Sunday, January 25, 2015

YEARLY PYRAMID AT THE XMAS PARTY...ENLARGE PHOTO, SEE THE EXPRESSIONS ON THE BOTTOM TIER....

CHRISTMAS YEARLY PHOTO, 2014 CHRISTMAS PARTY

YEARLY CHRISTMAS GINGERBREAD PARTY AT PARK AVE. WHERE I LIVE.  THIS IS MY LAST ONE, AFTER 30 YEARS OF HOSTING IT.  NOW IF SOMEONE ELSE HAS IT, I WILL GO TO THEIR PLACE, AND EVEN MAKE A GINGERBREAD HOUSE!





LENNIE TOROLA AND PAUL KANGAS WERE IN THE RUNNING FOR THE MOST CREATIVE!   (WE HAD A FEW EXTRA FRIENDS AND RELLIES THERE, THEY WERE MOST WELCOMED)

MIGHTY ALASKA...RUSSELL HELMINEN


KATRINA, LILLY AND RUSSELL HELMINEN ON THEIR CARIBOU HUNT.  JOYCE HELMINEN  WENT ALONG TO BABYSIT LILY WHILE THE MIGHTY HUNTERS WERE DOING THEIR THING.
                                                                           2014
RUSSELL AND LILLY TAKING A BREAK...NOTICE THE PIPELINE IN THE BACK.

PAM TOROLA, IN A SNOWBANK...SHE FORGOT HOW TO DRIVE OUT THERE IN CONN. AT YALE...SHE CAME HOME FOR XMAS
GETTING PAM OUT OF THE SNOWBANK AFTER OUR CHRISTMAS PARTY AT THE MOHAWK GYM...2014

BRIAN AND MARGIE HELMINEN FAMILY, CHRISTMAS MORNING
CATERPILLAR GAME AT OUR PARTY

Sunday, January 18, 2015

NINA TOROLA AND DARLENE HELMINEN

BUNCH OF GIRLS AT CHURCH...MY GUESSES ARE JOHNSON, STUROS, KARINIEMI, BJORN, ANDERSON AND POYHONEN  CORRECT ME IF IM WRONG, EH?

JAY ISAACSON

TOP..LANA HEINONEN, MAIJA TOLKKINEN, JUDY HAATAJA
ELLEN YLITALO, MARIA TOROLA

BABY SHOWER IN DICKENSON FOR LORETTA HELMINEN
RUTHANN MORRIS, MOM, MADE IT THERE

INA HELMINEN, KRISTA KANGAS, AND ANDREA TAIVALKOSKI
AT THE BABY SHOWER

BUNCHA MOLDY OLDIES: BILL TOLKKINEN, AL TOROLA, JACK HAATAJA, CHESTER YLITALO

AT THE BAZAAR IN NOV:  ENJOYING MARI HELMINEN, DAUGHTER OF LEO AND SARAH.
FROM LEFT, BRUCE, SARAH, LYNN, ISIS, MARI, JOYCE, NINA, ANTTI

AT NOV. BAZAAR...BUNCH OF ANDERSON'S...AND A HENDRICKSON ON THE R.
SELLING A BUNCHA STUFF!!!

Sunday, January 11, 2015

GRANDSONS, BRIAN AND STEVE TOROLA OVER FOR A GREAT VISIT!

FROM BRITA HEIKKINEN, WHO IS HAVING A GREAT TIME IN ALASKA...
ABBIE HELMINEN, CLAIRE KANGAS, KATRINA, LILY HELMINEN AND BRITA

MARIA STUROS SENT THIS PIC OF THEIR GINGERBREAD HOUSE SESSION

A GREAT BUNCH OF CHRISTMAS CAROLERS AT MEDICAL CARE IN DECEMBER
PIETILA, PETERSON, RUOHONEN, ASIALA, WIITANEN, JOHNSON, FREEMAN, JOHNSON

BRUCE HELMINEN 10TH BIRTHDAY BASH IN DEC.
REUBEN HAATAJA, BRUCE, HANS KIILUNEN, NOAH HAATAJA
LEVI TERVO, MATT KIILUNEN  2014


OUR CHURCH IN THE MORNING SUN
"OH THE MORNING SUN SO LOVELY"

MADDIE TOROLA'S BIRTHDAY SLEDDING PARTY AT SWEDETOWN
ALLIE BJORN, SIENNA ANDERSON, MILEA STUROS, DANICA RYYNANEN, MADDIE IN PINK, JADA HENDRICKSON, JANA ISAACSON,  JACKIE KIILUNEN, STELLA SUOMIS

Saturday, January 3, 2015

GREATGRANDSON, TAAVI HYRKAS, CHECKING OUT A BIRDBATH AT THE CASITA

ME WITH GRANDSON ROGER HELMINEN AT THE CASITA

BABY SHOWER IN OCT. 2014 FOR LORETTA MORRIS/HELMINEN (ROGER'S WIFE) IN NO. DAKOTA
HAPPENED TO BE A BUNCH OF RELLIES
ANNIKKA TAIVALKOSKI,
LAURA NARHI, LORETTA, GRETA HYRKAS/KINNUNEN, HEIDI SALMEN/HELMINEN, AND INA HAATAJA/HELMINEN

PROUD PARENTS..EMILY, GRANT AND TRAVIS PENNALA

BIRTHDAY BASH FOR THE OLD MAN, DON DAAVETTILA, 80 YEARS OLD THIS FALL

NOV. 16 DIE-HARD-COLDWEATHER GOLFERS DOWNSTATE
BILL SEITER, RICH PENNALA AND RAY KASTAMO
THEY ARE HIDING THEIR GLOVES

TWO OF A KIND....PETE AND KIRBY IN THEIR TEEN YEARS, PRETENDING TO GIVE A DUET WITH A VIOLIN AND A FLUTE.  DON'T KNOW WHOS HOUSE THIS IS AT.  GOT THIS PIC VIA IRENE WHO GOT IT FROM RUTH ANN K.  THANKS A BUNCH, I LOVE THIS PICTURE, MAKES ME SMILE.  
I STILL HAVE PAINTINGS FOR SALE....JUST SCROLL DOWN...