New season on youtube!

So many of you have been asking where to find full episode of 19 kids and counting episodes. Here is a Channel to find the current season of 19 kids and counting.

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi5QPHl2ypsWdVeu2Ho0vFw?feature=

Growing up Duggar: update!

So I am here to give you guys an update about the duggar girls new book! Jana, Jill, Jessa and Jinger have been finishing up their book which is set to be release this November. Here is a cover shoot of the new book.

Michelle Duggar on Taking a Break

FAMILY MATTERS on 05.03.13

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Last week, I wrote about our daily schedule for school days. I also wanted to share how we take our breaks from school on weekends and vacations.

Saturday

Saturday is our family day. It’s just a day of rest. We don’t have to do jurisdictions; we don’t do chores. The trash fills up in the trashcan. We may or may not empty them and nobody really has to do anything. It’s a great day. Everybody loves Saturday!

Sometimes we’ll sleep in and hang around the house. Other times, we might go for a picnic, a walk, or a bike ride. It just depends on what that Saturday is like. We typically try not to schedule things on our Saturdays and keep those as a family day, but of course you’ll have weddings and other things that come up on the weekends.

Sunday

Sunday seems to be a busier day. It’s the day we go to church so we’re up early getting everybody ready for church. Before we go to bed on Saturday, it’s time to pick up the toys, straighten the house, and get the clothes picked out for church the next day. We start our Sunday morning by heading off to church and then we have dinner with our church fellowship, which is always great. Then we enjoy a quiet Sunday evening. Monday morning will be here before we know it and the school week will start all over again.

Vacation

When it’s time for vacation, we do things a little differently in our house. We’ll homeschool through the hot, hot summer months because Arkansas has some pretty sweltering days. It’s nice if we are inside doing our homeschooling work during the day, and then later in the afternoon when it’s not quite as hot out we can go outside and play. The children still have a lot of daylight then because of the long summer days. And we all enjoy being outside!

We generally take our family vacations in the spring and fall. We really enjoy going on vacations then because the weather is beautiful and places that we would like to go are not as crowded. We wait and go when everybody is back in school and then it’s just wonderful, because you’ve pretty much got wherever you go all to yourself. It’s a great way for the family to spend time together. 

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Journey to parenthood: baby 3 eight months pregnant

Josh and Anna are expecting Marcus next month. They are getting ready to move to DC next month.

Recap: Love and Marriage

Jim Bob and Michelle are heading to Puerto Rico for a marriage retreat after being married for 28 and half years. Michelle reveals that it's always good to things to get better in their marriage. Jim Bob and Michelle reveal that they are only way from their family for a couple of nights a year.

When Jim Bob and Michelle head to leave for the trip, Michelle tells Grandma and the girls that they need a timer for every 20 minutes for potty training Josie. Jim Bob and Michelle are asked what they want to get out off their marriage retreat which is baby number 20. Michelle reveals hat Jim Bob plays basketball with his socks every night which annoys her. Then it's Jim Bob to reveal what is the most annoying thing that Michelle does which is that when ever he calls her to show her something, she makes stops and clean up something and put it away and by the time that she gets there it's gone. He is asked does she nag at him and he replies no since she is just loving encouraging him to do what's right.

Michelle and Jim Bob finally arrive in Puerto Rico with their relationship coach Chris and Anne Hogan. Michelle reveals that they need to work on their communication.

Back at home, The girls are enjoying spending time with their younger siblings when Anna brings them all breakfast. The older girls leave to speak at a birthday party leaving Grandma to watch the little ones. She decides to play some games of Foursquare with them. At the birthday party, they talk about relationships and courtships.The crew asks the girls if there is any courtships and Jill responds no while Jessa says they are observing stage but there is no attached to any of the guys.

Jim Bob and Michelle are experience new things on their second day of trip which is snorkeling. Michelle wears her wholesomewear swimsuit while her husband wears Jeans that cut off at the knee. Jim Bob and Michelle head to do some zip lining which neither of them want to do that again.

On their last day of the trip, Grandma and the kids are cleaning up the house. Jana reveals that some of the kids are more in depth about cleaning. Michelle talks about adopting and reveals that they are praying about it and leaving it to God about what to do!

Coming up on 19 kids and counting!

Love and Marriage
Jim Bob and Michelle talk about their marriage, the ups and downs of it all, before going to a marriage retreat, to help make their marriage stronger. Summary and trivia questions will be posted after the show! 

A Day in the Life of Michelle Duggar and Her Kids

FAMILY MATTERS on 04.29.13

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Question from a "19 Kids and Counting" fan: What’s your daily schedule like on school days?

7 a.m.: Wake up, everyone!

We’re not early birds. We tend to be more of a night-owl family so we aim to get up by 7 a.m. Everybody wakes up, gets dressed, makes their beds, and gives their rooms a quick clean up.

8 a.m.: Breakfast and chores

We have breakfast and then some quiet time around the table. We might do the proverb of the day, depending on if we’re all at the table together at the same time. It depends on the responsibilities that some of the children have going on. After that, we’ll do a quick tidy of the house. It’s not when we do our big stuff like scrub the toilets and mop the floor, it’s just a fast clean to empty the trash, gather the laundry, and clean the areas that they kids are responsible for.

9 a.m.: School starts

We usually start the day with math, English, and spelling, and maybe a little music practice.

Noon: Lunch break

Jinger is my lunch lady right now, so around 11:30 a.m. she’ll start preparing lunch. At noon we eat and then we have a little bit of time around the table where we do "memory lane" (memory exercises) and we memorize scripture and hymns. This is one of my favorite times of the day; scripture is so important to my family.

We’ll do that for 30 to 45 minutes and sometimes I’ll read a little chunk of a book to my kids. We are still in that old-fashioned mode of reading books! I always tell my kids to pick up a book. That book could be their best friend and they can really learn a lot from reading.

1 p.m.: Back to school

After "memory lane" we’ll do book work, which is our science, history, law, and medicine resources. A lot of times we’re all studying the same information -- just reading it together, so we’re all on the same page. Then the kids break and do resources for each grade level. It's called "the bus stop method," where my little ones get off a little sooner and the bigger ones keep working. They’ll go to their separate desk areas where they can work on their projects individually.                 

After that, they finish their music practice. If they haven’t finished all their math, English, and spelling, they’ll go back and work on that, too. Typically, it's free time for them after they’re done with all their schoolwork and music practice.

5 p.m.: Dinner and family time

Jessa is my dinner lady now and she has her team of little helpers in there helping her get dinner ready. After dinner, we have family time. We’ll do work projects together and then we go outside to play volleyball or kickball. You name it -- we do all kinds of outside activities! Even in the winter the kids are outside with their gloves and their noses are pink, but they love outside time all year round.

8 p.m.: Baths, snacks, and prayers

Bible time is at 8:30 p.m. so we all have a snack and then get ready for bed first. We’ll meet in the boys’ room or down in the living room for time with dad. We read the scriptures and talk about what we’re reading. Then we all pray together and say goodnight. The younger ones go to their beds, but my older ones will usually come to our room and talk more until midnight or so. It just depends on what’s in their hearts or what they need to talk about. Then we go to bed and get up the next morning and start all over again!

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