Happy Halloween!

Hey guys, the family doesn't celebrate Halloween how we wanted to wish you all a happy Halloween!

Sweet 16!

The ninth Duggar is turning 16 years old! What's your favorite memory of her?

Josh and Anna's special

Josh and Anna give us a flashback to when they are their courtship and on the way to marriage.

Josh and Anna found out that they were expecting their first child in February and welcomed their first daughter mackynzie Renee.

After losing their second child, Josh and Anna learn that they are expecting their second child which was Michael James.

Right before mackynzie turned three years old, they found out that they were expecting their third child, a little boy named Marcus Anthony.

Josh and Anna didn't planned to do the "M" theme. It just sorta happen. Josh and Anna do have other names for their future kids.

flea market finale

Jim Bob and Michelle called their kids to the living room to talk about their flea market and the goal of raising one. When Michelle announces how much money they want to raise 10,000 dollars. Jinger doesn't know if that can be done. They have five days to get it all done.

The first day, Jim Bob and Michelle headed to a local radio station to promote the market.

The second day, the family is trying to get more things by hosting a drop off location.

Three day, Michelle has the little girls paint signs while the older girls cook some cookies. while the boys organize the stuff under the tents.

Two days before- the girls head outside to make sure that everything looks neat. Michelle manages to find a pair of Josie baby shoes and she admits that she misses having a baby in the house. Jessa convinced her mom that they are going to be with another baby girl.

The night before, jinger checks out all the shirts and grabs a couple of her favorite shirts and claim them hers.

Right before the event, the family gets a big surprise when Josh comes with his wife and children complete surprising them and helps out with the market.

The family has everything from a live action, bake sale, concession and a carnival which allows the buyer to dunk a duggar. Michelle heads around to tally up how much is earn which Josie reveals at the end.

The girls raise 80 dollars on hairbows and ping pong while the boys raised 122 dollars on their knives.

At the end of the event Michelle reveals that they raised 18,471.50 clearly beating their doubles.

Michelle and Jim Bob have an announcement to make..... Jessa is courting a young man named Ben.

recaps

Recaps will be posted tomorrow morning along with trivia questions.

heading to California

Josh and Anna loaded up their three kids today and are travelling to California.

New season?

Many of you were upset that we only had four weeks of the family but I have some news for you all. There will be another season of the show come 2014.

We will announce when it get closer

Trivia questions answer!

This week's trivia questions
This week's for this week's episode. All can be found on the blog @Duggarsfans.blogspot.com
1. What did Michael do at the store? touch everything in the store but at least he did not break an egg like he did when he was a year old.
2. What did Anna make for the friends that were coming over? Chicken
3. who painted a gun pink? Josie
4.  Who is engaged? Erin Bates
5. When did they get engaged? August 5

tonight on 19 kids and counting

9:00 PM

60 MIN.

Flea Market Finale

TV-PG

This big family is preparing for an even BIGGER event! The Duggars are gearing up for the first ever Duggar Family Flea Market to benefit Arkansas Children's Hospital. With a long to-do list and an ambitious goal, will they be able to pull this off?

10:00 PM

60 MIN.

Josh & Anna: Our Story

TV-PG

They may not have 19 kids, but with 3 and counting, Josh & Anna Duggar have quite the story to tell. Watch as we take a look back at their defining moments from courtship to marriage with never before seen footage of Josh and Anna through the years.

Tennessee here we come!

The family are heading to Tennessee to perform music and then later sign New books.

Cornerstone Church
726 W. Old Hickory Blvd.
Madison, TN 37115

Proceeds will be donated to Heartbeat Haven pregnancy center in Lafayette, TN
Click here to purchase tickets
This event will kick off the Duggars' campaign for the Tennessee Abortion Amendment, which will be voted on in November 2014.


Gold ticket: 100 bucks

Standard ticket: 25 bucks

New episode?

I haven't been able to record the past three episodes yet but don't worry. I will be recording all three hopefully this week and they will be up on Saturday!

Dunk a duggar

This week's episode the family is hosting their flea market where the family going to be dunk.

Michelle Duggar on Raising a Strong-Willed Child

FAMILY MATTERS on 10.18.13

Michelle Duggar19 Kids and CountingBIO

 

Question from a "19 Kids and Counting" fan on Facebook: How do you handle particularly strong-willed children?

Well, I’ve had a couple of strong-willed ones go through here! I had one that really gave us a lot of challenges. We felt like we going back and forth saying, “Don’t do that,” and they would say, “Why?” They would just push it again and again and I’d think, “They’re never going to get it. It’s just not getting through.”

