Brother-in-law double birthdays

Today marks a special day for the Bates family as they celebrate Judson and Brandon's birthdays.

Judson is celebrating his 15th birthday while Brandon is celebrating his 36th birthday. 

September birthdays

It's time to release our September birthdays cover! 

Birthdays: Judson Bates (September 15), Brandon Keilen (September 15), Whitney Bates (September 21), Ryker Bates (September 12), and Harvey Clark (September 29)

Father's Day 2025

 Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there!

Brandon is the foster dad of two. Gil is the dad of nineteen children. Zach is the dad to five children. John is the dad of five children. Nathan is the dad of two children. Evan is the dad of two children (with one on the way). Chad is the dad of six children (with one on the way). Bobby is the dad of five children. Kelton is the dad of three children (with one on the way)

Travis is the dad of two children. Lawson is the dad of one child (with one on the way). Trace is the dad of one (with one on the way). Jackson has a child on the way due any day.

Updated September birthdays cover

Just a few days ago, we shared that Travis and Katie have welcomed their son into the world. Today we are sharing our updated September birthdays cover. 

Brandon turns 35

 Happy Birthday Brandon! 

Bates Double birthday

 Today is a special day for the Bates family as they celebrate Brandon and Judson! 

September Birthday Cover

We are so excited to share the September birthdays cover with you all.

Updated September birthdays cover

Now that Trace and Lydia have welcomed their first baby, we have updated our September birthday cover.

Double Birthdays (Judson and Brandon)

Happy Birthday Judson and Brandon! 

Judson is turning 13 years old

Brandon is turning 34 years old

Thirty club August update

Now that Nathan has turned 30, it's time to update our 30 year old cover.

Did you know only five of the Bates children have turned 30?

We will be back in September to update the cover again when Whitney turns 30.

September birthdays cover

It's time to release our September birthday cover! As many of you know that Trace and Lydia are expecting their little boy to be born here in the month of September. 

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.

Brandon and Judson

Happy Birthday Brandon and Judson! 

September birthdays cover

It's time to release our September birthday cover with you all.

Brandon turns 32

Happy Birthday Brandon

New photos of Brandon

In honor of Brandon's birthday this week, we have two new photos of Brandon to share with you all.

Did you know that we introduce Brandon in January 2014 when the Bates family announced his courtship with Michaella.

Six are thirty years old

The Bates family have six members plus mom and dad that are 30 years old and above.

Chad was the first one to turn 30 in April 2017. 

Zach was the second one to turn 30 in December 2018

Brandon was the third one to turn 30 in September 2019

John was the fourth one to turn 30 in November 2019

Michaella was the fifth one to turn 30 in January 2020.

The most recent one was Erin who turned 30 in May 2021.

4 Bates turn 30

The Bates family are about to have a 5th Bates member turn 30 in January but we wanted to do a special post about the current ones.

Chad Paine was the first turn 30 in April 2017.

Zach Bates turned 30 in December 2018.

Brandon celebrated his 30th birthday in September 2018.

John celebrated his 30th birthday yesterday.

Double birthdays!

September 15th marks a special day for the Bates family as they celebrate both Brandon and Judson's birthdays! 

Judson is turning 9 while Brandon is celebrating his 30th birthday today!

September birthdays Cover

It's time to release our September birthdays!