Joy and Austin: This One Time At Family Camp

[Gemma Violet]

Thanks, everyone.  I know so much about the older girls (kids, hubby, etc.), but I just never learned anything about those three for some reason, including which one was which.  I guess because they aren't discussed as much as the older girls.  

[Is Everyone Gone]

It seems to be a rite of passage that as the J's leave home, they ditch the skirts for jeans.

[YupItsMe]

I just saw a reel on FB, sorry I don’t know how old it was so May have already been discussed, Joy was asking Gideon all sorts of questions including his full name, age, his favorite things, etc. I thought it was really sharing too much, and I noticed at one point that Gideon is still sucking his thumb.

[Gemma Violet]

17 minutes ago, YupItsMe said:

I just saw a reel on FB, sorry I don’t know how old it was so May have already been discussed, Joy was asking Gideon all sorts of questions including his full name, age, his favorite things, etc. I thought it was really sharing too much, and I noticed at one point that Gideon is still sucking his thumb.

If it's the one I'm thinking of, a few weeks ago Joy asked questions of all her children on Instagram, saying that she wants to make it a yearly tradition, asking them the same questions every year so they can look back on it when they're grown.  It's a cute idea, but yeah, I wouldn't put it on social media.

Edited January 23 by Gemma Violet

[Meow Mix]

I think that's a great idea to share with them privately, or even with close family, but publicly not so much.  There are a lot of creeps out there and maybe when the kids get older they won't want complete strangers knowing this stuff.

[EmeraldGirl]

Not that the kids are ever alone, but some stranger could come up and say hi Gideon, aren’t you blank blank name, blank age, blank grade, etc. He might be trusting of that person because they know everything about him.

I think I mentioned before somewhere, the girls at home are getting very modern with their clothes. Even though they still wear skirts, the most common pairing seems to be black tights or leggings with a fairly clingy, black skirt, barely to the knees. Even Michelle had that on for one outing. I think that’s a lot more defrauding than a looser pair of jeans or any slacks. you can see the complete outline of their butts, and most of their legs are showing in the tights. oh, and I’ve always wondered why they never considered perverts with a foot fetish. Remember how the girls always wore sandals? And then they got into painting the toenails. There are lots of creeps out there who probably love it. if you’re going all crazy on modesty, think about that one.

Edited January 27 by EmeraldGirl

[Fosca]

Goddard was a big ol' fan of women's feet, from what I understand.  Long hair and feet, when it comes to women (or girls).  So hey, it's godly!

[Meow Mix]

I remember Michelle saying on the show that she didn't think men were turned on by feet.  And this was after the stuff came out about Gothard and his foot fetish.

[YupItsMe]

Honestly, I never give a second thought to other people’s fetishes, so I just put on whichever shoes I want.  

[libgirl2]

I had hip replacement and my husband has been putting socks on my one foot for weeks now. Last week he said that I have weird feet. Yes, I do I have a huge bunion on that foot. After 20+ years he just noticed I have weird feet! 

I'm working really hard to get my own sock on!  

[EmeraldGirl]

I have a major aversion to feet. I do like myself in boots or cute heels. But I don’t like anything open toe. And I think men’s feet are extremely ugly. That’s one fetish I’ll certainly never understand. Although the cutest thing in the world are baby feet! They are so perfect and soft and clean and sweet! 

[AstridM]

9 minutes ago, EmeraldGirl said:

I have a major aversion to feet. I do like myself in boots or cute heels. But I don’t like anything open toe. And I think men’s feet are extremely ugly. That’s one fetish I’ll certainly never understand. Although the cutest thing in the world are baby feet! They are so perfect and soft and clean and sweet! 

Haha! I totally agree about men’s feet. I NEVER want to see them, lol.

