BOYS AT LAC LABELLE...TWO OF BRIAN AND MARGIE'S, AND THREE OF ROGER AND TRUDY'S KIDS....

GATHERING FOR WELCOME HOME FROM ARMENIA FOR EVELYN HELMINEN
HELMINEN RELLIES, ROGER AND TRUDY...ME TAKING THE PIC

EMIL AND DOROTHY JOHNSON WERE HERE RECENTLY

KEN, ANNIE, HEIDI, BRIANNE AND PETER HELMINEN AT THE HUT.

                         (THEY DIDN'T FEEL LIKE COOKIN' EITHER)

JANET LARSON, SHARON SILTALA

LARISA, ALISON, CHELSEA JOHNSON (JULIANNA AND DAN)

LIZZIE TOROLA READING TO GRANT AND TYLER LUBINSKI (MISSY HYRKAS)

LIZA HELMINEN (DAN AND HEIDI'S)

WHAT A MOTLEY CREW!
LEO, ESTHER, BILL, MAIJA, REA, LANA, AL, BOB, LORRAINE, JUDY, JACK
I BELONG TO THEM.

ANOTHER MOTLEY CREW...SAME BOYS THAT WERE BEHIND THE TREE A FEW PICS BACK.
THEY WOULD PLAY IN THE MUD, THEN RUN INTO LAC LABELLE!  OH, TO BE YOUNG!!

AT OUR CALUMET GOLF TOURNAMENT:  MOLLY KOSKELA, BARB KANGAS, MS. ?, SARAH SHEFFER AND ME.  THE LADY IN THE MIDDLE IS USED IN MANY PLACES, EVEN IN SCHOOL, SHE IS DRESSED ACCORDINGLY WHEREVER SHE IS.

GOLFED KEWEENAW, 18 HOLES, THEN TO COPPER HARBOR TO EAT.  CALVIN HELMINEN, LENNIE TOROLA, CADE TOROLA

BOYS WARMING UP, GETTING READY TO TEE OFF ON HOLD  #1...MT. DRIVE IN THE BACKGROUND.  A FUN DAY!

THE BEST GOLFING DAY OF THE SUMMER...I PILED ALL THESE GUYS IN DAVE'S VAN WITH ALL OUR GOLF BAGS, ETC., GOLFED IN L'ANSE, THEN TO WATERFRONT IN L'ANSE AND ATE OUR LUNCHES, THEN TO GET ICE CREAM AT THE A & W IN BARAGA, AND HOME....WHAT A FUN DAY.
CALVIN, CADE, ME, LOWELL, WARREN, BRANNON, TREVOR, AND LENNIE IN BACK.
THESE GUYS KEPT ME GOING ALL SUMMER, AND I LOVED IT!!!

TINA (HYRKAS) ZEGEL, ME HOLDING HER BABY JANA, AND MAGGIE AT THE CASITA

THESE ARE THE WINNERS OF THE MINN. FINN OPEN GOLF TOURNAMENT:

THE PIC. WOULDN'T OBEY MY COMMANDS, SO NO PICTURE, SORRY.
CHARLIE WATSON, GREGG HALONEN, NELS ANDERSON, BRET RAISANEN AND CRAIG PENNALA
(anybody else want to try sending me a pic?)

I am out of town till the 25th...so take a break.

THE WEEK OF THE COMETS, WE WENT TO MC CLEANS PARK, LOOKED THRU POWERFUL TELESCOPES AND LEARNED A BIT FROM THE TWO MEN WHO WERE THERE AND KNEW A BUNCH.  WENT W. HELMINEN'S AT 10PM, CAME HOME AT MIDNIGHT.  

                        MAN EXPLAINING JUPITER, MILKYWAY, SAW INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION WITHOUT THE SCOPE, SAW OTHER SMALLER MANMADE STUFF IN THE SKY, AND A BUNCH OF COMETS.

WE GOT SORE NECKS FROM LOOKING UP, SO WE LAID ON THE GROUND...THERE'S ONLY 3 IN THIS PIC, I COULDN'T FIND THEM IN THE DARK.  STANLEY, JOYCE AND MARGIE HERE.

TOM AND JODI WESA AT ST. JOHN'S TIME

WAYNE AND TESSA'S WEDDING PRESENT...SUBJECT CHOSEN BY THEM.
18 X 24 ACRYLIC

MADDIE TOROLA (DAVE AND ANN'S) IN THE MIDDLE, WITH TWO FRIENDS AT CARRIE'S HOUSE

                                   MORE SUNDAY SCHOOL PICNIC PICTURES

LENNIE (LEFT) SAID, TAKE A PIC. OF US, GET G.H. JEALOUS

JACK ANDERSON ENJOYING POP

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JAMES AND AMANDA (DUNSTAN) ESKOLA WEDDING, AUG. 2013

RICK AND JUDY ESKOLA, PARENTS OF JAMES

JACK AND MARGARET DUNSTAN, PARENTS OF AMANDA

WAYNE AND TESSA (ANDERSON) HYRKAS WITH PARENTS, RAYMOND (DECKER) AND CARRIE, MY DAUGHTER...AUG. 24, 2013

GIRLS IN WEDDING PARTY:  SHEA ANDERSON, SHANNA HYRKAS, KIILUNEN, HANNAH KANGAS

PARENTS OF TESSA, BECKY AND DOUG ANDERSON

MEN IN WEDDING, GLEN HYRKAS, RAJALA, GREG AND RANDY HYRKAS

WAYNE, TESSA AND ME

WAYNE, TESSA AND NEIL HERMANSON, GRANDPA

HYRKAS FAMILY:  RANDY, GREG, GLEN, WAYNE, TESSA, MISSY, CHRISTI, TINA AND GRETA

WAITING IN MPLS. AIRPORT FOR EVELYN HELMINEN TO GET OFF THE PLANE AND THRU CUSTOMS.  SHE JUST COMPLETED TWO YEARS WITH THE PEACE CORPS IN ARMENIA.

I WAS ASKED TO POST THIS PIC!!!
WILD COPPER COUNTRY BLUEBERRIES FOR SALE, $30/ICE CREAM BUCKET (OVER A GALLON) OF CLEAN SWEET BLUE GOODNESS.  MANY GALLONS ALREADY PICKED AND CLEANED AND WAITING FOR YOUR ORDER.  CALUMET/HOUGHTON AREA, OR BROUGHT TO MENAHGA.  CALL HELMINEN'S AT 906-337-2784