Surfin' Through Second: Vegas

Aloha my wonderful friends!! For the past two years I have been blogging and making virtual friends. I often talk about people and say "Well my friend in California has a great blog or idea that you should try"or I talk about a friend in Spain who is having a baby, or a friend I will be meeting up with in Vegas!

Many of these friends were in Vegas this week and can I say it was so wonderful and amazing to finally meet them!! I cannot describe the feeling and camaraderie we all felt. It was like we were old friends who hadn't seen each other in awhile!!

I am pretty sure I have added a few more wrinkles to my eyes from all of the laughing and smiling!!

This tiny collage is only a snippet of all of the amazing people I met!! I was also thrilled to finally meet up with all of my collaborative blog buddies from the Primary Chalkboard!

Many of us roomed together and it was like a big slumber party filled with tons of laughs and giggles.

I was also able to attend the LOVE show at the Mirage with Tanja from Journey of a Substitute Teacher , Jen from Hello Mrs. Sykes and Jessica from Second Grade Nest!! It was my first Cirque show and I loved every minute!!

The highlight of the trip was our final day at the TpT conference.

I believe there were over 500 teachers/bloggers here and it was truly amazing!!

Paul Edelman the founder of TpT was our first speaker and he was such a good sport and took a picture with Paul on a stick! I was roommates with the hilarious ladies who took all the fun photos!!

If you are on instagram you can check out his adventures in Vegas at #imwithpaul.

Paul gave an amazing speech about how he founded the company and what it has become today. Truly inspiring!

Next came the sweet and humble Deanna Jump.

There was not a dry eye in the house after she spoke!!

I spent the day attending sessions from some of my favorite sellers and chatting with so many teachers.

I came home with lots of new friends and memories that will last a lifetime!

I also came home with some pretty awesome swag!!

It was a great way to wrap up my summer and get me ready for a brand new year!! Yup, next week I head back into my classroom to start setting up, but kids don't start until August 1st.

So this week I plan to finish my personal lesson planner and finish a product that I have been working on. Hopefully I will get in some surf time as well ;)

I hope your week was a fabulous one as well!! I have linked up with A Burst of First. Head over to her blog to check out everyone's adventures!!

Aloha summer lovin' teachers!! Las Vegas is just 1 week away and I'm beyond excited to meet so many other teacher bloggers who I've ~~stalked~~, admired, and become friends with!

If you haven't heard, some of my bloggy friends and I are meeting up after the big Teachers Pay Teachers conference. Over 50 of us will be meeting {let's hope The Bellini Bar is ready for us}. If you haven't RSVPd, there's still time here.

Not only are we meeting up for drinks and getting to know each other in real life…we're throwing a HUGE giveaway at the meet up. Don't worry friends who won't be in Vegas, we're having a HUGE GIVEAWAY for you too!!! So you won't have a fear of missing out, we're giving away amazing resources that will make teaching even better!

Erin and her team have graciously offered 2 $50.00 gift cards to shop at her online store.

The amazing team at Erin Condren has offered to giveaway 1 $50.00 gift card to the teachers attending the Bellini Bar Meet up and 1 $50.00 gift card for those of you who won't be in Vegas. How amazing is that! We've also teamed up with these amazing teachers to bring you some wonderful products.