Saturday, December 23, 2017

TOMAS HAD TO TRY ON A CHRISTMAS SHIRT...HE AND DARLENE

AND I HADDA SIT WITH SANTA CLAUS

BLESSED CHRISTMAS FROM YLVA AND ERLING FROM SWEDEN


VERNA DAAVETTILA AT KIILUNEN'S THANKSGIVING TIME

AT KIILUNEN'S..MARGIE, ME, RUTH NARA, TOMAS, DARLENE, JOYCE, BRUCE

ME AND COUSIN DOUG RAUDIO


ALL SET TO GO, AND HERE COME'S SVEN..... 
OUR CHRISTMAS PARTY THIS YEAR 2017

DAVE AND ANN'S KIDS DOING A SKIT (FUNNY)

MY CHRISTMAS CARD TO Y'ALL

Wednesday, December 20, 2017

MERRY CHRISTMAS...HYVAA JOULUA...GOTT NYTT AR
FROM JUHA, ANNE-MAARIA, LAURA AND LASSE, SWEDEN

DAVE AND ANN'S FAMILY....TALL OR WHAT?

ANTTI AND CARRIE TOROLA WITH DAUGHTER ANNA
GRAD OF ST. CLOUD, IN ACCOUNTING

STEWART AND NANCY KAUPPILA WITH DAUGHTER ELIZABETH
GRADUATE OF? LOST MY NOTE

LISA AND GLEN NIEMI'S  KIDS,  PAUL AND DAUGHTER ELIZABETH, WHO GRADUATED FROM NORTHWOODS U,  WITH A BACHELOR  DEGREE IN "AUTOMOTIVE AFTERMARKET"

WELL, I GOTTA ADMIT, WE TOROLA'S ARE AGING...FEW MORE GRAY HAIRS, FEW LIMPS, ACHES AND PAINS, FEW CANES, MOTORS ARE SLOWING DOWN....A GATHERING AT LORRAINE AND BOB'S IN OCTOBER, 2017
FRONT: MARIA, LORRAINE, MAIJA, BILL
BACK: ALLAN LEO, ESTHER, BOB, LANA, JUDY, JACK, ELLEN

PRIZE PIC OF THE YEAR...LEAH WITH HER  HARLEQUIN GREAT DANE, "KLAUS"
HE HAS BEEN A VERY FUN AND FUNNY DOG...A GENTLE GIANT....EVERYONE ENJOYS HIM.

MY GOOD COKATO FRIENDS...FRED AND THELMA HALONEN, WITH DAUGHTER ANNA
VISITED THERE WHEN WE WENT FOR JAKE AND JULIA (HELMINEN) AHO'S WEDDING RECEPTION...(BACK UP IN MY BLOG IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE WEDDING PICS....AUGUST AT LAC LABELLE)

A FUN  AND DELICIOUS BREAKFAST IN COKATO WITH GRETA ANDERSON
MARGIE AND GRETA

FRIENDS AT THE RECEPTION....HAVENT SEEN THEM FOR MANY YEARS
BARBARA AND JOHN LEHTO

OUR HOSTS FOR THE NIGHT....RUTHANN AND BRAD MORRIS

JULIA AND JAKE AHO AT THEIR FIRST HOME IN COKATO

CARD FROM HELI AND Hannu QVIST FROM OULU, FINLAND


YEEEHAAWWW....IM CROSS COUNTRY SKIING AT SWEDETOWN...FEELS SO GOOD TO BE OUT IN DA BUUUSH

Sunday, December 10, 2017

ALLAN AND JENNA (ANDERSON) LEUDEMAN
wedding calumet, oct. 2017

PEGGY AND JEFF LEUDEMAN, PARENTS

KURT AND LAURA ANDERSON

IN THE RECEPTION LINE, LENNY TOROLA AND THE GROOM, ALLAN, WENT BACK TO BACK TO SEE WHO WAS THE TALLEST...5'5" AND 5'6"?  HARD TO SAY WITH THEIR HAIR!

A PIC FROM MANY YEARS AGO...PETE TOOK THIS PIC AT THE CASITA. MUST HAVE BEEN ST. JOHN'S TIME, AS WE ARE DRESSED UP...ME, HARVEY AND VERNA GRANGROTH

TRUDY AND ROGER HAATAJA'S SON BIRTHDAY PARTY, WITH A BUNCH OF BUDDIES
(NOT RECENTLY...SOMETIME THIS PAST YR)

JOYCE, MARGIE AND BRUCE AT A MEXICAN RESTAURANT IN DULUTH...SEPT.

ME AND LEAH GOOFING AROUND WITH THE AWFUL LOOKING DUDE

MARGIE AND LEAH, DULUTH...TAKING THE DOGS FOR A WALK

LEAH AND HER GREAT DANE KLAUS

                              
LENNY TOROLA, BIG SMILES

Saturday, December 9, 2017

I AM LOOKING FOR A BOX OF MY BOOKS TO BE BROUGHT TO BRIGHTON AREA, COKATO, MPLS, AND ZION AFTER THE 15th...please call 369-2468