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We are Derick & Jill (Duggar) Dillard. You may know us from our time on the TLC reality series, 19 Kids and Counting and Counting On, or from our New York Times bestselling book, Counting The Cost. We love raising our three active boys and spending time together as a family.
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Jill
Jill Duggar Dillard grew up in Northwest Arkansas as the fourth-born of nineteen kids in the Duggar family. When Jill was around thirteen years old her family was part of a handful of documentaries on Discovery Health Channel that showcased their lives as a large, fundamental Christian homeschooling family. As the family and popular interest grew, their lives were aired for nearly two decades on her parent’s hit reality TV show on TLC with the various titles over the years, namely, 19 Kids and Counting, and Jill & Jessa: Counting On.
Jill and Derick were first introduced by her dad, while Derick was living and working in Nepal on a two-year mission. In 2013, with camera crew in tow, Jill and her dad flew over to Nepal to meet Derick in person and that’s when they officially started dating. After Derick’s assignment was finished, he returned home to Northwest Arkansas and the two were engaged 3 months later and married 3 months after that. Jill was the first Duggar daughter to get married, with over 4.4 million people tuning in to watch the two-hour wedding special on TLC. One month later, the two found out they were expecting their first child together. And in 2015, Derick and Jill moved to Central America with their 3 month old where they served as missionaries for nearly two years. They moved back to the states permanently just in time to have their second child. Around this same time, and through some revealing and agonizing events, Derick and Jill subsequently left the TV show in order to do what was best for their family and pursue their own goals.
In 2023, Jill, along with her husband, authored her second New York Times Bestseller, Counting The Cost. In their book, they told the behind-the-scenes story of secrets, manipulation, intimidation and the hope they found through time, tears, therapy and the strength that only God can give.
Jill is married to her best friend, Derick and they live in Northwest Arkansas. She is a Christ-follower, part-time social media influencer, aspiring gardener, foodie, coffee lover, trained midwife, informal mental health advocate and full-time mama to three energetic boys earth-side, Israel, Samuel, and Frederick, + 2 angel babies (River Bliss, 2021, & Isla Marie, 2024).
Derick
Derick was born and raised in Rogers, Arkansas. He earned the rank of Eagle Scout as a teenager and graduated from Rogers High School in 2007. Derick went on to Oklahoma State University, where he earned a Bachelors of Science in Business Administration degree with a major in Accounting and minor in Economics in 2011. While at OSU, Derick was active in Beta Alpha Psi and Kappa Kappa Psi. Derick also served as the OSU mascot, Pistol Pete, representing the university at hundreds of athletic and non-athletic events during his upperclassmen years.
Derick then moved to Kathmandu, Nepal from 2012 to 2014, where he served as a Christian missionary to Tibetan refugees in eastern Nepal.
Derick met Jill while he was in Nepal and the two were married shortly after he returned to the states in 2014.
Between Nepal and Arkansas Law School, Derick worked in tax audit at the Walmart corporate home office and served as a missionary with his wife in Central America.
Derick Dillard is a prosecuting attorney for the state of Oklahoma, where he has worked in juvenile, criminal and civil practice. With the recent release of their book, Counting the Cost, along with his wife Jill, Derick is a New York Times bestselling author.
Derick and his wife Jill live in Northwest Arkansas. They have three sons, Israel, Samuel, and Frederick and two miscarried babies in heaven. In his free time, Derick likes running, spending time in nature with his wife and boys on family bike rides and walks, hanging out around the fire pit sipping coffee, taste testing his wife’s cooking, participating in his boys swim lessons and watching Oklahoma State and Arkansas football games.
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🧡Momma’s Homemade Yeast Rolls recipe is on our blog at the link in my stories ⬆️ or in my recipes section here➡️: dillardfamily.com
🧡 I LOVE cooking and baking in the kitchen as a family, especially around the holidays! What are your favorite things to make or bake and how do you use your Thanksgiving leftovers? 😋
#homemaderolls #yeastrolls #mamasrolls #homecooking #holidaycooking #thanksgiving #thanksgivingleftovers
🍗Happy Thanksgiving from the Dillards! We hope your bellies and hearts are full. 🧡
#thanksgiving2024 #dillardfamilyadventures
🧇Hashbrowns #alltheway please! 😋 @derickdillard and I were happy to get to squeeze in a working date to @wafflehouseofficial this weekend to go over family goals for the upcoming year! Derick, you’re my fave!!…& you know I’ll always have a few bites of whatever you order too! 😆💗
🍞The best banana bread! We make a pan and then eat it for breakfast over a few days!
🍌Tip: when bananas start to turn brown, peel them, put them in a plastic bag and keep in the freezer until you have enough for banana bread (or enjoy frozen slices or whole as a banana “popsicle” 😍
⬆️ Recipe link in stories or in our “recipes” section on our blog: www.dillardfamily.com
💙Grateful and thankful amidst this crazy chaos! ☺️Love my boys so much! #momswithboys #lovemyboys #mamasboys #mythreesons pc: @rubylove.photo
🎼💛@derickdillard and I had a fun date night attending the @theriversidefolk band in concert last night.
