YES! We met quite a few people from the message board. It was so fun to see what everyone looks like and to see all of our sweet babies together. I took sooo many pictures. It was such an informative and very rewarding trip. I think Connor and I made some lifetime friends. I don't feel like I'm handling this all alone anymore. I was also very impressed that there were families there from California, Florida, NC (me), Pennsylvania, New York,the midwest, London, Germany, Canada and everywhere in between.-- All there to help our children .