Recap: Surprise

Jessa and Jinger are getting ready for a photo shoot that Jinger will have. They ended up picking the Thorncrown chapel. If you remember that is the same place where Ben and Jessa got engaged in August 2015.
Sierra and Joy head to a friend's house who makes sugar cookies. The girls bake a few batches for a baby shower that they are having for Kristen.
The family says that Joy Anna lives up to her name as she is both joyful and will tell you how it is.
Joy Anna was born in the middle of eight brothers.  They all are very protective of her as guys have come through for a courtship.
The boys get started on the tree house for the little kids. All the older kids are excited for this dream of theirs.
John David reveals his plans for the future as he is getting ready for the future.
Anna and Joy gather the little kids to find out where Jenny's glasses. Joy thinks that Jenny hid the glasses on purpose since she doesn't like wearing them.
The older girls bring Meredith and Spurgeon to Thrift store to buy things for the fort. What is a shopping trip without looking for clothes.
Jim Bob and Michelle headed to Derick and Jill's house in Central America. They headed to a local village to deliver food.
Jessa and Sierra head to the spa with Kristen why Joy, Jana and Jinger to get the baby shower all set up. The party was a success.

Duggar girls!

Top: Jessa, Jana, Anna, Amy, Joy Anna, Jinger, Jill
Button: Josie, Mackynzie, Jordyn-Grace, Jennifer, Johannah

It's been a while since the Duggar girls got a photo together besides Jessa's wedding. Cousin Amy had gotten married about a week ago and the girls wanted a photo with their cousin.

Amy is the oldest granddaughter of Grandma Duggar. Anna is married to Josh

 

Congratulations from the Duggars

If you have not heard that Cousin Amy is engaged, then check out our engagment announcement blog that was posted early this week! We are so excited to share this special message from some of the family members.

Congratulations from the kids

Congratulations from Jana, Jinger and Joy Anna

Congratulations To Amy!

Recap: Nesting and Room re-do

Now that the girls are down to seven in their room, they decided that it's time to remodel their room. They have had the same color in their room for almost ten years. They decided that it's time to give a more mature feel. Cindy comes up to help the family. They decided that they want to do a burnt orange, dark and light gray for paint colors.
Jim Bob says that the girls room is his favorite because it's bright and cheerful. He tries to convince the girls to leave the painted tree and horses. The girls want to cover them up.
Josh and Anna pack up their kids to head for their first appointment with their midwife. This is the first baby of the family to be born in DC. Josh and Anna are nervous about not having the family around for the birth.
Jessa and Jill head to get baby dilly's room all ready. Michelle says that she is super excited for Jill's first child.
 Grandma Duggar and Jana are taking care of the youngest ones while their parents are in Chicago for a meeting. Josie has a fever and along with a seizure. Jana and Scott carry out the information by the dispatcher that Grandma Duggar is on the phone with. Josie is taken to the hospital with her older sister. Jim Bob and Michelle were worried about their daughter made it home as soon as they could.
   Due to the fact that she was born early, Josie has had a lot of seizures which are cause by her temperature spikes up.
The next day Josie is happy to be in her parents arms and is doing great. Jana is happy to have her mom and dad back.

Surprise!

Duggar trivia questions has returned! I know many of you have missed it!

1. How old was Josh when Jana and John were born?

2. How old was Jill when she got married?

3. How old was Jessa when she got married?

4. How many months has Derick and Jill been married?

5. Who was at Johannah's birth?

Answers will be given on Saturday!

Birthday trivia returns on December 9th!

Rally with the Duggars!

Several of the Duggars will be attending “The Families for Tennessee Rally” in Knoxville on Tuesday, October 28, at 7 pm.This event will take place at the main entrance of the Crown College campus: 2307 W Beaver Creek Drive, Powell, TN 37849.

FRC Action is hosting a seven-state Bus Tour across the country to encourage voters to consider faith, family and freedom when casting their ballot on November 4th. Hear from congressional candidates running for office and from Josh Duggar of the Duggar Family and Executive Director of FRC Action as they communicate the essentials to return our country to the values of faith, family, and freedom on this extensive tour!

The Faith, Family, Freedom Tour 2014, will make twenty stops in ten days throughout Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Georgia, Tennessee, and North Carolina between October 20-30, 2014.  

Josh & Anna Duggar (with their children: Mackynzie, Michael & Marcus), plus John, Jana, Josiah, Jedidiah, and Jeremiah Duggar will attend the event.

Click on the following link for free registration:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/faith-family-freedom-tour-2014-knoxville-tn-102814-tickets-13717251669

Any news about Courtship?

In a recent episode, Jana, Jinger and Joy Anna were all asked if there is any courtships on the rise.

Jana, 24, is very content on her status as a single woman that is praying for the right man to come into her life.

Jinger, 20, is excited to see what the Lord has in store for her.

