IN MEMORY OF...
I HAVE SO MANY GREAT MEMORIES OF THE HALL FAMILY.
I WANT TO WRITE SOME OF THEM DOWN SO THAT I CAN ALWAYS TURN BACK AND READ THRU THEM.
I HAVE SO MANY GREAT MEMORIES OF THE HALL FAMILY.
I WANT TO WRITE SOME OF THEM DOWN SO THAT I CAN ALWAYS TURN BACK AND READ THRU THEM.
FRIDAY MARCH 25, 2011
JIM, KATHY AND ERIK LOST THEIR LIVES. SAD DAY TO ALOT OF PEOPLE. THEY WILL FOREVER BE MISSED BUT FOREVER IN MY HEART.
GROWING UP I REMEMBER KATHY WOULD BABYSIT US. THERE WAS ONE DAY THAT I WAS UPSET THAT MY MOM HAD LEFT. THE REST OF THE DAY KATHY NEVER LEFT MY SIDE. SHE WANTED TO COMFORT ME AND MAKE ME FEEL BETTER, SHE DID THAT MANY TIMES AS I WAS GROWING UP. SHE WAS A VERY CARING LADY. JIM WAS A JOKSTER. HE LOVED TEASING ME AND GIVING ME A HARD TIME ABOUT BOYS. BACK IN THE DAY I WAS PRETTY "BOYCRAZY" AND THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD KNEW IT. SO WHEN JIM WOULD GET SOMETHING ON ME, YEA I HEARD ABOUT IT FOR WEEKS UNTIL SOMETHING NEW CAME UP IN MY LIFE. HE ALWAYS GAVE ME A HUG WHEN I SAW HIM. AND HE WOULD ALWAYS SAY, "CHELS. STAY AWAY FROM THOSE BOYS!" AND THEN CHUCKLE.
BEFORE ERIK'S ACCIDENT ERIK WAS A MAJOR ATHLETE. HE PLAYED FOOTBALL AND RAN TRACK AT WEBER HIGH. HE STILL HOLDS THE FASTED RECORD HANGING ON WEBER'S WALL. HE LOVED BEING OUTDOORS, HANGING WITH HIS FRIENDS AND I WOULD SAY TOTAL JOCK ATTITUDE. HE THOUGHT HE WAS PRETTY COOL, HE DATED MY AUNT JAMIE SO HE HUNG AROUND OUR HOUSE QUITE A BIT SO WITH THAT CAME ALOT OF TEASING.
A WEEK OR TWO BEFORE ERIK WAS LEAVING ON HIS MISSION TO WASHINGTON D.C I WAS IN TUTORING WITH KATHY SHE WAS MY TUTOR AT PIONEER, SHE WAS CALLED DOWN TO THE OFFICE FOR AN EMERGENCY PHONE CALL. I REMEMBER THE SECRETARY FROM THE PRICIPAL'S OFFICE CAME INTO THE ROOM AND SAID, "KATHY IT'S ERIK" I'VE NEVER SEEN KATHY MOVE SO FAST IN HER LIFE. WHEN SHE HAD CAME BACK FROM THE PHONE CALL, SHE WAS CRYING AND GRABBED HER THINGS AS FAST AS SHE COULD, AND TOLD ME, "TELL YOUR PARENTS ERIK HAS BEEN IN A SKIING ACCIDENT." SO WHEN I GOT HOME FROM SCHOOL THAT DAY MY MOM AND DAD HAD ALREADY HEARD THE NEWS. THE NEXT FEW DAYS WERE KINDA UP IN THE AIR WITH HIM, THEY FINALLY PUT ERIK IN A COMMA HOPING HE WOULD WAKE BY HIMSELF. HE WAS IN HIS COMMA FOR 3-4 MONTHS. THEY HAD FOUND OUT THAT ERIK HAD WENT OFF A SKI JUMP AND LANDED DIRECTLY ON HIS HEAD.
