Sunday, January 6, 2019

A NEW YEAR HAS BEGUN...2019

CHRISTMAS IN ALASKA...THEY TELL ME THAT THEY STARTED THE ELLEN  AND PETE TOROLA TRADITION..GINGERBREAD HOUSES...GRAHAM CRACKERS, TONS OF CANDY, AND NUKED WHITE CHOCOLATE.....EVEN ALL THE GROWN UPS PARTICIPATED!  YAY! 2018

ELLEN YLITALO IN MENAHGA...VISITED HER THANKSGIVING WEEKEND IN MENAHGA
(WITH her "pillow"

GREATGRAND, GRADY JOHNSON'S BIRTHDAY PARTY...(selena and kurt's)
GRADY IS ON THE RIGHT, FRONT....

GRANDDAUGHTER OF AMY AND TOM JOHNSON...ELLE

AT THE PARTY...ALL THE LADIES

ANOTHER JOHNSON GRANDBABY....NINA

BRITA AND HANS HAAPALA GANG, PLUS ONE GIRLFRIEND...ON THEIR ICE RINK AT HOME
(see, we LIKE SNOW!)

THE KYDS FROM CHURCH ANNUAL NEW YEAR'S  SKATING AT THE COLLISEUM  IN CALUMET
{imagine 1000-ish kids!)  click to enlarge

LENNY TOROLA EATING BREAKFAST (ERK?) CHOCOLATE CHIP PANCAKES, SMOTHERED IN PEANUT BUTTER AND SYRUP...

ME, GRAND/MADDIE TOROLA & DANICA RYYNANEN

PETER TOROLA (DAVE AND ANN'S) PRACTICING HIS PIANO LESSONS

ME AT KEYBOARD, ANTTI TOROLA, BRANNON TOROLA, TREVOR TOROLA AND LOWELL TOROLA, ACTING OUT THE 12 DAYS OF XMAS AT OUR PARTY, WHILE THE REST OF THE GANG SANG...THIS ONE IS "THREE CALLING BIRDS"...LOTS OF LAUGHING!

THIS GAME IS POPULAR WITH EVERYBODY..ELECTRICITY...DAVE IS THE ELECTRIC CHARGER, OR STARTER

MORE SHUFFLING OF KIDS, A FEW MORE ADDED, AND READY TO CHARGE, DAVE

HEAD DOWN, EYES CLOSED, FEEL THE CHARGE!!  TWO TEAMS, ONE ON EACH SIDE...WINNER GRABS THE HAT ON THE CHAIR....