JEFFERS 2013 GRADUATES...12 FROM CHURCH OUT OF 31

BK ROW:  KAMARA RAJALA, LORI RAUTIOLA, GINNY KILPELA, LEA KINNUNEN, LESLEY HEINONEN, ABBIE RAJALA, MARIA HALONEN

FRONT: BETHANY RIUTTA, TRAVIS WESA, REID AHO, TROY KINNUNEN, TROY DUNSTAN

 (where's calumet's...somebody?)

Whitney (Crist) and Jason Lehtola, May 25, 2013

PARENTS OF WHITNEY...KAREN & SHANE CRIS

CARRIE ON THE DOCK BETWEEN TWO SHIPS
OURS IS ON THE RIGHT....IN COZUMEL, MEXICO

SHOPPING AREA IN COZUMEL

COZUMEL FROM THE SHIP....WATER WAS PURE AQUA

SHIP EMPLOYEES DOING THEIR CRAZY GREETINGS TO US AS WE CAME BACK ON  BOARD.
THE GUY IN THE BLUE WIG IS THE TOP BOSS OF THE KITCHEN CREW

BACK ON SHORE IN MIAMI FOR THE NIGHT, WEARING  SHIP SHIRTS....DO WE LOOK LIKE TRIPLETS?????
(WHEW, DONE WITH TRIP PICS)

                    

NOW WE ARE IN ROME....PAUL HAATAJA IS STATIONED THERE.  HE  SENT HIS GREETINGS TO CHRISTIANS THRU my blog.

MORE RUINS IN ROME, ITALY

LOOKS LIKE THE OLD AND NEW....THANKS PAUL!

EMMETT & MARY BJORN

MARY AND EMMETT BJORN, MARRIED MAY, 2013

TWO SWEET LITTLE FLOWER GIRLS...ONE MISSING

BONNIE & KURT HELMINEN, PARENTS OF THE BRIDE

JENNIFER & "BJ" BJORN, PARENTS OF THE GROOM

BUNCH OF BOYS AT DAVE TOROLA'S RECENTLY

UNCLE ANTTI HELMINEN HOLDING NIECE LYDIA

TWO HALONEN  COUSINS HAVIN' FUN...IN MPLS.
(sent by Mikko)

NOW FOR A FEW COMMERCIALS:
MARTIN AND INA HELMINEN WITH BABY LYDIA AT HER BAPTISM

FOUR GENERATIONS:  MARTIN, ME, LYDIA(GREAT GR/DAUGHTER)  AND MARGIE

RICK AND BABY LYDIA

BABY LYDIA A FEW WEEKS LATER!

NEW BABY, TAAVI NEIL, BORN APRIL 23 TO SHANNA (ANDERSON) AND GLEN HYRKAS ANOTHER  GREAT GRANDSON

                                          JAMAICA ...LOTS OF SHIPS STOPPING OFF HERE
                                            They look kind of majestic.....

THIS WAS THE CRAZIEST THING I HAVE EVER SEEN....THIS GUY WAS BEING LIFTED UP WITH A POWER PAC, HE WAS CONNECTED TO A BACKPACK AND HOSE..THE FORCE OF THE WATER WAS PROPELLING HIM ALONG.  THE BOAT WAS BEHIND HIM.

ON OUR WAY TO THE ISLAND...OUR SHIP IS ON THE RIGHT.

DOCKED IN JAMAICA

                                THE TALL GUY WAS ON STILTS...JERK CHICKEN, ANYBODY?

CARRIE ON THE 7TH DECK...WATCHING THE PEOPLE DISEMBARKING TO BUM AROUND JAMAICA

WELCOME TO JAMAICA

TWO LADIES WERE JIGGING ON THE STREET...TO STEEL DRUM, KEYBOARD, DRUMS, ETC.

MY FRIEND CRISTOF.  HE WAS ON EASTER BREAK.  HIS DAD IS A TAXI DRIVER AND HE CAME INTO TOWN TO BUM AROUND.  HIS FAMILY HAS SIX CHILDREN, AND FOUR HAD DIED, HE SAID.  HE WAS TEXTING ON HIS CELL PHONE WHEN I SAT DOWN NEAR HIM.  I WAS SURPRISED THAT ENGLISH ONLY IS SPOKEN THERE.  WE HAD A NICE CHAT WHILE I WAITED FOR CARRIE TO SHOP.  IT WAS VERY HOT.

CHRISTOF AND I

THIS SHIP WAS BEING LOADED WITH BOXITE.  I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S USED FOR, BUT IT LOOKS SANDY COLORED AND ALSO HAS THE TEXTURE OF SAND FROM WHAT I COULD SEE.

THE HARBOR FROM THE SHIP

THIS HARBOR TUG CALLED THE "MANATEE" GUIDED OUR SHIP INTO THE HARBOR AT COZUMEL, MEXICO.