MY GRANDPARENTS (MY FATHER'S PARENTS) KANGAS'S

ENGAGED...ANNIKKA TAIVALKOSKI AND TOM RUOHONEN
WEDDING APRIL 25

ABOUT 50 YEARS AGO, LADIES WORKING IN THE KITCHEN AT CHURCH:
SIIRI GRANROTH, MY MOM HILJA KANGAS, BARARA GRANROTH,  MARTHA ANDERSON, EDIE ISAACSON, MAE WESTOLA, HULDA KAUPPILA, ELIZABETH KOSKELA

OUT TO EAT AND THEN TO DAVE AND ANN'S FOR COFFEE AND BD CAKE...SHE ALWAYS MAKES ME A SPECIAL YUMMY CAKE FOR MY BD.  LOVE IT AND LOVE HER!
UNCLE WES, PAUL, LIZZIE, ME, MADELYN, PETER TOROLA, LENNIE, DAVE

NEW YEAR'S EVE AT MY APT...IN THE SITTING ROOM.  WE HAD GOODIES TO EAT AND SANG SONGS.  THEN WE PLAYED GAMES...HERE'S BRUCE, BRIAN AND MARGIE HELMINEN, PLAYING ROOK OR OLD MAID OR ?

WE TAUGHT DOUG EDWARDS AND DON DAAVETTILA TO PLAY DOMINOES.
DOUG IS DOING MY TURN WHEN I'M BUSY

NEW YEARS AT PARK AVE...WE DIDNT EVEN STAY UP TILL MIDNIGHT, MUST BE GETTING OLD.  FRONT, ETHEL ESKOLA, MID: JUDY ROEPKE, CAROL JURMU, VERNA DAAVETTILA
BACK, DON D., BRUCE H., DOUG E., BRIAN, MARGIE...MARIANNE AND ARNIE TOO, BUT THEY WENT HOME EARLIER.

DAVID AND ANN'S  YARD AFTER A STORM....IT WAS LIKE A FAIRYLAND!

SOUTH PADRE BUNCH THIS YEAR..CLIFF & FLO, SHIRLEY & DAVE, JOYCE AND GARY, MARCY AND VINCENT, GRACE AND BOB, DEB AND RON, LINDA PELLI, VISITOR,  BILL & NANCY, RAY KASTAMO

CALVIN HELMINEN WENT TO MY CASITA, CRAWLED OVER THE FENCE WITH A SHOVEL TO DO THE ROOFS...I TOLD HIM TO TAKE SOME PICS BEFORE HE DID IT....LOOKEEE, HOW BEEEUTIFUL IT IS THERE, EVEN IN WINTER!!

JIM ESKOLA SENT ME THIS PIC. TAKEN LONG AGO OF DETROIT LADIES.  WE COULDNT FIGURE OUT WHO MOST WERE, BUT HERE'S A STAB:
FIRST ROW: ?, JENNY PIETILA, CHARLOTTE LASSILA AND BRO. JOHN, ?,  ANNA LASSILA
2ND ROW:  MARY OLSON, ?, ?, ?, CELIA JURVA, L. KILPELA (?), OLGA LAAKSO
CAN ANYBODY HELP?  CLICK ON PIC TO ENLARGE
EMAIL ME IF YOU CAN NAME MORE

THIS IS FOR THE HEIKKINEN BOYS IN NO.DAKOTA
THEIR MA, BEV HEIKKINEN, BAKING IN THE ROSETTA CAFE IN CALUMET
GO TAKE A TASTE THERE.  YUM

SON DAVE TOOK THIS PIC ON PORTAGE CANAL WHEN THE ICE WAS AS SMOOTH AS GLASS, TONS OF PEOPLE SKATING.  I DUNNO, THAT SURE LOOKS LIKE JEANETTE KANGAS GETTING READY TO THROW A PUCK!

GRANDDAUGHTER JOYCE HELMINEN TICKLING THE IVORIES AT MY BRO AND SIS IN LAW, JERRY AND JULIE KANGAS

YEARLY PYRAMID AT THE XMAS PARTY...ENLARGE PHOTO, SEE THE EXPRESSIONS ON THE BOTTOM TIER....

CHRISTMAS YEARLY PHOTO, 2014 CHRISTMAS PARTY

YEARLY CHRISTMAS GINGERBREAD PARTY AT PARK AVE. WHERE I LIVE.  THIS IS MY LAST ONE, AFTER 30 YEARS OF HOSTING IT.  NOW IF SOMEONE ELSE HAS IT, I WILL GO TO THEIR PLACE, AND EVEN MAKE A GINGERBREAD HOUSE!

LENNIE TOROLA AND PAUL KANGAS WERE IN THE RUNNING FOR THE MOST CREATIVE!   (WE HAD A FEW EXTRA FRIENDS AND RELLIES THERE, THEY WERE MOST WELCOMED)

MIGHTY ALASKA...RUSSELL HELMINEN

KATRINA, LILLY AND RUSSELL HELMINEN ON THEIR CARIBOU HUNT.  JOYCE HELMINEN  WENT ALONG TO BABYSIT LILY WHILE THE MIGHTY HUNTERS WERE DOING THEIR THING.

