Wedding Bells!

My best friend got married this past weekend and boy-oh-boy did we have a good time!  The weekend was filled with nail appointments, rehearsal, dinner, last night as a Willson, hair appointments, food, a chilly outdoor weeding, and one heck of a party!

Leslie and Justin tied the knot on the Upper Iowa lawn fairy field :-) in weather that we wouldn't have guessed would have been possible on July 27th!  Mother Nature?!?!  Where did that 60 degree, windy, misty weather come from?!  Other than that, everything went perfectly!  Leslie looked absolutely stunning and Justin didn't look bad either I suppose.

The reception was a blast!  We all had ourselves a grand time and danced until the clock rang midnight!    The photo booth may have been my all time favorite thing as I made several trips through there.  Did I mention I caught the bouquet?!  That means I should be getting married next, right Gav?  Oh so patiently waiting....

Les has changed her name on Facebook and I'm not sure I will ever get used to that! Leslie Marchant, who is that?!!?

Congrats Leslie and Justin! I love you both and wish you a life time of happiness and love!

Everything Chevron

Last year, I went with a Jungle Themed classroom.  I had just about everything monkey or jungle related.  I was looking to switch it up a little bit and decided to go with everything chevron and bright colored!  

I normally go teacherspayteacher.com crazy and just search for and buy whatever it is I am looking for. I have decided to try out my own creativity genes though and make some of my own things to sell.  So here you have it...

Hop on over to my TPT store to buy these if you are looking to decorate your own classroom with a little chevron!

The CAFE

   

The Daily 5

 and Beanie Baby Reading Strategies!

(sorry--no cool picture to include!)

I am in the process of making schedule cards and classroom helpers to match!

One Door Closes and Another One Opens!

I have been waiting to hit publish on this post for a couple of weeks to wait for a School Board Meeting  to take place but I do have some rather bittersweet and all at the same time exciting news to share! {I'm sure most of you know anyways--but I wanted it to be official!}

At the beginning of June, I said bittersweet goodbyes to my fellow coworkers in Sumner and gratefully accepted a 1st grade position in the Waverly-Shell Rock District.  I will forever cherish the year I spent at Sumner, the students that I had, and the teachers and mentors that I worked with.  It was such a good experience and couldn't be more thankful for the opportunity that they gave me as a first year teacher.   I want to give a special "shout out" to my mentor, Kathleen, for everything that she did for me.  She was unbelievably helpful each and every day and my first year would have been awful without her.  The SF Cougars will forever hold a special place in my heart!

I couldn't be more excited to be a Go Hawk again, though!  Because Mr. Wonderful is planted in Waverly or the fact that I can't be away from home and love Waverly (okay---so maybe both), it was my long term goal to get back to town.  I'm not sure I will appreciate the 5 minute drive compared to my 45 minute drive to Sumner until the school year begins but I am certainly looking forward to it.  I am looking forward to a whole other list of things as well and can't wait for this upcoming year. 

Now to organizing my classroom--eekkk! #overwhelmed