[EmeraldGirl]

Joy and Austin and kids are in LA again. I think they said they were celebrating Gideon‘s birthday, and he really wanted to be with Felicity. I’m glad to see two of the sisters being so close. Maybe Jinger (always sick of having to redo the spelling!) is helping Joy in her journey - as they say - in this “season” of life. Plus, I think Jeremy and Austin are really into each other. I think they are kind of cute together.

[Zella]

They picked a good time to flee Arkansas temporarily too. We're supposed to get a pretty good snowstorm starting tomorrow. 

[Tasya]

That's really cute

On 2/17/2025 at 12:56 PM, EmeraldGirl said:

Joy and Austin and kids are in LA again. I think they said they were celebrating Gideon‘s birthday, and he really wanted to be with Felicity. I’m glad to see two of the sisters being so close. Maybe Jinger (always sick of having to redo the spelling!) is helping Joy in her journey - as they say - in this “season” of life. Plus, I think Jeremy and Austin are really into each other. I think they are kind of cute together.

Because of all the cousins, Felicity mentioned Gideon when she found out that Jinger was having a boy. She said Gideon would be so excited. 

[Is Everyone Gone]

Joy has a video of Evy pushing Runner's playpen over. This is dangerous. 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DGltMxkpA3u/?igsh=a2l5eXp6ZWpta2V0

[EmeraldGirl]

Seriously. He could have a crib snack him right on the head. If she would send those two older kids out to something during the day, there wouldn’t be all that chaos.

[Mindthinkr]

Looks like Evy has some aggression or jealousy issues with her baby brother. Why else would she be dumping him out of his playpen? She didn’t seem to be laughing or thinking it was fun/funny. 

[floridamom]

Joy is overwhelmed, I believe, because she never learned good time management skills and she did experience post partum issues. It happens, yes, but most people seek to correct the issues. She does need to send her two older children to a school. Her life would be much better off and maybe, just maybe, little Gideon will quit sucking his thumb, which is a germy habit. His need to continue to do so is concerning. What stresses is this child trying to sooth himself from? Address those, Joy and Austin.

[ginger90]

2 hours ago, Mindthinkr said:

Looks like Evy has some aggression or jealousy issues with her baby brother. Why else would she be dumping him out of his playpen? She didn’t seem to be laughing or thinking it was fun/funny. 

And Joy chose to film the whole thing instead of intervening.

[AstridM]

43 minutes ago, ginger90 said:

And Joy chose to film the whole thing instead of intervening.

Disgusting.

[Is Everyone Gone]

Gideon is definitely old enough to go to school. 

[GeeGolly]

I agree what Evy was doing was dangerous, but I don't think it was malicious. I think she was helping her brother escape lock-up. She even says, "K, ready?".

But yes, the grownup in the room failed miserably. 

[EmeraldGirl]

What work does Austin have in LA? It seems like they’re there for quite a while. Joy said that they spent some time with Jinger, but now they are staying in Airbnb‘s. Jinger is about to have the baby and Joy wants to give them all time alone for that. I thought that was kind of thoughtful. 

Evy seemed to want the baby out of the playpen. She was saying something like oh buddy, how can we get you out? So I don’t think that was malicious, she just wanted him out sooner. But a mother standing and recording instead of saying that we don’t ever ever push over anything that baby is in is just so stupid. 

GeeGolly just beat me to it.

Edited March 1 by EmeraldGirl

[MsJamieDornan]

On 3/1/2025 at 12:44 PM, EmeraldGirl said:

What work does Austin have in LA?

Hmmm I wonder ?

[CalicoKitty]

Just a guess, but I think  there is a huge demand for construction workers right now. I wouldn't be surprised if companies are hiring at very good pay.  Or Austin is in California seeing if "Duggar Construction" can get permission to work in CA.

 

[Salacious Kitty]

1 hour ago, CalicoKitty said:

Just a guess, but I think  there is a huge demand for construction workers right now. I wouldn't be surprised if companies are hiring at very good pay.  Or Austin is in California seeing if "Duggar Construction" can get permission to work in CA.

