Duggar Family News: Joseph Marries Kendra Caldwell, Talks About Their First Kiss
There is a new addition to the popular Duggar family. Several days ago, the famous clan announced the marriage of Joseph Duggar to his fiancée Kendra Caldwell in a post titled "Joe and Kendra Are Married!!"
In the blog post, the Duggar family congratulated the newlyweds and said it was an amazing and exciting day for the entire family. "We loved sharing your big day with you and look forward to the amazing days ahead the Lord has in store for you both!" the message read.
Joseph and Kendra tied the knot last week, four months after he proposed to his girlfriend last May. According to reports, the wedding took place at the First Baptist Church in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, on Sept. 8.
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Joseph, 22, and Kendra, 19, met each other at their church. They started officially dating in March and got engaged in May, when Joseph proposed to Kendra during the wedding of his younger sister, Joy-Anna.
Shortly after news about their wedding broke, TLC posted a video of Joseph, where the newly wed were shown saying, "We are happily married now and just got done with the ceremony."
Joseph is the latest member of the popular TLC reality show family to get wed. He is the seventh child of Jim-Bob and Michelle, and was only 13 when the Duggar family's former series, "19 Kids and Counting," debuted in 2008.
Meanwhile, the newlyweds admitted that they only had their first kiss on their wedding day, which is a long-standing tradition of the Duggars. In an interview after the wedding, the two described their first kiss as "amazing." "You always have expectations of the first kiss but it blew all those expectations away. It was amazing," said Joseph.
As for Kendra, she said, "I think when we said, 'I do' inside our vows and everything, I think it really was a super sweet time and it was, I think just made it more real."
