Updated February birthday cover

There is a new February birthday! 

First cover: Gage Smith (February 28), Miles Balka (February 21), Hailey Clark (February 17), Addalle Bates (February 17), Jackson Bates (February 17), and Bobby Smith (February 16).

Second cover: Tiffany Bates (February 10), Jeb Bates (February 1), Maci Webster (February 9), and Trace Bates (February 1)

Trace and Jeb's double birthdays

Happy Birthday 

Jeb is turning 14 years old while Trace is turning 29 years old

February birthdays cover

February is one of the busiest months of the year for Bates family as they celebrate nine birthdays.

Birthdays: Miles Balka (February 21), Hailey Clark (February 17), Addalee Bates (February 17), Jackson Bates (February 17), Trace Bates (February 1), Jeb Bates (February 1), Bobby Smith (February 16), Tiffany Bates (February 10), and Maci Webster (February 9)

New photos of Trace, Lydia, and the kids

We hope that you had a wonderful Labor Day weekend! We are trying to catch up on photos from August. We have a few of their trip to Flordia and ones from most recent to share with you all

Today we have a new photo of Trace, Kaia, and Ryker as they kick off the college football season. 

Ryker will be celebrating his second birthday on September 12th! 

We have two new photos of the youngest granddaughter of the Bates family.

Kaia is almost three months old.

The family photo is from their Flordia trip.

Trace and Kaia

Trace and Ryker

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.

New photo of Trace and Lydia's family

Trace and Lydia are getting very close to meeting their baby girl.

Lydia just had her baby shower yesterday.

We cant believe that we are only weeks away from baby girl's due date.

Unseen February Birthdays cover

 The family has five birthdays in two days! February 1st has Jeb Bates and Trace Bates while February 17th has Jackson Bates, Addallee Bates, and Hailey Clark! 

Double Birthday for Trace and Jeb!

 Happy Birthday to Trace and Jeb! 

Trace is turning 28 years old while Jeb turns 13 years old! 

February birthdays cover

 It's time to release our February birthdays cover! 

Their birthdays are:

* Trace Bates- February 1

* Jeb Bates- February 1

* Maci Webster- February 9

* Tiffany Bates- February 10

* Bobby Smith- February 16

* Jackson Bates- February 17

* Addallee Bates- February 17

* Hailey Clark- February 17

* Miles Balka- February 21

Father's Day 2024

 Happy Father's Day

February birthdays cover

Now that February is over and there is a new birthday to celebrate for the Bates family.

Trace turns 27

Happy Birthday

Double Birthdays

Today is a very special day for the Bates family. It's Trace and Jeb's birthdays! 

February birthdays cover

January is almost done and that means that it's time for our February birthdays cover.

12 weddings

Gil and Kelly now have twelve Bates weddings in the books. 

The first wedding took place in November 2013 and the most recent one took place in October 2023. 

The Bates family have five sons married. Zach was the first one to get married in December 2013 followed by Nathan in October 2021. Lawson got married in May 2022 and a few months later Trace got married. A year later, Jackson got married in October 2023. 

The Bates have seven of their daughters married. Erin got married first in November 2013 followed by Alyssa in May 2014. Michaella got married in August 2015. Tori got married in December 2017. Josie got married in October 2018. Carlin got married in May 2019. Katie got married in December 2021. 

Double Birthdays

Happy Birthday Jeb and Trace! 

Trace is turning 26 years old.

Jeb is turning 11 years old.

February birthdays

It's time to share our February birthdays cover with you all! The family has seven birthdays with two having double birthdays.

Here are their birthdays:

Addallee- February 17th

Trace- February 1st

Jeb- February 1st

Jackson- February 17th

Maci- February 9th

Tiffany- February 10th

Bobby- February 16th

Double Birthdays #1

We have two new photos to share from the first double birthdays of 2022.

Trace turned 25 years old while Jeb turned 10 years old.

We love these photos of Jeb and Trace.

Trace turns 25

Happy Birthday Trace

Double Birthdays #1

Today marks a special day in the Bates family! 

It's the first double birthday for the year 2022!