May 2015

Birthdays
* Jill Dillard
* Ben Seewald
* Jackson Duggar
* Mary "Grandma" Duggar

Anniversary
* Ben and Jessa's six months anniversary
* Derick and Jill's eleven months anniversary
* Josiah and Marjorie's first month anniversary 

Journey to parenthood:
* Journey to parenthood: three months to go
* Journey to parenthood: four months pregnant

Pregnancy updates:
Jessa: 14-18 weeks pregnant
Anna: 30-34 weeks pregnant

All about Israel
All about Israel: Fourth week of life
All about Israel: One month old

Mother's day 2015

Preview: Wedding Prep and Pies

Jason and James create a special recipe for the rehearsal dinner, but will Jessa and Ben be on board with their culinary creations? Ben designs the perfect wedding ring for Jessa while the girls visit a local florist for their Duggar-sized wedding party.

August trivia questions

1. Who is Jim Bob and Michelle's middle child?

2. Who is Josh and Anna's middle child?

3. How many siblings does Ben have?

4. How many siblings does Derick have?

5. Who was the youngest when Grandpa Duggar die?

Trivia answers

Thank you all that were apart of our trivia questions this past week and here's the answers of this week's trivia questions.

1. How long did Derick know Jim Bob before he made his first contract with Jill? 1 year and half

2. How long has Ben and Jessa been courting? 10 months

3. How long were Derick and Jill courting before getting engaged? 5 months

4. How long has it been since Josh and Anna got engaged? six years

5. How many years has Jim Bob and Michelle been married? almost 30 years

Stay tune tomorrow!

instagram??

We have been asked if we have instagram?

We don't have instagram.

The duggars are on instagram
@Duggarfam

@ben_seewald

@joshduggar

@annaduggar

@jillmdillard

@derickdillard

@amyduggar

SOS ministries

Jessa, Jinger and Ben are heading down to Central America for the next 12 days on a mission trip to help SOS ministries. Many of the duggars have gone down to do mission trips for SOS. Josh and Jim Bob went down first and then Jim Bob felt God's calling to invite all of his children to go down since it would be a life changing experience.

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!

Going the Distance for Love Preview

While Jill and Jim Bob are in Nepal, visiting with Derick Dillard, who has something important to ask Jim Bob, Michelle decides to spend time with Jessa and talk to her daughter about her courtship with Ben.

Jessa and Ben: Their story

Question from a "19 Kids and Counting" fan on Facebook: How did your daughter Jessa meet Ben?

We met Ben when his family came to visit our church. Afterwards we invited their family over to our home for fellowship, as we often do with guests to our church. I think Ben spotted Jess, but he didn’t go up to her then. We’d met Ben’s parents years ago when we were in the Little Rock area while Jim Bob was serving in the legislature. We visited a church that they attended, so we did know their family in a roundabout way, just a distant friendship.

During fellowship at our home, Ben and Jim Bob would often sit with the guys and talk about doctrine and the Bible. At one point, Jim Bob said to Ben, "You know, you’ve been bringing up a lot of these truths from the scripture. This is a topic that we’ve actually been talking about in our home and Jessa has really been studying this very thing. You guys would probably enjoy talking about it. So why don’t you text her?"

It’s so funny. Jim Bob was the initiator. I don’t know if Jim Bob even knew that Ben was really interested in her, but he had already spotted Jessa. They started texting and talking about these scriptures and things just took off.

A few of our girls have had men come up to them and ask for their phone numbers. And our daughters have always explained to them that if anybody asked for their phone numbers, they would tell them to ask their dad. Then they would give them Jim Bob’s phone number. Sometimes the guy would never call and other times they would, but the girls would quickly let Jim Bob know if there was an interest on their part. Jim Bob is the "no" man.

He doesn’t mind being that guy and he’ll always use these calls as an opportunity to encourage those young men in their walk with Christ. A lot of times that weeds out the young men. Either they’ve got a spiritual focus or they don’t.

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A duggar says yes

When Ben and Jessa's courtship becomes official, the Duggar boys put Ben to the test. Later, the tables are turned on Jessa when she visits Ben's hometown. The whole family reflects on what it means that a Duggar daughter may soon be leaving the nest.

Jessa and Ben's first Valentine's day!

Jessa and Ben are celebrating their first Valentine's d
ay. We kinda hope to see that their engagement to happen but who knows.

We are not saying that they are engaged right now!

Happy Valentine's day blog

Michelle Duggar on Celebrating Valentine's Day

FAMILY MATTERS on 02.12.14

Michelle Duggar19 Kids and CountingBIO

 

Question from a "19 Kids and Counting" fan on Facebook: How do you celebrate Valentine’s Day in your house? Is it just you and Jim Bob or does the whole family celebrate together?

We often celebrate Valentine’s Day as a family. It’s a really special time with the whole family getting around the table and spending time together. Last year, our older daughter, Jana, decided she was going to do a big Valentine’s banquet for our family. We had a beautiful spread on our table; everything was pink, red and white. We took pictures and made a special event of it. It was our way of expressing our gratefulness and our love for each other and the family, and celebrating how much family means to us. It’s so important to nurture that relationship. It was a day of love and fun and fellowship for the whole family.

Of course a lot of times for Valentine’s Day, Jim Bob and I will go on a date, but one of our favorite things to do as a family is to help throw a banquet for the single moms that we know. We want to bless the single moms; those that are widowed, divorced or abandoned, the women that are often forgotten during Valentine’s time.

My dear friend Debbie Query and her daughters teach our children music -- all the music ability that the kids have in violin is because of them. Debbie is a widow with four children; their father was tragically killed in a car accident. They have been amazing mentors and role models especially for my older girls.

Anyway, their family does an amazing widow’s banquet. They put it on, and our family participates in that. The children set the tables and serve as the waiters. They’ll put on black bowties, white shirts, black pants, and serve the meal. Sometimes we’ll have harpists or other musicians play beautiful music during the banquet. It’s very special.

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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.