New photos from Balka family

Kelton and Josie are enjoying newborn bliss.

Miles and Brooks

Brooks and Josie

Willow, Hazel, and Miles

Kelton and Brooks

Willow and Brooks

Brooks

Kelton, Hazel, and Brooks

Josie and Miles

Willow reading to Brooks

Kelton

Kelton and Brooks

First Christmas as a family of 6

Yesterday we shared photos of the Bates family Christmas and today we are sharing one more.

Eariler this month, Kelton and Josie welcomed their fourth child into the world. He spent a few days in the NICU before coming home. 

Baby time for Kelton and Josie

We are so excited to share that its baby time for Kelton and Josie.

spending time with Jeremiah and Hannah

The Balkas and Bates were able to go watch a football game together with Jeremiah and Hannah Duggar.

Four grandbabies coming soon

In case you missed the exciting news, there are four grandbabies on the way! 

Kelton and Josie are due to welcome their fourth baby in December 2025.

Lawson and Tiffany are expecting their second baby in December 2025.

Zach and Whitney are due to welcome their sixth child in the spring 2026.

Bobby and Tori just announced that they are expecting their sixth child due in March 2026.

New photo of Balka family

In three months, Kelton and Josie will welcome their fourth child into the world.

Josie has said that they will be finding out the gender at birth like they did with Miles.

Christmas 2024

 Merry Christmas! 

Kelton and Josie's 6th wedding anniversary

 Happy Anniversary! 

Double celebration #1

 There is two double celebrations for the Bates family and today is Balka anniversary and Katie's birthday.

Kelton and Josie's 5th wedding anniversary

 Happy anniversary to Kelton and Josie! 

A double celebration

Today marks a double celebration for the Bates family as they celebrate Katie's birthday and Balka's anniversary.

Three anniversaries and a wedding

 In the month of October, the Bates family are gearing up for Jackson and Emerson's wedding.

The Bates family already have three anniversaries during the month of October. Kelton and Josie were the first to get married followed by Nathan and Esther a few years later. After almost a year later, Trace and Lydia got married.

New photo of Kelton and Josie

We have new photos of Kelton and Josie to share with you all

Fall adventures with the Balka

We have a new photo of the Balka family! 

Kelton and Josie's wedding anniversary

 Happy Wedding anniversary to Kelton and Josie! 

Three October weddings

We recently announced the wedding date for Trace and Lydia. 

Trace and Lydia will be getting married on October 1st. Kelton and Josie's wedding anniversary is on October 5th. Nathan and Esther's anniversary is on October 22nd.

Snowboarding Bates

Last week, the Bates family headed to go skiing and snowboarding. We have a couple of photos to share with you all.

Kelton and Josie went with them along with Hazel and Willow.

Kelton and Josie

Happy anniversary to Kelton and Josie 

Babies in Heaven

 Everyday we get new readers on our website in which we get many questions about the babies in heaven.

Gil and Kelly lost four of their babies and their names were Jewels, Juilblee, Zion and Sunny. Chad and Erin lost three babies before the birth of their son Carson in 2014. Zach and Whitney lost a baby before the birth of their daughter, Khloe, in 2018. Kelton and Josie lost their baby before the birth of their daughter, Hazel in 2021.

Chad and Erin opened up about their miscarriages in December 2014 and you can read that post here. Zach and Whitney opened up about their miscarriage in August 2018 and you can read that post by clicking here. Kelton and Josie opened up about their miscarriage in September 2020 and you can read that post by clicking here.

New photo of Balka family

We have two new photos of Kelton and Josie. The first photo includes Willow who will turn one on July 19th.

The second one is just of Kelton and Josie.