Sunday, July 29, 2018

this summer's confirmation...MENAHGA, MINN......THE LAST CONFIRMATION IN THE "OLD CHURCH"....NEXT YEAR THE NEW CHURCH WILL BE FINISHED!

NICE VISIT WITH THE PETERSON CREW:  FRONT, LISA, MARIANNE, MARCE
BACK: LISA'S DAUGHTER, DONNA, MYRA AND ELONA

SNITCHED OFF OF FACEBOOK....LEO AND ESTHER TOROLA FAMILY
DIANE, BARB, ESTHER, KATHY, DENISE, LEO, LARRY, JOHN, STEVEN

GRANDBOYS OUT TO EAT W ME...ANTTI AND BRUCE TOROLA,(MARGIE'S)  BRANNON AND LOWELL TOROLA(CARL'S)

SENIORS DINNER WITH ME...SVEN TOROLA, STAN HELMINEN, WARREN TOROLA

HANG ON TO YOUR OLD GLASSES....THE OLD FRAMES  CAME BACK INTO
                        STYLE AGAIN!...ME AND MY GIRLS

GREAT VISIT WITH CARL AND MARY TOROLA, AND BABY JOHN THIS SUMMER


ALASKA CREW WITH THEIR BEARS...ROGER AND RUSSELL HELMINEN AND  ?
                               BELOW ARE PICS OF MY GARDENS, "CASITA"...I HAVE SOLD THEM TO PEG AND PAUL JOHNSON AND FAMILY....THEY ARE ENJOYING IT NOW....I HAVE MIXED EMOTIONS, AS SO MANY MEMORIES ARE THERE...FELT A BIT TEARY WHEN PAPERS WERE SIGNED.....SO THERE WENT ANOTHER ERA...




OUT TO EAT WITH SOME OF THE HELMINEN CREW LAST WEEK:
BRUCE, TOMAS, DARLENE, EVELYN, BRIAN, INA, MARTIN, ME, ROGER, CALVIN, MARGIE AND JOYCE

ROGER...."CUTTING UP", HE SURE REMINDS ME OF HIS PAPA (PETE)

Monday, July 9, 2018

GATHERING AT JANINE AND ERIC KIILUNEN'S TO WATCH LAKE LINDEN FIREWORKS

LOTS OF KIDS AND PEOPLE, EATS...GREAT EVENING



FORTCHULY!!!!!

LAKE LINDEN PARADE...LOTS OF PEOPLE YOU KNOW ACROSS THE STREET

SOME VALLEY KIDS NEXT TO ME AND LANA

KIDS PARADE IN CALUMET, JUST BEGINNING....AFTER THE PARADE, THERE WERE DOINGS IN THE PARK RIGHT BY MY APT., INCLUDING JUMPING IN BUBBLES, IN AN AIR HOUSE, AND RUNNING IN THE BIG SPRAY OF WATER..AND CANDY...LOTS OF KIDS AND PARENTS

BRIAN HELMINEN W SON BRUCE, FIXING SOMETHING ON HIS NEW BOAT
(NOT THE NAME OF THE BOAT...IT WILL BE RENAMED)

CAPTAIN HELMINEN, GETTING READY FOR THE "BIG LOOP"

MORE LAKE LINDEN PARADE

VALLEY BOYS, INTRIGUED WITH THE NAT'L GUARD VEHICLES

ME AND MY SENIORS AT CARMELITA'S THIS YEAR...SVEN TOROLA (WALLY'S), STAN HELMINEN (MARG) AND WARREN TOROLA (CARL)