A potpourri of pictures

I love these chairs! They belong to Grandpa Dave's sister Laurie and her husband. This picture was taken outside of their cabin on Crane Lake in Minnesota.
This is where the girls spent a lot of time while at the lake with Grandy and Grandpa Dave. They called it their magic carpet.
A family shot at Bay Point Park in Red Wing.
Curious in the grass.
Grandy and the girls.

Sorry for the quick post, but I am back in the working world. Speaking of which......our district has what they call a convocation every year. Ours was today. Every district employee gathers at the Nokia Theater in Grand Prairie and it is quite a production....kind of like a pep rally for the adults. Anyway, every year they bring in some guest speaker that usually talks forever about who knows what because I usually busy myself with a good Sudoku puzzle. But this year was different. I am sure that lots of you saw the movie Freedom Writers? It is a true story about Erin Gruwell, a teacher that began teaching in Long Beach, California and all her kids who had never experienced any success and many had labeled them as hopeless. Eventually, they went on to graduate high school and college. Many of them were the first in their families to do so. Her part was played by Hilary Swank in the movie. Erin was our speaker and she was very entertaining and inspirational--and very real! She even brought one of her students with her and she spoke as well. So, mission accomplished because we left there very excited to begin this next school year. So much for that quick post. More pics to come!