I REMEMBER GOING DOWN AND VISITING HIM A FEW TIMES WITH MY PARENTS. NOTHING EVER CHANGED WITH HIM. EXCEPT ONE TIME I WENT IN AND KATHY SAID, "CHELS. HOLD HIS NAME AND TELL HIM YOUR HERE." HE CAN HEAR YOU. SO I DID WHAT SHE SAID, "GRABBED ERIK'S HAND AND SAID, "ERIK IT'S CHELSEY, YOU NEED TO WAKE UP." AFTER I HAD SAID MY NAME I REMEMBER HE SQUEEZED MY HAND. I'M SURE IT WAS A REACTION TO FEELING MY HAND, BUT KATHY SAID," HE KNEW I WAS THERE AND HE WAS JUST TELLING ME" HI."
AFTER ERIK FINALLY WOKE UP, HE HAD SO MANY STORIES TO TELL. HE WENT TO THE OTHER SIDE AND HE WOULD TELL US HIS EXPERIENCE WITH IT. AFTER THEN HIS WHOLE COUNTENANCE HAD CHANGED. HE WAS A WHOLE DIFFERENT PERSON! MY COUSIN ADAM WAS HIS BEST FRIEND AND HE SPOKE AT THE FUNERAL, HE SAID, "ERIK AND I HAVE NEVER TOLD ANYONE THIS BEFORE, BUT AFTER ERIK HAD TAKEN OUT HIS ENDOWMENTS THEY WERE SITTING IN THE CELESTERAL ROOM AND HE HAD A MOMENT KNOWING HIS LIFE WAS ABOUT TO CHANGE." I THOUGHT THAT WAS PRETTY NEAT KINDA GETTING A HEADS UP ON HIS LIFE.
ERIK HAD A STRONG TESTIMONY HE WAS NEVER AFRAID TO SHARE. HE KNEW AND HAD A COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OF THE GOSPEL. ADAM ALSO SAID IN HIS TALK, " SOMETIMES I WOULD ASK WHY ERIK? WHY NOT ME? AFTER HE SAW ERIK AND HIS NEW PERSONALITY HE KNEW ERIK WAS MUCH STRONGER AND BRAVER THEN HE WAS." ERIK WAS STRONG AND VERY BRAVE. NEVER WHEN THINGS WERE FALLING DOWN AROUND HIM WOULD YOU SEE A FROWN OR A "POOR PICK ON ME" ATTITUDE. HE JUST WORE HIS SMILE AND OTHERS AROUND HIM WOULD SMILE. I'M SMILING NOW JUST REMEMBERING HIS BEAUTIFUL SMILE.
FOR SEMINARY GRADUATION KATHY GAVE ME A STATUE OF CHRIST KNOCKING ON THE DOOR. I HAVE ALWAYS TREASURED IT BECAUSE IT IS A GREAT REMINDER. BUT, NOW I WILL TREASURE IT A LITTLE MORE.
AFTER HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION I WAS IN THAT STAGE OF "NOT KNOWING WHAT TO DO WITH MY LIFE" KATHY DIDN'T HESITATE ONE BIT WHAT I SHOULD HAVE BEEN DOING THAT I WASN'T, INSTITUTE. SO SHE ASKED IF I WOULD GO AND TAKE ERIK WITH ME. I HESITATED AT FIRST CAUSE I WASN'T REALLY WANTING TO. BUT THOSE 3 MONTHS WITH ERIK WERE AMAZING. I ALWAYS FELT DUMB SHOWING UP TO WEBER STATE IN A BIG HANDICAP VAN AND TRYING TO GET ERIK IN AND OUT BY MYSELF. BUT I WOULDN'T HAVE TRADED IT FOR ANYTHING. IN CLASS ERIK ALWAYS HAD HIS HAND RAISED KNOWING THE ANSWER AND TELLING HIS STORIES. HE WAS THE ONE ALWAYS VOLUNTEERING TO SAY THE PRAYERS. IN MY WEAKEST MOMENTS ERIK WAS THERE TO PULL ME THRU. HIS FAITH AND TESTIMONY IS ALL I NEEDED TO HEAR.
