Welcome to the Bates family blog! Gil and Kelly have been married since 1987 and have welcomed nineteen children. Fourteen of their children are married. They have forty grandchildren with two foster grandchildren.
As many of you know that Gil and Kelly headed down to New Zealend and Austrilla right before Lexi Mae made her big debut. They brought along Carlin for the trip and had a wonderful time.
Kelly Jo has an upcoming speaking engagement at South Haven Baptist church for their 2016 ladies conference. It's located in Springfield, Tennessee.
The event is September 17th from 8:15am to 5:00 PM. Due to the fact that we didn't announce this sooner (August 20th) The cost now is $45.00 and you can visit the church to register for the event.