW. Evan took the diamond and had the engagement ring made with Danee's input of course.  He created a surprise proposal plan with Danee's sister and family involvement.  He kept the secret for few months and proposed to  Danee while visiting her family in Washington DC.  She was completely surprised!!  We are beyond thrilled for Danee joining the family...she's a wonderful addition and we are excited for their future!





July 4th weekend we spent few days with the Sewell family at Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain Georgia



Annual visit to South Dakota to visit my sister Lisa, niece Jaden, Uncle Roger and Aunt Dolly....its always a blessing to spend time with my family



Girls trip to Sioux Falls,  SD with long time friends from high school!  It was so fun hanging out with Dawn, Chris and Krista for a long weekend in July.  We talked and laughed nonstop!!!  




First weekend of August, Evan took Ella camping in North Georgia mountains with little to no rain in the forecast.    It started as great trip of bonding but turned into an adventure....they were headed back to the campsite after having a great dinner near the stream when the sky opened up and it started pouring rain.  They got soaked and then couldn't go back into tent with everything dripping wet so they packed up started waking back down the mountain to the car.  At this point it was getting dark so it was hard to navigate etc.  Once they finally made it back to the car completed drenched, they called us.  We got them a hotel nearby.  Unfortunately the weekend didn't end up like they planned but they have lasting memory to cherish!!


   

August 8th first day of 11th grade




Paul and Evan enjoying another year of attending Georgia Falcons football 



Ella's band concerts at the high school etc.





Celebrated Thanksgiving in Los Angeles with family.  Paul's brother David and his wife Nicole coordinated everything!  We had the best time!!! (also, doggies had their own thanksgiving meal at doggie daycare 🐶)





Below is a collaboration of Ella's hobby of baking...yum!



 


We finished out 2022 by putting this puzzle together. Paul gave Ella this QR code 500 piece puzzle with no reference chance to win million dollars...we finally finished and scanned it to only win $1...wow.  Ella and I laughed sooo much putting this together so it was totally worth it 🤣





See you next year...2023

  


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