WOW,so i had nothing to put up so, i discovered him. yep hes pretty happy

HAPPY 2ND ANNIVERSARY JD & MEGAN

I don't have a recent picture of them, so yes this is stolen from Megan's blog...
Today is their 2ND Wedding Anniversary...and I may be a little prejudiced, but I think they are even cuter together now...time has enhanced their cuteness...wish them a happy day if you can!

Emma in ACTION!

Here she is totally covered by all the other players...no view, but she did make the first shot!!

Not only in basket ball is this girl on her game, but for the 2nd year in a row-she passed off for the Stake Primary all 13 Articles of Faithand the same night ..sang 'I am a child of God' for a baptism...in Chinese!

She is really an inspiration!

RISING STARS!

Is she already to go...or tell the other team where to stand??

EMMA'S 1ST NET BALL GAME...

So we started off in 90 degree heat of the day...on the hot side of the hill...blacktop= not so fun.

NO shade...no where to sit. Emma plays GA or Guard Attack position. She was the only member of the team to score-6 points. Granted it is a strange form of basketball---leave it to the Aussies! 'NO dribbling ball...ball can't touch the back board when shot' etc. what kind of game is this?

Visit to 'Green Hills' on Mother's Day

We went after church and dinner to visit Dana's mom. Her name was Milli Rose. The out door pics are taken from where she is laid to rest.

Mothers Day download...

I am so grateful for family! Emma Rose with all her sweetness...those that know her know EXACTLY what I mean...and Tanner...with his funny ways! I am posting some pics from our day...we started with really beautiful flowers...Emma had saved her money, probably forever...to get me a brighton necklace and earring set...they are gorgeous...I am wearing them in the pics. Tanner got me the mercedes of cook books...red leather...so nice! Can it really be for cooking??

Tanner...don't ask!

Happy Birthday to a legacy!

Gosh I miss my Nana...I think of her often with sweet memories flooding in. She left a legacy for us all to learn from...the best is yet to come. Here's to remembering a truly great pioneer who lived long and strong, and continues to bless our lives with her stories, examples and testimony.

Happy Mother's Day to me!

So these arrived yesterday...my favorite flower of all! I love tulips, and I love that Megan remembered that I love tulips! Gosh I miss that girl!

Southern Baja

The quaint fishing city of La Paz (one of my favorite places that we went...)
A boat that I loved!! Looked like an old car...
The 'Last Supper' Sand artist was sculpting on a beach in La Paz, Mexico.

More Mexico

The gorgeous arch in the bay.

Another view from the sky...
Dana and I at the condo...trying to self photograph...

Here are some more of Cabo and the sailing!

Have courage...

So I had to put some parasailing pics in to 'prove' that I did do it...no regrets as it was awesome!!!

Cabo is beautiful from above...

This is a pic that Dana took as I was too afraid I would drop my camera...you can see the boat in relation to how high up the let you go!

Fashions...

Emma hitting the runway!

We had a modesty fashion show last week, that the stake put on. Emma was one of the models in the show, so I thought I would show her off...

And Megan please note that I wore my modest is the hottest shirt...

Cabo, Pacific Ocean Side

Time passes whether it is fun or not...

So yes, we went to Mexico...who would of thought that timing would be such an issue...when we planned this trip back in November!

Dana was able to spend a few days down in Baja before I came, brushing up on his spanish...always a good thing.

It was so beautiful! The condo had an ocean view, and the people were wonderful!

Nice!

Could he be blowing that kiss to me??? I wish! As Dana takes a picture of me taking of

picture of Keith...oooohhhh weeeeeee.

What would you like???