Joy Anna, 16, is not ready to opened herself for a courtship.

Any More courtships?

Now that Josh and Jill are married and Jessa will be getting married in a month. We have got a lot of questions regarding if John David or Jana are courting.

Right now there is no word if Jana or John David or if any of the other duggar children are in courtship. They are waiting for the Lord to direct their path for the one that he has planned for them.

Jana update!!!

Is Jana courting?
We don't know if Jana is courting. We are pretty sure that she is just waiting for the lord to point the right person in her way that she is meant to be with

Recap: A duggar say yes

In this week's episode of 19 kids and counting, Ben and Jessa give us a look inside of their courtship and how their relationship began. Ben and Jessa met at the Duggar family church. Jessa and Ben exchanged phone numbers to get to know each other. Ben decided to get the premission of Jim Bob and Michelle to court their daughter before asking Jessa.
Ben is 18 years old and lives in Hot Springs, Arkansas with his parents and six younger brothers and sisters. He owns his own business which is a windshield repair and is a freshman at National Park Community College. Jessa told us that Ben is tall, dark and handosme which was pretty much what was on her list of what she wanted to marry.
Jim Bob and Michelle along with 17 of their children revealed their sister as an energetic, strong-willed child. They also told us that she likes to tell it how it is, loyal to her family and friends. She tries to keep a good handle on her emtions. John David reveals that his sister is opinionated.
Jim Bob and Michelle make the announcement that their daughter is courting to the rest of the family right after it's becomes offical. Jim Bob and Michelle talk to the new couple that just because they are courting doesn't mean that they have to be maried really fast. Jim Bob joking suggest that they wed about four or five years down the road. He just wants his daughter and Ben to work on building their relationship on trust and God's love.
Later on the show, Jim Bob and the boys want to clean up some yard work and what better way to test Ben's character about taking care of their sister. They have him come out and help.
Meanwhile Jessa and the girls are busy getting ready for dinner. Michelle wants to help encourage Jessa on cooking since Jessa thinks that she is a bad cook. After the boys are finished, it's time for dinner. Jim Bob and Michelle asked Johannah to stand between Jessa and Ben since they just started the courthip and have decided to wait on the physical until they are married.
Jessa and Michelle are heading to Hot Springs to visit Ben's family members so they can get to know the other family. Jessa and the older girls are upstairs packing. They want to spend a lot of time together since they might be soon be leaving if God is wanting that.
Jill and the other girls know that marriage is not going to happen in age order because God works in his own time and not what we want him to work. Jinger and Jessa have always been close since they are 14 months apart. Jinger thinks that it's bittersweet since her sister is in a courtship and might be leaving.
John David filies his mom and sister down to where Ben lives. Ben drives a truck which only has the front seat and that means that Michelle has to sit in the middle to protect the new couple's relationship.
Ben and Jessa are going on a date with Ben's parents and so Michelle watches the kids while they go out so Ben's parents can get to know her daughter. Jessa and Michelle get to meet Ben's extended family when they come over for BBQ and fellowship.
Back home while Jessa and Michelle are away, Jim Bob takes care of the youngest girls. Jim Bob takes the kids to pizza and ask them what they think of Ben which has nothing but good things.
Jim Bob asked his daughter, Jennifer, about if she has plan to married some day and she doesn't have any plans.
Jim Bob thinks that both Jessa and Jill's coursthips will bring more guys forward to seek the older duggar girls and maybe even some of the boys.
* This is the first time that there has not been an opening of all of the family. *

"Growing Up Duggar" Book Tour

The duggar girls book is scheduled March 4, 2014. Jana, Jill, Jessa, and Jinger are heading to PA (March 12)  and TN  (March 17) to signed their first book that the girls wrote together.

Wednesday, March 12, 2014, 7-9pm
Jana, Jill, Jessa, and Jinger Duggar to sign books at Barnes & Noble Booksellers
58 South 32nd Street, Camp Hill, PA 17011
Questions? Call 717-737-0221



Monday, March 17, 2014, 7pm
Jana, Jill, Jessa, and Jinger Duggar to sign books at Barnes & Noble Booksellers
2100 Hamilton Place Boulevard, Chattanooga, TN 37421
Questions? Call 423-893-0186

Michelle Duggar on Raising Twins

FAMILY MATTERS on 02.07.14

Michelle Duggar19 Kids and CountingBIO

 

Photo: DCL

Question from a "19 Kids and Counting" fan on Facebook: Your family has two sets of twins. Are the twins a lot like each other? Do they have similar personalities? 

We were so elated when we found out about Jana and John David, our first set of twins. The joy of knowing there were two little blessings in my tummy was just more than we could ever have hoped for – we were so thankful. We had a lot of prep work to do before they were born: making sure we had two car seats, putting two baby beds in the room, and preparing our oldest Joshua to become a big brother to two siblings at once. We knew it was a boy and girl coming, so we got to tell him he was going to be a big brother to a brother and sister.

