Well, Day 3 we woke up in West Monroe. Remember how I said we are slightly obsessed? Well, it was Sunday, so we decided to go to church *conveniently* at the Robertson's church..... just in case they might be there.
Well, they were:
D Y I N G.
Ok, backstory. My friend Amie went with us and knew where she thought they went to church (she was 98% sure, but now i would say it's 100% sure). We explained to the kids that we are going to church and if we see someone from Duck Dynasty we do not yell out or get overly excited (wait i think this goes for me too), because we are in church and we are there to worship the Lord.
So we get to our seats near the back and we immediately see
Jase near the front. This is where I begin to geek out. Poor Amie must have been so embarrassed with my lack of composure.
The service begins and after a few songs we begin to pray. That is when I feel a tap on my shoulder from Todd. I look over to Todd and he points to the aisle right by us where
Si and
Phil are standing, heads bowed. After the prayer they took their seats 7 rows in front of us.
This is when I officially began geeking out. And i'm embarrassed to say, I began taking photos of the back of Phil Robertson's head during worship. (shameful, i know). He was wearing his bandana and sunglasses all of church!!!
After singing several worship songs, the pastor invited the congregation to say hello to those around you. This is a common thing in churches, and at our church, this is basically done in about a minute or two TOPS before moving on to the next part of the service.
Well, not here. The greeting part lasted FIFTEEN minutes! No joke! About eight minutes into the greeting time I decided we did not drive all this way, and get this close, to NOT say hello. I told jonah to follow me and I walked over to Uncle Si who was sitting on the end of a pew. I shook his hand and told him we were from Indianapolis and that my son Jonah was 8 and dying to meet him (lie, it was really me wanting to meet him). He was SUPER nice and said to Jonah, "HEY! Watch out for whales!" Then I took their photo. SO MUCH FUN!
Is that a look of pure joy or what??? (and no i did not see his tea glass:)
We sat back down and I was able to actually enjoy the rest of the service and not obsessively stare at Duck Dynasty beards. The service was incredible--- a woman painted the throne room of Christ as we sang hymns while she painted. It was very powerful and moving.
After church Amie took us down to the bayou to walk around and explore.
We kept our eyes peeled for gators, but didn't see any (thankfully) but we did see a snake! And birds were responding to Jordan's bird calls!
Thank you Amie for spending time with us!!! We love you!
After exploring it was time to hop in the car and head to Austin. Texas or bust!!!
One of the coolest state line signs I have seen-- we had to stop and get a photo (it wasn't a busy road).
We made it into Austin late that night--- WHEW what a crazy day it had been!!!
That wraps up Day 3. And that's a fact, Jack!