But we were consistent; that’s really important for parents with young children. If you’ve got a young child and they’re strong-willed, just be consistent -- lovingly consistent. Don’t get bent out of shape. Don’t get upset in the situation. They may push the limit, but they need to know what the boundaries are and they need to understand that those boundaries are not to restrict their fun. Jim Bob would always give this example: He would say, “We have always told you children don’t play in the street. Are we saying that to ruin your fun? Is that to spoil your life? Why would we say don’t play in the street? We put those boundaries in your life for a good reason. It’s to protect you because we love you.” Oftentimes as parents, we can see things that are a danger. And that’s why when we say it, the first time we’ll say, you obey it. There’s not a question of arguing with us about it. It’s just, yes, Ma’am, I will obey you.

Training a strong-willed one to obey was probably the greatest challenge I faced as a mom. I could train three others and they would quickly learn what I meant. But that strong-willed one, we’d go through these training opportunities over and over. Sometimes I would think, “Oh, they’re never going to get it. It’s not getting through.” But I knew I had seen a few of my others go through this and it was beneficial and did work in their lives, so I just didn’t give up. Even though they would butt heads with us, I would be fun but loving and say: “Mommy loves you so much that I’m not going to let you act that way. You cannot talk disrespectful to Momma, and you will obey, and hopefully, you will eventually obey joyfully.” But either way, they need to obey. I won’t budge.

They know I mean business because I just stand firm in what I say. Remember, you’re going to make it as a parent, and they’re going to catch on eventually. Jim Bob told me that he was not strong-willed as a child, but he struggled with dyslexia and it just took two or three times for things to connect for him as a child. He would remind me, don’t give up -- that could be a little Jim Bob that we’re looking at. That gave me hope!

Trivia questions for the week!

This week's trivia questions
This week's for this week's episode. All can be found on the blog @Duggarsfans.blogspot.com
1. What did Michael do at the store?
2. What did Anna make for the friends that were coming over?
3. who painted a gun pink?
4.  Who is engaged?
5. When did they get engaged?
Answers will be given out on Tuesday night before the end of the season!

Duggar challenges recap

In DC,
Josh and Anna invited New friends to their home for a meal and fellowship. Anna has to go to the store with all three kids. She has to balance all three of them and keep them each happy. She gets to the store and Michael touches almost everything. Anna returns home and puts the kids to bed for their nap. Michael doesn't stay in bed and she has to keep putting him to bed.

Josh returns home and helps Anna with the grill. The group settles in and enjoy dinner.

Back in Arkansas, Jim Bob and the family prepared for the family flea market. Jim Bob manages to get his mom to buy a knife. Jim Bob doesn't think that his kids will be auctioneers. The family needs to make sure that they have everything done in the next couple of days.

Tune in next week for the season finale where Jessa reveals that she is courting Ben and the family has their first flea market.

Don't forget to tune in tomorrow for our trivia questions.

Engaging announcement recap!

The duggars headed to the Bates family home to learn about Erin engagement. The duggars learn that she will be getting married on November 2nd. The duggar girls talk about the relationship between Erin and Chad. Jim Bob thinks that there will be many duggars and Bates weddings in the future.

Michelle and Kelly decided to take the older girls for a camping trip leaving Gil and Jim Bob with the boys and the youngest daughters. The girls pack up in the duggar bus and headed out. The girls set up the tents and decided to change last minute to sleep in the bus or crash on the dock. The next morning, the girls head to go swimming and get in their modest swimwear. Gil and the boys cook dinner while Jim Bob decides to take a nap. Gil decides that he wants to help the family with their flea market and takes him to the shed to pick out three items. The girls are enjoying girl time and Erin reveals how she nd Chad fell in love and got engaged.


On August 5, Chad and Erin invited the cameras to their engagement. Michelle reveals that all of her daughters are ready to be married and become a mother. the girls reveal that there is new competition for them to be the first. They are just excited for who the Lord has for them.
The girls return from their trip to find the kids happy to have their mom and siblings. There are a couple of them that need a bath.


Check out this week's episode on YouTube and don't forget to tune in for trivia questions coming soon

tonight on 19 kids and counting

9:00 PM

30 MIN.

Engaging Announcement!

TV-PG

The Duggars are visiting some old friends -- the Bates! The girls go on a camping getaway full of swimming, s'mores and plenty of girl talk. Meanwhile, Jim Bob and Gil are left home in charge of the youngest kids.

9:30 PM

30 MIN.

Duggar Challenges!