I REMEMBER TAKING ERIK TO SALT LAKE IN THE BIG VAN TO A MOTIVATIONAL SEMINAR WHERE HE WAS SPEAKING AT CAUSE KATHY WAS SICK AND COULDN'T TAKE HIM HERSELF, HE WAS AMAZING EVERYONE WANTED TO COME TALK WITH HIM AFTER, AND I WAS TRYING TO HURRY AND GET HIM OUT SO I COULD GET HOME. ERIK CAUGHT ON TO WHAT I WAS TRYING TO DO AND HE SAID, "I'M SORRY I'M SO POPULAR WITH THE LADIES." I TOTALLY BUSTED UP LAUGHING AND AFTER THAT TOOK A CHILL PILL AND LET HIM CARRY ON HIS CONVERSATIONS. AFTER I TOOK HIM TO EAT AT KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN GOT HIM HIS CHICKEN AND MASHED POTATOES IN A BOWL ALL SMASHED UP. I THINK WE WERE THERE FOR 2 HOURS SINCE HE WOULD TAKE A BITE AND THEN START TALKING TO EVERYONE WHO WALKED IN, I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER SITTING NEXT TO THE DOOR.!
HE TOOK AFTER HIS DAD BY MAKING JOKES SOME WERE PRETTY LAME BUT OTHERS WERE RIDICULOUSLY FUNNY. HE HAD SUCH A GREAT PERSONALITY AND LOVED TO STOP AND TALK TO EVERYONE.
BEFORE MY THEN "MISSIONARY" LEFT ON HIS MISSION HIM AND A BUNCH OF HIS FRIENDS PAINTED A BIG BATMAN LOGO ON THE STREET IT WAS KINDA KIDDY CORNER FROM ERIK'S HOUSE. AND THEN THEY PAINTED A SMALLER ONE IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE. AFTER THE NEIGHBORS STARTED PUTTING 2 AND 2 TOGETHER I WAS TEASED PRETTY BAD. BUT I THINK I GOT THE WORST OF IT FROM ERIK AND JIM. EVERYTIME I WOULD SEE THEM ERIK WOULD START SINGING "BATMAN NANANANA BATMAN!" IN HIS HIGHEST SQUEAKIEST VOICE EVER. AND THEN HE WOULD JUST START LAUGHING. I CAN STILL HEAR HIM SINGING. IT WAS SOOOO ANNOYING BUT HUMOROUS!
I HAVE SOOO MANY FOND MEMORIES AND AM BLESSED TO HAVE HAD THIS WONDERFUL FAMILY IN MY LIFE.
THEY HAVE BEEN DEALT SOME PRETTY CRAPPY CARDS IN THEIR LIFE. BUT, THEY HAVE ALWAYS OVERCOME THEM WITH EACHOTHER. THEY ARE A STRONG, CLOSE FAMILY JIM LOVED ERIK SOOOO VERY MUCH. HE WOULD STILL TAKE ERIK UP SKIING IN A LITTLE CHAIR WITH SKIES ON IT. AND THEY HAD THEIR OWN COOL HANDSHAKE THEY DID BEFORE ONE OR THE OTHER WOULD LEAVE TO GO SOMEWHERE. KATHY LOVED HER FAMILY THEY WERE HER FIRST PRIORITY. JIM LOVED SOFT TACOS WITH HIS SALSA I REMEMBER KATHY MADE THEM ALL THE TIME. AND THEY WERE DELICIOUS. THEY ALWAYS HAD A BOWL OF ICE CREAM OR POP CORN BEFORE BED. I LOVED LATE NIGHT VISITS!!! I REMEMBER KATHY'S BIG COKE MUG THAT SHE WOULD STOP AND FILL UP TWICE A DAY WITH 1/2 COKE AND THE OTHER 1/2 DIET COKE.
KATHY WOULD GIVE ME A HUG WHEN WE SAID HELLO AND ANOTHER BIG HUG WHEN WE WOULD SAY GOODBYE. I WISHED SO BAD I COULD HAVE ONE MORE BIG GOODBYE HUG.
I'M HAPPY TO KNOW THAT ERIK IS UP PLAYING FOOTBALL AND TRYING TO OUT RUN EVERYONE IN HEAVEN. AND I'M ESP. GRATEFUL KNOWING I WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THEM ALL AGAIN AND GET THEIR HUGS AGAIN. I WILL ALWAYS TREASURE OUR TIMES TOGETHER.
