Pete, after the baptism of Annie and Ken Helminen's triplets, David, Kathleen and Peter, who were born Sept. 2, 1989

Same triplets after Peter's wedding in Menahga

CHICKWEED AND IRIS BLOOMING AT THE CASITA
COME HAVE COFFEE W. ME!

LIISA AND ANTTI HALONEN WITH THEIR LITTLE ONE

PETE AND HELEN KINNUNEN

FIRST 4 ARE GR/DAUGHTERS, JOYCE HELMINEN, ISIS TOROLA, DARLENE HELMINEN, NINA TOROLA, KATIE (?)HEIKKINEN, AND EMMA TERVO

THREE CRAZY LADIES ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO (REASON I KNOW IS, LOOK AT THE  COLOR OF OUR HAIRS)ME PLAYING THE PIANO, JEANETTE KANGAS  AND EVA STORM SINGING....WOO, WOO, EVEN A MIKE FOR ENHANCEMENT

FOUR YEARS AGO ON JUNE 4. 2010

AT THE CASITA, LOOKING DOWNHLL...PLANTING ALMOST DONE

TODAY, WE BOUGHT FLOWERS FOR DESIGNOTYPE PRINTERS, AND WE STOPPED TO DROP THEM OFF ON THE WAY HOME.  I GOT A "DO IT NOW" THOUGHT IN MY HEAD, SO BECAUSE IT WAS RAINING, I TORE A PLASTIC BAG AND PUT IT ON MY HEAD.  I WAS ALSO HUNGRY, SO MARGIE PUT A LOLLIPOP IN MY MOUTH, AS YOU CAN SEE, IM SUCKING ON IT,  (CUZ MY HANDS ARE ALL MUDDY)...AND I PLANTED 4 DOZ. PETUNIAS...GOT 'ER DONE.

BIRTHDAY LUNCH FOR DIANE PETERSON RECENTLY.
FIRST R:CAROL JOHNSON, MARIA STUROS, DIANE, VERNA D., JANETTE PETERSON
2ND R: PEARL LOUKUS, JUDY STORM, GRACE TORMANEN, JEANETTE K., ME

I AM NOT SURE WHO THESE BOYS ARE, SO ENJOY (THEY THOUGHT IT WA FUNNY, AS U CAN SEE) COUPLE HALONEN'S, ANDERSON???
SAME WITH THE NEXT PIC.  I WAS SURPRISED WITH THE BOYS BELOW, WHEN I ASK FOR A PIC., HALF OF THEM RUN, BUT THESE NICE BOYS LINED UP RIGHT AWAY.  I THINK THEY ARE FROM HANCOCK, HOUGHTON

HOW ABOUT THOSE "BABY BLUES"...BODIN ANDERSON

MORE KIDS AT CHURCH...MADDIE TOROLA IN WHITE DRESS AND ???

GABBY ANDERSON CAME TO GIVE  GRANDPA JIM RANDELL A HUG

UNIQUE TREE IN OUR LOCAL CEMETERY

AT MARYJEAN'S, DELANO, MN. APRIL
LIL YLITALO, DIANE PETERSON, ELAINE KIILUNEN, ESTHER TOROLA, ME

BACK IN FLORIDA, TRAM TOUR, EVERGLADES IN APRIL

COKATO, APRIL...FRED HALONEN, MARTIN KOTOLA, GARY JANKELA, DICK WUOLLET

JENNY KANGAS, KAREN MOE...COKATO

BIG BIRTHDAY BASH FOR KAREN DAAVETTILA'S 60TH BIRTHDAY, (thanks Annmarie p. for the pic!)

when leah was 11, she wrote this note and taped it above the upstairs toilet...for our st. john's company!
It was worth saving!

cokato again....verna, joyce, vickie, thelma, me and myrt

TIM YLITALO (MY NEPHEW) AND JULIANNE MORRIS

VINCENT AND MARCY YLITALO, COKATO

                                          PAUL AND SUE WITTENBERG, COKATO