19 SEPTEMBER 2011

all family member I have tried to include everyone of the family members that I have email addresses for in this blog. I have invited everyone to be authors so all can post on this family sight. I hope we all use this sight to keep everyone updated on each of our lives. I love you all so very much and hope and pray all of you are well.

Jo Ellen

September 12, 2011

Hello Everyone sorry it has been a while since my last entry. as I stated in my email to everyone I had intended to travel to Kalispell Montana to visit and take picture of Mom and Dads head stones at the beginning of summer.But unfortunately I broke my knee and thus was not able to travel. I am so glad I have good friends there and was able to ask one of them to go and take the pictures for me. Thank you to Marry Lue Heartman. I thought you would all enjoy having a copy of them.

Our summer has been busy with our restaurant. yes Ziggie's is alive and well We decided to reopen in May and found a perfect place in Nauvoo IL. with seating for 50. Nauvoo has a huge tourist season (around 500,000 per summer) and many missionaries about (600). Summer is always crazy in Nauvoo but now that the main tourist season is over things are slowing down. everyone loves our Pizza with our homemade dough for our crusts and Pasta and homemade desserts. it was a fun summer.

Wow there is a Lott in store for our family coming up. Diana is going on a mission for our church. She will be serving in the Washington, Spokane mission and will be speaking Spanish. She reports to the missionary training center (MTC) October 26th. she will be in the MTC for 2 months learning the Spanish language and the go to Spokane and receiver her first area around Christmas. She will serve for 18 months. She is so exited.

Nichole and Peter are expecting her 5th child in the beginning of December. Mariah and her husband Kyle are expecting there first child in April 2012. We are happy and exited for both of them.

Eric is doing great on his mission he is truly loving the people and learning about the Latin culture. you can fallow his blog here. http://ericzieglersmission.blogspot.com/ this is comprised of his letters home and some pictures he sends home. I hope you enjoy it.

Birthdays and anniversaries that were this summer that I know of. If there are any I missed I am sorry . please let me know so I can put them on. and since I did Dec. - March in the last post I did not include them on this one.

April
Anniversaries
Don and I had our 28th anniversary
Birthdays:

Peter Ivie my son in law
Would have been Grandpa Beryl L. Westergren

May
Nichole and Peter's Anniversary

June
Birthdays:
Dawn's

July
Birthdays:
Bethany My grand daughter
David Hopkins
Beck my grand son

August
Birthdays:
Would have been Grandma Leona Westergren
Would have been Dad's Jerome Westergren
Diana's
Mariah's
Mine ( Jo Ellen )

September
Birthdays:
Jon's
would have been Mom's Dorothy Westergren

October
Birthdays:
Brianna's
Mark (Terri's husband)
Eric's

November
Birthdays:
Heather's
Amber's
Terri's
Mariah and Kyle's Anniversary

Well for now all my Love to you all. I hope and pray you are all safe and well.love you all so muchJo Ellen