William Bates and Willow Balka's double birthdays

Happy Birthday to Willow and William!

July Birthdays

It's time to release our July birthdays cover photo.

William Bates (July 19), Willow Balka (July 19), Sarah Bates (July 12), Kelton Balka (July 4), Lawson Bates (July 27), and Dakota Bates (July 4)

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. 

New photo of Balka children

We have a new photo of Kelton and Josie's children. 

New photo of Willow and Hazel

We have a new photo of Kelton and Josie's two oldest daughters to share with you all. 

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.

Grandma syndrome

We have new photos of Willow, Hazel, Miles and Kelly to share with you all.

Unseen July Birthdays photos

 In the month of July, The Bates have two double birthdays. The first one is Kelton and Papa Bill. As many of you know that Papa Bill passed away in May 2025 so this year marked his first birthday in heaven.

Papa Bill would have celebrated his 87th Birthday while Kelton celebrated his 30th birthday.

The second one is with William and Willow.

Willow celebrated her 6th birthday while William celebrated his 1st birthday.

Celebrating William and Willow

Back on July 19th, Willow and William celebrated their birthdays. 

Willow turned six years old while William turned one year old. 

GrandBates Double Birthdays

Happy birthday to Willow Balka and William Bates!

GrandBates born in July

We always seem to be getting these questions about who's the parents of the grandbabies born each month. We decided to start something a little different for you all.

1. William Bates- son of Lawson and Tiffany. His birthday is on July 19th

2. Willow Balka- daughter of Kelton and Josie. Her birthday is on July 19th

July Birthdays cover

We are so excited to be sharing the July Birthdays cover with you all. This month, the family has five birthdays.

Their Birthdays are Willow Balka (July 19), Papa Bill Bates (July 4), Kelton Balka (July 4), William Bates (July 19), and Lawson Bates (July 27).

Celebrating Hazel

We have new photos of Hazel as she celebrated her fourth birthday on Saturday! 

Mother's day photos

We have a handful of photos to share as the family celebrated Mother's Day! 

Up first is John and Alyssa with their children.

Next is Travis and Katie with their children.

Next is Esther with her children

Next is Josie with her children.

Last is Evan and Carlin with their children.

Christmas 2024

 Merry Christmas! 

Updated July Birthdays cover

Now that William has arrived, we can share our updated July Birthdays! There is also a new double birthday. Willow and William share a birthday.

Willow turns 5

 Happy 5th birthday Willow! 

July Birthdays cover

July is in a few days and that means that it's time to release our July Birthdays cover. 

Miles Newborn photos

Happy Saturday everyone! It's time for new photos!