Dinner for the Duggars...

As you may already know, we love The Duggar Family. It's one of our favorite shows on TV. They're a sweet, Christian family who just happen to have 19 children. :) My friends, Heather & Heather asked me and Joy if we would like to help make dinner for The Duggars. We of course said, YES! Joy and I have been wanting to take them dinner, since finding out their baby girl was in the hospital. Cooking for people is something we really enjoy! I know it's only one meal, but it's one less they have to worry about cooking.

Here's just a few of the groceries we bought to make the meal. Can you imagine making a meal for that many people, 3x's a day, 7 days a week!? :)



We made them a Mexican fiesta! We took 4 pans of enchiladas...



2 pans of Spanish rice...2 containers of homemade salsa...chips...and 2 gallons of homemade punch! There were actually only about 15 of them in town that day.



Here are a couple of their little ones helping Joy up the walkway. :)



Jackson Duggar took a real liking to Rosie (Hannah's little girl).



He even picked a flower and gave it to Rosie! How cute is that!?



Little Jordyn Grace. :)



Jackson and Paxton (Heather's little boy). He was so out-going...he followed us out to the car and just talked and talked! :)



Jim Bob was so nice and ran upstairs and grabbed one of their newest books for all of us. He signed them for us while we were there and told us how Josie was doing. I pray that she gets to come home for good, very soon!



Sons are a heritage from the LORD, children a reward from him.
Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are sons born in one's youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. They will not be put to shame when they contend with their enemies in the gate. -Psalm 127:3-5

Love to all,

Amelia Meets The Duggars!

Alex has been sick...he has a bad stomach bug. Ick. He went to the doctor yesterday and they said he's contagious, so he has to stay away from Amelia. I would just like to say right now that I admire any single parents out there. It has only been a couple of days and I'm tired. Alex helps with Amelia a lot when he gets home from work and I miss that help terribly. Of course I feel sorry for Alex...he has lost almost 10 lbs in the last few days because he can't keep anything on his stomach. :( If you think about us, say a prayer that this nasty bug will go away and stay away.

Amelia and I decided to get out of the house and run some errands yesterday. We needed to pick up Alex's script from the pharmacy, so we headed to Wally-World. I have no idea why I use Walmart pharmacy...they take FOREVER! We were in the store for an hour - waiting on scripts to be filled. Seriously. So while we waited, we did the only thing there is to do - we shopped! So anywho, back to my story. I turn the corner to head towards the baby section and who do I see right there on the pringles aisle?

The Duggars!

I stopped in my tracks and went all star-struck on them. They stopped and just smiled and waited for me to get over myself...just stood their patiently. I went over and immediately started rambling on about so many things. It's like I couldn't stop talking. So embarrassing. I remember telling them that we love their show and to please continue because it's the only clean thing to watch on tv. It really is. Jim Bob noticed Amelia in the cart and I said, "yes, we only have one child." He responded with, "well we started with just one and look at us now!"

If only I were that fertile. :)

They were just the sweetest couple...exactly like they are on the show. And they look so young for having 19 children!! Guess that's what clean livin' will do for ya. I couldn't pass up asking them to take a picture, so their daughter Jill took one for me. I told her to make sure to get Amelia in the pic too. That's Amelia over there in the cart. (LOL) So yesterday was the day that Amelia met our favorite tv family, The Duggars! I know a lot of people have different feelings about their family. I for one love them and think they are just precious.

We need to pray for their newest baby girl who is still in the NICU, she arrived 15 weeks early. I'm sure it's going to be quite some time before they're able to take her home.



Love to all,