TV-PG

After inviting new friends over for dinner, Anna faces her own challenge of juggling three little ones with grocery shopping and cooking dinner. Meanwhile, the Duggars revisit their own boys versus girls flea market challenge!

new episodes coming

Sometime this week I will be recording last week's episode and hopefully posting it on YouTube for all of you guys

trivia answers

Trivia questions

1. Name one surprised that Jim Bob took Michelle on?

2. What did Josh do when Anna and his sister's were gone?

3. Anna said "I love you" on who's couch?

4. How old were mackynzie?

5.true or false, mackynzie birthday was on the day of the show?

Answers will be posted on Monday!

Answer

1. Dinner with the help of the kids, hot balloon ride, make glass

2. Took photos of the kids

3. Her parents couch

4.  Three years old

5. True

Tune in tomorrow night for new summary and trivia questions....

three days to meet the duggars

The duggars are helping an republican Ken Cuccinelli. Here's where the family will be at:

Monday
4-5:30pm
Liberty university bookstore
Lynchburg VS 24502

Tuesday
1-2pm
Americans for prosperity, rally on Medicare expense
Capitol square bell tower
1000 bank st.
Richmond VA 23219

5-6pm
Regent university
1000 regent university Dr.
Virginia beach, VA 23464

Wednesday

10 am-12 pm
Calvary Christian church
2222 Jefferson Davis hwy
Fredericksburg VS 22401

1:30 to 3:30pm
Heritage Baptist church and school
14510 spriggs rd.
Woodbridge VA 22193

love at first sight

Both Jim Bob and Josh have had the same feelings that Anna and Michelle were the ones for them however not for them.

duggar daughter turns eight

Little johannah turns eight years old.

anniversaries with Jim Bob

Michelle Duggar on Anniversaries with Jim Bob

FAMILY MATTERS on 10.09.13

Michelle Duggar19 Kids and CountingBIO

 

Photo: DCL

Question from a "19 Kids and Counting" fan on Facebook: How do you usually celebrate your wedding anniversary with Jim Bob? Any particularly memorable ones?

It’s different every year depending on what we are able to do. Often we might get away for just an evening. Last year, our children surprised us and they planned a whole getaway overnight for us in a nearby hotel.

They sent us to supper -- they had gotten us a giftcard to pay for the meal. While we were eating our meal, a couple of our boys delivered us a flower bouquet. On the bouquet they’d attached a note that said that we had reservations at a nearby hotel for that evening. And so unbeknownst to us, when we had left the house to go out to dinner, my daughters had packed our suitcases and sent us away for the night!

The boys that came to deliver our flowers had a second set of keys for our car, so they put our luggage there and sent us off to the hotel. It was really funny: I’m sitting having an anniversary dinner with Jim Bob and the kids had planned everything. It was such a surprise and that made it so fun.

But other times, on our anniversary night we might just go out for dinner and have Grandma come over and babysit. So it just varies from year to year depending on what we can afford to do. And sometimes we’re surprised -- we don’t even have plans and so our children surprise us!

Have a burning question for Michelle Duggar? Send it to her and it could appear in an upcoming post!

anniversaries to remember!

Tonight the duggars are celebrating their wedding anniversary. Jim Bob and Michelle have reached 29 years of marriage while Josh and Anna have reached 5 years of marriage. Both husbands have surprises for their wives.

Jim Bob takes Michelle to Terra studio where they learn how to make glassblowing. The next stop is war eagle mill where they are met by their children who bake Michelle's favorite meal. To spend over night, Jim Bob took his wife to a hotel where they got a room with a Jacuzzi. The next morning, Jim Bob and Michelle went on an airboon ride and Michelle doesn't like heights but enjoyed this ride.

Josh needs someone to watch the kids while he and Anna celebrate their 5th wedding anniversary, so he calls in Jana and Joy Anna. The girls decided to go get their nails down while Josh tries to do a photo shoot with all three children to surprise Anna with. Josh and Anna head out for dinner and Anna is surprised with the photos.

Random Facts:

1. What is one habit Anna wants to break Josh of?
Talking too loudly

2. How many cans of hairspray does Jim Bob go through in a month?
Three

3. Where was Anna when she first told Josh she loved him?
On her parents' couch

4. Where is the craziest place Jim Bob and Michelle have had Bible study?
 In the bathtub (with Jim Bob's waterproof Bible)

5. How long did Jim Bob and Michelle date before getting engaged?
Seven months


Trivia questions

1. Name one surprised that Jim Bob took Michelle on?

2. What did Josh do when Anna and his sister's were gone?

3. Anna said "I love you" on who's couch?

4. How old were mackynzie?

5.true or false, mackynzie birthday was on the day of the show?

Answers will be posted on Monday!

