tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84261535118668802442024-03-13T13:11:18.157-07:00The Alzen FamilyWe're the Alzen Family from Roberts, Wisconsin. We are a family bluegrass band made up of Brad (dad), Denise (mom), Isaac (22), Lucas (20), AnaLise (18), Tessa (16), Jacob (12), and Jonas (9).The Alzen Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04310332046694564892noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426153511866880244.post-57429629571805012552014-02-10T18:01:00.000-08:002014-02-11T09:24:10.169-08:00AnaLise's Senior Photos | Birthday Post <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Ladies and Gents, I'd like to introduce you all to my gorgeous sister, AnaLise. This girl has never ceased to amaze and inspire me with her talents, encourage me in the Lord, and make me laugh until I cry. I could never ask for a more special sister.<br />
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It's due time for her Senior post, and I though I should combine it with her Birthday post, which was in December. She is now <b>18</b> years old!! She is graduating this Spring with plans on majoring in ESL (English as a Second Language). <br />
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To finish off this post, I have included her senior photos who were taken by <a href="http://www.meaganwanschura.com/">Meagan Wanschura</a>, who you might have noticed has become our "personal photographer." ;) I have to add that AnaLise is definitely a natural beauty... these photos are amazing!<br />
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November 5th, we celbrated Jacob's second birthday in America. He has been such a blessing to our family these past two and a half years. When first meeting Jacob, you might get the first impression that Jacob is quiet and shy.. but after getting to know him, he will talk your ears off! ;) Jacob is an avid outdoors-man; he loves setting traps, and hopes to be out hunting with a bow, as well as a gun pretty soon! Along with his love for outdoors, Jacob is often found working on a project of some sort. His current favorite hobby is building remote control model airplanes! Jacob is very skilled in this area, and loves to make new creations out of different odds and ends.<br />
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We celebrated Jacob's birthday together as a family. For his birthday meal, Mom made a delicious pot of Ukrainian Borscht, Jacob's favorite soup. We also went to Grand Slam the day after. Here we played rounds of put put golf, lazertag, and go-carts. =) We all agreed that our family favorite was the lazer tag.. being the competitive family we are, we ended up playing like five times in a row! It was so nice to have a special time together with the whole family. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Happy <b>12</b>th Birthday, Jacob!</span></div>
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This past September, we attended our church's annual retreat at Story Book Lodge, located near Biwabic, MN. We had a wonderful time fellowshipping with our church family and marveling at God's beautiful creation in northern Minnesota. At the end of the weekend we had our family photos taken by <a href="http://www.meaganwanschura.com/">Meagan Wanschura</a>. <br />
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Here are some of the pictures from the photo shoot... enjoy! :)</div>
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In addition to family photos, AnaLise, (class of 2014) had her Senior pictures taken.. above is a little sneak-peek from her photo shoot. =)<br />
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The Alzen Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04310332046694564892noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426153511866880244.post-51494242643135703062013-09-05T17:44:00.001-07:002013-11-19T13:45:03.412-08:00Congrats, Lucas!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hats off to Lucas, who graduated from high school! Lucas, we love you so much. Your sweet spirit and sensitive heart are a blessing from the Lord. Thank you for being such a great brother!</span></div>
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The Alzen Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04310332046694564892noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426153511866880244.post-22076708819797898042013-04-04T16:55:00.002-07:002013-11-19T13:41:46.525-08:00The Lost Elevator<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Just recently we attended the premiere of a fabulous radio theater production our friends put together called, "The Lost Elevator." As you can tell from the above picture, the theme was the 1930's. We had a blast and definitely enjoyed the drama. I would recommend you check out their website: <a href="http://northernlightsmedia.wordpress.com/">Northern Lights Media</a>. Also, check out their newest project: <a href="http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/alban">Alban: Of Whom the World Was Not Worthy</a>.<br />
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I LOVE this picture. Lucas, I have to say you have the best face <b>ever</b>. haha<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!</span><br />
