this summer's confirmation...MENAHGA, MINN......THE LAST CONFIRMATION IN THE "OLD CHURCH"....NEXT YEAR THE NEW CHURCH WILL BE FINISHED!

NICE VISIT WITH THE PETERSON CREW:  FRONT, LISA, MARIANNE, MARCE
BACK: LISA'S DAUGHTER, DONNA, MYRA AND ELONA

SNITCHED OFF OF FACEBOOK....LEO AND ESTHER TOROLA FAMILY
DIANE, BARB, ESTHER, KATHY, DENISE, LEO, LARRY, JOHN, STEVEN

GRANDBOYS OUT TO EAT W ME...ANTTI AND BRUCE TOROLA,(MARGIE'S)  BRANNON AND LOWELL TOROLA(CARL'S)

SENIORS DINNER WITH ME...SVEN TOROLA, STAN HELMINEN, WARREN TOROLA

HANG ON TO YOUR OLD GLASSES....THE OLD FRAMES  CAME BACK INTO

                        STYLE AGAIN!...ME AND MY GIRLS

GREAT VISIT WITH CARL AND MARY TOROLA, AND BABY JOHN THIS SUMMER

ALASKA CREW WITH THEIR BEARS...ROGER AND RUSSELL HELMINEN AND  ?

                               BELOW ARE PICS OF MY GARDENS, "CASITA"...I HAVE SOLD THEM TO PEG AND PAUL JOHNSON AND FAMILY....THEY ARE ENJOYING IT NOW....I HAVE MIXED EMOTIONS, AS SO MANY MEMORIES ARE THERE...FELT A BIT TEARY WHEN PAPERS WERE SIGNED.....SO THERE WENT ANOTHER ERA...

OUT TO EAT WITH SOME OF THE HELMINEN CREW LAST WEEK:
BRUCE, TOMAS, DARLENE, EVELYN, BRIAN, INA, MARTIN, ME, ROGER, CALVIN, MARGIE AND JOYCE

ROGER...."CUTTING UP", HE SURE REMINDS ME OF HIS PAPA (PETE)

GATHERING AT JANINE AND ERIC KIILUNEN'S TO WATCH LAKE LINDEN FIREWORKS

LOTS OF KIDS AND PEOPLE, EATS...GREAT EVENING

FORTCHULY!!!!!

LAKE LINDEN PARADE...LOTS OF PEOPLE YOU KNOW ACROSS THE STREET

SOME VALLEY KIDS NEXT TO ME AND LANA

KIDS PARADE IN CALUMET, JUST BEGINNING....AFTER THE PARADE, THERE WERE DOINGS IN THE PARK RIGHT BY MY APT., INCLUDING JUMPING IN BUBBLES, IN AN AIR HOUSE, AND RUNNING IN THE BIG SPRAY OF WATER..AND CANDY...LOTS OF KIDS AND PARENTS

BRIAN HELMINEN W SON BRUCE, FIXING SOMETHING ON HIS NEW BOAT
(NOT THE NAME OF THE BOAT...IT WILL BE RENAMED)

CAPTAIN HELMINEN, GETTING READY FOR THE "BIG LOOP"

MORE LAKE LINDEN PARADE

VALLEY BOYS, INTRIGUED WITH THE NAT'L GUARD VEHICLES

ME AND MY SENIORS AT CARMELITA'S THIS YEAR...SVEN TOROLA (WALLY'S), STAN HELMINEN (MARG) AND WARREN TOROLA (CARL)

AT PAUL'S BURIAL

                        these two pics should be with the other pics from paul's burial (below)

COFFEE AT KRISTEN'S AFTER THE CEMETERY...COUSINS
NOT SHOWN BEFORE: SARAH NIEMELA, LAURA HILL, CATHY TARNOWSKI

ZION SUNDAY SCHOOL PICNIC 2018

MY BROTHER PAUL KANGAS DIED IN FEBRUARY.  LINDA AND GIRLS CAME UP TO  DISTRIBUTE SOME OF HIS ASHES AT HUNGARIAN FALLS AND INCLINE DAM.
ALI KANGAS, LINDA, KATRINA AND ANNA

WALKING INTO HUNGARIAN FALLS...JULIE, BRO. JERRY, & I WENT, TOO

SAME GANG AT THE AMBASSADOR FOR PIZZA, PLUS SISTER COOKIE ON LEFT

DAVIN TOROLA AND FAMILY ON A SKI TRIP THIS PAST WINTER

BELOVED BROTHER IN LAW, CHESTER YLITALO, WHO DIED THIS PAST WINTER ALSO

BROTHER IN LAW PAUL (TUDDS) TOROLA'S BURIAL AT CALUMET LAKEVIEW CEMETERY LAST WEEK.  (my bro in law, paul, my brother paul, chester, cousin sue anttila, and dear uncle wes, and dear friend dick woodford  passed away from feb. to may...all safe in the arms of jesus)

us torola's:  LEO, LORRAINE, BOB, JUDY, BILL, JACK, ME, REA, AL
ESTHER, LANA, MAIJA

DAVE TAIVALKOSKI DID THE SERVICE (betsy, donelle, denise, joanne, jean, brian)

STEVE JOHNSON, ROGER HAATAJA, KRISTEN TERVO, DAVE (BOB) TOROLA, DAVIN TOROLA

AARON KANGAS, KIM AND PHIL YLITALO

PAULA LEPPANEN, MARY HILLSTROM, MARGIE HELMINEN

THREE OLD LADIES AT THE WEDDING
ELAINE K, MARILYN H., AND I DON'T KNOW WHO THE ONE ON THE RIGHT IS.

MARTIN AND INA HELMINEN AT THE WEDDING

BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY SETTING FOR CHLOE AND BRENT'S WEDDING AT THE HAATAJA RESIDENCE...JUNE 16, 2018

HAPPY COUPLE!

GOOD WEATHER TILL WEDDING GUESTS HAD LUNCH!

MARK AND JANIE HAATAJA, CHLOE'S PARENTS

BRENT'S PARENTS, JEAN AND DAVE (HEAD) HALONEN....DO PEOPLE STILL USE HIS NICKNAME?  THAT'S WHAT IT WAS WHEN HE HUNG OUT WITH OUR KIDS!

MARK AND JANIE'S GR/DAUGHTERS, AND MY GREAT GR/DAUGHTERS
CHILDREN OF MARTIN AND INA HELMINEN 

LITTLE CONTEST GOING ON HERE....WHO DRESSES THE BEST  TO OUTSHINE THE GROOM:
NEIL YLITALO AND MARTIN HELMINEN....I THINK MARTIN WINS, HE LOOKS LIKE THE MAFIA!!!  COURSE, NEIL COULDA WON WITH HIS SEERSUCKER SUIT, PINK SHIRT AND MED. BLUE BOWTIE.   SHEEESH!

LADIES HEADING TO THE CARS...EDIE JOHNSON, HER DAUGHTER, AND AMANDA LEHTO