Secret Honeymoon: Derick and Jill

Derick and Jill have been home for a couple of days and now they are ready to revealed their honeymoon location. On June 22, 2014; Derick and Jill headed to a beach house in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina for their honeymoon.

Jill revealed that every morning they would go outside and sit on the deck and enjoyed listening to the waves. Jill reveals that it was so beautiful since they went there before there was a lot of people there for the season. While there they went eat pinic lunches and then go for walks and visited the national memorial and light houses.

Now they are home and settling into their new married life. They are enjoying every minute of it and looks forwards to the future. Jill reveals that she has the most amazing guy and everything about being married to Derick is awesome.

Jill and Derick are loving that Derick has a short commute to his work and can meet her for lunch dates.

Jill is adjusting to only cooking for two people after coming from a home of seventeen other siblings and her parents and grandma.

19 kids and counting will feature their wedding in the fall. We might even get a glimpse of their honeymoon.

Back from the honeymoon!

Derick and Jill are back from their honeymoon and spending time with Jill's family at a local firework celebration

First week married

I can't believe that Jill and Derick have been married for a week! We will be posting them as soon as we can find them.

Michelle Duggar on Courtship Chaperones

Question from a "19 Kids and Counting" fan: How do you pick chaperones for each couple? Does it change depending on who is free that day or is there a designated chaperone for each couple?

Well, it has been very flexible so far. We’ve set an age limit of 10 years old and above. So we have a lot of potential chaperones with 15 kids over that age! With Derick and Jill, they wrote out their courting rules at the beginning of their official courtship. These were their commitments to each other. After they agreed on them, they shared with their chaperones and family members so that they would know what they want to be held accountable for. Ben and Jessa have done the same thing.

The chaperones then have clear guidelines for what is acceptable and what’s not. They’re the accountability. What that means is they’re allowed to say, “Hey, are you supposed to be doing that?” But the funniest things have come up. For example can they high five during a game? And so as they go along, the couples have made some tweaks and changed things up a little bit.

Sometimes with all of our busy schedules, we’ve had to call on other folks to be chaperones. When Jill and Derick were courting, everyone went on a trip and Jill had to stay back for her midwifery work. But she still wanted to see Derick when he got off work. So she called Ginny, a family friend, who was able to meet her and Derick at a restaurant and then they could all eat together. Ginny was at Jill’s bridal shower recently and she said, “I had the most fun. I got to be Jill and Derick’s chaperone and they treated me to lunch. What a deal!”

Grandma Duggar has also taken a few turns chaperoning, which is extra special for the girls. After a recent visit with Grandma as a chaperone Jill told me, “Grandma gave me some amazing advice. Derick and I were just so encouraged by her wisdom.” So you see, chaperones can take lots of forms and are quite helpful in many ways!

Update on Ben and Jessa!

As of late, the focus has been on Jill and Derick's new adventures that we remember that we haven't updated on this relationship.

Ben and Jessa are focusing on getting to know each other after being in this courtship for almost a year. It's the longest courtship to date!

Anna's birthday

Anna is turning another year old and she's been married for about six years and have three children. She and Josh are only months apart.

Derick and Jill are married!

Congrats to Derick and Jill who exchanged vows today!

Derick and Jill started to court in November 2013 and got engaged in March 2014.


What are your dreams for the happy couple?!

First wedding photos glimpse!

Jill Dillard

Married at last! 

Grand-Duggar turns 3!

Michael is turning three years old today!

Father's day 2014

Jim Bob has celebrated 20 father's day!

Happy Father's day to Josh and Jim Bob!

Josh has celebrated five father's day

Nine days and counting

Derick and Jill are excited to share the rest of their lives together. They will be getting married in nine days and counting.

Birthday wishes for Marcus part 2!

We got a lot of birthday wishes for Marcus first birthday and we could not fix them all in the first blog. I am not sure if it this is going to be the last one but we will see!
Cindy: Happy 1st birthday Marcus
Joyful Christianne: Happy birthday Marcus
Michelle: Happy birthday Marcus
Tapanga: Happy birthday baby Marcus. I hope that you have many more birthday and may God bless you in all of your life.
Leighanna: Birthday blessings Marcus
Andrea: Happy Birthday Marcus....We share a birthday! Hope you have a blessed day little man!
Christy: Happy birthday Marcus!!! God's blessings on your day!!!
Melanie: Happy Birthday Marcus!!
Annie: Happy birthday Marcus
Jackie: HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARCUS
Kathy: Happy Birthday Marcus!
Melissa: Happy birthday Marcus
Pam: Happy Birthday.
Lindsey: Happy Birthday Marcus!
Tracey: Happy Birthday Marcus! My nephew is only a week older than u
Melissa: Happy birthday
Aimie: Happy birthday Marcus!
Charlotte: happy birthday
Deb Happy Birthday Marcus!! xx
Debra happy birthday marcus
Brittani: Happy birthday to marcus for Monday
Susan: Happy First Birthday Marcus...
Sharon: Happy 1st Birthday little man Marcus Dugger
Christy: WOW 1 YEAR OLD ALREADY,,,TIME FLYS.
Elizabeth: Happy birthday Marcus
Dana: HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARCUS!!!
Melissa: Happy birthday Marcus
Hannah: happy happy birthday one year is a big milestone'
Brittany:Happy birthday Marcus! ! Wishing you many MORE amazing years to come!! Hopr you have an amazing birthday with many special memories! !

Happy first birthday wishes! Part One!!

Becky: Happy Birthday Marcus, I hope you have a great first birthday!! I hope you get lots of presents from your grandma and grandpa Duggar and also your grandma and grandpa Keller and your aunts and uncles!!
Leanne: Happy First birthday Marcus!! Boy the year went fast!
Julie: Happy birthday
Elizabeth: Happy First birthday
Bridget: Happy Birthday
Joanne: cutie pie
Terri: Happy birthday Marcus
Theresa: Happy 1st birthday
Cathy: Happy birthday Marcus
Sharon: Can't beliee that he's already one. Happy birthday!
Hayley: Happy birthday, Marcus. You're one on Monday
Taylor: Happy 1st birthday Marcus. I've loved watching you grow up! 1 year old already, I remember when you were in mommy's tummy!! Time is passing by too quick. Your one very handsome little man!!! Hope you have a wonderful 1st birthday!!!
Randi: Happy birthday Marcus
Nancy: Happy birthday Marcus. God Bless you
Alexis: Happy first birthday. You only turn one once!
There will be more Happy first birthday wishes for Marcus! Thank you everyone for commenting on his first birthday!

Someone fun is turning one!

Marcus is finally one years old and none of us can believe that it's been a year since his birth. We included some birth photos. We took to facebook to see what your birthday wishes are for him and we will be posting them later this week!