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Happy Birthday to my wonderful sister, Tessa! It seems like just yesterday that we were dressing up as Laura and Mary in Little House on the Prairie, building forts in the woods, or playing school with our dolls...and now here she is 15 years old! Tessa is a beautiful, happy, talented, and spunky young lady who never ceases to bring a smile to my face. She is my closest friend, my partner in crime, ;) and someone whom I truly admire. Her love for life is contagious, and her love for Jesus shines through her smile ..I'll let the pictures say the rest. =)<br />
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Picking Blueberries in our back yard.<br />
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I know it is really hard to tell from this picture, but Tessa has a HUGE sweet tooth. =)<br />
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Clowning around with the cousins. :)<br />
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*Best buds*</div>
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Tessa always managed to keep up with the big kids, even when it came to hiking up steep rocks!</div>
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Tessa and "Millie"</div>
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Picking out a Christmas tree with our exchange student, Luba, from Tajikistan.</div>
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This was taken right before Tessa almost drowned in a river. We are so thankful for God's hand of protection over her life!</div>
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Taken with Grandma Pat before Tessa's baptism at Story Book Lodge<br />
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but not enough to hold the slimy fish she caught. :)<br />
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We make a great team. From snow forts to blanket forts, to tree forts, we were perpetual builders. :)</div>
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Entering a mining cave<br />
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Walking the field at the Metrodome...Tessa is a die-hard Twins fan!<br />
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She won first place at the Washington County fair for one of her quilts at the age of 8!<br />
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So I thought I should update everyone about what's been happening in this VERY busy home. ;) Thanks to Christmas break I've had time!! (I know...excuses excuses...) =P One thing that was a big highlight, was Florida! We spent a week down there enjoying our family vacation time. :) </div>
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Shark's teeth hunting...at the end of our trip we found a total of 140! </div>
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Lucas found an...emm emm...let's just say an <i>interesting</i> buddy =P</div>
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Dad and the boys went ocean fishing....and brought back some delicious fish for us to eat!</div>
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The Alzen Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04310332046694564892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426153511866880244.post-20927166990431655762012-09-19T15:35:00.000-07:002013-11-07T08:08:42.351-08:00Family Camp 2012!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
We spent last week at a homeschool family camp in Iowa. It was hosted by the Bontrager and Wissmann families. (I think I posted about it last year too.) We had a really fun time fellowshipping with other like-minded families. We highly recommend it for any of you homeschool families. If you are interested, just click on this website: <a href="http://www.homeschoolfamilycamp.com/">www.homeschoolfamilycamp.com</a> </div>
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Some activities we did were: floor hockey, around-the-world-ping pong, and tons of volleyball! The boys made life-sized cardboard boats, they actually put themselves in the boats on a lake and had a race! (Somehow <em>I</em> ended up in our boat with Jacob...my "claim to fame" is...we didn't sink!) haha Another game they played was the annual, mighty mighty scoop noodle challenge.. a family favorite. ;) The girls' projects were making the family flag for their boat and making hair flowers.</div>
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For some of the sessions they asked for volunteers for the object lessons. Lucas volunteered and ended up running a mini race with his upper legs duct-tapped, and wearing a back-pack with weights inside! The message was demonstrating how it is difficult to run the Christian race if we are entangled with the weight of sin. (Heb. 12)</div>
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The Alzen Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04310332046694564892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426153511866880244.post-16081922271770924602012-07-06T13:27:00.000-07:002015-02-05T12:13:27.173-08:00More BirthdaysSince AnaLise posted about my birthday, I thought I would post about the Spring/Summer birthdays including: Jonas, Dad, Mom, Isaac and Lucas. <br />
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First I'll post about our cute comedian, random joker, little stinker, and smiley and enthusiastic boy...in other words JONAS!! <br />
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Lucas is such a nature lover...(and I think he's secretly a mad scientist!) :D Lucas is a sensitive and loving brother. I am so grateful for you, Lunes!</div>
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Band: Steep Canon Rangers, Allison Krauss, and Dailey and Vincent<br />
