ME ENJOYING THE BEACH IN MONTEREY

EVELYN SHOWING ME "VIRTUAL REALITY"STUFF....WE ALL TOOK A TURN!

Evit

and Todd showed us all about artichokes

Evie 

and I woodburning

Recent trip to Monterey, CA, visiting Evelyn Helminen w Margie, Brian, two boys, end of Jan.

Add captionPARK ON THE COAST...SAW A WHALE BLOWING

ANTTI, BRUCE AND BRIAN, ENJOYING THE VIEW

MARGIE

EVIE AND TODD

AT THE AQUARIUM

ATE NEARBY

SEALS ON THE SHORE

ME WOODBURNING...EVIE's hobby

A wonderful day at the park

My woodburning painted...thimbleberries and blossoms

Evie and I had lunch at the beach...Helminen's went to Alaska a couple days before I flew home

BIIIIG PUPPY ZUZU....AWWWW, HE'S ASKING FOR LOVE

WILD TURKEYS NEAR EVIE'sA COMMON SIGHT!

ANDY TIKKANEN MARRIED JENNY SKOOG THIS WEEKEND IN MENAHGA...PICTURED WITH JEAN...ANDY's mom

Edie and Jerry johnson family

(Thanks to Brita for photo)

 

Nice visit last night...Cheryl and Wes Kangas

THIS CALLED "bagging", bumming a car, hanging on and sliding along.  Sometimes the boys would accidentally leave a chopper on the bumper.  Very dangerous....lucky that no one got hurt!  Good thing it's not done anymore!

HELMINEN SISTERS...Andrea, julia and Joyce

https://youtu.be/TRL41ufljrg

                               BRUCE AND ANTTI HELMINEN IN ALASKA THIS MONTH....HATCHERS                      
              PASS...WALK (puff puff) UP THE MOUNTAIN AND SNOWBOARD DOWN

LEO TOROLA PLINKKUTAING ON HIS GEETAR, A FEW YEARS AGO

MT. BOHEMIA SUNRISE...(thanks, jeff eskola) GREAT PLACE TO SKI AND SNOWBOARD
IN THE COPPER COUNTRY

58 YEARS AGO IN LAC LABELLE...BEFORE TOROLA CAMP WAS BUILT...FAMILY GATHERED  TO CLEAN UP THE LOT.  MUMMU (AILI) TOROLA ON LEFT, CHESTER YLITALO HOLDING A BABY OWL THAT WE FED ALL DAY, PETE WITH WALLY ON HIS LAP...AND A BUNCH OF OTHER GRANDKIDS.....TIME FLIES, DOESN'T IT?

WEDDING OF ROBERT STUROS AND BETH TORMANEN IN MENAHGA, MINN. THIS PAST WEEKEND, FEB., 2019

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THE OLD MENAHGA CHURCH

THE NEW CHURCH....HOW BLESSED TO HAVE A NEW CHURCH WHERE THERE IS ROOM FOR EVERYBODY.  (Thanks Maria sturos for the pics)

ORIANA, JOSIE, ISIS TOROLAS, ME, CADE TOROLA, ANTTI HELMINEN, CALVIN  HELMINEN IN BACK....OUT TO EAT

BIG BLUE EYES... GREAT GR/BABY BAILEY HYRKAS DAUGHTER OF SHANNA AND GLEN

THEM TOLKKINEN SISTERS...TSK, TSK
SUSIE, MUGGA, PAULA

AT TECH VOLLEYBALL GAME...DON DAAVETTILA, DAVE TOROLA,  BOB AND CAROL ASIALA, AND JAY RUOHONEN

ME AND MY BUDDY, ALPHA (ANTTI HELMINEN'S DOG)

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• Wedding of Isis Torola in January, 2019
• Wally and Lynn's daughter...in NoDak... 

                               Bunch of girls in Alaska....top of the world....cant find the names, I got them written down somewhere.....sheeesh, old age!  Click to enlarge...

Wedding Of paul Torola and Abby Bjorn feb. 2, 2019...parents dave and ann torola, and Jennifer and BJ Bjorn