MomCon is an International MOPS conference. For the first time this decade it was right here in Florida! Hurricane Dorian gave us a fright and moved a few things around, but moms made it happen regardless! I went down with a group of 25 moms from Jacksonville. Most of them from the St. Marks group and a few joining us in the St. Matthew's group. This was my 3rd MomCon, and by far, the best one! A bit of a back story: at the last meeting at St. Marks we did a flash mob dance from a girls night. We went to 1Vibe, a Hip Hop class and did the dance for the group. A video was taken and posted on a MOPS Leadership page. The CEO of MOPS, Mandy Arioto asked us to dance on stage at MomCon! We got a choreographer and practiced all summer! Fast forward to this past weekend and WOW! I am so impressed with us! We definitely fulfilled this year's themes of MOPS which are to LIVE TO THE FULL, FEAR LESS and FIND YOUR TRIBE! It was an amazing weekend! MomCon will be in Denver, CO next year. We should try to make it happen!
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| Green room and stage selfie before and after our dance! |
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| Anne, Noah and I soaking up all the wisdom to bring back to St. Matts |
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| Relaxing in the pool before the first session |
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| Sushi and Karaoke |
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| Meeting Mandy in the hotel lobby |
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| Face masks and swapping mom stories |
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| I went to a session on starting a new group |
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| We took up more than a whole row! |
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| This was my favorite session. Ugh. Controlling my anger is a tough one for me when parenting. |
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| Talking about breathing room |
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| Our MC was awesome (and a magician) |
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| MOPS is all over the world! |
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| Yes! Peace! |
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| Serenity |
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| Mandy, the CEO with her mom, sister in law and brother right in front! |
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| Google Bob Goff! He is amazing!! |
