GATHERING FOR CHURCH IN ALASKA, OCTOBER 

IN 1985, THIS GROUP LIVED IN WYOMING...  ME, PETE, MY PARENTS VISITED THEM ON OUR WAY TO ARIZONA.  FRONT…MARY HONKALA, HOLDING CARL, MARIANNE AND MATT RAASAKKA, ME, MOM…LYNN TOROLA, CALVIN HOLDING PAUL,  ANNI AND ROLAND HILL, HOLDING WENDY, TIM  RUONAVAARA, MY DAD…THANKS ROLAND FOR THE PHOTO! 

Brian and Russell helminen packaging deer mear in ALASKA in oct.

RUSSELL AND KATRINA’S KIDS HELPING…MAKING SAUSAGE.

 

PHOTOS TAKEN AT SVEN TOROLA AND KATY JOHNSON WEDDING IN OCTOBER

THE FOUR COUSINS…CADE, STAN, SVEN AND WARREN

MOST OF WALLY AND LYNN’S FAMILY

 

EVELYN HELMINEN AND TODD JORDAN WERE RECENTLY MARRIED IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA

RECENT PAINTING OF TOBACCO RIVER…11 x 14 acrylic

TODD AND EVIE

BRIAN AND AMY TOROLA CAME TO INTRODUCE ME TO THEIR NEW PUPPY WILLA

 

GRANDSON BRANNON TOROLA AND I

AWESOME SHIP JUST WENT UNDER THE BRIDGE

FOUR GENERATIONS....ME WITH DAVID, DAUGHTER JANIE (married to Levi Erkkila) AND BABY LUCY

VISITED WITH DAN AND HEIDI HELMINEN AND MARGIE AT CULVERS RECENTLY

 

ANOTHER SCENE FROM MY DECK...LOVE IT

TENNIS TOURNAMENT IN COKATO RECENTLY

FRONT:  CHUCK KESKY, JEFF HUOTARI, WAYNE BEKKALA, BRAD HALONEN

BACK: BRUCE YLITALO, KARL BEKKALA, PAUL KIVISTO, GREG AND MIKKO HALONEN

(Thanks for pic., Mikko)

NEW PAINTING, 11 x 14 acrylic..TOBACCO RIVER (text if interest) 

BRIAN AND AMY TOROLA WITH THEIR NEW FAMILY MEMBER “WILLA”

 

DARLENE AND TOMAS DAUGHTER VALENTINA TICKLING THE IVORIES AT MY HOUSE

PETE KERANEN, VISITING THE COPPER COUNTRY FROM MPLS.

BOYS HANGING OUT AT OUR HOUSE YEARS AGO...TOROLA, ESKOLA, HALONEN, KANGAS AND?

AT PATTY’S POND, LAC LABELLE ON A “SURVIVAL TRIP...PETE, THE LEADER

 

MORE PATTY’S POND...JURMU, MYTTY, KANGAS, TOROLA, PARKS

ANOTHER PATTY’S POND TRIP WITH ME AND SOME GIRLS ADDED...MARGIE, KALA ,DOUG WARREN PARKS ,REINO ,STEVE HALONEN, TERRY MYTTY ,CHERIE JURMU ,CARRIE, LEAH, DAVID ,PAULA TOLKKINEN ,MARY KAY HAATAJA ,LINDA KESTI ,MARY HILLSTROM ,MARTIN KESTI ,DAVE JURMU ,ME, GLENN PARKS ,WALLY ,BRIAN PETERSON, DOUG JURMU ,DANNY JURMU ,AARON KANGAS

ANOTHER AWESOME MORNING FROM MY BALCONY...THE SUN RAYS WERE BETWEEN TWO SAILBOAT MASTS.   HAPPY ACCIDENT 

 

Memories of the CASITA

LOTS OF FLOWERS ALONG HOUGHTON WATERFRONT....TENDED BY VOLUNTEERS 

EVELYN HELMINEN(Margie and Brian) AND TODD JORDAN WERE MARRIED THIS PAST WEEK

DAVE, ANN, ME, HOLDING LUCY, MOM JANIE....FIRST GRANDCHILD 

FOR DAVE AND ANN