THEY WILL BE MISSED BY MANY!
LOVE TO YOU JIM, KATHY AND ERIK!!!
JIM, KATHY AND ERIK LOST THEIR LIVES. SAD DAY TO ALOT OF PEOPLE. THEY WILL FOREVER BE MISSED BUT FOREVER IN MY HEART.
GROWING UP I REMEMBER KATHY WOULD BABYSIT US. THERE WAS ONE DAY THAT I WAS UPSET THAT MY MOM HAD LEFT. THE REST OF THE DAY KATHY NEVER LEFT MY SIDE. SHE WANTED TO COMFORT ME AND MAKE ME FEEL BETTER, SHE DID THAT MANY TIMES AS I WAS GROWING UP. SHE WAS A VERY CARING LADY. JIM WAS A JOKSTER. HE LOVED TEASING ME AND GIVING ME A HARD TIME ABOUT BOYS. BACK IN THE DAY I WAS PRETTY "BOYCRAZY" AND THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD KNEW IT. SO WHEN JIM WOULD GET SOMETHING ON ME, YEA I HEARD ABOUT IT FOR WEEKS UNTIL SOMETHING NEW CAME UP IN MY LIFE. HE ALWAYS GAVE ME A HUG WHEN I SAW HIM. AND HE WOULD ALWAYS SAY, "CHELS. STAY AWAY FROM THOSE BOYS!" AND THEN CHUCKLE.
BEFORE ERIK'S ACCIDENT ERIK WAS A MAJOR ATHLETE. HE PLAYED FOOTBALL AND RAN TRACK AT WEBER HIGH. HE STILL HOLDS THE FASTED RECORD HANGING ON WEBER'S WALL. HE LOVED BEING OUTDOORS, HANGING WITH HIS FRIENDS AND I WOULD SAY TOTAL JOCK ATTITUDE. HE THOUGHT HE WAS PRETTY COOL, HE DATED MY AUNT JAMIE SO HE HUNG AROUND OUR HOUSE QUITE A BIT SO WITH THAT CAME ALOT OF TEASING.
A WEEK OR TWO BEFORE ERIK WAS LEAVING ON HIS MISSION TO WASHINGTON D.C I WAS IN TUTORING WITH KATHY SHE WAS MY TUTOR AT PIONEER, SHE WAS CALLED DOWN TO THE OFFICE FOR AN EMERGENCY PHONE CALL. I REMEMBER THE SECRETARY FROM THE PRICIPAL'S OFFICE CAME INTO THE ROOM AND SAID, "KATHY IT'S ERIK" I'VE NEVER SEEN KATHY MOVE SO FAST IN HER LIFE. WHEN SHE HAD CAME BACK FROM THE PHONE CALL, SHE WAS CRYING AND GRABBED HER THINGS AS FAST AS SHE COULD, AND TOLD ME, "TELL YOUR PARENTS ERIK HAS BEEN IN A SKIING ACCIDENT." SO WHEN I GOT HOME FROM SCHOOL THAT DAY MY MOM AND DAD HAD ALREADY HEARD THE NEWS. THE NEXT FEW DAYS WERE KINDA UP IN THE AIR WITH HIM, THEY FINALLY PUT ERIK IN A COMMA HOPING HE WOULD WAKE BY HIMSELF. HE WAS IN HIS COMMA FOR 3-4 MONTHS. THEY HAD FOUND OUT THAT ERIK HAD WENT OFF A SKI JUMP AND LANDED DIRECTLY ON HIS HEAD.
I REMEMBER GOING DOWN AND VISITING HIM A FEW TIMES WITH MY PARENTS. NOTHING EVER CHANGED WITH HIM. EXCEPT ONE TIME I WENT IN AND KATHY SAID, "CHELS. HOLD HIS NAME AND TELL HIM YOUR HERE." HE CAN HEAR YOU. SO I DID WHAT SHE SAID, "GRABBED ERIK'S HAND AND SAID, "ERIK IT'S CHELSEY, YOU NEED TO WAKE UP." AFTER I HAD SAID MY NAME I REMEMBER HE SQUEEZED MY HAND. I'M SURE IT WAS A REACTION TO FEELING MY HAND, BUT KATHY SAID," HE KNEW I WAS THERE AND HE WAS JUST TELLING ME" HI."
