DISQUS

rachel - a southern fairytale · 4 months ago

MWAH!!!!!!
It was fantastic. Great recap of it, sweets!

thisfullhouse · 4 months ago

It really was a great experience and SO MUCH fun!

acowboyswife · 4 months ago

Well I did decline this event and wished I hadn't:( But it was so close after Blogher and I had already attended 3 different things in July. I just felt like I needed to be home. I am sad to have missed it though because I truly love Kraft and many of the folks that work for Kraft. And of course I would have LOVED to have seen you ladies!!

Thanks for the recap...I feel like I was there at least;)

LisaCrazyAdventuresinParenting · 4 months ago

Look at all that wonderful food! Yum!

Fabulous recap, I completely understand where you're coming from about not wanting to leave the kiddos and your ROI. It is hard as mothers to leave our children to go off on these trips, but it's nice to have a small break and to come home to snuggle with a renewed sense of self afterwards, having had time to ourselves, isn't it?

Silvia · 4 months ago

Hi Janice, great post! It was a fabulous experience for me too and I have lots of fun memories from all of you my fellow mommy bloggers, hope we see each other again in the future :)

susieshomemade · 4 months ago

Looks like a great opportunity!

niiwilson · 4 months ago

I love live events and gatherings like this.

Remember you can ALWAYS
get a great ROI when you meet
someone in person and strengthen
personal relationships that have been
clutivated through blogging and other
online forms of social media.

Life is all about community and building
strong relationships. Mothers share a strong bond and its
nice when there is an online place to
get support and help.

I hate leaving my daughter when I have to go
to live events but the connections I make
with other people are always valued and treaseured

rachel - a southern fairytale · 4 months ago

oh BTW ~ YES TO THE COOKIES!!!
xoxoo

elizabethnorton · 4 months ago

I love KRAFT!!!

Michelle's Family · 4 months ago

I bet that was so interesting.I too have alot of Kraft foods in the house.Including the peak freans love them.( I really love the Bourbon Cream Cookies mmm)Hubby Loves the Peanut Butter.

1click2know.com · 4 months ago

Loved your story; leaving the kids is never easy. But it sounds like you had a great time. If cooking videos interest you, we have a web site that features cooking videos for people who think that they are too busy to prepare a home cooked meal. Easy step by step instructions for delicious, nutritious meals in minutes. www.1click2know.com let us know what you think.

rc2000 · 4 months ago

Great Post!

DebMomOf3 · 4 months ago

Sounds like a great time - and you were in wonderful company! :)

I'm traveling this week too and am struggling with the 'need' to leave my kids, but I think it does come down to exactly what you said here - the opportunity to meet and get to know some incredible people, and also I think to have some time to just be 'me' and not always 'mommy'. I love the brief trips away but I'm also always so glad to get home and see my girls again. :)

pookyamsterdam · 4 months ago

Absolutely wonderful to read this and yes online relationships are very important indeed! Thank you for the delicious looking pictures too and that great sense of shared experience! Moms R Us!

Mikki Clagett · 4 months ago

What a great trip! That looks like SOO much fun! I would have loved to do something like that.
Now if only I had an Iphone! I would love to get an ap like that!!

mommyknowsq · 4 months ago

It was great meeting you Janice.

A terrific post.

Let's keep in touch.

Kim

organizingmommy · 4 months ago

This sounds like a lot of fun! You know, I'll travel for you, if you're ever in a pinch. LOL.

Stephanie · 4 months ago

A. You are absolutely gorgeous, Janice. Really. And you're so photogenic too.

B. The pictures in this post are fantastic. Did Kraft have a professional photographer on-site?

C. I totally understand your sentiments about traveling. I've been invited to over 6 events this past year and - so far - I've turned down them all. It's so hard for me to leave my girls - especially in this "season" of life when they are so young.

D. That iPhone app looks super cool. I'm going to check it out.

Lorie · 4 months ago

What a terrific post. I'm sure it is always very difficult for women with small children to leave their children for networking events, but I am sure that you really do take home so much that it makes you a better woman, and therefore a better mother.

LiteralDan · 3 months ago

Even though I'm not a mom, I'm kinda wistful I didn't get to go on such an interesting trip. Their travel expenses to get me there would have been like $10. But then, I might have eaten the difference in sample food...

I'm glad you all had fun, at least. I'll stick with my Skippy peanut butter, thank you very much, but if you wanna mail me some of those cookies along with a jar of yours, I would be willing to really try to like it more and be jealous. Deal?