At the end of July the "Johnson" girls planned a trip to Chicago and took Addysen and Lexi to get their American Girl Dolls!! This was one of the best trips I have been on. These two girls were so excited to get these dolls. Let me tell you all the smiles and giggles were well worth the money!!
Friday we took the morning train up to Chicago.
Lexi, Addysen, & Ainsley ready to get on the train.
Lexi, Addysen, & Morgan chillin on the train. The two little girls are looking through the American Girl catalog anticipating the store once we get there.
Checked into the hotel and now ready to hit the doll store! What pretty girls in their matching dresses that Katie got for them.
~American Girl Place~
They were dancing around waiting for the group so they could enter the store. Look at those smiles!!
They found the section with the dolls and are ready to pick theirs out.
Lexi and Addysen both picked "Julie" as their doll.
Lexi with her first set of shopping bags. I say "first" because Katie and I kept buying them more stuff. It was very easy to get caught up in the excitement. Thanks Katie :)
Me and Peanut
Addysen & Lexi Peanut and Julie
Lexi and Aunt Erin
Dolls in hand with backpacks to carry them in. We are ready for more shopping with smiles on our faces!!
Lexi and I walked next door to the Lego store. Lexi wanted to get Hunter something since he didn't get to come on the trip.
After dinner we headed back to the hotel to get some sleep. I got all of the girls matching jammies. This is the best shot I could get of the girls. How cute are they!!
The next day we did more shopping then headed home on the afternoon train. When I say more shopping we stopped at the Nike store and visited The Cheesecake Factory. The food is good but it was such a long wait for our table and then the service was horrible. These two things pretty much took up our time before we had to head back to the train. When we got to the hotel of course they were not able to call for a cab. We had to hope one stopped by. We ended up getting this app on my phone and located a driver..which ended up costing more because he was a personal driver. In fact after he dropped us off he was picking up a MLB player to take to the stadium which was pretty cool. All in all we made it on time to the train station :)
all of the pretty girls
The Swanson girls
Lexi & Morgan listening to music while waiting for our table at The Cheesecake Factory
Finally on the train and headed back home. What a great trip!