AFTER ERIK FINALLY WOKE UP, HE HAD SO MANY STORIES TO TELL. HE WENT TO THE OTHER SIDE AND HE WOULD TELL US HIS EXPERIENCE WITH IT. AFTER THEN HIS WHOLE COUNTENANCE HAD CHANGED. HE WAS A WHOLE DIFFERENT PERSON! MY COUSIN ADAM WAS HIS BEST FRIEND AND HE SPOKE AT THE FUNERAL, HE SAID, "ERIK AND I HAVE NEVER TOLD ANYONE THIS BEFORE, BUT AFTER ERIK HAD TAKEN OUT HIS ENDOWMENTS THEY WERE SITTING IN THE CELESTERAL ROOM AND HE HAD A MOMENT KNOWING HIS LIFE WAS ABOUT TO CHANGE." I THOUGHT THAT WAS PRETTY NEAT KINDA GETTING A HEADS UP ON HIS LIFE.
ERIK HAD A STRONG TESTIMONY HE WAS NEVER AFRAID TO SHARE. HE KNEW AND HAD A COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OF THE GOSPEL. ADAM ALSO SAID IN HIS TALK, " SOMETIMES I WOULD ASK WHY ERIK? WHY NOT ME? AFTER HE SAW ERIK AND HIS NEW PERSONALITY HE KNEW ERIK WAS MUCH STRONGER AND BRAVER THEN HE WAS." ERIK WAS STRONG AND VERY BRAVE. NEVER WHEN THINGS WERE FALLING DOWN AROUND HIM WOULD YOU SEE A FROWN OR A "POOR PICK ON ME" ATTITUDE. HE JUST WORE HIS SMILE AND OTHERS AROUND HIM WOULD SMILE. I'M SMILING NOW JUST REMEMBERING HIS BEAUTIFUL SMILE.
FOR SEMINARY GRADUATION KATHY GAVE ME A STATUE OF CHRIST KNOCKING ON THE DOOR. I HAVE ALWAYS TREASURED IT BECAUSE IT IS A GREAT REMINDER. BUT, NOW I WILL TREASURE IT A LITTLE MORE.
AFTER HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION I WAS IN THAT STAGE OF "NOT KNOWING WHAT TO DO WITH MY LIFE" KATHY DIDN'T HESITATE ONE BIT WHAT I SHOULD HAVE BEEN DOING THAT I WASN'T, INSTITUTE. SO SHE ASKED IF I WOULD GO AND TAKE ERIK WITH ME. I HESITATED AT FIRST CAUSE I WASN'T REALLY WANTING TO. BUT THOSE 3 MONTHS WITH ERIK WERE AMAZING. I ALWAYS FELT DUMB SHOWING UP TO WEBER STATE IN A BIG HANDICAP VAN AND TRYING TO GET ERIK IN AND OUT BY MYSELF. BUT I WOULDN'T HAVE TRADED IT FOR ANYTHING. IN CLASS ERIK ALWAYS HAD HIS HAND RAISED KNOWING THE ANSWER AND TELLING HIS STORIES. HE WAS THE ONE ALWAYS VOLUNTEERING TO SAY THE PRAYERS. IN MY WEAKEST MOMENTS ERIK WAS THERE TO PULL ME THRU. HIS FAITH AND TESTIMONY IS ALL I NEEDED TO HEAR.
