This weeks episode starts of with cupcake making for Grandma Duggar's 70th birthday. Since she is turning 70 they are making 70 cupcakes. It is also around the time of Jackson and Jason's birthdays so they are celebrating their birthdays as well. In the middle of cupcake making a storm rolls through the area. This is the same storm that hit Joplin. The Duggars apparently only live about an hour and fifteen minutes away.
The four oldest Duggars head to Joplin to aid with search and rescue efforts. Josh, Jana, John-David and Jill are all members of the local volunteer fire department. While in Joplin the crew interviewed some of the residents. One elderly gentleman said something along the lines of "how do you start over at 91?" And wow, how do you start over when you have already lived nearly all of your life.
Watching the footage in Joplin was a little hard for me. A few years ago my mom fostered 2 children in a set of 4. These kids were the nieces and nephew of one of my moms coworkers and for a while she didn't have room for all 4 kids. Anyways these kids are originally from Joplin and still have family there. Knowing this my mom had emailed her coworker to just ask about the family that was still back in Missouri. Turns out the kids have an older brother (my mom may have known this, I didn't) and they were all back in Joplin for his high school graduation. As they were leaving to head back to Nebraska that is when the storm hit. They pulled over at a gas station and the tornado missed them by a block or so. How scary for them. And even though the kids were in our house for a few months I can't imagine what it would have been like to loose them.
Back to the show. They go out to a pizza and games restaurant (I think it was Chuckee Cheese but they didn't really show anything that really gave it away) to celebrate Jackson and Jason's birthdays. When Jackson turns in his tickets for a prize he decides to get a princess set for Johannah. He is such a sweet boy sometimes. It is adorable how close he and Johannah are.
Now its off to the bike shop to get new bikes for the birthday boys. And surprise! Grandma you should try out bikes to. Since Grandma is 70 they look and the 3 wheel bikes that have pedals in front of you. And she has a skirt on so its kind of hard for her to get on the bike. She ends up safety pinning her skirt together so she isn't exposing herself for the whole world to see. In her little interview portion she says if she would have known she would have worn slacks. Jim Bob also gets Michelle on one of those weird looking bikes. She says she like driving the van for the younger ones who get tired. I probably would too. I got the feeling that Jim Bob kind of pressured her onto the bike and she just didn't want one.
Turns out they are throwing a surprise party for Grandma. I'm pretty sure she knew something was going on. Everybody is talking about how great Grandma is and then they bring in her bike. I think their grandma is pretty great too. It seems like she helps out around the house a lot. With chores and with the younger kids.
Next week is Manhattan Duggars. Where they head to New York for their book tour. And they apparently take a subway. They have done this before but their family was with a few less people then. We will see how it goes.
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