IF ANYBODY HAS INTERESTING PICS TO POST, E-MAIL THEM TO ME!

OUR RECENT BLIZZARD REALLY DID A NUMBER ON OUR PARKING LOT!
(JUDY ROEPKE'S CAR ON THE RIGHT)

BERTHA AND CAROL J'S CARS....

MY GUYS AT DAVID'S WEDDING
CARL, DAVE, WALT, PETE AND DOUG (REINO MISSING)

EAGLE HARBOR LIGHT HOUSE

KANGAS CREW (EARL ABSENT)
PAUL, COOKIE, JANIE, JERRY, ME

IN THE PIC. WITH PETE IS DON KANGAS AND DON DAAVETTILA

BROTHER JERRY AND JULIE, FROM COPPER HARBOR...NOTE THE SIZE OF THE SNOWBANKS, OUT IN THE BOONDOCKS!

BRUCE, ANTTI HELMINEN AND CHARLIE KANGAS
NINJA'S???

MATT AND MARETTA HALONEN AND SOME OF THE KIDS

MILLIE AND JENNA

SIENNA ANDERSON AND GOOD FRIEND MADDIE TOROLA

OH, OH, LOOK OUT, STANLEY HAS WHEELS!
DARREN HELMINEN WITH STANLEY HELMINEN

MET TESSA JOHNSON AND CAROL BERG AT SWEDETOWN WHEN I WAS SKIING

GRANDMA TINA POYHONEN AND BABY AURORA

A VISIT AT DON DAAVETTILA'S...FRONT..CAROL JURMU, DONNA LARSON, HAZEL JOHNSON
BK:JUDY ROEPKE, JOHN JOHNSON, DON D., DON LARSON,  I TOOK THE PICTURE

THE NAT'L ANTHEM BEING PLAYED AT THE BEGINNING OF CALUMET BBGAME

PRACTICE...GR/SON PAUL #22

JACK ANDERSON READY TO SHARE CANDY WITH DAVE

CASSIE HELMINEN'S BD PARTY (LEFT BACK, IN PINK)
HELMINEN'S AND PIETILA COUSINS

DAN AND HEIDI HELMINEN FAMILY  

LIZA HELMINEN...POSING

GIRLS AT CHURCH...IM NOT SURE WHO THEY ARE, BUT THEY POSED READILY WHEN I TOLD THEM IM GONNA PUT THIS ON MY "NEWSPAPER"...LET ME TAKE A STAB:  POYHONEN, LARSON, LOUKUS, LOUKUS, STUROS.  HOW'S THAT, MOMS??

LETS TAKE A STAB AT THIS PIC FOR NAMES:  LIZZIE TOROLA, TIKKANEN, LOUKUS, HALONEN???

THESE THREE PICS WERE TAKEN IN THE FALL, WITH WALT'S, BRIAN'S AND KALA'S FAMILIES, THEY WALKED ON THE MONK'S TRAIL.  IT WAS VERY BEAUTIFUL AND PEACEFUL, SAID EVEN US OLD LADIES WOULD BE ABLE TO WALK IT....SO WE WILL GIVE IT A STAB WHEN SUMMER COMES.  CHECK OUT THE FANCY BENCH...THERE WERE SEVERAL TO SIT ON, SO WE OLD LADIES CAN REST IF NEED BE.

LOCH NESS MONSTER PEEPING ABOVE THE WATER.

THIS IS THE OLD CHARLES BRIGGS SCHOOL WHERE MANY OF US ATTENDED....WE WERE REMINISCING ABOUT THE TEACHERS (ESPECIALLY MISS GRIERSON) AND THE PRINCIPAL, MISS SANDELIN.  SCHOOL HAS BEEN BOUGHT BY A COMPANY, BUT NOTHING WAS DONE WITH IT, BUT SITS BOARDED UP FOR MANY YEARS.  LOTS OF MEMORIES HERE.

GREG HYRKAS AND MOM CARRIE HYRKAS
GREG WORKS IN INDIANA, IS A CHEM. ENGR. AND IS ENGAGED OF JESSICA.

THE SNOW ON OUR CHURCH IS SOMETHING TO BEHOLD....AS WE WERE SITTING IN BIBLE CLASS WED., WE NOTICED THAT THE SNOW IS WAY PAST THE HALFWAY MARK ON THE WINDOWS BEHIND THE PULPIT.

martin and ina helminen's little sweetheart, lydia
they are living in no. dakota at the present time.

NANCY KIILUNEN AND DAUGHTERS VISITING MY NEXT APT. NEIGHBOR, CAROL JURMU RECENTLY

I DID A "SELFIE" PIC ON THE SWEDETOWN SKI TRAILS TO SHOW THAT WE DO HAVE SUNSHINE UP IN THIS HERE NECK OF THE WOODS SOMETIMES

WELL, I AM JUST THE HAPPIEST BIRTHDAY LADY THIS MONTH.  THANK U ALL, IT JUST MAKES MY HAIR STAND ON END!!

