MIssissippi Part 3

Alright, so I think I am going to finish up the Mississippi trip with this post! For some reason my computer will not let me check the spelling and we all know how bad my spelling is, so I apologize now! I tried to go through and look for mistakes but I know there are many still left behind!



This is Eddies, or Jamies dad family. There are seven kids in their family! Grandma past a little over a year ago. We had a family get together with this side of the family and there had to be 35-40 people there! It was alot of fun. And I really enjoyed getting to know all of the family from both sides. We also had a get together with cassandras family but again I forgot to take pictures.



Ok once again I had to show the TREES! It was very thick here. This is what the called the "Country" lol so the trees got a bit bigger and thicker!



Presenting Momma James!






On Memorial day we loaded up the car and headed to Vicksburg! Vicksburg is the place were a critical battle was during the civil war, it is often known as the turning point of the war and major ground taken in the south! There is a visitors center and the you can drive, walk, or bike through the entire battle field. It is a really pretty area with Memorials set up EVERYWHERE! It was about an hour drive and I took MANY pics, so I will not post all just a few that I really liked! The few above are at the visiting center. There were cannon of all sizes on display. Terrence is the one sticking his head in one cannon! Thats Terrence for ya! LOL




This is a statue and plaque in honor of the man who came up with the idea of Memorial day!






THis was a huge building on a hill the picture with the trees was to show how high up we were! It was actually a cool memorial with all the names of Gernals and soldiers written in gold! The ceiling was domed with an opening at the top and the floor had the seal you see made out of stone!




This in honor of the all African American infantrys from Mississippi who participated in Vicksburg!



Heres the Great Mississippi River!




Memorial Graveyard on the Battle Field.


This is one of the few bridges that cross the Mississippi River. Once we got to the other side we were in Louisiana. We didnt stay long just enough to turn arond and go back, but now I can say I have been to Louisiana! :)



After Vicksburg we had dinner with Alberts Family, (the family from my last post) And then I had a suprise for Jamie! I had secretly booked us a night in the Hilton ont he executive floor! Just so we could have some alone time, after all this was a vacation ;)! So I asked him to give me a suprise look for the camera, and that is what he gave me! It was really nice though and alot of fun. Included was a five star breakfast buffet style that was AMAZING!!

Well I thought I was going to finsish but I forgot how many pics I had for Vicksburg, so I will make one more post later with graduation fun!