Feeling Peaceful

Aloha everyone!  I feel the summer laziness fully setting in!! It's getting warmer here and I am spending alot more time in the water.  The surf has been perfect and one of my favorite surf buddies (FSB) just got here from Florida! 

I met her and her husband out surfing here two summers ago.  It was their 16th wedding anniversary and they were the sweetest couple.  We got to chatting in the water and I found out she was a teacher, same age as me and just as crazy about surfing:)  Well they have been coming back every summer and we had a great time out in the water today catching up:)

I hope the summer is finding you getting a bit lazier and enjoying time with friends and family.

I see alot of you busy little bees still working on some great items too.

Jen over at The Teacher's Cauldron has got some great new items out, a fun beachy theme classroom set, and a pirate theme!! I will definitely be using some of her items in my class this year!!

Erica  is revamping her polka dot classroom themes, so cute, and she's still in school!!

And Crystal over at Kreative in Kinder is blowing me away with her Classroom Sets!! I love that rainbow set!!

I don't know how you ladies do it!! Great Work.  Stop by and check out all of these hard working ladies!!

I also wanted to thank everyone for the comments on my Common Core posters!! I have gotten such a great response and requests for 1st and 3rd grade.  I even got a little nudge for Kinder!!  I am starting 1st grade soon and I will hopefully have 3rd done by the end of the summer, lol!! I just don't think I can tackle those Kinder CCS!!

I would like to leave you with a fun freebie.  I already posted for my Facebook friends.  One of the items on my bucket list was to work creating more with Photoshop.  So here you go:)

These are some fun digital backrounds with peace signs.  I love bright colors and wanted to use them for some ideas I have been toying around with.

I hope you can use them for some projects.  Let me know what you think, I am working on some others and if you like them I will keep putting them in my TpT store. 

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Obsessions?? Me??

I debated whether or not to even join this linky, I'm pretty sure if you follow along you already know my obsessions!!





Bonnie over at Living a Wonderful Life is having this obsession linky. She has a really sweet blog and came up with this fun party:)  I have really enjoyed reading everyones posts and all of their obsessions.  It makes me feel so happy I'm not the only one who obsesses over things. 

So what could I be obsessed with, along with all of these other lovely ladies?? Well your here reading my latest obsession!  Blogging. I don't even know how it happened... One day I had a Facebook obsession, which led to my Pinterest obession, which has led me here!!  I guess then it would really be a Social Media obsession!!

Okay next biggie...hmm...what could it be....maybe...surfing??? (Could you hear the Church Lady?)

I really only started surfing about 4 or 5 years ago and it has become more of an addiction, but let's call it an obsession.  I grew up in Colorado and dreamed about summer time and going to a far off tropical places.   Then one day I went and saw this movie:



I was in love with it and told myself someday I would attempt it. Well about 6 years later while living in California I met my significant other and guess what? He was a surfer!  We ended up moving here 10 years ago and everyone surfed...but me:(  I love the beach and hot days and water, but ....ssshhh...don't tell.... I was afraid of the ocean!!  I couldn't even snorkel when I got here! I would start to hyper-ventilate when I saw anything move under the water!!

So I had to teach myself to be comfortable in the water.  Once I got that down I went out and bought myself a surfboard







 and have never looked back!! (Well I guess I have now;)



My final obsession is shopping!!  Not just any shopping, I am a bargain hunter!! It started in highschool with my mother!  We used to spend our weekends scouring thrift stores, flea markets, garage sales for little treasures.  I get so excited when I find out about a new thrift shop or if there is a garage sale going on down the street.  I also love Ross for great buys and TJ Maxx just came to the island!! What do I buy?? Everything...but I am an accessory junkie!! Shoes, scarves, belts, jewelry, hats....I have to continually clean my closets to make room for all my new finds.  Now that I have kids I love it even more!!

Okay there you have it my Obsession Confession!! Head on over to Bonnie's and link up!



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Fun Friday Freebie

Aloha everyone! I hope the end of the year does not have you in total chaos!! We finally finshed all of our assessments and my kiddos are checking out quick!! I have 5 days left and needed to have some fun activities.  We went out for a class kickball game this week and had a blast!! We have also been watching more videos than usual...Discovery Education has lots to choose from.

Today I decided to do a fun little craft to keep them busy.  These little Surf Buddies were just the thing to keep them busy all morning.

We discussed what everyone had planned for the summer and then I let them loose to create their own Surfer Dude or Dudette!!

How cute are these!!  I plan to use these again at the beginning of the year, but with their names on them.  I think I'm going with a surf theme....original huh!!

These were so fun to make!! If you want the templates just click on the picture above to download from my TpT store.

Have fun!!

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