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My Photo Gallery
To see a photo gallery of events surrounding the birth of our daughter
Marija's son Jack Click
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Our new Grandson, Jack
Wally and Kary Herrala visit their expecting daughter and son Nipper in their new LA home Camping and fishing tarpon on Big Pine Key FL May 2007 Having fun in the Florida Keys, February 2007 Anoushka January 2007
Anoushka
With Yanna
Learning to Swim
With Anjana Here are some photos we'd like to share with you: My daughter Marija and her husband just visited Paris. See their fun by following this link: http://web.mac.com/teamzuzu/iWeb/The%20Nipper%20Knapps%20in%20Paris/Welcome.html
Matt Hurd-Shari Shepard Wedding Rochester Hills, MI on August 12, 2006 Matt and Shari are both attorneys and will live in New York. They were married on the grounds of of the Dodge mansion (Meadowbrook Hall). Virtual tour: http://www2.oakland.edu/oakland/ouportal/index.asp?item=3762&name=Virtual+Tours&site=87
The Herrala sibs enjoyed the reunion: Wally Herrala, Connie Hurd (mother of the groom), lana bourdon, and Linda Tuxbury
Marija and Kary enjoying the good life of the Royal Park Hotel
Both bride and groom were radiant and Happy
The Hurd side
Wally Herrala with Matt and Shari in the background
Meadowbrook Hall was superb
We had a great time and the families really liked each other.
My daughter Marija and sister Linda rocked hard
Our Visit to Seattle July 12-20, 2006 We wanted to see our son and his family so we flew to Seattle for a pleasing trip. The weather cooperated and we had day after day of exceptional northwest weather. We appreciated it all the more because Michigan was roasting. The highlight of our visit was seeing our granddaughter, Anoushka, who will soon turn three. She was a delight. She is speaking so well and in constant motion. Kary and I enjoyed taking Anoushka to the local playground
Josh and Anjana are doing a great job of parenting. They have every educational device you can by. Anoushka's favorite stories and videos are Dora the Explorer items. We liked them too. We really like to hear Anoushka say, "No swiping Swiper." Josh and Anjana include Anoushka in any activity they can, including washing the Boxter
The single memorable highlight of the trip was when Anoushka said to Kary, "I love you grandma kary. You're my wife." We will never forget that comment. Anoushka felt very safe with grandma Kary
Grandpa and granddaughter did the "bear dance"
Anoushka plays hard and then takes time to rest and bond
Josh and Anjana have a nice place on a hill with a distant view of Lake Washington. We love the stellar's jays that frequent the trees by the porch
Grandma and grandpa were trusted to baby-sit while Josh and Anjana enjoyed a party
We had a great time and a fine view of Mt. Rainier from the window as we flew out of Seatac
Fishing Steelhead Beauty White River Steelhead
White River Big Boy Nice Pere Marquette Buck
PM Chinook Hen Salmon camp at the PM claybanks access (Baldwin, Mi)
PM Brown Fall Salmon Fishing
Ephoron Hatch on Huron River Madman catches smallmouth
Florida Camping Big Pine Key Not freezing in Michigan
Chocoloskee Causeway Suwannee River Campground
Our Kids Daughter Marija and husband Nipper Happy California wedding- Anjana and Marija
Marija's LA Rock Band
Son Josh, Anjana, and Anoushka Anoushka
Camping Breakers at La Push, WA La Push
Olympic National Park Devil's Tower
Western Montana Vista Winter boondocking and steelheading
November 14, 2005 snow coming to deer camp November 15, 2005 UP of Michigan
Don't scratch the Lance! ...and the sky parted
Our cat Muffin Home Scene
Wally finishes the Dexter-Ann Arbor Half Marathon Mountain Climbing in Colorado- Fourteener Peak Bagging We love camping and climbing in Colorado. What a treat for flatlanders like us. The fresh air of the Rockies, the amazing views, the challenge of climbing all day are just a few of the things that keep us going back to Colorado over and over again. We have met many wonderful people on the trails and at our campgrounds at trailheads. One particularly sweet memory is the night we spent with a group of climbers the night before we climbed Mt. Democrat. We ascended a very dubious road to about 10,000 feet only to find that the few spot to park a truck were taken. There were a few on the opposite side of a river that ran from a lake that remained mostly frozen in mid July. The truck made it across the river and we set up camp. Previously we had stopped for a large amount of firewood. Soon, several other vehicles crossed the river and set up camp. Another trekker from Denver had picked up wonderful supply of aspen sticks. He said they would burn like coal. That night the stars were thick in the moonless sky. Meteors saluted us from time to time. The fire burning high above the tree line was fueled by a steady warm wind. The conversations were great. Someone played the guitar. The scene reminded me of the aboriginal scene from the movie Mundo Carne, minus the playing of the didgeridoo. Much beer was drunk. Once again, Kary was the only woman on the mountain. The next day we all all succeed in reaching the top on a flawless day. Looking off Mt. Holy Cross
Wally and Kary on Mt. Harvard
Looking west off Holy Cross
We had the Ogalala Reervoir to ourselves when we camped there. Sometimes we don't quite make it to CO in two days. With scenes like this to enjoy, who cares to travel further.
Wally's Fourteener list: Elbert, Massive, Harvard, Uncompahgre, Lincoln, Grays, Torreys, Quandary, Evans, Longs, Belford, Bross, Oxford, Democrat, Columbia, Bierstadt, Sherman, Redcloud, Holy Cross, Sunshine Kary's list: Elbert, Grays, Belford, Democrat, Bierstadt We are going back!
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