Season Five Recap

Three of the Bates boys enjoyed summer camp right before Tori and Bobby started their official courtship. Lawson released a new album and has been working his music tour. The Bates move to a hotel for a few weeks after a small laundry fire. Carlin introduce us to her special friend Evan Stewart. John and Alyssa welcome their second daughter, Lexi Mae, into the world.  Brandon and Michaella reveal their struggles of starting a family. The family also went on many trips as a family! They build a basketball court!


 What was your favorite moment of season five? What do you look forward to the new season?

Recap: A New Baby Born and Love All Around

Kelly and the five youngest boys are heading to Florida to visit the Webster family before Lexi Mae arrives. Alyssa did not know who was coming until the day before. The next morning, Kelly takes Alyssa for some mother/daughter time. Alyssa reveals that she doesn't want many people in the room during the birth of Lexi. Kelly reveals that she was the same way and along with the fact that she and Gil will wait out in the reception until the baby is born.
Kelly and Allie head with Alyssa for her midwife appointment at The Birth Place. Alyssa ends up being hooked up on a monitor due to the irregularity in Lexi's heartbeat. She quickly finds out that everything is fine.
Gil brings the rest of the children and the kids up in a nerf gun war. Kelly ends up with a phone call from the father-to-be saying that it's time. Lexi Mae arrives just over one hour after their arrival to the birthing Center.
Kelly reveals, that no matter how many grandbabies,they have each one of them are special since they are all different.
Alyssa is sent home after a few hours. Alyssa's brothers and sisters are happy to come for a visit. They ended up coming to the birthing center and her house the next day.
A few weeks later, The family is back home in Tennessee and planning their I love you day celebration. This year, they decided to combined it with Mama Jane's birthday party. They go with a theme down on the farm. Both the Keilen and Webster family arrive to the party.
The older girls head for pedicures and some girl talk. Erin reveals that she was the one that set Carlin and Evan up and the story goes like this: Kelly was speaking at a banquet where Evan was sitting at a table with Carlin and Erin. Carlin explains that Erin wanted him to be her brother-in-law and asked if he was single.
Alyssa reveals that she approves of Evan since he is so patient with her.
Tori reveals that she is getting married in May! The girls are very surprised until she clarifies that it will be next May after she finishes school. Tori reveals that she is not planning her wedding and that she is just picking her colors. Everyone else plans it but if they disagree about planning and she quickly responses that they will fight it out since she won't be doing it.
The couples decided to do a steak dinner at a cabin where all the out of town guest are staying. Nathan brings Tori and Bobby but quickly gets asked to leave until he has a girl.
The next day, Mama Jane is shocked when Gil and Kelly give her the new rocking chair that was made by Chad. Everyone singed shellacked on it. Mama Jane is surprised and she doesn't want to ever die.
Kelly leads everyone on the games which turns out to be really fun.
The married boys take the courting boys to shoot where they share their relationship advice. Kelly reveals that her sons are protective of their sisters and no guy is ever good enough to be with them.
Now it's time for presents which takes over an hour. Michaella hands out the heart key chains which has Kelly's father's writing on them "I love you. In his grace, Granddad Callaham. Psalm 56:3". The gift has causes a few tears to overflow.

Preview: Fire Trucks and Diaper Dumps

We have two episode previews for you all. Now that we are in the month of March, be sure to check out our March monthly preview.

Exclusive First Look
March 1, 2017
Catch a sneak peek of the upcoming episode of Bringing Up Bates, Fire Trucks and Diaper Dumps.

Fire Trucks  and Diaper Dumps
March 2, 2017
The Bates household faces an unexpected emergency when a house fire erupts in the laundry room; Kelly Jo spends some quality time with Michaela in Chicago, before they depart for Alyssa's baby shower in Florida; Alyssa's Diaper Pounding.

March episode Previews

Exclusive First Look
March 1, 2017
Catch a sneak peek of the upcoming episode of Bringing Up Bates, Fire Trucks and Diaper Dumps.

Fire Trucks  and Diaper Dumps
March 2, 2017
The Bates household faces an unexpected emergency when a house fire erupts in the laundry room; Kelly Jo spends some quality time with Michaela in Chicago, before they depart for Alyssa's baby shower in Florida; Alyssa's Diaper Pounding.

Loads of Laundry and Lots of Lessons
March 9, 2017
The Bates temporarily relocate to a hotel after a house fire; the Bates head to the Ark Encounter; he little boys learn important life lessons when Gil and Kelly try to help them understand the true dangers and consequences a fire can have.

Bike Racks, Barbers and Big Duets
March 16, 2017
Lawson's album release tour is in full swing and the next stop is Mount Airy, NC; Lawson and Nathan visit the iconic sights of the Real Mayberry; Gil teaches the younger boys how to build a bike rack out of logs.

Mass-asomethin'
March 23, 2017
The Bates family is hitting the slopes; after ski lessons, the family decides to head down the mountain on their own.

Supersized hoops and supper
March 30, 2017
The family completes their Basketball court; Carlin and Josie experience a pain-filled escapade when they get their wisdom teeth pulled out.

Recap: Shakeups, Steak, and showtime

Lawson is happy to get a bunch of his new CDs. He knows that it's something special to get your product on a disk. Lawson is just praising the Lord that they have arrive. Lawson is getting ready for his charity concert in Knoxville for the Children's hospital. 

