January - December 2024

 2024 Highlights

January 25, Ella participated in the celebration of "International Night" at Northview High School.  She performed a Chinese Yo Yo routine with her friends.... they all had a blast!

April 25 - Ella's 18th birthday!!
Gift below is from Morton Family 💖

Pic below from Ella's "murder mystery" birthday party.  She created/wrote every detail.  Each of her friends was assigned a character to play with instructions etc. The picture below of Ella and her friends smiling represents the fun they all had!!!

May 2024 - Ella Graduates Northview High School

June 9th - Oreo's 10th birthday

June 2024 - Visited family and friends in S.D. and Minn.

Celebrated Preston's High School Graduation

We went to Canterbury Park and watched horse racing with my cousin Cheryl and her husband John

Surprise.... Below is my half-brother, Charlie Athey.  After a very long search, I found him living in Burnsville, MN.  He is happily married and has two daughters.

End of June 2024, we reconnected with the McFee family in Knoxville, TN

Mid July 2024, we visited the Sewell family in Alabama

July 2024 -  Evan and Danee purchased their 1st home in Smyrna, GA - Pic below is them with Paul in their living room (Atlas their dog in his dog bed) ...the house is adorable!!!! 

Below Evan and Danee's  beautiful backyard!

August 2024  - moved Ella into UGA

Ella's 1st Day of her Freschman year at UGA - 8/14/24 

August 31, Mercedes Benz Stadium 1st UGA vs. Clemson 

Below is a pic that we got as the girls were walking into the stadium...so cool to find them.

October 11, 2024 - I received a surprise visit from Dawn Morton at my workplace. She planned this surprise with Paul several months ago...I'm not a fan of surprises but we had the best weekend!!  Attended Joyce Meyer Seminar, went to Athens for a UGA football game and surprised Ella, visited Evan and Danee at their new house.  It was ALOT of fun...Thank you Dawn ☺

November 2024 we celebrated Biscuit's 8th birthday

Also, Oreo had surgery to have her right eye removed due to glaucoma

November 2024 - Evan and Danee hosted Thanksgiving at their new house and her parents (Mila and Dan) came into town from Arkansas...it was wonderful!!

December 2024 - Visited Paul's parents in Florida.  We hosted a brunch at Eau Palm Beach Restaurant with a few of their close friends and family to celebrate their 60th Wedding Anniversary (which they deserved)!  We had the best weekend reconnecting with family and friends!!!

That's a wrap...see you all in 2025

January through December 2023

 

2023 Summary

The new year started off fairly slowly.  Ella spent her free time baking in the kitchen...homemade bagels, three layer cake for her friends and pork dumplings....sooo yummy!!

We had a surprise visit from the Havas family over the MLK weekend 

In February, we went to Florida over President's Day weekend to visit Paul's parents.  We had a wonderful time as always!

Over spring break (first week of April), Ella made 150 homemade sugar cookies to be sold at school for a fundraiser.  It was a lot of work but successful initiative. 

Happy 17th birthday beautiful Ella 🎂🎂🎂

Early May we traveled to South Dakota for my Aunt Faye's funeral.  It was a quick trip celebrating Aunt Faye's life and visiting several Athey cousins, aunts and uncles.  We also spent some time visiting with Marion Larsen in her assisted living community.  

Happy 29th birthday Evan...we love you both so much!!!

Surprised my bff Dawn over Memorial Day weekend to give her my condolences regarding her mom's passing on May 20th.  So thankful that I could spend a couple of days together!!

June 9th, Ella performed with the Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony at Carnegie Hall in NYC.  Paul and I flew up to New York to attend the concert which was amazing!!!

Ella donated over 13 inches of hair to Wigs for Kids.com. So proud of her!!

JULY......Happy 80th birthday to Uncle Roger!!!  A surprise celebration was coordinated by many loved ones for Uncle Roger the weekend of Friday, July 21 through Sunday July 23rd.  

August, 7th our precious girl started her senior year....WOW!!  Below is Ella's 1st day of Kindergarten and 1st day of 12th Grade!

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023 -  DANEE AND EVAN'S WEDDING

We all had the best time celebrating with family and friends!  Evan's grandpa (Martin Lazar) officiated the wedding...so special!  Danee worked really hard putting together all the details for the wedding and it was incredibly beautiful!!!!! 

October 12, 2023, we flew to New Jersey and celebrated Brianna and Ross's wedding!!! The wedding was so much fun and beautiful!!!!

In the fall, Paul and I volunteered at Northview H.S. football games in the visitor concession stand for all the home games.  We were able to watch the marching band perform which was such a treat!!

Thanksgiving 2023 was spent with the Lazar's in Scottsdale, Arizona eating at amazing restaurants and just enjoying each others company!!

While in Arizona, we drove to Tuscan and visited my Uncle Terry and Aunt Jennifer.  We had the best time reconnecting!  We enjoyed visiting the Tuscan outdoor desert museum followed by a delicious lunch prepared by my Aunt and Uncle...so yummy!!

In December, we took a quick trip to Hoover, Alabama.   We visited our old neighbor Mrs. Mary Short and her new dog Buster which was such a delight to catch up with her!! 

After visiting Mary, we went to the Sewell's for the evening.  It is always such a fun time hanging out with the family!!! 

After visiting Mary, we went to the Sewell's for the evening.  It is always such a fun time hanging out with the family!!! 

WOW...2023 WAS AN EXCITING YEAR....see you in 2024