Thanksgiving!

Hey all,

Thanksgiving was pretty good. We went to visit my Grandma and have Thanksgiving lunch with her. She didn't want the whole traditional meal lol. She wanted Bean Burgers haha. Odd, but they are pretty good. We stayed for a couple hrs. We had a good visit (:.

Than we went home and got stuff ready for our family's Thanksgiving dinner. And it was also my Brother's 23rd Birthday. He went down to his friends house that evening. So, it was just my Mom and I that evening. It was a good dinner :P. Very yummy!!

I started having a bad day towards the end though. Because I was missing my Dad too much. It was just not the same doing all these things without him here with us. He was the one who'd always cut the turkey and say the family prayer. And it will just never be the same, ever! I miss him soo terribly!

Sorry, don't have that much to say. Umm... today I got our Christmas Decorations outta the basement today to put up tomorrow. I'm excited about that than I can take my mind off things and just kinda put it all to the back of my mind. And plus I enjoy decorating the house up for holidays. It's fun for me. And I think my Dad would want me to enjoy it. I'm just glad that the lights my Dad and I put on the house last year still works. (We left them on the house all yr). So it's like my Dad is still here helping me, ya know?

But I'm gonna go now. I hope everyone is all good. And I will catch you all later.
Merry (early) Christmas!

In Loving Memory of: Grandpa Weiss

Robert John Weiss, 72, our beloved husband, dad, granddad, great-granddad and brother, passed away peacefully and returned to the arms of his Heavenly Father on Sunday, October 23, 2011 in Mt. Pleasant. He was born January 27, 1939 in Seattle, Washington to Johnny Allen and Phylis Reid Weiss. He was raised by his grandmother, Mamie Reid, in Manti. He married Patricia Perez Ericksen in Ely, Nevada on June 23, 1971.

Robert graduated from Manti High School in 1957. He was known as a shy, but very freindly kid. He loved the outdoors, camping, fishing and hunting. He loved his family more than anything. He was a dedicated farmer and loved to work hard.

Robert is survived by his wife of Ephraim; children: Debbie (Chip) Dorsey, Payson; Shrol (Laura) Ericksen, Las Vegas, NV; Vicky Ericksen, West Valley City; Jongee (Dave) Munk, Las Vegas, NV; Valerie (Randy) Fierro, Flower Mound, TX; John (Kimberly) Ericksen, Clinton; Vaughn Ericksen, West Valley City; B.J. (Andy) Willden, Ephraim; 28 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren; sister, Bonnie (Lynn) Hale, Reno, NV.

Robert has been reunited with many who went before him, including his parents; sons, Valon Ericksen and Robert John Weiss, Jr. and grandchildren, Cory Gurney and Dara Ericksen

Funeral services will be held Friday October 28, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. in the Ephraim 6th LDS Ward, 420 North 200 West, where friends may call from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Burial will be in the Manti Cemetery. Funeral Directors: Magleby Mortuary, Richfield, Salina and Manti. Funeral Directors: Magleby Mortuary, Richfield, Salina and Manti. Online guestbook at www.maglebymortuary.com

I love you Grandpa so much! Now you and my Dad can be together again! Please tell him how much I love him when you see him. :)

October!

I just can't get myself to come on here like I should and post stuff. Not too much has been going on. Still same old stuff.

Um, I was finally able to get me a few good friends, which I am so thankful for!! Their names are Deshelle, Derai (they are sisters)and Heather. The ones in the town I lived before for almost ten years, they don't even compare. The friends I got now, have been more of a friend to me in the few months that I've known them than friends I had in Monroe for almost 10 yrs. I'm just so happy I have them in my life! I'd be doing so bad without them!

We got a new kitten. She is just so beautiful. She's a doll. We love her so much. We named her Bunny, because she really does hop like a bunny lol. She is one hyper little thing. We've had her for about a month now.

We got her because my Mom's cat Snuggles died. I gave her to my Mom either for her Birthday or Mother's Day. I can't remember for sure. But she was also a VERY beautiful cat. We had her for close to 10 yrs. We miss her a lot. But she's with my Dad now.