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It has been so neat to see Jonas' sweet 'little boy' personality come alive. Many orphans think they need to be the 'tough guy' at their orphanage for survival. So now it's great to see him starting to open up, and have more little boy time, playing with stuffed animals, cars...etc. </div>
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As you probably can tell, by the lapse of time on our blog, we have been very busy! So I thought I should do a quick snap-shot of things we have been up to recently.</div>
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Cutting down our Christmas tree in our back woods</div>
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Jacob with his "mini" snowman (due to the lack of snow we've been getting) :P</div>
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Christmas concerts also kept us busy.</div>
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Mom and Dad went into court for the second time, to officially finalize our adoption.</div>
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Here we are, going out to eat, to celebrate the two new additions of our family that have been such a blessing to us.</div>
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AnaLise and our cousin, Jack</div>
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Jonas, Jenna (cousin), and Jacob =P</div>
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Mom is a wonderful chef! <br />We celebrated with sparkling pear juice.</div>
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Mama, Uncle Mike, and Grandma Pat</div>
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Our cousin Shane, Isaac, Eric (cousin), and Lucas</div>
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Posted by Tessa</div>The Alzen Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04310332046694564892noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426153511866880244.post-14241010319726270022011-12-03T09:49:00.001-08:002011-12-03T10:32:10.976-08:00Happy Birthday, Jacob!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Happy 10th Birthday, Jacob!!!</div>
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It's been fun to get to know his personalities over the few months. Jacob and Jonas stick together basically all the day. Whether it be hopping in the car with "Pop" as they call him, or throwing snowballs at each other outside, or building neat machines with different odds and ends. :) </div>
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Jacob is a very sweet and sensitive boy. Yet, when it comes to boy things like baseball, he is all boy. :D He is very caring. For instance, when Jonas falls down or gets hurt, he'll be right there to comfort him. He likes to be active, so I have fun jumping on the trampoline with them or simply playing with Legos. He is very creative, Jacob has built several bow and arrows with sticks and string. For his birthday he received his own real bow, so he has been doing that a lot. Outdoors is one of the things he loves to be doing. He always tells us that he wants to hunt like Papa, which he sometimes does by going out in the woods sitting next to Dad just waiting and watching. :) He has been such a sweet brother to me. I love having younger siblings!</div>
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Isaac enjoys playing catch with the boys or, in this picture they built a giant snowman with the little snow we had. ;)</div>
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Mom and Jacob when we first got introduced to them in Ukraine.</div>
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Jacob and Jonas enjoyed to make "pillow forts" in our little apartment in Kiev, Ukraine. =D</div>
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Posted by Tessa</div>The Alzen Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04310332046694564892noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426153511866880244.post-92004019433146550662011-11-10T12:44:00.001-08:002011-12-03T09:35:05.529-08:00Family photos<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I finally got all of our new family photos uploaded on this post! :) This is our first photo shoot with the boys. They're taken in Biwabik MN, at Storybook camp. We go there twice a year for our church family camp, and the T.E.A.C.H retreat. So we thought it would be a fun idea to take them up there. Thanks to Meagan Wanschura who did a great job on these pictures! Visit her blog <a href="http://www.meaganwanschura.com/">http://www.meaganwanschura.com/</a> to find more information about her photography. </div>
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We have relatives from Georgia that came up to meet Jacob and Jonas, and for us to meet their two-year-old, Charlie. Charlie's dad, Nick is my dad's nephew. Our house was full of life with a two year old, Mr. Energetic, in our house!</div>
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Jonas with his huge tower...he didn't have any trouble grinning in those pictures!</div>
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We played a little bit of football. Here we are high fiving Charlie for his touchdown :)</div>
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Grandpa and Grandma took everyone out to eat at the end of the visit</div>
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Carly (Nick's wife who is pregnant with a girl :D), AnaLise, Grandma, Mom, and I</div>
