Caden's message from Santa

Santa has sent Caden a message this year.  I hope it is a good one.

Santa's message 


You can watch the video by clicking on the link.  Merry Christmas!

Chicago - a summary

Well I have had a pretty uneventful trip, thank goodness.  Chicago is a beautiful city and very fun, but also very cold.  I spent all day on Tuesday working at the trade-show at the Hyatt.  Wednesday we made some sales calls and we were able to squeeze in a late lunch at Portillos.  I had a chicago dog this time, my first I believe.  It was wonderful.  I think the pickle really made the hot dog!  Yum!

Making a gingerbread house

Caden & I went to the Davenport Hotel and made a Gingerbread house.  It was a lot of fun.  When you arrive, they give you a pre-built house made from graham crackers, a bag of frosting and a zip lock back of candies.  Caden really wanted to just eat the candy, but I persuaded him to decorate the house.  Once he started decorating, he loved it.  He was so proud of his finished product.  

 

This was a great event and the proceeds go to a local charity in Spokane, Christ's Kitchen.

Happy Holidays!

living it up in Chicago!

Well I am not really living it up in Chicago, but I am here for work.  I am currently watching the chicago news from my hotel room.  The big story of the night... specialty license plates getting tickets wrongfully.  Illinois has something like 60 specialty plates. 

I am here for holiday showcase and I have a feeling it will be a good show.  Hoping for lots of leads and prospects for meetings in spokane!  I also ran into some industry friends from Rhode Island.  They keep me up to date on the area.  They also reminded me not to jump on the patriots band wagon. .  I assured them, Justin is the patriots fan, not me. 

I am staying at the Hyatt Regency Chicago.  It is a great hotel, but makes me reminisce about my Hyatt days.  Along those lines.  I think the Hyatt should send it's manager's here when they reach 5 years with the company.  I think they could use it as an incentive, along with a training.  This is an amazing hotel, but I think it could generate some ideas for managers in their current positions.  That is my 2 cents for the Hyatt.  :)  Still love the Hyatt, but also love my job.  One thing I realize is that I definitely travel more now that I don't work in a hotel... not sure how that works out, but it does.

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Busy day at Huckaba's

  We went to get our Christmas tree today.  It is extremely snowy here as you can see.  We heard a sled was a good idea for this adventure, and it was.  Here is our checklist:  We got a tree.  check.  candy cane. check.  nap on the way home.  check. 

we had fun getting our tree today