Joy and Austin: This One Time At Family Camp

[libgirl2]

Its small but its clean, cute and cozy. For a family of three, I think it is fine. 

[lookeyloo]

It looks plenty big for them right now. They are both probably at the worksite most of the time. And in Europe and Japan families live in tiny spaces. 

[FizzyPuff]

On 8/20/2019 at 6:33 PM, louannems said:

Apparently, neither was Spurgeon!

Spurgeon was taking the photo 😉

16 hours ago, wilsie said:

Jessa really posted some nasty pictures.  Between diaper mountain and the dust, I just can't imagine intentionally showing that.  

Jessa and Ben should live in a trailer I'm sure they could find one big enough, plus she'd hardly have to do any cleaning. Joy & Austin can have Jessa & Bens place, I'm sure Joy would keep it nicer. 

[louannems]

When Joy panned to the outside of the trailer, I noticed another one parked next to them.  I wonder who is living there.  Also, it looks like it could be parked on TTH property.

[GeeGolly]

More power to them. The shower and bathroom sink are in their bedroom. I'd be okay with it for a summer home, parked at a nice campground near a lake. Full-time living with a baby in a place that small would have me feeling claustrophobic in no time.

[farmgal4]

19 hours ago, FairyDusted said:

Their home is very cute and looks nice and clean. I can't imagine raising a family in one but for now it works for them. I'm thinking she might bathe Giddy in the sink. My grandmother used to do that with us kids because it was easier for her not to stay bent over her bathtub. I also slept in a dresser drawer there. Baby care products were not as available in the 60's.

Off topic, but who remembers the bathinet (yes, bathinet, not bassinet) that was popular in the 60’s?

[fonfereksglen]

30 minutes ago, farmgal4 said:

Off topic, but who remembers the bathinet (yes, bathinet, not bassinet) that was popular in the 60’s?

Goes back even earlier.  I remember my brother screaming while in it in the mid 50s. As the rubber broke down, they smelled ghastly but did the job in tiny apartments.  

[ginger90]

6 pictures:

[Ohiopirate02]

There are a lot of things that I can do in a skirt, but horseback riding is not one of them.   My thighs are chafing just looking at those pictures. 

[Sew Sumi]

I'm sure they're wearing leggings but more for "modesty" than the chafing of bare legs.

[Churchhoney]

On 8/21/2019 at 8:07 PM, fonfereksglen said:

I don't think we should see where little ones sleep.  Too many creeps around.

Exactly.

Yet again the privacy thing drives me nuts. She's sending this to hundreds of thousands of gawking strangers.  And they're now so accustomed to doing that that the possible implications don't even occur to them. And the more they do it the more they risk making people who are off somehow believe they own them because of all the intimate things they show them.

They think of it like it's just a friends-and-family group. Somebody needs to tell them to start curating it for a million total strangers who do not and should not know you. 

[BitterApple]

Everyone looks cute and happy. 

[Zella]

I guess they still didn't get the memo about proper footwear while riding. Enjoy your broken or seriously bruised foot when the horse stomps on it, children. 

It's also unsafe to ride horses in shoes without a heel that will keep your foot in the stirrups if you fall or something like that happens. Between that and the no helmets, they're really setting themselves up for a bad accident one of these days. 😞

Edited August 23, 2019 by Zella

[EmeraldGirl]

Poor Hannie got Josh’s face. 

[Fig Newton]

Joy impresses me. Somehow, I think she is a forging a life that she likes to live. I feel she can acclimate to any living condition. She is not high maintenance and she has really  become a young lady that can go with the flow. Joy has always been a bit of a tom boy and I think for the moment, camper life suits her. She has no need for fancy or excess, so a camper is good. Plus, I think they did a phenomenal job making use of a small space; using attractive decor and making their home modern and pleasing.

Giddy is so cute. I just think Joy is a good mom.

And really, we know the reason they live in a camper. Ain't no room for visitors. 😛. Any overnight company would have to sleep outside or in another camper. No stragglers and family overstaying their welcome with this set up. No chance of Jill and Derprick getting their sexy time on during a visit.

[Barb23]

I'm glad to see Josie wasn't included in the outing.  I don't dislike her but feel sorry for the Lost Girls who don't get to be the center of attention when she is around. 

[xwordfanatik]

The last picture is so cute of Giddyup.  Joy is a pretty woman.  She looks so much nicer in still photos.  TV doesn't favor her.  