 

I think Austin works independently of the Duggars. Maybe Jason pitching it would be more likely. He's a contractor, possibly even licensed. 

[EmeraldGirl]

They’ve been getting a lot of questions about whether they are going to move to California. There’s a little hemming and hawing, but in the end, Joy says that she is an Arkansas girl. I know that they want land, and California is entirely too expensive to have anything like that. 

[Is Everyone Gone]

This vlog of their life in Cali shows she gives Gideon a whopping 40 minutes of "school":

https://www.instagram.com/p/DGsBykNMYFk/

It's so depressing that Joy is passing on the cycle of educational neglect. At least Jill is sending her kids to school.

[Madtown]

19 hours ago, Is Everyone Gone said:

This vlog of their life in Cali shows she gives Gideon a whopping 40 minutes of "school":

https://www.instagram.com/p/DGsBykNMYFk/

It's so depressing that Joy is passing on the cycle of educational neglect. At least Jill is sending her kids to school.

I thought about this, since she's been in Cali for what seems like forever. No way Gideon is getting a ton of schooling done. With how overwhelmed she is and all the struggles she has been having, I wish she would send Gideon to school and maybe put Evie in preschool. Austin should encourage this too. There is no way any of these kids will ever have a decent homeschooling education.

I give props to Jill for putting her kids in school. I know Derick went to public school and I'm sure he had a lot to do with it. I also think he saw Jill being overwhelmed with homeschooling. I remember a video she posted and she was completley exhausted. It wasn't much longer after that video, that Izzy started kindergarten. Heck, I believe Izzy was playing baskeball this year. Jill had a video of them going to his last game of the season.(I'm only assuming it's Izzy, she just said, "One" of their kids).

I wish Joy and all the others, that will eventually homeschool, that it's not a horrible thing to put your kids in school. Keep in mind, I have nothing against homeschooling, IF you are educated yourself and are good at it. None of these women have had a decent education.

Jessa, might be doing well with it, but her kids(especially Spurgeon)should be in school to be around other kids and make some friends. I can't imagine what it's like for him(and probably Henry by now), to be in that house with all those kids. I don't believe Jessa is done having kids either.

 

[EmeraldGirl]

Joy answered on a Q&A that Austin owns his own construction company. So luckily he doesn’t have any ties to any family members. I wonder if he’s very successful, or how many employees he has.

Joy has also been spending so much time with her sister that they rush out the door every day, with very little schooling, so that the kids can go see their cousins. I know they’re probably really enjoying seeing them since it won’t last forever, and who knows when they’ll be together again. But there would be nothing wrong with spending the morning doing school, and then head over to Jinger’s and do whatever they do. It looks like a lot of coffee out and thrifting. 
 

What would be wrong with a Christian school, except maybe cost? But if you are really that devoted in your religion, you shouldn’t fear your children being around other people. If they have a good grounding in their beliefs and morals from home, you shouldn’t worry that some strange other YOUNG children are somehow going to corrupt them.

Edited Thursday at 10:18 PM by EmeraldGirl

[Salacious Kitty]

Giddy has learning disabilities. He needs to be in a public school with services. Joy seems to have dropped the ball on what she did for him maybe a year ago. 

[andromeda331]

I hope Austin is licensed. 

[MsJamieDornan]

2 hours ago, andromeda331 said:

I hope Austin is licensed.

Probably not in California.

[CalicoKitty]

10 hours ago, andromeda331 said:

I hope Austin is licensed. 

He would probably be better off working for someone with a CA license.  CA has a lot of regulations and hoops to jump through though.  But they need a lot of people for building crews, and I would think builders are paying well right now.  There is probably a potential to make a lot of money if they would make a temporary move to CA for a couple of years.

[Absolom]

There's going to be a lot of building in LA for the next few years.  Rebuilding I guess I should say.  Perhaps Austin has actually taken a job working for a construction company.