'In Love In Switzerland' and 'The Vuolos Buy a House' Recap

Counting On "In Love In Switzerland"

• Joy and Austin Forsyth are officially husband and wife, and they are headed to the Swiss Alps for their honeymoon. “It is going to be a lot different not having my family there and not having a little sibling to watch,” says Joy. “I love being married and just all that comes with it, and when I want to kiss him, I can kiss him.”
• The Forsyths finally arrive in Geneva, Switzerland, and kick off their trip with a meal at a fondue restaurant. When the waiter pours the water and Joy tries it, she is afraid she got something other than water, but Austin assures her that it’s just sparkling water.
• Entertainers at the restaurant convince Joy to demonstrate her yodeling skills. She ends up being pretty good. Her close friend, Carlin Bates, can yodel well and has given her some tips.
• Next, the Forsyths head to Interlaken, Switzerland, where they learn how to make Swiss chocolate at Funky Chocolate Club. They meet an older couple that encourages them to have lots of kids. They have five, but they are blown away when they find out that Joy is one of 19.
• “Austin and I want however many kids God gives us because he knows how many kids we can handle,” says Joy. “I think having 19 kids is a rare thing. I don’t think every woman can do that, so we’ll see. If that’s what God gives us, then we’ll take them.”
• The next day, the Forsyths go hang gliding with Bumble Bee Hang Gliding. “I’m a pilot, but I think hang gliding is going to be a little bit different,” says Austin. Joy admits that she’s nervous. One instructor takes Austin, while another takes Joy. They run down a hill, and then the wind catches them, and they take flight.
• “I thought the flight was amazing,” says Joy. “You can really see everything. It was absolutely gorgeous.”
• Later, they catch a train to Zermatt to go skiing on the Theodul Glacier. The next morning, they put on their ski pants and coats and head up the gondola. “Not having any instruction was kind of hard,” admits Joy. “I think we should have set up some kind of thing.”
• The minute they finish skiing, Joy removes her ski boots and socks. “You can take the girl out of Arkansas, but you can’t take the Arkansas out of the girl,” says Austin, laughing.

Counting On "The Vuolos Buy a House"

• When Joy and Austin return home, they move into an RV placed in the yard of their fixer upper house. Joy loves the RV, while Austin is eager to move into the house. “The mice even love it, and the ants,” says Joy. “I mean, what can I say?” They hope to be out of the RV within four months.
• Joseph and Kendra, who are newly engaged, have their photos taken by a close friend. (They were unable to find a time for Jinger to come to town.) Lauren, Kendra’s sister, chaperones.
• Down in Laredo, Jinger and Jeremy compete in a tennis match. Jinger wears a mid-thigh tennis skirt and a modest tank top. Jeremy has played a few times, but Jinger has only played once or twice.
• “I’ve never done organized sports, and so Jeremy was giving me pointers,” says Jinger, who picks the sport up quickly. “Jeremy is super competitive. Any game that we go into, he does it with all of his might.”
• “Jinger is very competitive,” says Jeremy. “Jinger doesn’t like to lose, and I love that about her.”
• Later, Jinger and Jeremy stop by the four-bedroom, two-bathroom house they just purchased. They have hired a Spanish-speaking painter, so communicating is a bit of a challenge.
• Jeremy is excited to finally have an office for his books. If you remember back when the siblings were helping redecorate the Vuolos' apartment, Jessa put some of Jeremy’s books in the closet. She says that ever since that episode aired, she has been scolded by a lot of people.
• Jana, John-David, the Seewalds, Jedidiah, and Jeremiah arrive in Laredo, along with friends Jennifer and Laura. “It is beyond a doubt a perk to marry a girl with 18 siblings who love us and want to help us,” says Jeremy.
• Everyone heads over to the house. Jana and Jessa vote for painting the kitchen cabinets, which are a dark wood color, while the guys suggest leaving them. “I give you permission to change the handles, but don’t paint the cabinets,” says Jedidiah. The ladies are able to convince Jeremy that painting the cabinets white is a good idea.
• The next day, the Duggars, with help from movers, move the Vuolos into their house. After the painters finish painting the cabinets, Jana heads up the installation of a white tile backsplash. “It was kind of a tight squeeze to do this last minute,” says Jana.
• On the third and final day, the siblings put all the finishing touches on the kitchen, master bedroom, living room, and dining room, leaving the guest bedrooms and office for Jinger and Jeremy to work on themselves. Everything looks amazing, especially the kitchen, which has undergone a major transformation.
• “Our interior decorators actually know what we want before we know what we want,” says Jeremy. “They’re that good.”
• Back in Arkansas, Joseph goes disc golfing with Kendra’s family (parents Paul and Christina, as well as six siblings—Lauren, Micah, Nathan, Timmy, Gracie, and Jesiah) on a course built on the land where the Duggars used to live and where Joe and Kendra started their courtship.
• Joe, Kendra, Michelle, Lauren, Christina (Kendra’s mom), Cindy (Michelle’s childhood friend who has designed multiple Duggar weddings), and Laura (the Duggars’ friend who will help coordinate) meet at the church to discuss wedding plans.
• Joy, Austin, and some of Joy’s siblings spend time helping out at Fort Rock Family Camp, owned and operated by Austin’s family. “Austin and I want to be a part of Fort Rock as much as we can,” says Joy.