Chicago

This past weekend I headed up to Chicago for my annual Girls Weekend. There are 6 of us that try to get together every year; I am not sure all 6 of us have ever made it but we try anyways. Usually it is Jenner, Jen, Stacey and I who can come and this year we were excited that Becky was able to fly in and join us as well! We always stay at Jenner's house and she makes her holiday cookies and we play with her cats :)

We have been enjoying them since college when she would make them for us

Rizzo (amazing personality and very sweet)

Becky ready to take on the City

Stacey and Jen

Millie getting cozy

 We had clear roads and no snow driving to Jenner's house and when we woke up things looked a little different...

Stacey let us drive her Jeep into the City so we had 4-wheel drive, but we never needed it. They keep the roads clear, it would be a disaster if the 4 lane highways weren't kept clear of snow. It was fun and really pretty walking through the streets while it was snowing. We stopped first at Macy's to see their window displays before heading to the Christmas German village.

 At Macy's 

Christmas Tree in the German Village

Snow collecting :)

 After eating lunch at Hub 51 we went to Michigan Ave to stop in our favorite shops. We like going into Create and Barrel, Gap, and any other place that catches our eye. We love seeing the Christmas Decorations and had a surprise of seeing a crowd of men dressed as Santa. They were passing out candy and small toys...no idea who they were and why they were doing it but it was fun.

After lunch hitting Michigan Ave.

Group of Santa's 

One of the towers

The river covered in some ice

 After leaving the city (we were bundled up but still cold as we walked around) we stopped in Naperville on the way back to Jenner's to stop at this amazing candy shop they have downtown. This is such a cute town and after buying out candy we drove around looking at Christmas lights that people had up.

Downtown Naperville

Jen and Becky

We had a great time in the city, even taking some time to stop and chill at Starbucks before heading to Naperville. Back at Jenner's we had some soup for dinner and sat up talking for a while. Sadly we all had to leave the next day but we had a great time and it is always fun spending time with these girls, reminds me of being in college and how easy it to spend time with these girls.