ANNA AND JEFF KANGAS SWEETIES

MY GREAT GRAND, JOHN CARL (CARJE AND MARY'S)

MOST ENJOYABLE UKELE PLAYERS AT CALUMET SPRING MUSIC...I DIDN'T HAVE ANY KIDS IN IT, BUT WENT TO ENJOY...WHAT IMPRESSED ME WAS HOW ENTHUSIASTIC THE BOYS WERE IN THIS CLASS!

ENJOYED WATCHING THE MANY SCHOOL CLASSES PASSING BY OUR APTS. FOR FIELD TRIPS THIS SPRING...A RAINY DAY THIS DAY

AT LEAH'S HOUSE THIS PAST WINTER:  MARGIE, ANDREA, TOMAS AND DARLENE
LEAH, ME, NOAH (LEAH'S YOUNGEST WHO LIVES W HER IN DULUTH)

ME AND GREAT GRAND, MARCO (MALLORY AND JORDAN"S)

ME WITH A BUNCH OF GREATGRANDS AT MY 80TH BD PARTY IN JAN, 2018

COUSINS AT SUE ANTTILA'S FUNERAL...JERRY KANGAS, DAVE RAUDIO, ME, PETE, LLOYD AND VIVIAN HUOTARI. (DAVE'S, MINE AND JERRY'S, AND PETE AND VIVIAN'S PARENTS WERE SIBS)

PETE ANTTILA AND HIS FAMILY
FUZZY, JULIE, MATTI, MARIANNE, PETE, PAUL, LYNN AND GARY

MY SIS IN LAW, JULIE KANGAS (JERRY"S) WITH BLANCHE RAUDIO (DAVE'S)

BRIAN AND ERIC PETERSON AT THEIR DAD ARNE'S FUNERAL TIME

JANINA (LARSON, AND GRAND DAUGHTER OF ARNE) ) HYRKAS AND I

JENNY AND CALVIN PETERSON

JUDY (ISAACSON) AND JEFF GRANGROTH WEDDING IN MAY 2018

PARENTS, DONNA ISAACSON, GRANGROTHS (FR COKATO)

THREE CUTE LITTLE BOYS AT THE WEDDING...NAMES?

MORE CUTE LITTLE BOYS AT TTHE WEDDING...NAMES?
I ASKED BUT NOBODY ANSWERED

OUR STAINED GLASS WINDOW WAS LIT UP FOR THE WEDDING...AWESOME

FRIENDS AT MY BROTHER PAUL'S VISITATION, FEB. 2018

OUT TO EAT WITH RELATIVES IN HOWELL...CHRISTI HYRKAS AND FRIEND, ME, SISTER COOKIE, BROTHER JERRY...FRONT, DAUGHTER CARRIE, SIS IN LAW JULIE

ME AND MY GODCHILD, AND NIECE AT PAUL'S FUNERAL...KATRINA (KANGAS) BRANSON

GATHERING OF TOROLA'S...JACK HAATAJA, BILL TOLKKINEN, ALLAN TOROLA, BOB TOROLA...THE LADIE'S PIC WENT INTO CYBERSPACE SOMEWHERE

IT'S EASY TO TAKE PICS ON OUR PHONES...ALLAN, BOB...JACK SITTING

HOPE YOU CAN READ THIS, SOMEONE SENT THIS TO ME

PETE WITH A CIGARETTE, TOP

RECENT WEDDING IN APRIL 2018, HOWELL,  MI
AMANDA STUROS (MIKE AND SARAH) MARRIED CURTIS PENNALA
(CHARLIE & MARYJANE PENNALA)

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)