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Posted by Tessa</div>The Alzen Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04310332046694564892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426153511866880244.post-88275340372690993952011-10-05T20:51:00.000-07:002011-10-05T20:51:32.944-07:00Catching up on the Alzen Family =)<div>
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Fishing!! One of the boys' favorite hobbies.</div>
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On the mini train at Lake Itasca music festival<br />
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The Alzen Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04310332046694564892noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426153511866880244.post-27312408682121394052011-10-05T13:31:00.000-07:002011-10-05T20:55:28.730-07:00Up to the cabin with the Godins :)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A few weeks ago we went up north to a friends cabin, who have been a big part of our adoption. Another family went up to join us for a day, we went to their cabin for a day also. We had a blast enjoying the beautiful cabin, swimming, fishing, badmitten, pool, board games, and tubing. Here's some pictures of us kids having a great time!</div>
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Jacob and Jonas fishing</div>
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We brought our fishing boat up. The cabin had a pontoon boat and a speed boat which we definatly put into use! </div>
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Here's Isaac concentrating on a shot of one of the many games of pool in the garage....including some crazy games of "crud" that Amanda taught us... super CRAZY!!</div>
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Jacob, Lucas, and Josiah on the tube</div>
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We had some great sunny days there :)</div>
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Riding the waves</div>
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Tyler, Ryan and Isaac...</div>
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Speeding on the wake...</div>
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And doing some stunts. :P</div>
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Jonas on the speed boat</div>
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Beach Volleyball. AnaLise, Emily and myself</div>
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Jonas and Jacob getting dirty</div>
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Jonas and Abby - aren't they cuties?!!</div>
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I miss your sweet smile and your love of nature. I miss playing chess and Othello with you...even if you almost always win! =) I miss going on bike rides with you, collecting and selling chicken eggs with you, and beating you in Ticket to ride. ;) You never cease to amaze me with all the interesting facts you know, and I will never stand a chance against you in Science! =P I hope you have a wonderful birthday...and know that we are celebrating with you across the ocean. May the Lord bless your journey into adulthood, and may you continue to seek Him with all of your heart. 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Happy 20th (supper belated) Birthday!! </div><br /><div align="center">He has been such an awesome and inspiring brother to me. He is such a light to his college, and people can tell he is brimming with the love of Jesus. I love his wacky sense of hummor, and his knowledge of the Bible. (Sorry I haven't posted this earlier!) Some thing he enjoys are:</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div>Playing softball</div><br /><div>Bass</div><br /><div>Board games</div><br /><div>Ultimate frisbee</div><br /><div>Snow football</div><br /><div>Spanish</div><br /><div>Broomball</div><br /><div align="center">Once again, <strong>HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!</strong></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div>- Tessa </div><br /><div><strong></strong></div><br /><div></div>The Alzen Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04310332046694564892noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426153511866880244.post-53816053384387373642011-03-28T18:39:00.000-07:002013-11-07T08:24:57.439-08:00Outdoor Wedding<div align="center">
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The Alzen Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04310332046694564892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426153511866880244.post-27934099819242450472011-02-23T12:55:00.000-08:002011-02-26T09:25:30.673-08:00Tessa's B-day post cont.<span style="font-size:85%;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Please scroll down to the first part of this post entitled, 'Happy Birthday Tessa!!' before reading this second half, thanks</span>!</strong></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br />Ahem.....that didn't work out the way I wanted to! :) I sort of forgot that the first picture you upload always has to be last, at least with our computer, and it would have looked weird to say, "Judge for yourselves on the pictures and photos I'll share with you <em>above." </em>Anyways, Tessa's birthday post continued! (And no, I'm not blond...:P)<br /><br /><br />Right off the bat, I'll start with six facts about Tessa.