A first taste of photos from the grandchildren of Ailie (Aileen) Niemi Stenback

Hello Family! Here are some Ailie and Leni Stenback pictures for you, along with a short explanation of our branch of the family tree. I wanted to get a good picture of Grandma Ailie on here before I put anything else up, but it's in the mail, and I can't seem to find mine. What a good idea to put all this on a blog! If you need any of the pictures, it should work pretty well to right click on each one and save it to your desktop.



Above is a picture from Grandma Ailie's funeral get together. I wasn't able to go, it was amazingly bad timing. Aunt Ruth Lund is on the left and her husband Dick is on the right. In between are my sister, Ramona, Alia and Jonah and their three kids, my mom, Carleen and my grandpa Leni, and Helvie and Jim Leinenkugel. I think their son is with them?

This is the first unidentified picture. All I can say is, wow, those kids look like Finns!

I believe Ailie and Leni are on the left, back, and I think my mom and uncle are the kids you can barely see at the bottom. Who is everyone else?

This was Thanksgiving 2008 in Astoria, OR, where my parents live. It's the last time all three sisters have been together, I think. From left to right, Bonnie, Carleen, Ann Marie, Ramona, and Chuck.

This was just taken at the other Lane house in Albion, CA. We unexpectedly got to stay with my folks for two weeks! And it was even fun! Left to right, Brandon, Gabe, Grandpa Chuck with Grace on his back, Grandma Carleen with Gianna, and Dominic.

My mom, Carleen Stenback Lane, is sending me some more pictures of herself, her brother Leonard, and his wife, Evelyn. For those who are interested but not sure who is connected how, Ailie was one of the daughters of Saana and Edward. She passed away in 2005, I believe. She and my Grandpa Leni had two children, Leonard and Carleen. My mom is Carleen. She married my dad, Chuck, in 1968. I (Ann Marie) was born in 1976, and then my sisters Ramona (1984) and Bonnie (1987). My uncle Lenny has a daughter named Alia, with his first wife, Alicia, and Alia is a few years older than I am. Alia and I have been reconnecting now that we have nine kids between the two of us, and they have so much fun together. The only problem is, I live near Seattle and she lives near San Francisco!

We are the two grandchildren of Aili and Leni who have had children. Mine are Gabe, 10, Brandon, 7, Grace, 5, Dominic, 3, and Gianna, 8 mos.

Alia and Jonah have four children and the kids have long Hawaiian middle names. She loves Hawaii, and that's where her first two were born and where her dad lives.

Her kids are Naia, 9, Kili, 8, Kalea Grace, 6, and Isaia, almost 4. I know she'd like to come to the reunion, but it's a very long drive and they've had a busy summer. I'm including pictures!

I also have two unidentified family pictures. Mom probably told me what they were, but I forget. The one of the wedding has two kids near the bottom, almost washed out, and I'm pretty sure those two are my mom and uncle.

My mom and I will be bringing more Finnish memories and pictures with us that might be really fun for people to see. We'll be staying at a campground at Springy Point, Friday-Sunday. See you all soon!

God bless,

Ann Marie (Lane, Stenback, Niemi) del Rosario