'La La La Land' Recap

Counting On "La La La Land"

• Jinger and Jeremy leave Arkansas following Grandma Duggar’s funeral. They are driving to Los Angeles. Jinger made this trip years ago with her family in “On the Road with 16 Children.”
• “I think I had always said it would be cool to marry someone who lived in a big city, but now I have this all falling into my lap, but on an even bigger scale than I ever imagined,” says Jinger. “LA, I mean, I’m really excited. But then I also think of how far away from our families we’re going to be.”
• In Roswell, New Mexico, the Vuolos visit the alien museum. It is reported that aliens arrived in Roswell in the 1940s and that the United States government covered it up. When asked, the Duggars say they don’t think that aliens are real. “We’re not into believing like aliens, but we do believe there’s a whole spirit world that we can’t see,” says Jim Bob.
• The Vuolos’ next stop is Las Vegas. When Jim Bob thinks of Las Vegas, he thinks of Elvis impersonators. The Duggars do know who Elvis is. John, Joe, and Josiah offer their best Elvis impersonations, and they are pretty good.
• Jeremy decides to take the leap at SkyJump Las Vegas. It is an 829-foot controlled jump. Jinger tries to talk her husband out of it, but he goes through with it. “I was definitely realizing that I’m a poor decision maker,” says Jeremy before he jumps. It ends up being a pretty slow descent, although Jeremy says it feels like a freefall.
• After five days of travel, the Vuolos arrive in their new home in Los Angeles.
• At the Seewald house, Ben shaves the facial hair that he has been growing for about a year. He shaves off all but a mustache that makes him look like leprechaun. He puts on a hat and sport coat and cranks up the fake Irish accent and then knocks on the front door. The boys don’t recognize him until he tells him that he’s actually Daddy.
• Meanwhile, Joseph installs a new, front-facing car seat for Garrett so that Addison, who will arrive in just a few weeks, can have the infant seat.
• Joy and Austin discuss the death and birth (via induction) of their baby girl at 20 weeks. They chose the name Annabell Elise because Annabell was one of Joy’s nicknames when she was little, and it means “God has favored me.”
• The Forsyths bury Annabell and place a headstone at Fort Rock Family Camp. They plant a tree and say a prayer. Lauren has been supporting Joy-Anna with Scripture and prayer, in a similar way that Jessa supported her after her miscarriage. Although they are grieving, Joy and Austin tell the other pregnant sisters that they still want to be happy for them, and they don’t want them to feel like they are walking on eggshells around them.
• While their families stand in the yard at the big house, John and Abbie arrange for Jeremiah to fly an airplane over. “Flight is kind of mine and John’s signature theme,” says Abbie. They pass out pink and blue boarding passes, corresponding with each person’s guess. All the passes have numbers on them. “I am feeling quite honored that John asked me to fly the plane for his gender reveal,” says Jeremiah, who got his license about eight months ago.
• As Jer flies over the first time, the numbers “82” are on the door. About half the guests are able to “stay in the game,” based on the numbers on their boarding passes. After the second flyover, only two guests are remaining. Abbie’s mom, Cheryl, has a blue ticket, and her sister Carinna has a pink ticket.  Carinna wins: It’s a girl!