Recap: To Grandmother’s house we go

Joseph and Kendra are taking Garrett to Panama City Beach to spend time with the Caldwell family. Kendra reveals that her son loves the warm weather and gets relaxed. Kendra reveals that her family has been vacationing there for six years and love coming to the beach. Kendra reveals that she has hard time convincing Joe since he is not much of a beach person.

Kendra’s mom is about 28 weeks pregnant with her eight children. Kendra reveals that during her mother’s first pregnancy, she was in a car accident and it caused damage to her body. She has had a lot of uncomfortable contractions.

While the family is at the beach, they have Joseph and Kendra’s dad be the captains as they build a sandcastle contest. Kendra reveals that her husband and father have the same competitiveness.

Kendra’s father, Nathan, Lauren and Gracie ended up winning because their castle is taller and now Joseph must be buried in the sand.

Jeremy and Jinger are heading to Pennsylvania to visit Jeremy’s parents. Jeremy is happy to take his daughter back to his old stomping grounds. Jeremy feels that it’s hard to travel with one child to him however Jinger feels that it’s easier since she had eighteen brothers and sisters. Jeremy could not imagine what it would be like to travel with 19 kids. After their visit with Jeremy’s parents, they head to visit Jeremy’s great-grandparents who are in the 90s. Jeremy’s great-grandmother is over joyed to meet Felicity.

Jeremy feels that his grandmother ignored him for about five minutes. It was all about the baby. Ann reveals that she would get to him sooner or later.

Jinger sets up a special surprise for Jeremy since they are in New Jersey. She is having Luis and Cara come for a visit.

John and Abbie are heading to the Philippiness for a medicial mission trip. This is a special trip because Abbie has always wanted to go. Her parents, had a meeting with John and his parents, had mentioned that they had a daughter that wanted to go on a medicial mission trip.

Abbie has been a licensed nurse for a year but left her job to planned for the wedding. She hopes to go back to nursing one day which she and John have talked about her getting a job once they settle into Arkansas. John admits that he supports his girlfriend with wanting to keep up with her license as well as helping others.

During their mission trip, the group runs a clinic (with the dentists and doctors) while sharing the gospel. The couple enjoys local food including chili ice cream. Abbie was not a fan.

Another Duggar is about to learn how to drive. Jim Bob and Jackson are heading to get a driving lesson from a police officer. Jim Bob hopes that the police officer can give him some advice. Jackson is driving one of the big vans with some of the brothers can come with them. Jim Bob brings a pillow so Jackson can see over the wheel.

Jedidiah reveals that they have about ten drivers right now and have 40 sitting outside of the house. Jana says that it’s crazy to think of Jackson is driving. Jessa reveals that her brother’s personality is lively and that he loves to talk a lot.