Well, this post isn't really about Carrie Underwood, but it is about our trip to Checotah, Muskogee, and Okmulgee Oklahoma. First of all, did you know that Carrie Underwood grew up in Checotah? Yea, we have tons of famous people who came from Oklahoma, I'll list them for you one day. It's something that Oklahoma is very proud of. I'm mostly just proud of Carrie. Just listen to her sing! She sings how I LOVE to sing, and if I was a singer, how I would want to sing. She sings with her whole body, it's from deep down inside, and it is beautiful! I think i'm going to put one of my music players on here to only play her music. When I have more time. So, I made Randy take me to Checotah. I was pretty disapointed with the town. THe only thing Carrie Underwood it has is a sign on the free-way saying it's her home town. No signs pointing to her house or anything. I did see where she went to school and I drove on her roads, so I guess that has to be enough. Okay, on to our trip.
It was a day trip. We saw all we could of this area in a day. We went to Fort Gibson, which was so neat! It is an old fort where they used to be in charge of keeping the peace between the indian tribes that were moved to the area. The fort was one of those cool wooden ones... and there is a national cemetary there, which was beautiful! I think I found an ancestor burried there. I need to look it up and find out, though.
We went to a beautiful park in Muskogee. We had a picnic and hiked around. We also got pins that say "I'm an Okie from Muskogee". I wore mine all day.
This is Randy looking excited to go on our trip. Or maybe he's excited to pay for our gas.
One last picture... of the girls of course! Emma loves swinging, and so we tried it on Kenadi's lap. I just can't get enough pictures of them, if you haven't noticed.
4 comments:
Someone had better tell Carrie that a crazy lunatic is trying to track down her family's house!!!!
Hey...what ancestor? Was it my ancestor too or on your mom's side?
What a fun day. I love family outings! And your granola bars look so yummy, I am excited to try them!
I just got back from traveling through Chocotah. We stopped in the town to ummm use the facilities at a quick stop sorta place. I notices some tee-shirts for sale- they were Carrie Underwood Watch Party Shirts! That was the first clue I had that I was in her home town. Dang! Now I wish I had picked one up!!
I love the pic of the girls swinging. The two thoughts that popped into my head- "Wow! I didn't know that Emma was getting that big!" and "Kenadi looks soo much like Tara!"
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Fun! I want to go to Oklahoma! I am so excited to make granola bars! I saw a recipe on someones blog and I forgot to save it. I can't wait!
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