This weekend I hopped in the car with some friends and went to Dot Mom. Now normally going to anything with ‘Mom’ in the title would be something I would secretly make fun of. However, Jen Hatmaker was going to be there and I was ready for a night away from the minions.
Here’s my ladies.
Good gravy. Look at these women. Since I still apparently operate at the maturity level of a junior high girl I look at this group and think ‘man, if I looked like these girls my life would be totally perfect!’
True story.
There’s this one girl in our Bible Study who admitted the other day that she gets nervous around people that she doesn’t know. Now that’s probably a true statement for 99% of the population.
But….this girl? She’s beautiful. And I don’t mean ‘hmmm, that’s an attractive young woman.’ Nope, I mean this girl is the cover of J Crew gorgeous. And I literally had trouble wrapping my mind around the fact that she could ever be nervous. I’m such a moron. I was all ‘but…but she’s so pretty. How could she be nervous.’
Y’all can pray for me. ; )
I love going to conferences. Lots of new people to annoy love on with my extrovertedness. Say what, Spellcheck? That’s a word. Go home, spellcheck, you’re drunk.
When we got to the hotel we realized that the Tennessee Tow Truck Association was there too. So, we were sharing space with them. It wasn’t hard to see who belonged at what convention:
I’m thinking the man awkwardly standing around may not have been there for Dot Mom.
The conference was great.
Highlights:
Lauren Chandler leading worship
Meeting Boo Mama – for real, this woman is pretty much living the life I covet. Successful blog and book AND she was so nice when I met her.
Hearing Jen Hatmaker speak – Dude. She rocked it. Even though her talk completely conflicted with some of the others it was still amazing.
Being introduced to Vickey Courtney’s work. I had never heard of her but now just want to sit at her feet and soak up her wisdom.
Hanging with my Allume girls. Sadly I didn’t get a pic but my cousin Jenni and my friend Heather are going to Allume this year with me. So excited.
And then there was this.
The program before I got a hold on it:
The program after I got a hold of it.
It was clear that God had really gotten a hold of me during the conference due to my reaction and having lost my charger – a text exchange between my husband and myself:
Oh, he’s so cute isn’t he…
Either way, Dot Mom was a huge success – language mishaps and all.