Well, 2014 came and went very quickly! I’m linking up with some wonderful blogger gals {Hadar, Kristin, & Traci} to reflect on my 14 favorite things from 2014! {one} monterey For my then fiancé’s birthday, we went up to Monterey. We stopped to visit those noisy elephant seals!  {two} bridal shower I was spoiled beyond measure by my family and… Read More

I’m so excited to be featured on Amanda’s blog as a Budding Blogger! She’s one of the many awesome bloggers who inspired me to start in this crazy world of blogging just over a year ago 😉  Learn more about me by clicking her button above!

I’m linking up with sweet Christina at Sugar & Spice for her weekly “Wordless Wednesday”! I’ve got BIG NEWS! {and I needed a few words …} If you didn’t see it on instagram… I have been so blessed!  I got hired into the local district and I’ll be working 10 minutes from home! No more hour-drives & no more crazy… Read More

Friends! They’re here! They’re here! They’re HERE! After 8 agonizing weeks, we got our pictures back from the photographer! He did such an amazing job and I could not be happier! I wish I could relive this day every day! Now I will relive them through these pictures. Here are just a few (I say few because we have about 1400… Read More

Hello bloggy world! I can’t say I have missed teaching for the past two weeks {shhhh…don’t tell my kiddos}, but I’m back to reality! Big shout out to my favs: Sarah {A Rocky Top Teacher}, Kayla {Meet Miss Parker}, Aris {Sailing into Second}, Britney {Tailor Made Teaching}, & Kristen {Easy Teaching Tools}, who wrote AMAZING posts while I was away! … Read More

Hey Ya’ll! I hope you are getting back into the swing of things, I’m enjoying my extra day off due to MLK Jr. Day!  I wanted to offer up some quick and easy adjective activities that worked in my classroom and took little to no prep! I think adjectives are one of the funnest things to teach, so simple and… Read More

I’m joining Kickin it in Kindergarten for her 2013 Instagram Linky! It has been quite a year and it’s wonderful to take the time to stop and reflect…via instagram {find me: @sparklinginsecondgrade} Here are my top 3 highlights/faves from instagram this year… 1. Since the beginning of the year, I had wanted to start a blog. There were so many… Read More

Happy {soon-to-be} New Year! My blog redesign is finished! Isn’t it fabulous? I owe it all to {the very patient} Kerri from The Cutest Blog on the Block! I can’t tell you how many times I had her changing this and tweaking that, but she was amazing {thanks Kerri}! To celebrate this NEW design, I am having a “NEW” themed… Read More

I’m linking up with Mel from Seusstastic and Michelle from Apples and ABCs for the last week of Elf in the Classroom! On Monday, Alexis brought the kids some elf themed pencils for having a good day with the sub on Friday! On Tuesday, Alexis got a little self-centered and took some selfies to put up all around our room. The kids were loving it,… Read More