GRANDSON,CADE TOROLA (WALLY'S)

ME AND THE GRANDS HAVING A GOOD LAUGH
DARLENE HELMINEN, ME AND PAM TOROLA

IM PRETTY PUMPED ON MY FLOWER BED RIGHT BELOW MY WINDOW OF MY APT.  LOOKING PRETTY GOOD THIS YEAR. (I've taken care of the flowers since we moved to Park Ave. apts. 12 years ago.)

VELIA MAKERS AT ST. JOHN'S TIME...JANIE ANDERSON, KAREN HENDRICKSON,
MARGARET KANGAS, ANNA KANGAS, AND EMILY JOHNSON
(if i have names wrong, tell me)

RECENT SERVICES IN PHOENIX, AZ 2015
DAN, JUDY, AND BRIANNA SLEEMAN, JOE ESKOLA, EDWARD AHO, DENNIS FALLS, DOUG AHO, LOGAN AND JOHN SEITER, RAY TULKKI (SARA'S SON) AND SARAH DIMAANO

WILLISTON, N.DAK. SUNDAY SCHOOL PICNIC
(SENT BY WALLY)

WALLY, LYNN AND FAMILY VISITING THIS SUMMER FROM NO. DAK.

Donelle and Jim Aho....Donelle, thanks a bunch, you got the ball rolling!
Sorry I couldn't get this pic to enlarge.

OOPS, FOUND TWO MORE PICS

Lela Torola, (Matt's) Janie Torola (Antti's),Joan Leudeman (Pegg's), Kara Kivisto (Karen's), Heidi Leudeman (Pegg's), Janie Torola, (Dave's)
If i'm wrong, correct me, please

JACK, PRESENTING REA AND AL THE 2015 RED POLARIS,
THE WINNERS OF THE OLDIES MARRIAGE GAME

does anybody have the pic of seven girls with their backs to the lake? I want to post it, but don't have it...two janie torola's in it.

COUSINS...JOHN, TRACY, KORKKO, BRIAN, JEAN AND MUGGA

DISCUSSING FISHING, OR WORLD AFFAIRS, OR?
ANTTI TOROLA, LEO, ALLAN AND BOB

MUTTI HORSMA, RONAN JACKOLA, DANIEL TARNOWSKI,  KAISA MILLER, CLAIRE HYRKAS AND BRONWYN JACKOLA

MARIA TOROLA, HEIDI AND PEG LEUDEMAN

COUSINS

THIS WAS THE GAME OF ALL GAMES WITH US OLDIES.  LADIES IN NEXT ROOM.  MEN WERE ASKED HOW THEY MET THEIR SPOUSE AND OTHER QUESTIONS.  DONELLE TYPED THEM INTO HER COMPUTER, WHILE MUGGA DID THE ASKING.  MEN LEFT, LADIES ASKED SAME QUESTIONS.  DONELLE COMPARED THE ANSWERS.....AL AND REA WERE THE WINNERS, CUZ THEY WERE THE  TRUTHFULEST AND IDENTICALIST.  IT WAS SO HILARIOUS.

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THE WINNER OF THE GAME "GOT" A 2015 RED POLARIS, WITH A FINNISH AND AMERICAN FLAG WAVING IN THE BREEEZE!

SORRY...LOOK ABOVE FOR THE WINNERS OF THIS GAME.( I ADDED IT, AND IT WOULDN'T GO ON THE BOTTOM.  SHEEEESH!.)...AL AND REA....SO REA WAS CROWNED WITH A LOVELY TIARA WITH "DIAMONDS", A RED CAPE, AND A BEAUTIOUS BOUQUET OF PLASTIC FLOWERS.  AL'S CROWN WAS A MIGHTY FAKE FUR CROWN.  SO THEY WON THE GRAND PRIZE OF THE REUNION, AND THE GAME FOR THE OLDIES.

WE ALL WANT TO THANK DONELLE YLITALO AHO FOR THE EFFORT SHE PUT INTO THIS REUNION, AND GOT THE BALL ROLLING.  AND ROLLING IT DID, WITH 252 ATTENDEES, LOTS OF FUN, AND MEETING COUSINS GALORE, SEEING NIECES AND NEPHEWS THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN IN MANY YEARS.  THANKS ALSO TO KAYLEEN YLITALO HORSMA AND MUGGA HILLSTROM WHO PUT IN A LOT OF TIME.  IT WAS SO FUN, AND GREAT TIME WAS HAD BY ALL, AS THE SAYING GOES.

IF ANYBODY HAS SOME GOOD PICS TO ADD, EMAIL THEM TO ME.  (WHEW, I' DONE, I THINK FOR THE TOROLA FAMILY REUNION.)

jack haataja and allen torola having a good laugh

LARRY AND HEIDI TOROLA (LEO'S)

LEO, MARK TOLKKINEN, JACK

DONELLE AHO, GETTING THE KIDS READY FOR A SCAVENGER HUNT

                                     *(hi, dave torola in the foreground)

POPULAR GAME, VOLLEYBALL

OUR AWESOME AUCTIONEER, MATT TOROLA, AND DAVIN THE HELPER WHO HELD UP THE GOODS.  HERE MATT JUST SUCCESSFULLY AUCTIONED OFF A BUNDLE OF BLOOMERS, TO DAVE T.  USEFUL FOR STRAWBERRY PICKING, DID YOU SAY???  WE HAD BASKETS, HOMEMADE JAMS, JELLIES, PICKLES, A BIKE, LAMP, WOOLY MATTRESS PAD, ETC. ETC.  WHAT A LOT OF FUN, LOTS OF LAUGHS. (AND THANKS TO EDNEY FOR THE SOUND SYSTEM!  IT WAS A GREAT HELP!)

THIS GAME WAS MY JOB....IT'S CALLED BARNYARD.  IT'S GREAT FOR A GROUP, AND HILARIOUS....THERE THEY ARE WITH BAGS OVER THEIR HEADS, MOOING, CLUCKING, BAAING  (26 ANIMALS) FOR THEIR PARTNERS ALL AT THE SAME TIME!  WHAT A ZOO!

LEO QUIETLY PLINKKUTA-ING ON THE SIDE

SOME OF LEO'S FAMILY...DIDN'T GET NAMES...BUT I SEE KATHY TARNOWSKI IN CENTER, AND MARY TOROLA (STEVE'S) ON THE RIGHT

EDNEY (AARON KANGAS)AND DAUGHTER SARAH, WITH  HIS LITTLE SWEETHEARTS