Mall of America

Saturday we made the trip to Mall of America (MOA)!

We ended up spending 8+hours and we really only made it around the 1^st floor! That place is HUGE!

http://www.mallofamerica.com/home/ 

Ansley did great for being in the mall that long….she was a trooper! We were going to take her to Build a Bear, but the line was super looonnnggg, maybe next time! They have a 2 story American Girl Doll store that we didn’t even go in because I knew that if Ansley saw all those ‘bay-bees’ we would have to get her one and I’m not ready for that yet! One of the coolest part of the mall is Nickelodeon Universe, which is like an amusement park inside the mall. Since it is Nickelodeon I figured there would be Dora stuff and there was! We were actually standing in line to meet Dora, but she went on break. That was probably a good thing, because Ansley was kind of starting to freak out, like she did with Santa.

We did find a non-real Dora to take pictures with, but if you look close you can tell Ansley still wasn't sure about it!

The American Girl store                                            These characters are made totally of Legos!       

 

Nickelodeon Universe

Other than our trip to MOA we didn't get into much this past weekend or week. I actually had to work 3 days this week! Sheewww! :) We have managed to find an ice cream place that we LOVE! Blast Soft serve has a huge menu of ice cream options, my fav is the cookie dough flurry and Lance likes the Carmel sundae. Not only do they have great ice cream, but upstairs to Blast is a small pizza joint called Rose Street Pizza. Although is as good as Big Ed's, this place is definitely our version of Big Ed's here in MN! During one of our evening walks, Ansley has found a new place to ride in the stroller....

Only 23 more days till our visit home!!! Continue to pray for us and our adventure!

We love and miss you guys!