Now that Zach and Whitney are heading to Ye Olde Steak house where Gil and Kelly would go to celebrate when they had a new baby in their home. Zach and Whitney are getting ready to celebrate their third wedding anniversary. Zach decided to switch from the night shifts to the day shifts. Bradley is always excited for his dad to come home. 

Whitney recalls, when they first got married, Zach asked her if he could be a cop and at first she thought no way but now she can't imagine her husband doing anything else but being a cop. Zach loves his job and having a family to come to.

Emily is not able to make the concert so Lawson asks his sister, Carlin, to sing at the parts. Carlin doesn't think that she will be able to fill her shoes but her brother believes in her. The concert is in the evening and the music is schedule in 45 minutes. The computer goes down and the family and friend are having issues with scanning the tickets.  Both Gil and Kelly say that it was a lot of confusion because of the computer issues.

The shows manages to start and everyone is hyped up. Lawson ends up forgetting a few words to one of his songs but manages to move past it. Lawson is happy that people are enjoying themselves. The duet ends up being really great. Lawson actually brings up AJ and other kids up to sing "Jesus loves me" and they do really good.

Gil is happy that the kids are singing and encouraging them during that moment. Zach says that he is proud of his little brother. He knows that the hardest person to impress is his big brother and Lawson has done that above and beyond.

Preview: Shakeups, Steaks, and Showtime!

Lawson releases a CD of original songs and gears up for his first big tour; Zach and Whitney finally get a much deserved date night.

Recap: Doggy Dilemmas

Warden brings Judson and Jeb over to Chad and Erin's house to work with the puppy, Max. Max needs work on fetching but does great on the sitting command.
Lawson heads to the hospital to meet his friend, Emily, to sing to some of the patients. Gil is proud of each of the kids as they go through.  Emily says that it was amazing to meet everyone of the kids and is looking forward to going.
Kelly's plan to use the shed's concrete slab was voted by her husband. He wants to make sure that the basketball is on the side yard. Lawson shows up when the concrete gets here causing Nathan to think that his brother is there to watch because of his outfit. It took Lawson a little bit before convincing him to change. The truck doesn't arrive and Gil calls another place and has it drop off the next morning.
The boys end up running out of concrete right before the end of project and ends up having to get more. The product looks good and the kids add their hand-prints and names on the court.
Brandon and Michaella give an update on their family plans. Erin had contacted Brandon about doing a surprise for Kelly for her 50th birthday. Brandon starts working on it. Michaella is still working on sewing dresses, scrap-booking and nanny. Kelly knows that they think that they will have a big family since she loves children. Kelly also thinks that her daughter is hoping to get pregnant and join the others pregnant.
Brandon and Michaella noticed around six months of marriage, that there might be something going on. They also are considering visiting a specialist after their first year of marriage.
Michaella is excited about starting a family and knows that it will take some times. Brandon is leaving it in God's hands and it's his plans.

New Episode tonight

Happy Thursday everyone! 

Tonight is a brand new episode of Bringing Up Bates. The Bates will celebrating Katie's birthday. Mama Jane and Papa Bill are in town. Gil, Lawson and Papa Bill head to go golfing. 

Be sure to check out our blog for our recap after the show.

 

New episode of Bringing Up Bates

Tonight is a brand new episode of Bringing Up Bates. Be sure to check out our preview Tuesday to find out what the episode will be about. We will be doing a recap after the episode airs. 

Here's a sneak peak video:

Itunes update

Many of you have been asking if you can get the newest season of Bringing Up Bates and we have some good news. Bringing Up Bates season 5 is available for purchase. There is currently no word if Bringing Up Bates is on Amazon but we will keep you update!

Preview: Plans, Blands and mashed potatoes!

Lots of plans are being made in the Bates household! Kelly Jo is about to turn the big 5-0, so Erin calls a meeting with the siblings to plan for a surprise party. But will the younger kids be able to keep it a secret? The Bates Boys, meanwhile, inspired by their time at basketball camp try to figure out if they can install a real court in their yard. While Lawson, who has big plans for his concert tour, invites his band over for a practice in the living room. Last, as the older girls are moving away and going to college, it’s time for the boys to learn how to cook. Erin invites Warden, the Bates budding Chef, over to her house, to teach him how to cook her favorite recipe.

Tonight starts Season 5!

On Tuesday, we announced our first preview Tuesday of the new season that airs tonight! We will have our recap posted later on tonight on our blog so make sure you tune in.

From what we have been told that they will be revealing Alyssa's second pregnancy tonight on the show! We will also find out the status of the relationship of Bobby and Tori.

Be sure to tune into UPTV tonight for a brand new episode! Here is another sneak peek:

Preview: Summer lovin', Guitar strummin' and a Surprise a comin'!

Bringing Up Bates is back in two days! 

Here's a preview summary: 
 The family travels to North Carolina to pick up Warden, Jackson, and Isaiah from sleepaway camp but not without getting a VIP tour from camp counselor and Tori's boyfriend, Bobby.


Here's the preview video:

 

Season five coming soon!

We are so excited to share that we only have two weeks until Bringing Up Bates is back for a brand new season.

We are so excited to see what the new season has in store.
 

Season 5 press release!

This morning, The network revealed what the season will hold for the family. As many of us know that, John and Alyssa will reveal their pregnancy to the family during this season. Zach and Whitney are adjusting to life with two children. Chad and Erin are also adjusting to two children and a new puppy. Lawson works on his concert tour. Tori and Bobby grow in their relationship. Carlin and Josie head to college. Trace works on his dream of working at the Dixie Stampede. Gil and Kelly work on building their church.