[madpsych78]

9 hours ago, EmeraldGirl said:

Poor Hannie got Josh’s face. 

She also looks a bit like Jedidiah. 

I think Jenni looks like Jana.

[QuinnInND]

I'm surprised they don't make the girls ride sidesaddle. Straddling the horse and whatnot would make them horny. 

Edited August 23, 2019 by QuinnInND
Autocorrect sucks sometimes.

[dargosmydaddy]

I see Joy in Hannie, too. I think she's just in her Duggar-girl awkward phase... they tend to come out on the other side of puberty looking OK, as opposed to the boys, who decline rapidly...

[queenanne]

20 hours ago, Zella said:

I guess they still didn't get the memo about proper footwear while riding. Enjoy your broken or seriously bruised foot when the horse stomps on it, children. 

It's also unsafe to ride horses in shoes without a heel that will keep your foot in the stirrups if you fall or something like that happens. Between that and the no helmets, they're really setting themselves up for a bad accident one of these days. 😞

I always thought it was having heeled shoes/boots that stopped your foot from going right through the stirrup, at which point you could get hung up by your ankle and dragged (ballet slipper style shoes, for example, wouldn't have anything to stop anyone's foot sliding straight through up to the ankle)?  Either way, I'm always shocked when riding rental places don't insist upon proper footwear... I can understand it a little if they're only expecting to walk the horses; but even so, the horse can spook and go careening off someplace.

[latetotheparty]

10 minutes ago, queenanne said:

I always thought it was having heeled shoes/boots that stopped your foot from going right through the stirrup, at which point you could get hung up by your ankle and dragged (ballet slipper style shoes, for example, wouldn't have anything to stop anyone's foot sliding straight through up to the ankle)?  Either way, I'm always shocked when riding rental places don't insist upon proper footwear... I can understand it a little if they're only expecting to walk the horses; but even so, the horse can spook and go careening off someplace.

You are correct.  

[Zella]

1 hour ago, queenanne said:

I always thought it was having heeled shoes/boots that stopped your foot from going right through the stirrup, at which point you could get hung up by your ankle and dragged (ballet slipper style shoes, for example, wouldn't have anything to stop anyone's foot sliding straight through up to the ankle)?  Either way, I'm always shocked when riding rental places don't insist upon proper footwear... I can understand it a little if they're only expecting to walk the horses; but even so, the horse can spook and go careening off someplace.

Yes, you're right--that's what I was trying to say but badly phrased. LOL 

[Scarlett45]

Joy has done a great job decorating the camper. I’ve never stayed in a camper, I have seen one in the flesh when some friends brought one to our Disney World Vacation, so I cannot comment on the space but if it suits them and allows them to hit their financial goals good for them. It’s nice Joy got to spend some time with Hannie and Jenny. 

[momma2seven]

Kind of think Hannie might be wearing just shorts...ill fitting shorts, but still shorts. 

[DkNNy79]

The camper is fine for their current family needs but they were planning on living there as a family of four.  Tiny homes/campers IMO are fine when it’s just you and/or a partner but I can’t see having small kids in there.  Lack of privacy, play space and just noise level.  But that might just be me.  

[BitterApple]

19 hours ago, DkNNy79 said:

The camper is fine for their current family needs but they were planning on living there as a family of four.  Tiny homes/campers IMO are fine when it’s just you and/or a partner but I can’t see having small kids in there.  Lack of privacy, play space and just noise level.  But that might just be me.  

My grandparents lived in a trailer with two small kids when my grandfather was in medical school, but I think my grandmother was able to tolerate it because she knew doctor money was on the horizon, lol. With Joy and Austin, I don't get the sense that there's any end game. Joy didn't mention saving for a house or building themselves a house in her Instagram story, so it appears the camper is it for the foreseeable future. I guess if it works, more power to them, but I couldn't do it, precisely for the reasons you just mentioned.  

Edited August 26, 2019 by BitterApple

[galaxygirl76]

On 8/23/2019 at 1:50 AM, Zella said:

I guess they still didn't get the memo about proper footwear while riding. Enjoy your broken or seriously bruised foot when the horse stomps on it, children. 

It's also unsafe to ride horses in shoes without a heel that will keep your foot in the stirrups if you fall or something like that happens. Between that and the no helmets, they're really setting themselves up for a bad accident one of these days. 😞

When did not having proper footwear stop that family from doing anything. Wasn't it one of the girls doing some serious house remodeling stuff(I want to say using a drill) while wearing flip flops?

