[Written on our flight home from Orlando earlier today, posted at 11:30pm EST]

We are still in flight from Orlando to Atlantic City as I write this, so hopefully we’ll arrive and make it to pick up the kids by 4 pm.  Miss those little nuggets so much.

Big Thank You again to Laurie and Corrin for hooking me up with my Izeafest ticket – they are two really great ladies – wish we were able to chat more. 

Also great to meet Toni, Heather, Elizabeth, Ashley, Joe, Kelly, and many MANY more!!!  This was my first conference I’ve attended since I started blogging back in March, so I didn’t really know what to expect.  Ted Murphy the CEO of IZEA is quite an exciting person who’s companies have provided me as a blogger with some great opportunities through Social Spark, Sponsored Tweets, and hopefully through their just-unveiled Sponzai application.

[TY to froggybluesock for the photo of Ted Murphy's keynote]

I think it’s great that I can blog about my life with the iTwins and also share some great opportunities, products and services with you via Izea-facilitated programs.

As for Izeafest itself, it was filled with informative speakers and some fun events. We attended the ICEBAR and SeaWorld compliments of the Fest.

I was a little disappointed that there was so much actual social media “drama” surrounding some of the speakers.  They were all there to contribute their little piece of the social media world and many were not taken seriously.  However it was awesome to see the years-ahead-of-his-time wisdom of Tommy during his “5 minutes of fame”…he WAS taken very seriously, and was very impressive. 

All of the speakers had some great insight into social media and blogging – and I was able to grab bits and pieces from them all.  Most importantly, I think I figured out the direction I want to take my “mommy blog” through everyone who spoke here.  You’ll have to stay tuned to see more…

Also loved the new logo and identity Ben Spark was given by Ted.  Everyone wants one now!

Woah turbulence.

Also a fun treat was getting our Crocs! Wanted to meet the man responsible for that – George, but only realized we were sitting next to him after we left the restaurant last night – bummer.  My glasses of wine were making me second-guess if it was actually him.

Darn, more turbulence.

We had so much fun…we didn’t get a ton of photos, but there are plenty here on flickr – you get the idea!

So I’m looking forward to landing safely and seeing our children and family.  We picked up some fun souvenirs for the iTwins from SeaWorld…shopping for them was so fun! Cant wait to bring them down to Disney and Seaworld in a few years from now.

Heard from my Mom that both kids were up by 6am each morning! Yikes… they sleep until at least 8am for me – they must have been excited to see my family and to go play.

Both hubby and I had a great time away though.  We picked up some useful social media information and enjoyed NOT changing diapers for over 72 hours.  Lots of great food and drinks as you’ve read about.  Back to sober cooking for myself and family – it was fun while it lasted.

Soooo happy to be back home with my tots…they are my world!