I had such a fun time at the blogger meet up this week! After “talking” with so many of these ladies through emails, it was so nice to finally meet them all in person! 
Front Row: Fran Kramer (Kindergarten Crayons), Me!, Michelle Oakes (Fabulous in First), Hope King (Second Grade Shenanigans), Kim Adsit (KinderGals), Cheryl Saoud (Primary Graffiti), Kathleen Pedersen (Growing Kinders), Anna Brantley (Crazy for First Grade), Crystal Radke (Creative in Kinder) Back Row: Deedee Wills (Mrs. Wills Kindergarten) Deanna Jump (Mrs. Jump’s Class), Natalie and Rachelle Smith (What the Teacher Wants) THANKS for the picture, Cheryl!!! Here we are right before our dinner, standing in 115 degree heat and humidity. Can you tell that we were sweating?!?! 
Kim and Megan (KinderGals), Me!, Michelle (Fabulous in First), Rachelle (What the Teacher Wants), Anna (Crazy for First Grade), Hope (Second Grade Shenanigans), Cheryl (Primary Graffiti), Deedee (Mrs. Wills Kindergarten), Shari (Shari Sloane from KidsCount1234.com), Deanna (Mrs. Jump’s Class), and Kathleen (Growing Kinders). **Note to Michelle…do you notice that we are next to each other in all the group photos??** 
It was much cooler in the air conditioning!! I already met Kim at the math counts conference back in February. Everyone else I was meeting for the first time! 
Me, Anna, Kathleen, and Rachelle 
Deedee and Michelle The Vegas meet up was a blast and we had a great turn out! Hope and I elected ourselves to be official greeters- everyone was going crazy for those kinder teachers inside! Forget about seeing celebrities on the strip- Deanna and Rachelle were inside! 
Rachelle did an AWESOME job with presenting the goodies from all of the sponsors! She definitely has a “presenter” career somewhere in the near future. She was holding that microphone and talking to the 100+ crowd like it was nothing! Hope was a rock star with making over 150 name tags- Vegas themed of course! (How dorky is it that I kept one for a souvenir??) 
I forgive you, Rachelle, for not letting any of the bloggers enter their name for the giveaway. 
Rachelle and I and Hope and I! 
Michelle, me, Hope, Kim, and Rachelle. 
We also met a lot of new friends. In the middle of this picture are Kelley (Teacher Idea Factory), Stephanie (Falling Into First), and Susan (T.G.I.F.). I will admit…my favorite part about this trip was spending pool time in our cabana and talking NON-STOP with these girls! It is amazing how much we had in common after just meeting each other (aside from blogging that is!) I know you may be wondering…how did we get all of these awesome pictures??? Cheryl’s husband was an AWESOME photographer and more patient than you can imagine! Every time a picture was taken, there were about 5 more after that! Did you expect anything less from a group of bloggers? Thank you, ladies, for making my trip to Vegas AWESOME!!
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Great pictures! That is a lot of name tags and such. It must have been teacher HEAVEN!
~Andi
It looks like a blast!
Ginger Snaps
Looks like such fun! Sorry I missed meeting all of you.
Melissa . . . what a post . . . what a POST. I felt like I was there all over again. I know I've said it before, but I loved getting to meet you! Thanks for the shout out my friend – it means the world. I hope I get to see ya again sooner rather than later :)
Kelley Dolling
Teacher Idea Factory
Melissa, it was SO great meeting you!! It looks like you and the gals had a great trip in my lil ole city of sin!! Come back any time ;)
Susan
T.G.I.F. (Thank God it's First Grade!)
These are beautiful pictures and it was really a great experience. You are all gorgeous, talented teachers. I loved meeting you!
Fran@kindergartencrayons.blogspot.com
Wow! Looks like you all had a great time!!!
Crystal
Teaching Little Miracles
Melissa I had a blast meeting you and all of these fun ladies this week!! Making new friends in blogland is one of my favorite parts of the gig and I loved getting to meet you in real time. Thanks so much for taking the time to hang, it truly made my night-! I'm with Kelley in that I'm hoping for the chance to do it again sooner than later :)
❤ -Stephanie
Falling Into First
It looks like you had a great time! :
Jessica
Look Who's Teaching
You got some great pics! I sure loved meeting you and hanging out with you for a bit!
That looks so awesome!! I bet you had a great time.
Mrs. Wheeler’s First Grade
Mrs. Wheeler TpT
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Well, I feel like the rest of us in blogland missed out on a great event. Maybe next year, you will do it again. It looked like a blast and …. the pool side …., I would have been sooooo there. I wanted to thank you ladies for introducing me to the blogging world. Ever since I bought your "Survivor" 100th Day Activity packet, I have been blog stalking. It has been very fun but very addicting. As I was looking through blogs, I found Lory's Page and she was going to do a Book Study on the Daily 5 sooooo I jumped on board and started my own blog. It is not fancy like everyone elses because I am still learning the ropes but I am very excited about it. SO this is a shout out to you great ladies of SOS, THANK YOU!! You both rock.
Wow! Vegas looks like it was fun! I am new to blogging and stumbled across your page today—what an inspiration!
Love seeing all these pictures popping up. Glad everyone had a great time.
~~~Jodi from THE CLUTTER-FREE CLASSROOM~~~
I'm sorry… but that was the best week EVER!! Yes! Exclamation point addiction has not improved!
Are you from Chicago? :) I'm at the SDE Midwest Conference for Differentiated Instruction in Chicago right now! Lovin' it! I went to Vegas last year…and it was teacher HEAVEN! Hee! Was just posting some new techy tips on my new BLOG! Looking forward to more inspiration and great TPT products from ya!
WOW! Looks like lots of fun!
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Tamera
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