St. Matthew's MomCo Jax

We were able to get in the first meeting of March. We had a Mother-in-Law Wisdom Panel. We had 3 amazing mother-in-laws come to give us their words of wisdom on how to be a good daughter in law and a glimpse into the world from their perspective. It was so nice to gain some insight and have them take their time with us. I have been calling my MIL a lot more since the meeting! And then COVID-19 took over and we've had to stay at home. No meetings, play dates or girls nights. We've had to get creative on how to stay sane and in touch. Our next meeting in March was supposed to be on Cheap and Healthy Eating. The speaker canceled, but Kate taught us how to Zoom and we traded tips on how to eat healthy and inexpensively. She also told us about the Facebook Group, Families Surviving Corona Virus Together for tips on things to do at home with kids. We've had two fun girls nights, put together by the amazing, Kate. We watched a movie together in a Netflix Party. It was nea...

Our first meeting in February, we took over the St. Matt's kitchen and did meal prep. We each went home with freezer meal bags of chicken fajitas, meatloaf, sweet and sour meatballs, honey Dijon chicken and sausage and peppers. We chatted, traded tips and made a weeks worth of dinners for our families. We did extras for working moms and moms with sick kids. MOPS International even reposted our Instagram post! Becky has been making that happen a lot for us, lately! We did a Relationship Challenge on social media to celebrate Valentine's Day.  For our second meeting of the month, we had  Barbara Handzel, a marriage building leader from Resurrection talk about marriage and gave some words of wisdom. She also passed out some neat bookmarks and hand outs. We had a few fun girls nights this month. We went to ladies night at Fired Up (Kate's awesome photography skills!) and a few of us did a One Vibe dance class. It's neat getting to know everyo...