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| HAPPY 2017 FROM THE PARK AVENUE BEAUTIES, CALUMET ARE WE HAPPY, ER WA? |
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| MADE GINGERBREAD HOUSES W HELMINEN KIDS.... |
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| I SURE HAVE A BUNCH OF MENAHGA, MINN. PICTURES....I HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH MORE TO PUT ON, BUT FOR NOW, THIS IS THE SUNDAYSCHOOL PRACTICING FOR THEIR PROGRAM...coourtesy, andrea haverinen |
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| WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO NO. DAKOTA FOR CHRISTMAS, BUT THE WEATHER WOULDN'T LET US, SO WE STAYED IN MENAHGA FOR THAT TIME. THIS IS OUR OFFICIAL 2016 PIC WITH THE HELMINEN CREW...LEO AND SARAH FROM ISHPEMING, ALSO...TAKEN AT ANDREA AND LOREN'S HOUSE. |
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| ME AND MY GOOD FRIEND, LEMPI ROIKO |
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| THIS IS A BATHROOM STORY: THESE WEDDING PICTURES ARE AT THE COTTAGE HOUSE CAFE IN MENAHGA, ALL WEDDING PHOTOS OF MANY COUPLES WE KNOW...SEE TOILET PAPER ON THE WALL ALSO. SO YOU CAN SIT AND "DO YOUR THING" AND STUDY THE PICTURES AT THE SAME TIME. |
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| NOT ONLY THE PICS ARE HANGING, BUT THIS WEDDING DRESS IS HANGING RIGHT IN BACK OF THE TOILET. YOU GOTTA BE CAREFUL YOU DON'T WIPE YOUR HANDS ON IT, IT ISN'T MEANT FOR PAPER TOWEL. |
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| AND THERE IS THE THRONE IN ALL IT'S GLORY, SURROUNDED BY ALL OF THE HAPPY MEMORIES. IT'S WORTH GOING POTTY AT THE COTTAGE HOUSE EVEN IF YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO "GO"...AND TO TASTE THEIR GOOD FOOD AND HOMEMADE PIE! |
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| THIS IS THE MEN'S JOHN AT THE COTTAGE HOUSE....TONS OF HATS DONATED BY MANY CRAPPERS. brian helminen took this pic. |
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| THERE'S MORE TO THE MENAHGA STORY....AS WE GOT "STRANDED IN MENAHGA", WE HAD NO PLACE TO STAY; HOUSES WERE FULL....SO WE GOT A WONDERFUL INVITE FROM ANDREA'S NEIGHBOR, RANDY AND CHRISTINE (HENDRICKSON) LAKE, TO BUNK OUT AT THEIR HOUSE, WITH THEIR FAMILY OF NINE KIDS and six of us....A BIG HOUSE, AND BIG HOSPITALITY. WE SO ENJOYED BEING THERE, AND GOT TO KNOW THEM. THIS PIC IS ONLY PART OF THE FAMILY. THE "LITTLES", AS CHRISTINE CALLS THEM, JUST GOT THRU SHOWING US THEIR BEARS. CHRISTMAS DAY, WE CRASHED THE HAVERINEN CHRISTMAS PARTY AT MARIANNE HAVERINEN'S....A GOOD TIME WAS HAD BY ALL. (more Menahga later) |
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| HELMINEN BOYS AND LAKE GIRLS...PLAYED PINGPONG BY THE HOUR! |
