2009 Annual CBEA Conference

My experience at this year's CBEA Conference was bittersweet.  I became a member of the CBEA Executive Board back in December of 2002, before I got my first full-time teaching position.  Being part of this organization gave me continual opportunities to network with other business educators, and to gain experience as a leader in my field.  For the first time since I became an educator, I am no longer part of this group.  I was 2008-2009 president, and acted as past-president this year.  At our conference this week I was given the opportunity to present a session about using literacy strategies to teach business education courses.  Presenting this session gave me a chance to share ideas and strategies that I've collected throughout my years as an educator, and I was excited to hear great feedback from educators that attended my session.  Of course, I loved photographing the day as well!  Here are a couple of my favorites from throughout the conference.

Meeting Sox!

I was so excited to see Kate & Chuck's new place in Rhode Island over Columbus Day weekend!  Sometimes there is nothing better than having girl time to go shopping, and of course Wrentham being only 15 minutes away provided us with the perfect opportunity to do so.  The sales were great, but I was really loving the chance to just hang out and chill with Kate since we don't see each other that often.  We let the boys watch sports all day, then met back up with them for some Mario Kart on Wii and dinner at The Melting Pot in Providence.  Yum!  While I was there I got to meet Sox for the first time.  What a sweet little man!  Loved how these photos turned out!