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The month of August has been one of transition for our family as Derick graduated from the Cross Church School of Ministry and then started law school at the University of Arkansas soon after. Between graduation and school beginning, we tried to pack in several fun family activities and time together. We enjoyed seeing the […]

Welcome to the world Jaxon Michael Dillard! Born Wednesday, September 5th, 2018 at 9:11pm. 6 pounds 7 ounces and 19 inches long. We are so excited for Dan and Deena (Derick’s brother and sister-in-law) on their new arrival! Israel and Samuel are thrilled to have their first Dillard cousin and we are so excited to

We enjoyed taking Israel and Samuel to their very first baseball game a few weeks ago! Thanks to Derick’s Mom and her boss (Paul), we all had a wonderful evening at the Naturals’ Faith and Family night at the local Arvest Ballpark. For any of you who have traveled/lived outside the U.S.A., there are just

Jenni and James (both part of Jill’s “buddy team” growing up) recently had birthdays in July and August. Before Jenni’s birthday, we took both Jenni and James out for ice cream, then we had fun visiting a couple pet stores. 🙂

Samuel just had his first haircut! He seemed to enjoy the feel of the clippers and with daddy and big brother helping hold him while momma cut and distracted him with a video, it ended up being a success! Anyone have stories about their child’s first haircut? Tips? Tricks? Comment below!

As you all know, Derick has been in the Cross Church School of Ministry residency program for the past year and just graduated this past week! While working in the missions department at our church, he was able to take seminary classes, travel on several short-term missions trips (domestic and international) and gain lots of

July is always a fun month with lots of summer activities and Independence Day celebrations. Samuel turned one and now has eight teeth (working on numbers nine and ten)…as you can see in his one year/12 month photos!  We also enjoyed a quick trip to Oklahoma to visit Derick’s extended family and Derick has helped

Around the time of each wedding, when the whole family comes together, we try to get a group family photo. Before Josiah and Lauren’s wedding, we did the same thing, but some of the girls had the idea to also take a Duggar grandkid/grandparents photo since there are so many now! It turned out to

We celebrated Samuel’s first birthday earlier this month with smash cake and all! We had Jill’s buddy team and Derick’s family over for the evening. Here are some pictures and videos.

We had a great time recently helping with “Vacation Bible School Extreme” (VBX) at our church! The boys were in their preschool classes while we worked in the preschool missions room and had groups of kids rotate in and out during the day. Israel loved helping Derick decorate the door to the classroom, hanging out