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Vegas! – Pics and More

Vegas was a blast “y’all!”  I met up with some of my close friends in Vegas for the Big I Teach K conference and a Blogger/Teacher Meet Up.   I met so many new friends and fans.  It was just AWESOME.  I am going to do my best with this blog post but I am so jet lagged – so please forgive me for not linking to everyones blogs and let me know if I have typos!   A HUGE THANK YOU goes out to Natalie of What the Teacher Wants for taking most of these photos.  I am linking up with their Vegas post.  If you want to check out more pics go to their fan page by clicking here!
I want to also give a huge thank you to all of the bloggers and teachers who came up to me and told me how much they loved what I do on TpT and on my blog.  I really welled up when they said these sweet things to me.  It is nice to know that doing what I do can make a difference in people’s lives.   I was on cloud nine all evening at the meet-up!   After they said how much they liked my blog, they would then say “you are so TINY,”  “you are so cute,” and “I love your accent!”  I did use my “celebrity” to cut the drinks line.   It might have all gone a bit to my head because later that week at Kim Adsit’s presentation, a woman stopped me and said “I just have to tell you how much I love your ….”  I thought she was going to say blog, but nope she said “bag.”  I was a bit stunned and almost busted out laughing, but then I remembered it was a really fabulous bag and I kept myself composed.   I had a good laugh about it with my blogging friends right after!  
We stayed in the Palazzo and it connected to the Venetian.  It was beautiful and had a high end mall in it – Trouble!
Here is a photo of all of us roomies: Hope, Rachelle, Cheryl, Deanna, me and Natalie.  *We did not all sleep in the same bed 🙂

I was a big winner at the penny slots!  My cheerleader was Natalie.  She got so excited every time I won even if it was just 24 cents!
I just made it into Senior Frogs!  Natalie and me!

We heard Ron Clark speak – AMAZING.  I going to read all of his books.   I loved his “not everyone deserves a cookie philosophy and positive attitude. I am so impressed that Hope’s husband just got hired to teach at the Ron Clark Academy.  

 We had a huge blogger/teacher meet up sponsored by SDE and TPT.  A huge thank you goes out to Rachelle for being the hostess for the evening and making the arrangements.

 This is me with Amy of TpT and a fellow New Yorker!

I know one of the big highlights of the evening was the prizes.  We all networked and emailed to get sponsors.  The result: awesome prizes.  Scroll to the bottom of this post for links.

A special thank you to MPM School Supplies for donating a $100 gift card.  I love to one stop shop their for borders!

Who doesn’t love a TpT gift certificate?

A huge thank you to our sponsors who made our Vegas meet-up possible!
Thank you to those who donated some fabulous prizes! 
Check out these links to see some amazing products just for TEACHERS!
Shari Sloane

Thanks for reading this post!  I had a fabulous time and plan on attending again next year.

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  5. The first year I taught I went to the I Teach 1st conference in Orlando. It was no where near as much fun as your Vegas trip looked.

    Glad you had a great time!