October recap

 This month has been a busy one for the Bates family. 

Let's start with birthdays: 

Katie, Isaiah, Kelly and Bradley celebrated their birthdays 

Let's talk about anniversary:

Kelton and Josie had their anniversary. 

Now let's get to weddings and engagements: 

Katie's bridal shower

Following Nathan and Esther's wedding, the Bates girls loaded up and headed to New Jersey to attend a bridal shower for Katie and Travis. 

Another Wedding Coming soon

 Now that Nathan and Esther have gotten married, the Bates are gearing up for another wedding when Katie gets married to Travis Clark in early December.

We can't wait to see how their wedding planning has come together.

Bradley turns 7

Happy birthday Bradley 

A overseas engagement 💍

This just in!

Lawson is getting married! Congratulations to Lawson and Tiffany!

Lawson and Tiff head to Italy

We have a new photo of Lawson and Tiffany from Nathan and Esther's wedding. Lawson and Tiffany also headed to Italy for a vacation

baby Stewart

Many have been asking about Carlin's pregnancy and we have two things to share. Carlin is almost sixteen weeks pregnant with baby #2 at the time of writing this.

Carlin had revealed that she will not have to take the shots during pregnancy but will be taking them for six weeks after she gives birth.

They have decided that they will be finding out the gender and are trying to figure out how to announce it.

Kelly turns 55

Happy birthday to Kelly

Nathan and Esther's wedding photo

We hope that you had a wonderful weekend just like the newest Mr. and Mrs. Bates did. We are so excited to share this photo with you all.

Nathan and Esther got married on Friday afternoon. Nathan shared this on his Instagram account on Saturday morning. 

The couple gave an excusive to Fox news about their wedding and you can read it by clicking here.

Many of the Bates family and the guests at the wedding have been sharing photos of the happy day which we will be sharing soon.

November birthdays and anniversaries

We are just a few days away from November and it's time to release the November birthdays and anniversary. 

Did you know that Alyssa was the only birthday in November? 

Chad and Erin joined the November birthdays and anniversary when they got married in November 2013. John joined the November birthdays and anniversary when he got married to Alyssa in May 2014. In 2018, Kade joined the November birthdays and anniversary when he was born followed by Holland and Khloe in 2019.

Three November grandbabies

November is right around the corner. Tomorrow we will be sharing our November birthdays and anniversary cover. 

The Bates family have three grandchildren born in November. 

Khloe was born on November 7. Kade was born on November 9. Holland was born on November 26th 

Mr. and Mrs. Bates #3

Nathan and Esther are officially married! Congrats to the happy couple.

This morning, we shared their wedding day post and promised that we will be sharing photos as soon as we can.

It's hard to believe that the last wedding announcement was when Carlin and Evan got married in May 2019.

Nathan is the second son to get married following Zach's 2013 wedding to Whitney.

Nathan's wedding day!

Happy wedding day to Nathan and Esther!

Be sure to stay tune later today for their official wedding announcement. We know that you all would love to see photos of their wedding, we will be sharing them in a few days.

Wedding day tomorrow

We can't believe that their wedding is tomorrow. A week before their wedding, Nathan and Esther got their marriage license. 

We can't wait to see what her dress looks like and all the little details have got into planning. Please be sure to stay tune for their wedding announcement post which will be out tomorrow night.

Baby Paine: Boy or a girl?

 In case you have missed it, Chad and Erin announced that they were expecting their 5th child.

Will Carson have a little brother or a little sister?

Chad and Erin have announced that they are having a little girl and naming her Finley Marie. 

Congratulations to the Paine family on their 4th daughter. 

more photos of Websters

Yesterday, we shared new photos of the Webster family with Papa Bill and Mama Jane. We also shared photos of John, Alyssa, Allie and Lexi with Papa Bill and Mama Jane. Today we are going to share photos of Zoey and Maci with Papa Bill and Mama Jane.

We love this photo of Zoey with her great-grandparents.

We love this photo of Maci with her great-grandparents. We can't believe that we are getting closer to her first birthday

Websters visit great grandparents

We have some new photos of the Webster family visiting Papa Bill and Mama Jane to share prior to Nathan and Esther's wedding.

Alyssa revealed that this was the first time that Maci got to meet her great-grandparents. Maci was born in February 2021.

John revealed that on his intsagram that his grandparents have passed but he is happy that his girls have Alyssa's grandparents to visit.

Many of the family have spend time with papa Bill and Mama Jane in the past so this trip was a great time for both families.

Allie is getting so big. It's hard to believe that she will be seven in April.

Lexi is getting ready to celebrate her birthday in January.

Be sure to stay tune tomorrow for pictures of both Zoey and Maci with Papa Bill and Mama Jane.

New photo of the Smith fam

It is time for us to share more photos from Charlotte's newborn phototshoot. 

We just love this photo of Bobby and Tori with their children

I love Kade's hand on his sister. Now there was a comment on our first posting of the newborn photoshoot that says that we should not say that the little boy is protective of his sister. 

Bobby and his kids. It looks like he is going to be a great girl dad.

Tori and Charlotte

This picture of Bobby and Charlotte is so cute, don't you think?

New photo of the Smith children

We hope that you had a wonderful weekend with your family and friends. Today we are sharing a new photo of Kade, Charlotte, and Kolter.

Charlotte is almost four months old. Kade will celebrate his third birthday next month. Kolter will turn two in March 2022.

Isaiah turns 17

Happy birthday to Isaiah 

Esther turns 24

Happy birthday to Esther

Kelton and Josie

Happy anniversary to Kelton and Josie 

Katie turns 21

Happy Birthday Katie! 

Katie's wedding shower

With her December wedding right around the corner, the girls threw Katie a wedding shower. 

Charlotte's newborn photoshoot

We are so excited to share new photos of Charlotte with her family. 

she is a little over three months old and you can clearly see that Kade is protective of his baby sister. 

we also have a photo of Kolter with his baby sister. 

Be sure to stay tune for more photos of Charlotte, her brothers, and parents which will be coming soon.