School!

Well, school started Tuesday and my house is quiet.  I love it!  Hopefully, once I get around to cleaning it, it will stay clean longer than a day.  Hope everyone is enjoying school as much as I am.

-Tammy

MY JETSEN IS HOME

I am so excited that Jetsen is back home from Texas. After a long drive and a tire blowout, he arrived home last night about 9:00 to an empty house :( He honked the horn all the way up the road and honked some more, but no one came out. Lamar and I were at the temple, Brig was with Johanna, and the kids were all at a birthday party. Poor guy. We are so glad he is safely home. --Tammy

Baptisms for the Dead

Brooklyn and Briston were able to go do baptisms for the dead for the first time yesterday at the Boise temple. I went along and witnessed this exciting event. We had a large group so they each did 10 names. Brooklyn was very quiet and respectful in the temple. She is ready to do it again as soon as she can. The day before going to the temple, Brooklyn had her white slip, baptism dress and white shoes laid out on the floor in her room (she does that with her clothes everyday before school or church). I told her that she didn't need to wear he white dress this time, but I probably should have let her. On the way to the temple she asked me if Vickie was going to be there. Vickie is her favorite lady in the ward and came to her baptism. Bless her heart--she wanted to repeat all of the wonderful things from her baptism back in March. Watching Brooklyn walk into that font, I knew we made the right choice in letting her get baptized so that she could do this again and again for others. -Tammy

The Wentworth Letter Lesson

I gave my first Relief Society Lesson today (ever) on The Wentworth Letter. Scary, but a great experience. I told a little history about the letter and the times then I did things a little differently than Lamar's High Priest Group of course and wrote my own "Lowell Letter," telling a little about my life and my beliefs. I used the basic principles and ideas that Joseph Smith did in his letter; for instance, the Church was established in 1830, our family was established in 1987. Also, Joseph Smith details some of the persecution that the early saints go through in Missouri, and I wrote about some of the trials and opposition we have had in our family through out our marriage. I tried to include moments and events in my life that I felt the spirit the strongest or my testimony strengthened. I ended my letter with the "Lowell's Principles of Progress" similar to the Articles of Faith. I want to be able to tell my kids that you are a Lowell and this is what we believe without any doubt. It was a good experience and many of the women said they wanted to write their own letter for their posterity. I suggest that you all read the Wentworth Letter from Lesson 38 and do the same. It is so important in these Latter Days that our children and grandchildren know what we believe and know where they came from. Love you all! Tammy

Jo,Jaz&Brando

Kody

Skyler

Tiffany

Jazra

Briston

Jazra&Tylin

Brandon

Brandilyn

JoDee

Kody&Tiffany

The rope swing is one of our new favorite spots down at the boise river. It's close&fun. When kody&tiffany were down we went with them along with the Newton IV family, it was a blast!!