Today is October 4th, 2011. It's the 7th month mark that my Dad passed away. It hasn't gotten any easier yet. And I don't think it will for a long time. I just can't get use to life without him. I miss him so much. I still wish that when I go to bed at night, I will wake up and he will be here... that it was a dream. It still feels like that. I can't even talk about that night when he went. It's to hard on me to even think about it. Because I will just start crying and I can't quit. I know a lot of people don't think I'm doing as bad as I am. But I am doing really bad. I've just learned to hide a lot of it. For a while there I was having nightmares about my Dad. That when they did the embalming on my Dad at the Mortuary, he would wake up after that's done to him and he would ask me why his face and body was so hard like that. He couldn't figure out what happened. That dream bothers me so much. It's disturbing! But I just can't believe it's been 7 months already. Seems like it's only about 3 or 4. The Holidays are gonna be so hard for all of us. Thanksgiving because Dad is the one that would always say the prayer, and cut the turkey. My Birthday and his Birthday. Which is (Mine)Dec 12th, (His) 13th. We would celebrate our Birthdays together every year. It's really gonna suck this year!!! Than there is Christmas. That will be the most hardest of them all. I don't know how I'm going to deal with all those this first year. I'm gonna need extra strength from Heavenly Father and my family to get through all that.

5 months...

It's been 5 months ago about now, since my Dad went! I love and miss him so terribly!! I think about him all the time! I know he wouldn't want me to cry or be sad, but it's so hard! I just want him here!! I want to talk to him, laugh with him, go work on things with him, hug him, and tell him how much I love him and how proud I am of him!! Always have, always will, for all time and eternity!!

I'd give anything for him to be here with all of us. If only... I need to stop doing that! Ya know, doing the if only, what ifs, could ofs, would ofs. But I can't help it. I need my Dad so much!! I've been putting on a brave face all the time, and I just wanna cry and break things. This shouldn't of happened, not this soon. He was way too young. It's not fair!!

Why can't I just go to bed and wake up and all of this was a dream?!? I wish so very much it was. Than we could of changed the outcome. I was so very close to my Dad! We'd do so much together! I was always wanting to help him work on things just so he wouldn't have to do it by himself.

I'm just so thankful though that I did get to spend so much time alone with my Dad, doing all kinds of things! That will be forever with me!!

Love you so very much Dad, for Two Eternities!!

(That was his and my saying to each other, he'd say " I love you for an eternity" and I'd say " I love you for two eternities." I miss that so very much!!)

I Swear, This Time I Mean It!

I've been thinking... I think that starting next month I am gonna get serious and start losing some weight and get myself healthier again! Because I need to start taking better care of myself. My Mom doesn't need something bad happening to me now.

I got some of this diet stuff called HCG. IT is really good stuff It helps you lose a pound a day or more. You have to go yourself a shot every night before you go to bed. You are on a VERY restricted diet. You only get 500 cal. a day, and the shots also gives you 500 cal. It's hard but this time I am gonna go all the way through it. It will definitely all be worth it in the end!

I am gonna put my heart and soul into this. Because I'm very self conscious of my self and this will give me confidence and I'll just feel a lot better. I've tried this before for only like 4 or 5 days, I had to stop though cuz it was making me sick cuz I was on my monthly and you aren't suppose to do the shots when you're on it. So I just stopped and decided to just start over when I'm ready. But anyways, within those couple days... I was already losing weight. It was great!

I'm guessing that after my fist round, I will have lost 40lbs or more by sept. Than I have to wait 6 weeks than if I want to I can go a second round for another 43 days. And I am. So I'm guessing right around dec. I will have lost another 40lbs, and that just be so awesome! I'd feel so much better about everything.

And plus I think my Dad would be really proud of me if I did this and lost all that weight. And I wanna make him proud of me!