<br /><br /><br />Favorite food: Italian and Chinese<br /><br /><br />Favorite color: Blue<br /><br /><br />Favorite subject: Math<br /><br /><br />Favorite animal: Dog<br /><br /><br />Favorite season: Spring<br /><br /><p>Favorit sport: Ultimate Frisbee</p><p></p><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiqYx7LvXJ-zDN1xoKjq2DQ1Brb9ZiBXuGCB8t1gdBtMhia8ZOdQZZR7-wghTSCO7BhXel0Qzzha0aOTwRIQGFN4S4IrG1Rhj6w0zmoDeWKGq8S7oRyGX8YI4jQMz7di0ascDF8l-ts7s/s1600/001.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577015328355879090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiqYx7LvXJ-zDN1xoKjq2DQ1Brb9ZiBXuGCB8t1gdBtMhia8ZOdQZZR7-wghTSCO7BhXel0Qzzha0aOTwRIQGFN4S4IrG1Rhj6w0zmoDeWKGq8S7oRyGX8YI4jQMz7di0ascDF8l-ts7s/s320/001.JPG" /></a> In the summer Tessa enjoys gardening and taking <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">pictures</span> of the flowers in our yard.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYvpwUB1u-N7sGPC7vh_OjvGpeyLzodEAGt01iCQPUTlhJWrTltZSAG1lXhlfqUY_cfEDu1FbbfVrxPzuWX4FO16V_8imONAVYQmaHzcZNvTMndKnSgaNQVjFCx3IL7jPxpnx5eqKAO1M/s1600/IMG_2418.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 297px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577013393449580978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYvpwUB1u-N7sGPC7vh_OjvGpeyLzodEAGt01iCQPUTlhJWrTltZSAG1lXhlfqUY_cfEDu1FbbfVrxPzuWX4FO16V_8imONAVYQmaHzcZNvTMndKnSgaNQVjFCx3IL7jPxpnx5eqKAO1M/s320/IMG_2418.JPG" /></a> She's a pretty gifted <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">musician</span>, and plays the V<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">iolin</span> and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Dobro</span> as well as the Banjo<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0211gPQSGVY9pVs27Tm8eYYBTGE8rFagXnzpVBczMGgPCkxqEN3z23VNFjAO9reolOJaKxUb3et2BelfUQIQqVj-3D8Fd4huqusjBeHi9vK9g3Nx1s7JGizaTSftQEGU62J70QnbM2kY/s1600/022.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577010431915974722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0211gPQSGVY9pVs27Tm8eYYBTGE8rFagXnzpVBczMGgPCkxqEN3z23VNFjAO9reolOJaKxUb3et2BelfUQIQqVj-3D8Fd4huqusjBeHi9vK9g3Nx1s7JGizaTSftQEGU62J70QnbM2kY/s320/022.JPG" /></a> Tessa is a wonderful <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">business</span> partner! We sell our jewelry and various crafts at our concerts, and it's always fun to see what creative idea she's come up with next!<br /><br /><div>Tessa is <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">definitely</span> the early bird of the family, and how she does it ....well...ahem...let's just say I'm not a very good person to ask! Her alarm goes of promptly every morning, and because I am always to tired to climb off our loft bed and turn it off, she always has to do it, and once Tessa is up she is, (more or less,) wide awake! Believe me, I know....:P She is also the sleep walker of the family, (although I have also been found guilty before,) and because I share a room with her, I am the put-her-back-to-bed-er! She also delights me (NOT!!) by mumbling and acting out very unclear and abstract parts of her dreams in the middle of the night!<br /><br /></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvdHLsVg8xzvMTdupWM2sql564FqFqM1nTBohFIJI0djJqRkgSVvzZ0rImkE8TXzS9-bLKd36UrP-7kDGIbX2jzs4Q4TTxNkUGEd6u8xlv6PpYEI1K_eJApVN-2gbpBT1uyMqrQ8Ne94s/s1600/6-11-07+Canon+SD600+Download+181.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577003325574146786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvdHLsVg8xzvMTdupWM2sql564FqFqM1nTBohFIJI0djJqRkgSVvzZ0rImkE8TXzS9-bLKd36UrP-7kDGIbX2jzs4Q4TTxNkUGEd6u8xlv6PpYEI1K_eJApVN-2gbpBT1uyMqrQ8Ne94s/s320/6-11-07+Canon+SD600+Download+181.jpg" /></a>Tessa is pretty good at making people laugh, even without trying to, and is called a 'ham' by many of her friends! :) We did many plays when we were little. (Above) </div><div> </div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHfdyUOfQxMnfAfu4oMfhsLIJTMoi83n8VKGxX-d461GI0xRoLAUu9N4DJEUJTq59G2sfD7msDeKGz_89Umzvsj9TLjaOtR63Mwg29uBQssscI643SNjVmP5Oj7gKE_IE1BOnKm_Z5vO8/s1600/6-11-07+Canon+SD600+Download+040.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576998867193994866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHfdyUOfQxMnfAfu4oMfhsLIJTMoi83n8VKGxX-d461GI0xRoLAUu9N4DJEUJTq59G2sfD7msDeKGz_89Umzvsj9TLjaOtR63Mwg29uBQssscI643SNjVmP5Oj7gKE_IE1BOnKm_Z5vO8/s320/6-11-07+Canon+SD600+Download+040.jpg" /></a> When she was little, Tessa loved to pretend. We have many memories playing Little House on the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Prairie</span> together, and being that Tessa was the youngest of our foursome, she <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">usually</span> played Carrie, and a pretty cute Carrie at that!<br /></div><div><div>Tessa is quite the crafty girl! =) She <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">enjoys</span> knitting, quilting, sewing, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">jewelery</span> making, sketching, and card making. She has won ribbons for her quilting and knitting <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">abilities</span>, as well as various art projects. Recently she has picked up the hobby of drawing, and as we are taking an art class together she has come up with some remarkable sketches, especially of people. </div><div> </div><div></div><div>I love you like crazy, Tessa! Happy 13th Birthday!</div><div></div><div>Oh give thanks to the LORD, for <em>He is</em> good! For His mercy <em>endures</em> forever. -Psalm 106:1</div><div></div><div></div><div></div></div></div></div>The Alzen Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04310332046694564892noreply@blogger.com1