More as promised.....

I got down to Teresa and told you about her and now comes Gerry or (Thomas Gerald, as he was named). Gerry was born in a little small town between Everett and Seattle, Washington. He was another happy-go-lucky kid and was a pleasure to be around!!! Seemed like he never got into trouble, (like Bob) and so it goes. We moved back to the big farm in Wawawai, Wa. (where I was born) and then along came Don. He was also a pretty good kid, (or maybe by this time I was just getting old enough to know that they were just little kids!) I will go more into detail at a later date and tell a few "stories" about each one of us!!!! Yes, me too! Eleven months later and by this time the Great Depression had started and Barbara was born!!! She also was a very cute baby and a pretty happy one. She was small in stature growing up but I guess she eventually got to the rest of us! We lost the farms, two of them to the Depression and so moved to Coeur d' Alene, Idaho where my Aunt Jo and Grandpa Rabideau had a small house but also Dad could find work with the W.P.A. and so at least feed us and clothe us!! Then along came my brother Joe. Joe wasn't much of a rebel either and a year or so later David was born! He is the youngest of the family. He was always a friendly, easy going sort of youngster. And there you have it!!!! Mother didn't have any more babies after him. She was getting up there in age and all too!!!! But we pretty much got along together!How I'll never tell you!!! But life was much slower and calmer in those days and one felt safer! It was nothing for my sister Genevieve and I to go to the movies alone about every other night, ((when we were teens!) We went to every change in programs in town and we had three movie houses!!!! We walked the mile or so to get there and were never afraid! (Or almost never! But that's another story!) Oh yes! the movies cost a quarter at the best theater and 1o cents at the cheapest and that one had all the Westerns! Tom Mix, etc. Fun! Fun! You'll have to read the blog before this one to get them all in order. I should have started with the youngest and end up with me! Oh well!!!!