EASTER VACATIONERS IN ALABAMA

 

PICKLE BALL BUNCH IN ORANGE BEACH: FRONT..GREG ARVOLA, BRIAN, MARGIE HELMINEN, DAVE NORDSTROM, MATT, SUE JOHNSON, MARY ARVOLA, JUDY NORDSTROM, DAVE ARVOLA, JULIE AND CHUCK JOHNSON

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MY MOM (HILJA KANGAS AND SISTER-IN-LAW AILI ANTTILA TORRÓ…YEARS AGO

MY BROTHER JERRY…YRS AGO..(check the ciggie)

OUTWEST LONGVIEW, WASHINGTON SERVICES W DAVIN TOROLA AT DAHLS

KATHY MARTINI, WARREN AND RITA WALKER, SARAH, KEVIN, PHIL DAHL, ISAAC AND HALLIE JANCKILA, DAVIN WITH DAUGHTERS MAIJA AND ELIANA

 

New GREATGRAND fFRANCIS ERKKILA…(Janie (torola) and Levi )

BUDDIES CLYDE RANDELL AND BUD RAUDIO

ME AND COOKIE TOOK OUR BROTHER JERRY TO THE HUT FOR HIS 82 nd BIRTHDAY( he has a hard time smiling for photos!)

ANOTHER NEW GREATGRAND JEREMY WITH SIBLINGS ALEX, LILY, JEREMY, KEVIN AND MAGGIE HELMINEN (Russell & Katrina)

HELMINEN SISTERS..DARLENE, JOYCE,JULIA, ANDREA, EVELYN

( Margie and Brian)

 

FLORIDA GANG WITH SERVICES AT ANNIE AND KEN’S

(Thanks for pic, Annie)

Visitors AT MY APT….ANN RAUTIOLA, KAREN AND JIM

I TOOK THIS PHOTO WHEN WE WERE ALL YOUNG, SEEMS WE HAD A BUSYBEES (crafts) AT OUR HOUSE…WE MANAGED TO GET ALL THE NAMES, BUT NOT THE GIRL BELOW MARYKAY….CAN ANYONE TELL US WHO SHE IS.?

EDDIE MANISTO WITH LEAH, DOUG  AND BEN THE DOG

BRUCE, CALVIN, LEO, DAN, MARTIN AND ANTTI

HELMINEN BOYS A FEW YEARS AGO 

 

TEMPERATURE INVERSION FROM TECH AS SEEN FROM MY APARTMENT 

NEW HOUGHTON CHURCH

 

MY BROTHER PAUL AND WIFE LINDA 

TREATS AT BK LAST WEEK…GREAT GRANDS W MOMS…TESSA HYRKAS AND 

MY NIECES (Paul and Linda’s) KATRINA, ALI AND ANNA

TINA(HYRKAS) AND FAMILY..BOB, NATHAN, JANA AND TINA

 

ME, SISTER COOKIE AND KARLA SANDELL ](frphoenix)

WITH DESERTS AFTER LUNCH AT QUINCYS

90thBIRTHDAY PARTY FOR  VINCENT YLITALO FROM MPLS..

HE AND HIS WIFE MARCY

 MY PAINTING OF THE FORMER HOUGHTON CHURCH WHICH WILL HANG IN THE NEW CHURCH, WITH THE FIRST CHURCH  PAINTING THE CONGREGATION HAD IN HANCOCK

 

DARLENE, AMY, JANIE

MARY, LORETTA, KATRINA

 11 x 14” WATER COLOR “PURE KEWEENAW “

 DAVE AND SONS CHOPPING AND PREPARING FOR CHRISTMAS BRUNCH

GRANDDAUGHTER TINA (HYRKAS) ZEGEL AND FAMILY VISITING

BOB, NATHAN, JANA, TINA

 

MY LADIES. CHRISTMAS PARTY

ANN,ME,ABBY

JOLENE, MARIKA, JENNA

 

PETE’S BACHELOR CAR…NO GIRLS ALLOWED…HE WAS ABOUT 17 YEARS OLD 

A CHRISTMAS GATHERING/SALAD LUNCH AT JOANNE HELTUNENS

THE ANGEL SURVIVED AFTERI BROKE IT THIS SUMMER…I DUCT TAPED IT TOGETHER AS I DROPPED IT THIS SUMMER.  I GAVE IT TO MARGIE  AND BRIAN WITH BALLOONS FOR THEIR HOUSEWARMING, WITH A NOTE THAT WE WILLHAVE A BURIAL SOON FOR HER AT CAMP, I THOUGHT SHE WAS DONE FOR, AFTER REGIFTING IT FOR AT LEAST 30 years, HER WINGS FELL OFF AB 3 YEARS AGO TOO.  WELL,LO AND BEHOLD SHE CAME AS ANOTHER GIFT THIS CHRISTMAS, RESURRECTED AND ALL DECKED OUT AS CHRISTMAS ANGEL, NEW REAL WINGS AND A SPECIAL XMAS HAT, AT MY LADIES PARTY. MY THEME FOR MYPARTY WAS U MAKE AND WEAR A CHRISTMAS HAT.