Natchitoches.... (nak-e-tish)

While our family was here we went to a little town just south of us called Natchitoches.  It is the cutest town!  It is full of old historic houses and has a little river flowing through the town.  We walked around and saw the sights and we ate some yummy meat pies and jambalaya! We have quickly taken a liking to southern food! 

 We also went to a pecan farm and visited on old plantation and walked through old slaves' quarters and the masters house.  When we in the Foreman's (that person in charge of the slaves, including punishing them) house Bronsen got scared and said that there were ghosts in the house and he wanted to leave really bad.  It was odd because he never has said anything like that before and he was fine in every slave house, barn and general store.  He just didn't like the vibe in the Foreman's house. It was pretty creepy.

Also in Natchitoches, the movie Steel Magnolias was filmed there.  So we took some pictures of the house that was in the movie. They have some great old houses there. 

We all saw our first cotton fields.  There is this song that my grandpa use to sing to my mom, and my mom use to sing to me and I have sung it to my kids about Louisiana and picking cotton.  So we all were excited to really see some Louisiana cotton fields. I have since found out that my great-grandmother was born in Robiline, LA which is very near Natchitoches, so I wonder if she sang it to my grandpa when he was little. Talk about a full circle of generations, huh?