The Bates family blog

Wednesday, December 17, 2025

We are so excited to share that Brooks Hallum is home just in time for Christmas.

Happy Anniversary

Happy Anniversary to Zach and Whitney.

We have baby photos of Layla, Zade, and Navy Kate.

Evan and Carlin recently share that they have accidentally created a tradition.

They had originally did this photo shorty after Layla was born in 2020.

They did it again when Zade joined the family in March 2022.

So it wasn't a surprised when they did it in September 2025 when Navy Kate was born.

If you havent heard the news, Josie and Kelton welcomed their fourth child into the world on Sunday, December 6th.

The baby weighed 7lbs 1oz. He was 19 inches long.

Josie announced on Thursday that Brooks was in the NICU needing some extra care.

Its time to update the birthdays and anniversaries cover for December.

Birthdays:

- Zach Bates: December 30

- Tori (Bates) Smith: December 20

- Brooks Balka: December 6

Anniversaries:

- Travis and Katie Clark: December 3

- Zach and Whitney Bates: December 14

- Bobby and Tori Smith: December 16

- Gil and Kelly Bates: December 19