The early years of Dad & Mom

Mom and Dad moved to Benavides to make their first home. Daddy went to work for Brown and Root. The company provided small trailer houses for the families to live in--I do mean SMALL too! I have a photo of them standing in front of it and it looks like a one room--there is a tarp spread out above it & extending out to the side- Mom said it provided much needed shade on those hot humid days. She said that they were so proud of their first home and thought it was a palace. Looking back I realize that they continued to have the gift of being content wherever they lived.
They were transferred to Freer (near Alice' Tx.) I believe it was the second year after their marriage. While living at Freer (still in their palace) Mom became pregnant with the first of the six children that she & Dad would have. She had to use the hospital in Alice--so on Feb.2'1939 Jerry Ann was born. Mom didn't waste anytime in
having their second child--On January 2'1940 Beverly Juanice was born in Alice, Tx. After a few months they returned to the Rochester area and Dad continued to work in the oil field--in his spare time he was always riding and training horses-for himself or other people. He was very good at roping and won on a regular basis. In those days they had a event that was called wild cow milking that he was REALLY good at. Hard to remember a time that Daddy could move that fast- but he did.
Back to having babies--- Mom gave birth to me- Jimmie Sue on Oct. 10,1943 in Knox City Texas. Guess that she liked the hospital in Knox so well that she went back on August 24'1946 and gave birth to their first son- Mickey J. Two years later they had another son--Michael Edward was born Sept. 3'1948.. We moved to Stamford and while living there Mom gave birth to the last child that they would have--On Feb. 23'1951 Cinda Lou entered this world--a beautiful baby I can assure you- but Daddy and Mom thought all of their babies were.
Now that we have covered their first years of marriage and the family that they felt blessed to have, we can tell some of their stories...but it has to wait until tomorrow because having all of these babies has "tuckered" me out!!!