Dad

It's been almost a month since my Dad passed away. In a week it will be a month. I just still can't believe this has happened. I don't understand why God had to take my Dad. Dad was our rock, the one that kept everything/everyone together. He made sure everything was taken care of, he always knew how to make us laugh when we needed it. When we'd have doubts about anything, he was there to make sure we knew how special and proud he was of us. When we needed help on something, if something was broke, we'd ask Dad to help us fix it, not just with things, but what problems. He was always there no matter what. It's like, now... who do we go to now? We needed him! I can't help be think about when I get a serious bf, who's gonna scare him with saying like " Take good care of my daughter, if you hurt her, I'm gonna break your knee caps" or what not or when I get engaged, my fiance wont be able to go up to my Dad and ask permission or how he's not gonna be around to walk me down the isle, or be around to see his first grandchild, and be there and do things grandpa's do. My Dad's Gone! And there's nothing I can do to fix it, change it. This is ridiculous!!! He can't be gone. There's too much still left in life for him to experience. This isn't fair. I hate this. With my Grandma H. or my Grandpa W. you'd expect them to pass on cuz of their really bad health, but with my Dad... it was unexpected. His health wasn't so good, but you wouldn't expect him to pass on. This is stupid!! But yet I'm pass the point of just sitting on the couch or in my bed thinking it's just a dream, because it's not. It's a reality nightmare that no person on earth can fix or wake you up from and tell you it's okay, because for one, it's real and you won't ever be okay again. The pain will get a little bit easier, but it will always be there. It won't be normal again. I just wish I would of been able to of let my Dad know how much I was so very proud of him. I would of told him that I know that he does the best that he can for his family every single day, and I know that it's not easy cause of his health, but that I was so proud of him for not just making sure his family was provided for but for being my Dad. There is a poem I found on the computer that I wrote down in a Fathers Day card last yr. This is what it said...

Happy Fathers Day

A Dad is a person
who is loving and kind,
And often he knows
what you have on your mind.
He's someone who listens,
suggests, and defends.
A dad can be one
of your very best friends!
He's proud of your triumphs,
but when things go wrong,
A dad can be patient
and helpful and strong
In all that you do,
a dad's love plays a part.
There's always a place for him
deep in your heart.
And each year that passes,
you're even more glad,
More grateful and proud
just to call him your dad!

Than I had the Superman symbol underneath, but instead of Superman, it said Superdad. He was a Superman. My Superdad. My Hero! He was the best Dad any family could have had. I know a lot of people say that, but he really was. I couldn't have asked for any man better to be my Dad. There's no man on the entire earth that could even take the place of my Dad even a fraction of a little bit.

There's a locket that I have that I got for my 19th birthday. I am planning on putting a pic of my Dad in there. That way I can always have him close to my heart ALWAYS!!

My Dad and I always had a saying we'd say to each other all the time. He'd say " I love you for an eternity " than I'd say " Love you for two eternities ". I'm gonna miss that so much.

LOVE YOU FOR TWO ETERNITIES DAD!!!!!

In Loving Memory: Valon Ray Ericksen ( My Dad )

Valon Ray Ericksen, 51, passed away early Friday morning at his home in Manti, surrounded by his family. He was born on December 13, 1959 to the late Shrol Ericksen and Patricia (Robert) Weiss. He married his high school sweetheart, Heidi Huntsman on May 8, 1982. For the most part of their life together they raised their family in Richfield and Monroe. They have two children, son, Vaylon Ray Ericksen Jr., and daughter, Erica Elaine Erickson.

Valon was a very hard worker. For the most part of his life, he worked as a cement finisher. He had a way with people to where he could always make them smile or even laugh. He was the life of the party. He was famous among his friends and family for his barbeque burgers. We all called them his "Super V Burgers." He will be so terribly missed. We look forward to the day we can see him again.

Valon is survived by his wife, Heidi; children, Vaylon Jr., and Erica, all of Manti; parents, Robert and Patricia Weiss, Ephraim; siblings, Debbie (Chip) Dorsey, Payson; Shrol Jr. (Laura) Ericksen, Las Vegas, NV; Vickey Ericksen, West Valley; Jongee (Dave) Munk, Las Vegas, NV; Valerie (Randy) Fierro, Flower Mound, TX; John (Kimberly) Ericksen, Clinton; Vaughn Ericksen, West Valley; Bobbie Jo (Andy) Wilden, Ephraim; and mother-in-law, Fern Huntsman, Centerfield.

Valon was preceded in death by his father, Shrol Ericksen; brother, Robert Weiss Jr.; and father-in-law, Franz L. Huntsman.

Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, March 9, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. at the Manti 8th Ward Chapel, 300 South Main. Friends and family may call at the church prior to services at the church from 9:30-10:30 a.m. Burial will be in the Manti City Cemetery. Funeral Directors: Magleby Mortuary, Richfield, Salina and Manti. Online guestbook at www.maglebymortuary.com

In lieu of flowers the family would appreciate donations be made to Zion’s Bank (Manti) in Valon’s name.