TWO NICE BRUDDERS....SAUL AND GAVIN TOLKKINEN (thanks Brita)

RECENT VISIT... TO CEDAR BAY....BETTY AND I WENT TO LORRAINE AND BOB’S

BOB, JEAN HEINONEN  (Fred and Ann) LORRAINE, BETTY WITT. (Lorraines cousin)

MY GREAT GR/DAUGHTER, ALI HYRKAS (Wayne & Tessa) she was a flower girl at her Uncle Soren’s wedding...

NEWLY WEDS...CLAIRE HELMINEN (Mitch & Tina) 

AND SOREN ANDERSON (Becky & Doug)

 

CHRISTMAS VISITORS...MARIKA, CALVIN HELMINEN AND BABY AIVA

MARGIE, STANLEY HELMINEN AND GF JENNA

WAYNE AND TESSA HYRKAS AND FAMILY

 

ONE FROSTY BEAUTIFUL CHRISTMAS MORNING

THIS PHOTO IS OF MY GRANDSON STEVEN TOROLA’S GREAT GRANDFATHER OFFICIATING AT HIS NEW WIFE CARLEY KARVONEN’S GREAT GRANDFATHER’S FUNERAL 

VISITORS...DAVE AND ANN, PETE, AND TWO OF HIS FRIENDS

PIC FROM OUR MPLS. DAYS IN OAK KNOLL...MY KIDS REINO AND CARRIE, PETE’S MOM AILI, HOLDING MOLLY YLITALO 

 

VISITORS DURING THE HOLIDAYS

Paul and Abby torola

 

 FYI, MY NEW ADDRESS IS. 75 NAVY ST., UNIT 203.....HANCOCK, MI. 49930

WEDDING OF JOE AND ABRÍA (Niemi)KERANEN IN NOVEMBER 2020 in Howell, MI

THERE’S A STORY HERE...IT STARTED OVER 20 YEARS AGO.

AT OUR CHRISTMAS PARTY, THE MARRIEDS GOT  PRESENTS TO EXCHANGE, BYDOING SOME KIND OF GAME. ALL HAD TO BE SECOND HAND.  I BOUGHT A CANDLE HOLDER ANGEL  FOR A BUCK, AND MARGIE ENDED UP WITH IT.  I SAID, SHUCKS,I WAS HOPING TO GET MY OWN GIFT, I REALLY LIKE THE ANGEL..  A FEW WEEKS LATER, I GOT HER BACK AS A BIRTHDAY PRESENT.  AND SO IT WENT OVER THE YEARS, BACK AND FORTH, IN MANY GUISES...ONCE SHE WAS INSIDE A BIRD FEEDER,  A PINK KNITTED SCARF AND FLOWERS WHEN MARGIE HAD CANCER, ETC.   THE POOR THING “LOST” HER WINGS, BUT SHE STILL WENT BACK AND FORTH.  HERE’s THE LATEST.  MARGIE JUST CAME BACK AFTER SPENDING ALMOST A MONTH WITH BRIAN ON HIS BOAT...HE’S DOING THE GREAT LOOP.(checkout standpoint charters.com). I WAS WONDERING IF THE ANGEL FINALLY DIED, TILLI GOT THIS CRAZY IDEA.  I WENT TO DESIGNOTYPE PRINTERS, (MARGIES BUSINESS) AND MADE THIS BOAT OUT OF CARDBOARD, DID SOME PAINTING ON IT, EVEN MADE A CAPTAIN’S HAT, ADDED BIKES, TOO...AND THIS SPECIAL FLAG THAT ALL LOOPERS HAVE AS I,D,  ABOVE IS THE FLAG, BELOW IS THE REST....IM CRANKED OVER THE CAPTAIN’s HAT!  THE ANGEL IS STILL ALIVE AND WELL, MINUS WINGS!

PARENTS WITH THE BRIDE AND GROOM.  BOB AND LIZ KERANEN, WEDDING COUPLE, ILONA AND STEVE NIEMI

I CHOSE THESE PICS IN ORDER AND THEY CAME OUT NOT.

DAVE AND ANN TOROLA’S WHOLE FAMILY , HOME FOR THANKSGIVING/CHRISTMAS PARTY

STEVE AND CARLEY TOROLA, WHO WERE MARRIED IN  SEPT. IN NODAK, FINALLY GOT THEIR WEDDING PAINTING

WALLY AND LYNN TOROLA AT HOME IN NODAK FOR THANKSGIVING

 

RECENT SERVICES IN ALASKA (Jim heikkinen was there)

THESE YAHOO’S ARE PART OF THE KIDS WHO HUNG OUT AT OUR HOUSE...A FEW NEIGHBOR BOYS WERE HANGING OUT TOO.

WE HAD A PING PONG  TABLE IN THE BASEMENT, WHERE THE BOYS GATHERED.  HERE IS THE ORIGINAL RULES THAT THEY POSTED ON THE WALL.  TALK ABOUT STRICT!!

MY KIDS...DAVE, DOUG, LEAH