Sales Meeting in Chicago

On Tuesday and Wednesday we had our yearly Midwest Sales Meeting. We were all together 40-50 people during those 2 days and it was held in downtown Chicago.
Man,... :).... again I had a room with a great view of 'Lake Michigan'.
On Monday Steve, Lisa and I had dinner downtown. We went to a famous steak house and who sat down next to us??? Peter Gallagher with his son. That was awesome. We couldn't remember his name so we waited until Peter had to use the restroom and Steve asked his son about the name!!! Man, that was embarressing!!! Lisa wanted to take a picture with her cellphone but I held her back :)... he's a total normal person and how annoying is that if we act like every other 'paparazi'!!!
On the way out we saw a local News anchor who was planning on having dinner in this restaurant after we left. And we were wondering about the tall black guys that were coming in when we left... they were probably some football/basketball players... :)
This was a great Meeting... many new company 'VIP' people... meet and greet... presentations... PERFECT.

Company Holiday Party

Hello again :), yesterday we've had our Holiday Party outside the city. First we made a quick stop at Steph's house. She had her Birthday Party going on and we wanted to be at least there for a little bit :). Afterwards we've made our way to the 'Barn' where the Holiday Party was. We had a lot of fun :)...

Happy New Year!

Kaum haben wir das Jahr gestartet, geht es mit den Geburtstagen weiter :). Sandra hatte gestern am 4.1. Geburtstag, Steph folgt am 8.1., Jared wird am 14.01. ein Jahr aelter und Sandra dann am 4.2.!

Gestern haben wir dann schoen zusammen gesessen bei Sandra und Jared und Sandra's Geb. gefeiert. Here you can see: John, Sandra, Sandra und Sean und Jared, der gerade fotografiert:

Damit ihr nicht allzu verwirrt seid, hier sind Sandra und Sean: Die Tiere kleben immer an John :)... der Kleine hat es genossen sich von John streicheln zu lassen:

Silvester

GUTEN RUTSCH / FROHES NEUES JAHR...

bei uns hat es heute wieder angefangen zu schneien und wir haben eine WUNDERSCHOENE Aussicht in den Garten :).

Nachher geht's los in einen Club... feiern... wir wuenschen Euch ein FROHES NEUES Jahr aus den Staaten...

Museum of Science and Industry

Today the three of us went down town to the museum of science and industry. It was amazing. There was an exhibit about christmas trees around the world. This was the German one:Some planes hanging from the ceiling:The U-505 was there and an incredible exhibit about it :). John and I will go back later and do the inside tour too. It was sold out :(
John next to a tire of the John Deere tractor:

Down Town Chicago

Donnerstag sind Rene und ich losgezogen um Chicago Down Town unsicher zu machen. Nachdem wir erst einmal 1.5 Stunden beim deutschen Konsulat warten mussten um nur eine Unterschrift zu bekommen... sind wir rein ins Vergnuegen... war etwas kalt... also warm einpacken war angesagt :)

My Birthday Party :)

Some friends came over and we had a GREAT time. Here you can see: Jared and Sandra, Steph and Marty: ... the whole group... except me *lol*.
Rene, Sandra and Sean:
Marty, John and I:
ULLU: The Julischka was awesome... as you can see *l0l* :) THANK YOU so much...
time to go to bed... Merry Christmas...