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!

Happy 21st Birthday Jinger!

Just three days after her younger sister turn six, The Duggars are celebrating another birthday and this time it is Jinger's birthday.

Jordyn and Jinger's birthday trivia

We decided to put Jordyn and Jinger's birthday trivia in this week's weekly birthday trivia.

1. How old was Jinger when Jordyn was born?

2. How old was Jordyn when Josie was born?

3. How old was Jinger when Josie was born?

4. Was Jordyn born on her due date?

5. Was Jinger in Josh, Jill and Jessa's wedding?

Duggar heads to El Salvador

Justin, Jedidiah, Jason, jeremiah, James,Joy Anna,
Jackson, Jim Bob and Michelle

Right around Christmas time, Jim Bob and Michelle pack up many of their older children and head down for a mission trip for 12 days.  The family is also getting joined by Derick and Jill Dillard.

Joseph and Jinger have been on their own mission trip to Guatemala and Honduras to share the word of the God and spend their Christmas share.

December 2014

It's almost time for Christmas and that means that it's time for the last month of the year!

The Duggars have many birthdays this year!
* Josie turns 5 on December 10th
* Jordyn turns 6 on December 18th
* Jinger turns 21 on December 21st
* Jedidiah turns 16 on December 30th
* Jeremiah turns 16 on December 30th

Anniversary:
* Jessa and Ben celebrate their first month of marriage
* Derick and Jill have been married for six months

Pregnancy updates
* Jill will start her 24th week to her 28th week of pregnancy!

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.

19 kids and counting "Duggar Girls Go Glam"

The older Duggar girls head to Freshair Salon for hair and makeup styles for Jill's wedding. This is the first time that the girls go to Salons. They normally head to friends who can cut hair and do that for them. The girls get their hair curled and pull back. On the day of the wedding, they all decided to wear their hair curly and mostly down since it's Derick's favorite.

Jana reveals that she is not in a courtship right now. Joy Anna reveals that she doesn't want to enter a courtship right now. She turns 17 years old at the end of this month.

The girls head to try on bridesmaid dresses that are modest and will be able to wear for future events. The girls fall n love with the mint green dress and has to do additional dress to make sleeves and rise the neckline and length. The dresses cost around 30 bucks for each. Jana is the girls main seamstress even through the other girl are proficient at sewing. Jessa and Joy are still working on their sewing skills.

Anna and the kids are learning how to make healthy foods from a friend that they met at the market. For a snack they create, Meatball, grape, pineapple kabobs which Mackynzie and Michael fall in love with. Heather introduces finger potatoes cook in olive oil, garlic, salt, and pepper along with green beans and squash; and salmon with peaches. Josh approves of the new cooking while the kids don't enjoy the squash but loves the rest.

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.

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.

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

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.

Spring cleaning trivia Answers

1. what does Michelle do for spring cleaning? Cleaning and organzing
2. Who does the duggars give things to do? friends or sale them at a yard sale
3. Who are the sidekicks when Grandma does the laundry? Jinger and Joy Anna
4. who are the washers in the kitchen? Jedidiah and Jeremiah
5. what are the biggest areas in the house? Kitchen and Laundry room

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!

Jinger's birthday trivia answers

Trivia answers for Jinger's birthday! The next duggar trivia birthdays will be for the Twins. Jedidiah and Jeremiah. Please note that we will be taking a break on December 25th, December 31st, and January 1st

1.  Jinger was the duggars' first home birth
2. Jessa
3. Coffee
4. 9 sisters if you count Juilbee
5. 10 brothers

Happy Birthday Jinger

Happy 19th birthday Jinger! 

Here is some photo of Jinger

Jinger's trivia questions

Jinger's birthday trivia questions! The trivia will be answered December 21st at 8:45pm (PST)
1. Was Jinger a home-birth or hospital birth?
2. Who is Jinger the closer to?
3. What does Jinger like to drink?
4. How many sisters does Jinger have?
5. How many brothers does Jinger have?

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.