As they were growing, I realized that they were so different from each other. Jana and John, of course being boy and girl, had a lot of differences in that respect, but their personalities were so different, too. One was so laid back and the other one was so energetic and into everything. John David just watched Jana because she had enough energy for both of them.

Jana took off walking at eight months. John David waited until the average age of twelve months like the rest of my kids. John was a bigger baby when he was born; Jana was smaller, so I think she was more agile and able to get around.

Because Jana was always getting into things, of course, she was always having to be trained and corrected a little more because I’d say, “No no, you don’t climb up on that shelf because you could fall and hurt yourself.” John would watch and probably think, “I’m not going near that!”

Even to this day, I think Jana will take more chances. She doesn’t mind making a mistake on something because she can always go back and fix it really quickly, and still get done in the same amount of time. John David, he is very steady and methodical. He thinks through everything. He doesn’t take a lot of risk, which is a neat thing since he’s a pilot. I think that’s the kind of pilot you want, the kind who’s not going to take risks and who is very steady and methodical about everything they do.

Now, Jedidiah and Jeremiah, my other set of twins, they’re the same as Jana and John David in in that their personalities are almost opposite. One took off fast, and the other one was more steady and slow. Now they’re fifteen and they do things together all the time because they’re both boys. They have the same interests and they’re really close. Jed and Jer are constantly doing things together. They’re almost opposites in personality though.

It’s really interesting to see how their personalities play out later in life. They really were there from the time they were little.

Trivia answers

1.  How old was Josh when Jana and John David was born? Josh was about to turn two

2. How old was Josh when Joseph was born? Josh was about to turn seven

3. How old was Jana when Josie was born? Jana was 19 years old

4. How many years since Michelle had a baby? 4 years now

5. True or False: Was Jana born before John David? True!

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.

Update: Growing Up Duggar

The book "Growing up Duggar" was written by the four oldest girls (Jana, Jill, Jessa, and Jinger) was original schedule to be hitting book stores in November is pushed back to March 2014. There will be more updates to come.

A book update!

Jill had revealed the name of their book "Growing up Duggar: The Duggar girls share their view of 
life inside American's most well-known super-sized family".

Now we can tell you when the book comes out: November 5th, 2013. The book is about 240 pages long and was written by Jana, Jill, Jessa, Jinger


There will be more to update soon!

Thanks for reading!

Jana's trivia answers

1. Jana Marie Duggar
2. Proverbs 3:5-7
3. Itailan
4. spending time with her family and playing the violin, piano and the harp.
5. 3 minutes

Happy Birthday Jana!

Today is Jana's birthday!

Jana's trivia questions

Today is trivia questions for Jana and John David's birthday. Like Jedidiah and Jeremiah's birthday trivia, there is going to be seperated. Trivia answers will be posted at 5:00pm on January 12, 2013.
1. what is Jana's full name?
2. what is her favorite bible verse?
3. what is her favorite food?
4. what does she like to do?
5. How many minutes is she older then John David?

Duggars down the aisle!

Michelle starts with telling everyone how their family is dealing with the loss of their daughter, Jubilee. Jordyn talks about wanting to visit her little sister but that's understandable for a 3 year old. Michelle gives us update on her two year old daughter, Josie, that she is doing everything that she is supposed to be doing. The Duggars give a tip about trying to get out hiccups which is eating a spoonful of sugar or scare you. 
Now it's time for a wedding, Josh, Anna, Mackynzie, and Michael to help for Priscilla's wedding. We get to meet David Walker and Priscilla have did the same thing as Josh and Anna which is to save their first kiss for their wedding day. Priscilla and David give each other hershey's Kisses.
Jim Bob and Michelle are heading down to Flordia. Jana is making a choice to encourage the little ones to help getting ready packing with the socks. Jana said "I wasn't sure that we would get it all together properly. The kids are on the way to Flordia for the wedding by flying! 
Josh and Anna decided to take David and Priscilla to tennis. Josh mentions his new brother-in-law runs 10 miles every day. Josh and David are different but that's good. David and Priscilla end up winning the game. 
During the wedding, Mackynzie is exhausted and Michelle encourages her granddaughter to put a smile on her face. David and Priscilla are finally married.
 It's time for the oldest Duggar daughters to talk about their future spouse and if they are courting anyone! Jill jokes that Jinger needs a man that will provide her coffee and wants to have a city life. They all agree that they would like a husband that shares his convictions and works hard and also have fun. Jessa opens up and says that they are not waiting around for Prince Charming but serving others for the Lord and gaining skills for their future family and growing closer to their family and to God. The Duggars have decided that the minute a guy comes and that they are sending him to their dad because he knows what they want. 
The girls are asked if they are courting someone right now and they said no. But when it happens we will be told soon enough after the family! 
Trivia questions will be coming out of this recap! See you tomorrow.