I REMEMBER TAKING ERIK TO SALT LAKE IN THE BIG VAN TO A MOTIVATIONAL SEMINAR WHERE HE WAS SPEAKING AT CAUSE KATHY WAS SICK AND COULDN'T TAKE HIM HERSELF, HE WAS AMAZING EVERYONE WANTED TO COME TALK WITH HIM AFTER, AND I WAS TRYING TO HURRY AND GET HIM OUT SO I COULD GET HOME. ERIK CAUGHT ON TO WHAT I WAS TRYING TO DO AND HE SAID, "I'M SORRY I'M SO POPULAR WITH THE LADIES." I TOTALLY BUSTED UP LAUGHING AND AFTER THAT TOOK A CHILL PILL AND LET HIM CARRY ON HIS CONVERSATIONS. AFTER I TOOK HIM TO EAT AT KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN GOT HIM HIS CHICKEN AND MASHED POTATOES IN A BOWL ALL SMASHED UP. I THINK WE WERE THERE FOR 2 HOURS SINCE HE WOULD TAKE A BITE AND THEN START TALKING TO EVERYONE WHO WALKED IN, I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER SITTING NEXT TO THE DOOR.!
HE TOOK AFTER HIS DAD BY MAKING JOKES SOME WERE PRETTY LAME BUT OTHERS WERE RIDICULOUSLY FUNNY. HE HAD SUCH A GREAT PERSONALITY AND LOVED TO STOP AND TALK TO EVERYONE.
BEFORE MY THEN "MISSIONARY" LEFT ON HIS MISSION HIM AND A BUNCH OF HIS FRIENDS PAINTED A BIG BATMAN LOGO ON THE STREET IT WAS KINDA KIDDY CORNER FROM ERIK'S HOUSE. AND THEN THEY PAINTED A SMALLER ONE IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE. AFTER THE NEIGHBORS STARTED PUTTING 2 AND 2 TOGETHER I WAS TEASED PRETTY BAD. BUT I THINK I GOT THE WORST OF IT FROM ERIK AND JIM. EVERYTIME I WOULD SEE THEM ERIK WOULD START SINGING "BATMAN NANANANA BATMAN!" IN HIS HIGHEST SQUEAKIEST VOICE EVER. AND THEN HE WOULD JUST START LAUGHING. I CAN STILL HEAR HIM SINGING. IT WAS SOOOO ANNOYING BUT HUMOROUS!
I HAVE SOOO MANY FOND MEMORIES AND AM BLESSED TO HAVE HAD THIS WONDERFUL FAMILY IN MY LIFE.
THEY HAVE BEEN DEALT SOME PRETTY CRAPPY CARDS IN THEIR LIFE. BUT, THEY HAVE ALWAYS OVERCOME THEM WITH EACHOTHER. THEY ARE A STRONG, CLOSE FAMILY JIM LOVED ERIK SOOOO VERY MUCH. HE WOULD STILL TAKE ERIK UP SKIING IN A LITTLE CHAIR WITH SKIES ON IT. AND THEY HAD THEIR OWN COOL HANDSHAKE THEY DID BEFORE ONE OR THE OTHER WOULD LEAVE TO GO SOMEWHERE. KATHY LOVED HER FAMILY THEY WERE HER FIRST PRIORITY. JIM LOVED SOFT TACOS WITH HIS SALSA I REMEMBER KATHY MADE THEM ALL THE TIME. AND THEY WERE DELICIOUS. THEY ALWAYS HAD A BOWL OF ICE CREAM OR POP CORN BEFORE BED. I LOVED LATE NIGHT VISITS!!! I REMEMBER KATHY'S BIG COKE MUG THAT SHE WOULD STOP AND FILL UP TWICE A DAY WITH 1/2 COKE AND THE OTHER 1/2 DIET COKE.
KATHY WOULD GIVE ME A HUG WHEN WE SAID HELLO AND ANOTHER BIG HUG WHEN WE WOULD SAY GOODBYE. I WISHED SO BAD I COULD HAVE ONE MORE BIG GOODBYE HUG.
I'M HAPPY TO KNOW THAT ERIK IS UP PLAYING FOOTBALL AND TRYING TO OUT RUN EVERYONE IN HEAVEN. AND I'M ESP. GRATEFUL KNOWING I WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THEM ALL AGAIN AND GET THEIR HUGS AGAIN. I WILL ALWAYS TREASURE OUR TIMES TOGETHER.
THEY WILL BE MISSED BY MANY!
LOVE TO YOU JIM, KATHY AND ERIK!!!