making memories

Carlin shared these photos of her and the kids and they are just adorable. 

Two are three

Three years ago, the Bates welcomed these two beautiful granddaughters into the world. 

Khloe was born on November 7th and Holland was born on the 26th of November. You can check out Khloe's birth post by clicking here. You can also check out Holland's birth post by clicking here.

All about Zade: Eight months old

 Zade is now eight months old! 

This past month, He and the family went to his uncle's wedding. He also got a new cousin (Kenna Joy).

He celebrated his first Thanksgiving! 

December birthdays and anniversaries cover

December is right around the corner and that means that it's time to release our December birthdays and anniversaries cover.

Zach and Tori are the only birthdays for the month.

Last year, Travis and Katie joined the very busy anniversary month for the family. 

We will see you on the final weekend of 2022 for our January birthdays cover.

Holland turns 3

Happy 3rd birthday, Holland

Fall adventures with the Balka

We have a new photo of the Balka family! 

Thanksgiving 2022

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! 

New photo of Judson and Finley

How cute is this photo of Judson and Finley? 

New photo of the Stewart family

We have a new photo of Evan and Carlin with their children to share with you. 

John turns 33

Happy 33rd birthday, John

Seven at 30 and above

It's time to update our cover for the children and children-in-law that are thirty and above. We first did this update on November 22, 2019 shorty after John turned thirty years old. We also updated this cover back in May 2021.

Chad was the first child-in-love turned thirty in April 2017. He is currently 35 years old.

Zach was the first child to turned thirty in December 2018. He is currently 33 years old and will celebrate his 34th birthday in December 2022.

Brandon was the second child-in-love turned thirty in September 2019. He is currently 33 years old. 

John was the third child-in-love turned thirty in November 2019. He is about to turn 33 years old in a few weeks. 

Michaella was the second child to turned thirty in January 2020. She is currently 32 years old. She will celebrate her 33rd birthday in January 2023.

Erin was the third child to turned thirty in May 2021. She is currently 31 years old.

Lawson was the fourth child to turned thirty in July 2022. He is currently 30 years old. 

This time next year the Bates will have nine children and children-in-love when Nathan celebrates his 30th birthday in August followed by Whitney celebrates her 30th birthday in September.

first photo of a family of six

We have the official first photo of the Smith family following the birth of their daughter, Cambree. 

All about Finley: Ten months old

 In just two months, Chad and Erin will celebrate their daughter's first birthday! The family recently shared a new picture of her with her uncle, Judson that we will be sharing very soon! 

She recently celebrated her parents wedding anniversary. She also attended her uncle's wedding. Her family recently welcomed a new cousin for her when her aunt welcomed Kenna Joy into the world. 

All about Kenna: One month old

 Kenna is now a month old. 

This past month, she celebrated her parent's wedding anniversary just five days after her birth. 

We shared a few new photos of her recently.

New photo of Layla and Zade

We have new photos of Evan and Carlin's children! 

Cambree's newborn photos

Over the past few weeks, we have shared Cambree's newborn photos and today we have some more to share with you all. 

more new photos of Kenna

We have some new photos of Kenna Joy to share with you.

Nathan and Esther announced her birth on October 19th and shared five new photos of the sweet baby girl.

The next day, Gil and Kelly shared a slideshow of the sweet baby girl's safe arrival and we were able to get these two new photos of her. 

Four daughters and one son

At the end of October, we shared that John and Alyssa are having a baby boy come April 2023. Both John and Alyssa have said that this baby would be their last one.

Seven grandsons and counting

John and Alyssa announced that they are having a little boy come April 2023. We are so excited for them. 

Bradley was the first grandson born in October 2014. He recently turned eight years old.

Carson was the second grandson born in May 2015. He is currently seven years old.

Kade was the third grandson born in November 2019. He recently turned four years old.

Kolter was the fourth grandson born in March 2020. He is currently two years old.

Jadon was the fifth grandson born in June 2021. He is currently one year old.

Zade was the sixth grandson born in March 2022. 

Baby Boy Webster will be the seventh grandson born in the Bates family. He is due to arrive in April 2023. 

Chad and Erin found a house

 Chad and Erin are about to pack up their family and move to Flordia. As many of you know that Erin is not the first child to move to Flordia. 

The house has three bedrooms and two bathrooms.

When are they moving? Chad is planning to go down there before their move to paint the house. They are going to move right after the holidays.

New photo of Alyssa

We have a new photo of Alyssa Webster to share with you! 

On October 29th, the couple shared that they were going to have a baby boy or baby girl. Alyssa recently celebrated her birthday on November 9th.

Eleven Children are married!

Can you believe that Eleven of the Bates children are married? 

We gathered up all the Bates children's wedding dates. We also have posted about each of their weddings. 

1. Erin: November 2, 2013
2. Zach: December 14, 2013
3. Alyssa: May 24, 2014
4. Michaella: August 15, 2015
5. Tori: December 16, 2017
6. Josie: October 5, 2018
7. Carlin: May 25, 2019
8. Nathan: October 22, 2021
9. Katie: December 3, 2021
10. Lawson: May 12, 2022
11. Trace: October 1, 2022

double Birthdays

It's time for another double birthday! This time is Kade and Alyssa's birthdays! 

Happy 28th birthday Alyssa! 

Happy 4th birthday Kade! 

update on Kelly's mom

We have some sad news to share regarding Kelly's mom.

She went to the hospital with RSV. Sadly,  she got worse and passed away this morning. 

We ask for prayers for the entire Bates family as they mourn the loss of this beautiful woman. 

Five Mr. and Mrs. Bates

In early October, The Bates family celebrated the wedding of their son Trace and his new wife, Lydia. Did you know that there are only five Mr. and Mrs. Bates? Let's recap it.

Gil and Kelly got married in December 1987.

Zach and Whitney got married in December 2013.

Nathan and Esther got married in October 2021.

Lawson and Tiffany got married in May 2022.

Trace and Lydia were the recent couple to get married. 

Sister pregnant together ❤️

There are two sisters pregnant together.

Katie is 23 weeks pregnant while Alyssa is 19 weeks pregnant. 

Khloé turns 3

Happy Birthday Khloe! 

More photos from the wedding

We have some more wedding photos from Trace and Lydia's wedding to share with you all. The couple has been married for a month now.