So I guess Dana will not ask next year, what I want for my anniversary!! ...as he endured (well) my fav Keith Urban...(guess Carrie Underwood wasn't too bad for him to have to look at for 3 hours)...It was amazing!! What a fun night we had! Such a great concert--although I missed our concert group from Garth--

Latest from Thailand 3/5/08

Well we had a pretty good last week here. Last Sunday we had a double baptism at church. Elder Howell baptized the daughter of a recent convert family that we visit in our area...they were baptized about 6 months ago everyone in the family except this one daughter but now she is!! It was an awesome day for that family and we are all way happy for them. Then I baptized an older lady named sommay, who was an old protastant member. She was a referral from our english class, so that was cool. Besides that, yesterday we had a show in a place called lopburi. We showed in a market and met up with E. Tuttle! It was good to see him, he is actually going home in about 4 weeks so thats sad. The Elders and Sisters there got a ton of new investigators and potentials. The sisters got about 8 new investigators and a few potentials and the Elders got about twice that because there are 4 Elders and only 2 sisters. So it was awesome. As for how things are going....its an interesting mix with E. Ensign in here now. We are all slowly adjusting, everyone has a different style they play so it causes everyone to adjust somewhat. Also, everyone had different atittudes and ideas and what not so its just new new new!!, but its good. Well you asked about our tour we are going on....it will be the last week of this month...I believe we are leaving here on the 23rd or somewhere around that time. We will be going to alot of different places....including: udon, nongkhai, khon kaen, mahasarakham, royet,kalasin, sagonakhon, and a couple other places I can't remember them all off the top of my head. Well thats enough about that...haha...Hey I bet everyone is excited for jessie and tommy...thats so cool, I am way excited for you guys:) It's so wierd not being home with all the changes that take place....but the updates will do for now I guess...I was glad to hear everything was ok for grandma, I've been praying for her....I hope she continues to heal. Congrats to tanner for passing the first part of his class, I bet he is excited to get driving....is he going to beat spenser?? did spense ever get his license?haha that would be funny if he did....then it would be like a jake/josh relationship....I remember jake would always force josh to drive him around..hahaha good times eh guys? Remember that one time we went to arkansas....hahaha good times...no need to say anymore....well everything is going good.....as for clothes and shoes i think I'm good ...no needs yet...my suit is way sweet. I'll have to take some pics and send them to you......love you guys elder lowrey

Latest from Thailand 2/27/08

Hey family....Well another week another email.....I hope you are all ready for the 'exciting' update.haha. Well...we sure have had an exciting week here in the pakkret area this past week. We got our monthly show list of the different places we will be playing this upcoming month.....really quite unbelieveable. We have about 30 shows linned up for the upcoming month, including a tour of the eastern easaun side of thailand that will be for about one week long. So we are all really excited to go out and perform in all the different places. We just hope we will be ready being that we just got two new members in the band and have only practiced about 3 or 4 times. So hopefully all will go well. It all starts with one show this sat. here in bangkok. I'll let you know how it goes. As for me and E.Howell we are doing way good. We have found some awesome new investigators that we hope will be getting baptism dates soon....although we will have to hand them over to the assistants to president and the office elders as we are going to be going around the country performing....we won't have enough time to be with them and teach them. But we will see how it all goes, it will all work out. It's kind of an interesting 'opportunity cost', I actually had an opportunity to talk with President about it...because as a missionary our main priority is our investigators....but he said he knows that it is a big hit to take 8 elders out of the mission but he says that he believes it is worth what our band does for other areas. O yeah elder howells' dad is going to be a mission pres. in the minnisota mission...so he is way excited..for that. His mom and dad were in the recent church news so he was so excited to see them. Well anyways...life is great....our areas are picking up and I feel like our purpose in being in this music group is showing in bright colors....we are seeing so many people be touched and open their hearts to the gospel through it. It's so cool to be a part of this ...I love every minute of it. I wouldn't want to be anywhere else in the world right now. I've loved the last couple weeks as I've looked back and seen the growth I've experienced on my mission. It's so awesome to see what happens and how much you progress when you trust in the lord and do it his way...I love it. I'll never leave it, I am starting to see what people mean when they say they think about their mission everyday of their life....because I do it everyday, even though mine is still going...I constantly think about past experiences I've had. Well I love you all and hope you all are well . elder lowrey

Tanner's Work...

Last year Tanner took a photography class...and I am so proud of his creativity! These are just a few of his shots...