Labor Day Weekend

Sara, my sister, and I decided spur of the moment Saturday morning to load up and go visit our parents over the holiday weekend. For those of you who know me well, you know that there is this place I LOVE, Chet's~Home of the BEST hot dog in the world. If you ever have a hankering to try it out, give me a call. I am up for a road trip. Anyway, I figured if we were going to make it that far with no plan and no one knowing we were coming, we were not going without hot dogs and lots of them. Sara agreed, and off we went. We loaded up our three kids in her mother in-law's mini van and headed that way. We stopped by both of our parents house to surprise them. We sat the kids on the porch, ran around the corner and let them knock on the door. They were so thrilled! They had NO idea we were coming. I am always about surprises, so that was right up my alley. We headed on to Muskogee for our hot dogs. When I told the girl that we had driven 4 hours just to eat there, she couldn't believe me. Aside from the 15 or so hot dogs we ordered she threw a few in for free on top of that. There is only seating for about 5 or 6 in Chets so we have always taken our hot dogs to Honor Heights Park, about a mile away and eaten there our whole lives, so we introduced our children to the experience. I love tradition and this fit right in. We had a blast at the park, but before long it got dark so we were off to our next stop~ Papa's house.

We were there for a short stay. The boys' Gigi and Bobo came and spent the night too. The next day we went for an early morning boat ride. And, off we went again. This time we met Pepaw, Carla, and Lindsey at Creekmore Park in Fort Smith for a picnic lunch and train ride around the park. Or should I say train rides. Each trip (2 times around the park) is 25 cents. I rode once around, but Rhett and Grant got to ride about 6 or 7 times with Pepaw and Carla. It was really a lot of fun!