at MY BROTHER PAUL'S FUNERAL, HOWELL, FEB. 2018
BRO. JERRY, DAUGHTER MARGARET, ME, KATRINA (PAUL'S DAU), COOKIE, (MY SIS) LINDA, (PAUL'S WIFE), BEHIND, NEPHEW BILL MC AVOY AND WIFE CINDY, KELLY (NIECE) AND HUSBAND BRIAN VLADU (Kelly and Bill are my deceased sister Jane's kids)

NIECE ALI KANGAS W BF MIKE DEMMING

LISA TOROLA NIEMI WITH DAUGHTER

KATRINA (KANGAS) BRANSON W ME...(MY GODCHILD)

MET YVONNE LESPERANCE AND FAMILY IN A RESTAURANT AFTER THE VISITATION
(sorry, lost the names.....from zion, ill.)

BRUCE AND JULIE BEKKALA

COUSINS...ONE IS PENNELOPE, BUT CAN'T REM. OTHER'S NAME
DAUGHTERS OF KATRINA AND HER SISTER ANNA

HAROLD LEINO, FATHER OF LINDA
(lives in Maine)

PROOF THAT THIS STYLE OF GLASSES EXISTED IN THE 1960'S...IN VOGUE NOW...SO HANG ON TO YOUR OLD CLOTHES, GLASSES, SHOES, ETC.  YOU'LL SAVE $$! HA!
(I EVEN HAD BROWN HAIR IN THE 60'S, IMAGINE THAT)

FUN GROUP OF "SLIDERS" AT SWEDETOWN ONE BEAUTIFUL SUNSHINEY DAY...CLICK TO ENLARGE

WE HAD SO MUCH SNOW THIS WINTER THAT SOME OF THE SPRING SCHOOL
RACES MADE USE A THE SNOW

HIGH JUMP!!

TRACK KIDS, READY TO RUN!

PIC FROM ALASKA (2017) THANKS, LORETTA HELMINEN....KEEP SENDING PICS!
(click to enlarge)

COUSIN DOUG RAUDIO STUDYING MY BOOK  JUST PUBLISHED

SOME RELLIES AT BROTHER PAUL KANGAS' FUNERAL
JERRY, JULIE, COOKIE, ANN, DAVE, MIKE (HARJU)

ME AND SOME OF MY KIDS ALL GOT GLASSES WITHIN A WEEK OF EACH OTHER
COULDNT BELIEVE THAT THESE FRAMES ARE THE SAME STYLE I HAD IN THE 60'S

GUESS WHO....SHE'S IN THE THE NEXT PIC!

DAVE AND MARGARET DAVISON FAMILY...CELEBRATING DAVE'S 80TH BIRTHDAY THIS PAST YEAR

LEAH VISITING ALBERT ANDERSON THIS PAST WINTER AT MEDICAL CARE IN HANCOCK
HAPPY VISIT

MAGNOLIA LANE, MPLS., YEARS AGO (1960'S)
TOP: MARGIE, CARRIE, SARAH GRANGROTH
BOTTOM, CONNIE ROIKO, LISA TOROLA, KATIE TOLKKINEN

AMANDA AND GORDON HELMINEN AT LAC LABELLE 2017

ROCK PAINTING SESSION WITH THE KIDS...AND GORDON

                                  OWEN, RODNEY, KYLIE, BRUCE, ANDREA, CORINNA, LAYLA

AND THEN WE HAD TO SING...ESPECIALLY "SMOKEY THE BEAR" WHICH HAS BEEN THE TOROLA THEME SONG FOR MANY YEARS.(from when my kids were small)

KAREN AND SHANE CRIST AT THEIR DAUGHTER ANNIKKA'S WEDDING
APRIL 7, 2017

SHELLY AND MARK KOPPANA PARENTS OF GROOM

WEDDING OF ANNIKKA CHRIST AND ERIC KOPPANA

ANTTI HELMINEN, LOWELL AND BRANNON TOROLA PLAYING DOMINOES WITH ME

SOUTH PADRE  TEXAS CREW 2017

FELIX AND GRADY JOHNSON (selena and kurt)

ANDREA, CORINNA, LEFT
LORETTA AND ANNASTINA RIGHT  AT LAC LABELLE THIS PAST SUMMER

ROGER AND LORETTA HELMINEN AND KIDS, VISITING  AT THE CASITA FROM ALASKA LAST SUMMER (2017)

At the Loveboat Ice Cream joint... Cookie, Me, Leah... Yum or what?

Doug and Marjie Johnson with me at Loveboat Ice Cream

Leah and I playing shuffleboard

Annie Helminen, Me, Jeanie Dunstan... Fun morning, out to breakfast and over for a visit

Wildlife on my walk around the resort

Out to lunch Sunday after church

Volleyball here at the resort

Sunday gang: Linna's, Anderson's, Kero's, Helminen's, Helminen's, Me

Me and Cookie cooling off

A great visit with niece (sister Jane's gr/dau) Meghan Frankowski from Lakeland FL

My friend, Judy Roepke knitted the baptismal gowns  below.   Made with very fine yard and tiny needles.  Beautiful and delicate.

Silk thread and pearl buttons from a friend's grandfather's country store era 1908

Family group singing on the boardwalk at Fisherman's Village... Really good

Get together at Brenda and Davin Helminen's in Port Charlotte, Florida last week.

Laura Kero, Me, Brenda, Annie Helminen, Karen Randell, Sharon Linna, Joyce Bimberg, Cookie Harju

Gary Bimberg, Davin, Glen Kero, Ken Helminen, Jim Randell, George Linna