THE DECKER FAMILY: MAY 2009

MAY 1ST WAS BRITTNEE'S FIELD DAY AT SCHOOL! HER CLASS WON A LOT OF THE GAMES. IT WAS A BLAST! AFTERWARDS WE WENT AND PICKED STRAWBERRIES! YUM!

MAY 10TH WAS MOTHERS DAY! HAPPY MOTHERS DAY TO ALL MOMS OUT THERE! WE STARTED A NEW TRADITION LAST YEAR WHERE WE LEAVE THE KIDS WITH THE MEN AND JUST ME, MY MOM & MY SISTERS (ANGELA & BETTY) GO OUT TO EAT. LAST YEAR WE WENT TO RED LOBSTER! THIS YEAR WE WENT & FILLED UP ON ALL YOU CAN EAT CHINESE BUFFET WHICH INCLUDES CRAB LEGS! YUM!!! OH YEA I WAS STUFFED BY THE TIME I GOT OUT OF THERE! AWESOME IS ALL I CAN SAY! I LOVE YOU MOM!!!

FRIDAY, MAY 15TH, TY TURNED 3! WHERE HAS MY LITTLE BABY WENT? LITTLE KIETH & BEN BOTH TURNED 5 TODAY AS WELL! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL!

SATURDAY, MAY 17TH WAS LITTLE KIETH'S BIRTHDAY PARTY! THE KIDS HAD A BLAST PLAYING ON THE WATER SLIDES & LITTLE KIETH RACKED UP ON GIFTS!

SUNDAY, MAY 17TH WAS TY'S BIRTHDAY PARTY! IT WAS A GOOD PARTY EVEN THOUGH THE RAIN & THE TEMPERATURE RUINED MY PLANS FOR EVERYONE TO PLAY IN THE SPRINKLER! OH WELL, AT LEAST TY IS ONLY 3 AND DOES NOT KNOW ANY DIFFERENT YET! HE STILL HAD FUN WHICH IS THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS!

MONDAY, MAY 18TH BRITTNEE HAD A SOCCER GAME. THURSDAY, MAY 21ST SHE HAD HER LAST SOCCER GAME & AWARDS CEREMONY!

SATURDAY, MAY 23RD, OUR NIECE KAYLA GRADUATED!!! WAY TO GO KAYLA!!! WE SPENT THE WEEKEND AT ANNA'S AND GOT TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH FAMILY! EVEN KEN, CHERYL & KENNY SHOWED UP WHICH WAS A NICE SURPRISE! IT WAS GREAT SEEING THEM! IT WAS A GREAT DAY EXCEPT FOR TY DESTROYING THE CAKE THAT TOOK FOREVER TO GET SINCE WALMART LOST THE ORDER AND NO ONE GOT A PICTURE OF IT BEFORE TY MESSED IT UP. SORRY ANNA!

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR GRADUATES OF 2009!

OUR NEPHEW ERIC STALLWORTH WITH MY BROTHER DON!

OUR NIECE DULSEY HOWELL

SUNDAY, MAY 24TH WE STOPPED BY MOMMA POE'S ON THE WAY HOME! THE KIDS WERE EXCITED TO SEE THEIR GRANDMOTHER AND SHE WAS EQUALLY EXCITED TO SEE THEM. SHE SHARED HER PEANUTS WITH TY AND HE PLAYED WITH HER STUFFED TOYS. IT WAS A WONDERFUL VISIT THAT WAS WELL OVERDUE. MY ONLY REGRET WAS THAT THE BATTERIES IN MY CAMERA HAD DIED AND I WAS UNABLE TO GET ANY PICTURES! GO FIGURE!

RAY HAD TO WORK ON MEMORIAL DAY & I SPENT THE DAY DOING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! IT WAS GLORIOUS!

THURSDAY, MAY 28TH, WAS BRITTNEE'S AWARDS CEREMONY & 5TH GRADE PICNIC. I TOOK THE DAY OFF SO ME & TY SPENT THE WHOLE DAY WITH HER! SHE MADE ALL A HONOR ROLL FOR THE WHOLE SCHOOL YEAR! CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR SMART & BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK! UNFORTUNATELY THOUGH THIS MEANS THAT ITS TIME FOR HER TO GO TO MIDDLE SCHOOL WHICH TERRIFIES US! BUT WE HAVE ENTRUSTED HER IN GOD'S HANDS SO WE KNOW SHE WILL ALWAYS BE SAFE!

MAY 29TH

RAY GOT A CALL FIRST THING IN THE MORNING THAT MOMMA POE WAS NOT DOING GOOD. SHE HAD WENT IN THE HOSPITAL THE DAY BEFORE WITH FLUID ON HER LUNGS AND WAS NOT GETTING ANY BETTER. RAY LEFT WORK IMMEDIATELY AND HEADED TO MACON TO BE WITH HIS MOM. AT 12:12PM HE CALLED TO SAY THAT SHE HAD BEEN MOVED TO ICU AND WAS IN STABLE CONDITION. AT 12:32PM HE CALLED TO SAY THAT SHE PASSED AWAY. SHE WENT TO BE WITH THE LORD. SHE HAD SUFFERED FOR MANY YEARS AND IS NOW AT PEACE IN GOD'S HANDS! I LEFT WORK, PICKED UP TY & WENT HOME TO WAIT FOR BRITTNEE TO GET OUT OF SCHOOL & RAY TO COME HOME & GET US TO GO STAY AT MARGARET'S FOR THE WEEKEND. WHEN BRITTNEE WALKED IN THE DOOR SHE WAS JUST A CRYING. I KNEW THERE WAS NO WAY THAT SHE KNEW ABOUT GRANDMA POE. SHE WAS UPSET BECAUSE IT WAS THE LAST DAY OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL & SHE WOULD NOT SEE SOME OF HER FRIENDS NEXT YEAR DUE TO SOME OF THEM GOING TO A DIFFERENT SCHOOL. SO HERE I WAS WITH AN ALREADY UPSET CHILD AND NOW I HAD TO BREAK THE NEWS TO HER THAT HER GRANDMOTHER HAD PASSED AWAY. MY POOR BABY!

SUNDAY, MAY 31ST THE FAMILY GATHERED TOGETHER AT MARGARET'S TO LEAN ON EACH OTHER & COME TOGETHER IN HONOR OF A WIFE, SISTER, MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, & GREAT GRANDMOTHER WHO WAS LOVED & WILL BE MISSED TERRIBLY!