Michelle Duggar on Teaching Her Daughters About Modest Dress

FAMILY MATTERS on 10.07.13

Michelle Duggar19 Kids and CountingBIO

 

Photo: DCL

Question from a "19 Kids and Counting" fan on Facebook: How have you taught your daughters about modesty?

My daughters are the second generation of modest dressing in this family. They’ve grown up being dressed modestly, and in clothes that are definitely more feminine apparel. I’ve told my daughters this has been a joyful journey for me to learn what my Lord has called me to. This is the direction that God has led me as your mother, and you’re in the family. My girls and their future spouses are going to have that journey in their lives, too. Because my girls are working with the Lord, they have a relationship with God and they will determine what that means for them. And it may be a different journey than mine and that’s okay.

When the girls are little, they’re jumping and playing and not even thinking about modesty. It’s good because that’s the way children should be. As a parent I would have to remind them, let’s not stand upside down on your head in that chair because you want to practice being ladylike. And they look at me with this puzzled looked like, what does that mean? I’ll explain, well, it means that you sit up, put your knees together and pull your skirt down over your knees.

Even though they have on pantaloons or leggings, I’m teaching them that it’s not very polite to sit on your head with your legs scattered all over the place. It’s not like, shame on you, it’s more like, we’re going to learn to be proper and be a little lady instead of a tomboy that climbs in the tree all day long. There’s a time and a place for all of that. I definitely give them the freedom to go catch tadpoles and climb trees because I love doing that, too, but I want them to be ladylike and modest when we’re doing it.

The challenge we have found as they get a little older is they grow from one size to the next, but they don’t realize they’ve grown. Most of the time the girls do a good job of picking appropriate clothes. Occasionally, they’ll wear something that might not fit right and I’ll let them know. It’s not an argument, it’s more like, "Thank you for sharing that. I appreciate that."

My daughters are also very into fashion; they are the cosmetologists and the beauty consultants for the family and they love it. They enjoy it. They call their style "modern modest."

Have a burning question for Michelle Duggar? Send it to her and it could appear in an upcoming post!

Happy fourth birthday

Mackynzie is turning four years old

Mackynzie favorite moments

We asked our fans to give us what their favorite moments of granddaughter mackynzie!

Becky: her birth and when she held her little brother for the first time

Kristin: when she got interviewed with Jennifer and they said a joke

Many of you said when she was holding her brothers.

One fan said when Josh and Anna told the family about her soon to be arrival.

Happy birthday mackynzie

Anniversaries to remember!

Jim Bob & Michelle celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary, while Josh and Anna celebrate their fifth. 

4 months update

Marcus turn four months old today and he is getting so big.

a big idea and flea market challenge

On tonight's episode "a big idea" and "flea market challenge

Josh and Anna have some family coming into town. Anna's family drive about 12 hours to come visit and meet their new grandson Marcus and tour Josh and Anna's new home. Anna decides that she wants to venture out to D.C. alone and success manor of doing a parallel parking in the busy city. Meanwhile Josh has grown to save money when Anna packs his lunch everyday.

Michelle and Jana take Josie to visit the place that she spend three years of her life there. She gives the nurses and Dr. Arrington hugs. Jana and Josie play in the playroom since Michelle is going to into the nicu to pray for the families. 

Jim Bob handles Josie accident really well by taking her upstairs to get change where his oldest daughters take over. Michelle is the normal potty trainer while the girls help clean up. Jim Bob decides that it's time for the family to hold a garage sale or for their instance a yard sale to get some more space.

Flea market challenge

The whole family gets ready for their yard sale where Jim Bob and michelle give two teams 50 dollars to see if they can turn it 100. Jim Bob reveals that he has to encourage his older children to get their ideas but he is getting used to dealing with opinions that conflict with his. The girls use their money on hair bows and wooden ping pong guns while the boys get a bucket of knives.

Michelle and Joy Anna go through all the baby clothes to put in the flea market. Michelle reveals that this is the first time in about 24 years that they didn't have a baby in diapers and its a new change for them. The couple have been praying about adoption and michelle is learning to accept this chapter in her life.

While Josh is at work, Anna wants to take the kids to a mommy and me playgroup. Anna is a little nervous about taking all three of her children on the sub way. While at the playgroup, mackynzie enjoys the group while Michael learns that Anna isn't leaving him. Anna loves being able to talk to other moms and she wants to go there more.

Today on 19 kids and counting

A big Idea
Josh and Anna adjust to life in D.C. and Anna decides to go and explore her new neighborhood. The rest of the family come up with another way to give back.

Flea Market Challenge
The Duggars head to a flea market and then have a fundraiser for Arkansas Children's Hospital. Anna tries using the city subway for the first time.

October 2013!

I can't believe today is October 1st.