                                                                           2014

RUSSELL AND LILLY TAKING A BREAK...NOTICE THE PIPELINE IN THE BACK.

PAM TOROLA, IN A SNOWBANK...SHE FORGOT HOW TO DRIVE OUT THERE IN CONN. AT YALE...SHE CAME HOME FOR XMAS

GETTING PAM OUT OF THE SNOWBANK AFTER OUR CHRISTMAS PARTY AT THE MOHAWK GYM...2014

BRIAN AND MARGIE HELMINEN FAMILY, CHRISTMAS MORNING

CATERPILLAR GAME AT OUR PARTY

NINA TOROLA AND DARLENE HELMINEN

BUNCH OF GIRLS AT CHURCH...MY GUESSES ARE JOHNSON, STUROS, KARINIEMI, BJORN, ANDERSON AND POYHONEN  CORRECT ME IF IM WRONG, EH?

JAY ISAACSON

TOP..LANA HEINONEN, MAIJA TOLKKINEN, JUDY HAATAJA
ELLEN YLITALO, MARIA TOROLA

BABY SHOWER IN DICKENSON FOR LORETTA HELMINEN
RUTHANN MORRIS, MOM, MADE IT THERE

INA HELMINEN, KRISTA KANGAS, AND ANDREA TAIVALKOSKI
AT THE BABY SHOWER

BUNCHA MOLDY OLDIES: BILL TOLKKINEN, AL TOROLA, JACK HAATAJA, CHESTER YLITALO

AT THE BAZAAR IN NOV:  ENJOYING MARI HELMINEN, DAUGHTER OF LEO AND SARAH.
FROM LEFT, BRUCE, SARAH, LYNN, ISIS, MARI, JOYCE, NINA, ANTTI

AT NOV. BAZAAR...BUNCH OF ANDERSON'S...AND A HENDRICKSON ON THE R.
SELLING A BUNCHA STUFF!!!

GRANDSONS, BRIAN AND STEVE TOROLA OVER FOR A GREAT VISIT!

FROM BRITA HEIKKINEN, WHO IS HAVING A GREAT TIME IN ALASKA...
ABBIE HELMINEN, CLAIRE KANGAS, KATRINA, LILY HELMINEN AND BRITA

MARIA STUROS SENT THIS PIC OF THEIR GINGERBREAD HOUSE SESSION

A GREAT BUNCH OF CHRISTMAS CAROLERS AT MEDICAL CARE IN DECEMBER
PIETILA, PETERSON, RUOHONEN, ASIALA, WIITANEN, JOHNSON, FREEMAN, JOHNSON

BRUCE HELMINEN 10TH BIRTHDAY BASH IN DEC.
REUBEN HAATAJA, BRUCE, HANS KIILUNEN, NOAH HAATAJA
LEVI TERVO, MATT KIILUNEN  2014

OUR CHURCH IN THE MORNING SUN
"OH THE MORNING SUN SO LOVELY"

MADDIE TOROLA'S BIRTHDAY SLEDDING PARTY AT SWEDETOWN
ALLIE BJORN, SIENNA ANDERSON, MILEA STUROS, DANICA RYYNANEN, MADDIE IN PINK, JADA HENDRICKSON, JANA ISAACSON,  JACKIE KIILUNEN, STELLA SUOMIS

GREATGRANDSON, TAAVI HYRKAS, CHECKING OUT A BIRDBATH AT THE CASITA

ME WITH GRANDSON ROGER HELMINEN AT THE CASITA

BABY SHOWER IN OCT. 2014 FOR LORETTA MORRIS/HELMINEN (ROGER'S WIFE) IN NO. DAKOTA
HAPPENED TO BE A BUNCH OF RELLIES
ANNIKKA TAIVALKOSKI, LAURA NARHI, LORETTA, GRETA HYRKAS/KINNUNEN, HEIDI SALMEN/HELMINEN, AND INA HAATAJA/HELMINEN

PROUD PARENTS..EMILY, GRANT AND TRAVIS PENNALA

BIRTHDAY BASH FOR THE OLD MAN, DON DAAVETTILA, 80 YEARS OLD THIS FALL

NOV. 16 DIE-HARD-COLDWEATHER GOLFERS DOWNSTATE
BILL SEITER, RICH PENNALA AND RAY KASTAMO
THEY ARE HIDING THEIR GLOVES

TWO OF A KIND....PETE AND KIRBY IN THEIR TEEN YEARS, PRETENDING TO GIVE A DUET WITH A VIOLIN AND A FLUTE.  DON'T KNOW WHOS HOUSE THIS IS AT.  GOT THIS PIC VIA IRENE WHO GOT IT FROM RUTH ANN K.  THANKS A BUNCH, I LOVE THIS PICTURE, MAKES ME SMILE.  

I STILL HAVE PAINTINGS FOR SALE....JUST SCROLL DOWN...