ranchgirl

We know there will be a couple of "double dates" with Nurie and Nathan that Nurie and Nathan will insist on paying for. Jill and Dave can't wait.

Ug, I spoke too soon.

Good to see Justin too. Was that Claire behind him? I was surprised they were staying with Josiah and Lauren too. I'm glad they didn't show them if that is their wish.

I imagine Jana is homesick. A lot of transition going on with her right now. Stephen is smart to encourage her to visit home and let her see everyone. I think all the sisters have said that going from lots of people around to hardly anyone once they are married was very difficult. Since their home is remodeled, I wonder what Jana is doing everyday now. I guess she could be getting ready to start a garden and get some animals.

I wonder what is going on with her selling of outfits. Has she posted one in a while? The last PR I remember was the sale.

That filter Kaylie used really threw me off. I thought she was Renee. I do think Kaylie has a friend or two at church she might could rope in.

I'm not much help to you @Tuxcat, your questions are ones I have too. The video did seem to skip around. Jeremy probably opened the box and saw the outfit before they were filming, maybe thinking it would be in a sack or something. I don't know. Not going to re-watch to see if I can figure things out. But it was awkward. Jermey wouldn't look at Jinger so she could kiss him. He seemed distracted by the reveal and Jinger wanted to celebrate. I don't think it was Jessa filming. Maybe Jana? Not sure but someone else already knew too. Joy has been say, "Oh my word" for a L O N G time. Not sure about Jinger.

Travis went on tour twice this year. Although the Christmas one was smaller. I'm sure this paid well. Plus, as someone mentioned above, he is writing songs and when those get sold or recorded, more big bucks with the potential of residual income. The rent from the NJ home probably brings in a sweet amount too. If he does still get paid by his family for being a Clark and then the social media income too, they are doing fine. Just in the last six months they bought a nice car, had a baby, bought Kelly Jo a car and bought a house.

I don't know anything about Joe and Kendra either, but that was probably Katie that you saw who was big pregnant. (But Kendra could be too.) I saw Joe on one of Jinger's vlogs and didn't recognize him. He had a full beard.

This is very insightful. Jana was raised so different from the mainstream. So isolated and not much influence from the outside. As the oldest girl, she knew that mothering her siblings and then her nieces and nephews was her job. She knew her parents love story of high school love and saw many of her younger siblings find that too. She probably thought once she was in her mid 20's that love had pasted her by. Glad she reconsidered. I am of the belief that she liked Stephen when Jer and his wife were courting but then she got in trouble with the law when she lost a child and then Josh's trial started, and he got convicted. I believe she was told she was needed at home, and she ended any relationship they had.

Oh, woe is Jill, to be poor in the world's eye. She has more vacations than I do. You know those tracked in puddles are being cleaned up by Tessie and Hannah.

Both my sons, who are not twins, have the same middle name and it is my husband's middle name. I love names and was not lazy when naming my second son. I hated for him to not have his father's middle name too. It's a beautiful name. That is why I did it. Goodluck to Katie. I'm sure she has a lot of help with Jenny, Jordan and Josie around. (And maybe Mckenzie.)

And now it is a tradition to do this every visit. I guess Kaylie Girl isn't there for Jill.

Remember all the "woe is us we didn't get our dream house" on their youtube videos around TG? Well, never you mind. Katie and Travis GOT another dream house. Just closed on it and got the keys. They now have a home in TN. Of course, they didn't tell those who follow them about the house until it was a "done deal". Zach found the house for them and represented them. From the way the timeline is presented, they saw the house sometime after TG (after they were devastated to learn they got out bid on the other home) and closed on it sometime before yesterday when the vlog went out. Pretty quickly.

Jill: "When I felt this ... then Nurie felt this." x 3 or 4. Did Nurie get to feel anything? Again, its ALL about Jill. This is Jill getting to share and Nurie offering the comfort and encouragement. Nurie probably just gets maybe a few sips of soup and a bite of bread out of the deal as Jill starts her sharing right away.