BRANNON'S BD PARTY..BRANNON AT TOP, MID: LOWELL, TREVOR, LADD A., BOTTOM, WARREN, DREW B,  AND WYATT A...JANUARY BD.

LENNY TOROLA AT MY BD PARTY, GOOFING AROUND W. AN OREO

ME OPENING PRESENTS...AMY, ON FAR RIGHT GAVE ME THE BESTEST PRESENT  I EVER HAD.  A 3 INCH BLACK ROCK, A BROKEN SEA SHELL AND THREE DIMES!  SHE WAS EAGERLY WAITING FOR ME TO OPEN HER LITTLE BAG.  THAT WAS THE SWEETEST THING, I LOVE IT TO PIECES AND AMY, TOO. (DAN AND HEIDI'S GIRL)

SOME OF THE GR/KIDS AT MY PARTY...WHICH WAS A TOTAL SURPRISE!  I DIDN'T THINK TURNING 76 WAS A BIG DEAL....MORE LIKE 80 WOULD BE.  BUT I WAS HAPPY AND FELT VERY LOVED.  THANK YOU A BUNCH, FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHO CAME AND THOSE WHO SENT CARDS.

THE OLD GREY MARE, SHE AIN'T WHAT SHE USED TO BE!
YIKES, I SAY, 76 REALLY SOUNDS OLD!

HERE IS A TEST FOR YOUR OWN  KIDS AND GRANDKIDS.  IT WAS MADE BY MARGIE AND GIVEN TO ALL OF US WHO WENT TO MY BIRTHDAY DINNER.  THEY DREW SLIPS WITH QUESTIONS FROM A BOX, THEN TRIED TO ANS. THE QUESTION)   IT WAS AN EDUCATION FOR SOME...TRY IT ON YOUR OWN FAMILY:

1.  WHERE DID GRAM'S (ME) MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS LIVE?(AND  PATERNAL ON ANOTHER SLIP)

2. WHY DID GRAM MARRY PAPA?

3. WHO WERE GRAM'S MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS? (& PATERNAL ON ANOTHER SLIP)

4.WHERE DID GRAM & PAPA LIVE WHEN FIRST MARRIED?

5. HOW MANY SISTERS (& BROTHERS ON ANOTHER SLIP) AND WHAT ARE THEIR NAMES?

6.WHAT WAS GRAM'S FIRST CAR?

7. WHAT'S GRAM'S MIDDLE NAME? HOW DO YOU SPELL IT?

8. WHAT NATIONALITY IS GRAM?

9.WHAT WAS GRAM'S MOM'S MAIDEN NAME?

10.  WHAT DID GRAM'S DAD DO FOR A LIVING?

11.  HOW MANY KIDS DID GRAM AND PAPA HAVE?

12.  HOW MANY COUNTRIES HAVE GRAM AND PAPA VISITED?

13.  WHO STOOD FOR GRAM AND PAPA AT THEIR WEDDING?

14. WHERE DID GRAM GO TO GRADE SCHOOL?

15. WHERE IN CALUMET DID GRAM HAVE ART GALLERIES?

16.  WHAT YEAR DID GRAM AND PAPA MOVE TO MICHIGAN?

17.  HOW OLD WAS GRAM WHEN SHE GOT MARRIED?

18.  HOW OLD WAS GRAM WHEN SHE FIRST STARTED PLAYING THE PIANO?

19.  WHERE DID GRAM AND PAPA LIVE AFTER CAMBRIA STREET?

20.  WHAT YEAR WAS GRAM AND PAPA MARRIED?

21.  WHERE DID GRAM WORK AS A TEENAGER?

22.  WHERE DID GRAM GO TO HIGHSCHOOL?

23.  WHAT YEAR WAS GRAM BORN?

24.  WHAT WERE GRAM'S PARENT'S NAMES?

THEN A FEW OF  MY  KIDS ONLY QUESTIONS:

WHY DID GRAM PUT THE PHONE IN THE MITTEN DRAWER AT CAMBRIA ST?

WHY DID GRAM HAVE SOME OLD LADIES AND MEN  SLEEP OVER ONE YEAR AT HER BIRTHDAY PARTY?

WHY DID GRAM "LOVE" THE NEIGHBOR BOYS SO MUCH?

WHY DID GRAM LOCK THE KITCHEN DOOR AT CAMBRIA ST?

WHAT KIND OF ODD SANDWICH DID GRAM USED TO EAT?

WHY DID GRAM LOCK THE CAMP DOOR WHEN SHE WAS INSIDE?