Janina Larson married my grandson Randy Hyrkas tonight, Aug. 27 in Houghton

Grandpa Rudy Larson

Bridesmaids, Andrea & Mandy, and ?Larson

Diane Larson w. her handsome sons

Cindy Hyrkas, daughter Elsa

Judy & Rick Eskola

This pic. was sent to me, labled "oldies", can't imagine why!

Al & Rea, Lor & Bob, Jeanette & Vernon

Shanna (Anderson)Hyrkas, Ylitalo, Tervo, Anderson

Sheffer girls, Jodi & Emily with the kids...Emily is holding Julie's baby

Carolyn Kangas, Sarah Sheffer, Janel Ryynanen & daughter

Carol (Bekkala) Kruse and Daughter Lilly, Delano, MN

Jeff & Anna Kangas with their little ones at Wyatt's baptism

Stanley Helminen with a 10 lb. bike

won it in the LacLaBelle fishing tournament

Calvin Helminen w. a 6 lb. pike

Clyde Randell w. a 5 lb. skunk

Brian Helminen w. 10 lb. laker

Gordon & Amanda's belated wedding painting

Hawaii (honeymooned there)

try walking a mile in THESE shoes!!!!

End of summer, hard wear, still insists on wearing them!

Bruce Helminen

Julie & Wayne Isaacson from Menahga, MN

daughter Ruth, & George Kivisto

Jesse & Kaitlin (Pietila) Halonen recently married

Us rellies at glen & shanna's wedding: sister Cookie Harju, Julie Kangas

Margie Helminen, Lynn Torola, me

Judy Haataja, daughter Laura Hill and Susu, Karen Kilpela and daughters

Bob & Betty Bellaire, up frm lower mich. for part of the summer

Anna Anttila & Ethel Harmala

playing way up in the organloft

bunch of our ladies at the heritage center, calumet

I played this really awesome pipe organ at st. anne's heritage center today

for one whole hour. it was wunnerful!!!!!

New baby born in Alaska, Avery Douglas, on Fri., Aug. 12

And baby makes four: Gordon, Amanda, new baby Avery (boy) and Kylie

say "cheese", Kylie (gordon & amanda helminen's 1st one)

Interesting story about the ring that wally took a pic. of, found in the water in lac la belle, by sarah kangas, and which i posted on this page a few days ago.

Lana recognized it as Don's (her first husband, who passed away yrs. ago). To be sure, she looked it up in his year book. The letter that looked like "F" was actually a very worn "E", for Don's middle name. She can't remember when Don lost it, but it had to have been in the water over 35 years. Now that's a find, if there ever was one. Interesting?

potluck at the casita recently

Front row, Ethel Eskola, Marie Cooper

Middle: Judy Roepke, Barb Granroth, Maria Sturos, Beth Maki

Third row: Carol Jurmu, Kathy Johnson, Lana Heinonen

Michelle & Rob Granroth, baby, Teri & husband

Steve & Kathy Tarnowski's baby Lila's baptism: Walt & Lynn Torola,

Trudy & Roger Haataja

Kinnunen bap

tism, Laho's, Kangas's, Poyhonen's

Lila Tarnowski's baptism picture...it's beautiful!

Pic. by Wally Torola

One of Jack Haataja's catch

Clyde's catch; fishing w. jack haataja/ bete gris

This ring was found in the water at lac la belle...anybody know who it belongs to?

Shanna & her mom Becky Anderson

Missy & Mike's Grant, all decked out for the wedding

Anderson cousins

Nellie & Mary, and their oven, Evelyn's host family in Armenia

Rachel (Leah's), Brian, Margie, Darlene & Noah (Leah's)

ann, paul and dave torola

Neil with grandkids

Missy (Hyrkas), Mike, and Tyler

Grandpa Neil Hermanson, Shanna & Glen

All in the wedding party: Greg, Wayne, Carj (torola, usher), me, Glen, Randy