Tell All Tuesday- My Teacher Bucket List

It feels like this last week has FLOWN by-I can't believe it is already Tuesday again and time to link back up for another week of Tell All Tuesday! I am so excited for this week's topic- i love getting to share my goals with you and I can't wait to read through everyone else's bucket lists as well!

~Go back to school and get my Master's Degree: I would LOVE to go back to school and get a higher degree! I've look at reading specialty programs and I think that would definitely be the most engaging program for me. With a little one on the way I know it will probably be a while before I get to pursue this goal, but hopefully in a few years I will be in a place where I will have both the time and money to make it happen! 

~Continue to work on growing my school's STEM program: My school is just getting the ball rolling with STEM and I am really pumped about it. I have been to a couple of conferences this summer already to learn more about growing and implementing STEM in the classroom (both of which I've been meaning to blog about and haven't gotten around to-oops!). I am on my school's STEM committee and I am looking forward to helping other teachers in my school learn more about the benefits of integrating STEM activities into our curriculum. For those of you who don't know a whole lot about STEM, be on the lookout for a big post I'm working on about a new STEM pack that might help you get started as well! I'm planning on including some great project ideas and a freebie as well! 

~Grow my TpT Store: I am still new to both the blogging world and TpT world and I can't wait to watch my store grow (hopefully!). I would love to get to a place where my store will help me provide my students with more resources and activities (by giving me more income to put into my classroom), as well as providing me with additional income for me to pay my way through grad school without loans! I know that it is a big big dream for me just starting out, and even to me it seems like a lot to hope for, but it's on my bucket list nonetheless!

~Have a community of blogging buddies to collaborate with: One of the biggest reasons why I wanted to start this blog was from seeing all of the connections and relationships that blogging can bring. I work in an old school in a tiny town and it has been really hard for me to find anyone to really share my passion for teaching and creating and blogging with. I wanted to write so that I could have an outlet and feel connected to other teachers who have the same passions. This past year I have seen so many teachers just counting down the days until they can "get out" and heard so much negativity about this profession that I truly love and I NEEDED a place to come to where I could be excited about teaching and surround myself with others who still find joy in it as well. All that to say this-wanna be friends?! :) 

Thanks for hopping over- be sure to link up and share your bucket list too! 

Tell All Tuesday! My Summer Snapshot

I had so much fun last week linking up for Tell all Tuesday and I'm excited to link up again this week to share my favorite summer spot! 

I love summertime sunshine! My favorite thing to do in the summer is curl up on a chair/towel/float/ANYTHING with a good book and soak up the sun. If you put me by a pool or by a lake or on a beach, I'm a happy girl! 

My grandparents have a boat and I used to live on the lake in the summertime. Now that I live a little farther away, I don't get quite as much lake time, but the hubby and I did get a chance to meet up with my family for an evening cruise last night! Don't you just love a good sunset?! 

Luckily, Kris's grandparents have a pool, so I still have a place to soak up the sun and splash around. This last weekend Kris gave our pup her first swimming lesson. She hated it, but it gave us a good laugh!  

What do you love to do in the summer? Link up to share!

Jumping into the summer blog scene!

Hey everyone! These past few weeks have been so crazy and I am excited to jump back into blogging for the summer. I'm excited to link up with Diana from My Day in K and Jayme from Teach, Talk, Inspire for Tell All Tuesday!

I'm so excited for this week's theme Two Truths and a Lie! Have fun reading all about me and be sure to guess which one you think is my lie! I'll be back later this week to let you know! :)

If you didn't already know just from stopping by my blog, I am dinosaur OBSESSED! What I'm sure you DON'T know is that my dinosaur obsession was exemplified when I worked in Dinoland at Animal Kingdom during my Disney College Program internship! Living and breathing dinos for six months just made my love for dinos that much deeper, not to mention how much fun it was to intern at the happiest place on earth! 

Before I decided to be a teacher, I thought I was going to be a veterinarian. I always had cats and dogs growing up and I thought it would be so great to work with animals all the time! When one of our cats got really old and we had to put her down, I realized that I would never be able to handle the emotions of having to watch people say goodbye to their pets! I still get plenty of animal love from my two sweet fur babies, though!

I love love love traveling! I am blessed to have been all around the world on mission trips and actually taught in a preschool in Kenya for a few months before I got married and settled into my first grade home in the USA! I used to dream of adopting kids from every continent and having my own TLC show about my huge intercontinental family! Big dreams, but I just love kids everywhere! If only adoption laws would allow for that! 

So that's me! I can't wait to hear from you about which one you think is my lie! Tune back in later this week to find out! Link up and join in on the fun! Happy hopping :)