Well Today is Paula's birthday. It doesn't seem to me she shouldn't be 35 years old. HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAULA. I hope you are enjoying your birthday and I hope Garry takes you out for dinner tonight.

I remember well the day Paula was born. It was a miriad of emotions for me being a new mother and the responsibility of raising a child. We really didn't know until she was born what the baby would be. It was very different in my life to have a baby that was mine 24 hours a day. Paula was a very good baby. She loved to eat and sleep and was very good. She grew fast and poof it is 35 years later. At an early age Paula became a very good little Mother for Jody. She mothered him all her life.

When it came time to marry and start a family of her own, she was very well prepared. I remember a friend of Garry's commenting on how Paula could cook. She knew how to prepare a meal with meat, potatoes and vegetables. She like to bake and did well at all her cooking. She provides health meals for her Garry, Ashley and Christoper and always watches what they eat to be sure it is healty for them.

I do remember one time she was only a young teenager and she wanted to surpise me and make a cake for supper. She called me at the office to ask if she could make a cake. I told her to get a cake mix out of the cupboard and just follow the directions on the package. She did that and when I got home she said the cake was still cooking. She had cooked it and cooked it but it still was not done. When I looked into the oven the cake was still like soup and it had been in there for well over an hour. I asked her what she did wrong. The package said to use 1/3 cup of oil and she miss read it as 3 cups and so the cake did not turn out. We made another cake for supper and it was just as good. She has never lived that one down.

I am very proud of Paula and her little family. Ashley and Christoper are developing into very good children and individuals let me tell you. Ashley went to her Jelly Bean dance last night and invited Grandma to come along. So I went and they all had so much fun, with their light sticks and light necklaces and such. They had treats for the kids and very nice gift baskets to win as doorprizes. The DJ was really good and the kids all had such a good time.

So Happy Birthday Paula, and many more.

Shirley(Mom)