[lookeyloo]

17 hours ago, DkNNy79 said:

The camper is fine for their current family needs but they were planning on living there as a family of four.  Tiny homes/campers IMO are fine when it’s just you and/or a partner but I can’t see having small kids in there.  Lack of privacy, play space and just noise level.  But that might just be me.  

I watch a lot of tiny house you tube videos and many people raise a family in those tiny tiny houses. For some people it is an option.  Not for me but seems to work for them. At least now. 

And some of them use a composting toilet which I wouldn’t choose at all 

[Madtown]

Giddy's face is too cute!

[QuinnInND]

Giddy is so cute! 

[galaxychaser]

Cute baby and papa with no hat! 

[Madtown]

[Ohiopirate02]

58 minutes ago, Madtown said:

That is adorable, and Joy is a better speller than her sister-mom.

[xwordfanatik]

I'm hopeful that Joy and Austin are not using blanket training or harsh punitive measures on cute little Giddyup.  At least from what we're shown, they look like loving parents and their son looks happy.  

Sister mom Jill, OTOH, makes fun of her crying boys, and she and Dillweed seem oblivious to what their kids seem to need, and don't get.  Shameful.

[Ohiopirate02]

11 minutes ago, xwordfanatik said:

I'm hopeful that Joy and Austin are not using blanket training or harsh punitive measures on cute little Giddyup.  At least from what we're shown, they look like loving parents and their son looks happy.  

Sister mom Jill, OTOH, makes fun of her crying boys, and she and Dillweed seem oblivious to what their kids seem to need, and don't get.  Shameful.

I know there is a chance that they are using the Pearl's method, but Giddy still has his spark.  

[Sew Sumi]

I guess Joy goes to the TTH to do laundry? I doubt their RV has laundry hook-ups, and if there was a washer/dryer, she didn't show them on her "tour."

[Scarlett45]

On 8/29/2019 at 8:01 PM, Sew Sumi said:

I guess Joy goes to the TTH to do laundry? I doubt their RV has laundry hook-ups, and if there was a washer/dryer, she didn't show them on her "tour."

Yeah I figured she went there to do laundry. 

[ginger90]

[doodlebug]

1 hour ago, ginger90 said:

And, once again, how are his EMT skills going to be useful to anyone? I missed the Bahamian government's request for assistance from random non-affiliated EMT's to fly in on private aircraft and look for casualties to save with their non-existent EMT equipment and to transport victims to nearby hospitals, which, if these volunteer EMT's even knew how to find, are most likely also severely damaged and without electricity or clean water.  It sounds like every plane they took down there was packed to the gills with disaster tourists and I seriously doubt there was room for 'non-essentials' like food, water, stretchers, oxygen, or more than a couple of first aid kits from K Mart.

These people should be ashamed of themselves.

Edited September 4, 2019 by doodlebug

[Snow Fairy]

On the other hand, I think Joy looks great. Maybe the best out of all the married Duggar daughters (the most natural beauty)

[kaleidoscope]

Joy's beauty is wrapped in her genuineness.  She is who she is without putting on a lot of airs to impress.  She loves her family and her home.

[madpsych78]

Joy is wearing a sleeveless top.

[GeeGolly]

I know Joy is an adult. An adult who seems to be doing more than just keeping her kid alive. But I feel sometimes Joy skips down the kumbaya path to cluelessness.

Does anyone else here worry about her being alone on some dirt road in an RV? 

[irisheyes]

Are they on a dirt road?  Or are they in a campground?  They’ve got to have a place to hook up, especially sewer. 

[ginger90]

2 pictures:

 

 

Meanwhile, back at home:

Edited September 5, 2019 by ginger90

[Lunera]

[Future Cat Lady]

The fact that the name of their organization is almost similar to an already legit organization is shady AF. They could've chosen any other name, but they didn't.

Edited September 5, 2019 by Future Cat Lady

[DangerousMinds]

1 hour ago, ginger90 said:

2 pictures:

 

 

Meanwhile, back at home:

Yet another one who needs to be educated about the purpose of hashtags.

[fonfereksglen]

1 hour ago, ginger90 said:

2 pictures:

 

 

Meanwhile, back at home:

Just a tad tone deaf. 

Though, the social media consultant is probably more responsible for the shilling picture.  Have to make money at the expense of a tragedy!