CFA NEXT 2018

My brain feels mushy right now.  I was in Orlando for the better part of 9 days, and since I've been home, it has basically rained non-stop, to the point that school was even canceled due to flooding in our district.  what.🌧 in.🌧 the. 🌧world. 🌧

But, I'm showing back up on the blog to recap the fun - there was SO much that I am still recovering. First things first, John and I headed to Orlando for our annual CFA pep rally.  It used to be called Seminar, but now, it is called NEXT, and I still have a hard time calling it that, even though it's been named that for years.

Anyway, CFA always does it up right for us, no matter what it is called.  John and I had delightfully smooth travel that included a free upgrade into super cush seats that we thoroughly enjoyed on our 2.5 hour flight to Orlando.



The highlights included seeing dear friends,

trying new CFA products coming soon to a CFA near you,

staying at the JW sans kiddos,

laughing a lot while having multiple mocktails,

having boxes of macarons readily available, (I consumed most of these.)

seeing Olympian Laurie Hernandez, (she's the cutest! and also fierce.)

and Jim Gaffigan making a surprise appearance!



I also really appreciated hearing from Jennie Allen and the other great content that CFA lined up for us.  It is truly such a gift to be part of a company that pours into us all.

The lowlight of our time included finding out that William had a fever during our first meal there.  I had them go to the doctor's office immediately on Monday morning to find out that he had the flu.  Right before our Disney trip.  So, so stressful.  It feels like things like this often happen when we go out of town (our track record is shockingly bad), but I had to remind myself that it could be SO MUCH worse and that there are many times where nothing goes wrong.  (though with four kiddos, this is more the exception 🙄)

Because of the sickness on the home front and the Disney trip still in front of us, I changed my plans and came home earlier on Tuesday than expected to gauge where we were at and help my amazing in-laws who were giving Tamiflu to ALL of the kids, something I would not wish upon my worst enemy.  So, I tried to live up my return trip from Orlando with a visit to the airport Express Spa, which is not as good as the real spa, but definitely does the job in a pinch!

And, on Wednesday morning, I flew all the kids back to Orlando to hit up Disney World for six nights.  More on that to come!

Here are CFA Seminars of the past!
{2017}  {2016}  {2015} {2014}  {2013}  {2012}  {2011}