Updated December birthdays and anniversaries cover

Now that Lawson and Tiffany have announced that they welcomed to their son, Theodore Lawson, into the world. It's time to update our December birthdays and anniversaries cover.

Birthdays: Theodore Bates (December 9), Zach Bates (December 30), Tori (Bates) Smith (December 20), Brooks Balka (December 6)

Anniversaries: Gil and Kelly Bates (December 19), Zach and Whitney (December 14), Travis and Katie Clark (December 4), Bobby and Tori (December 16)

Zach turns 37

 Happy Birthday

December birthdays and anniversaries cover

 It's time to release the final cover of 2025! We can't believe how fast this year has gone by.

Anniversaries:

- Travis and Katie Clark (December 3)

- Zach and Whitney Bates (December 14)

- Bobby and Tori Smith (December 16)

- Gil and Kelly Bates (December 19)

Birthdays:

- Tori Smith (December 20)

- Zach Bates (December 30)

More photos of baby girl Stewart

We have new photos of Baby Girl Stewart 

Kelly Jo, Carlin, and baby Girl 

Evan and Carlin with their daughter 

Baby girl

Katie, Carlin, Whitney, and Baby girl

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.

30 years old update

 A new family member has celebrated their 30th birthday so it's time to update our cover! 

Bobby celebrated his 30th birthday on February 15th.

We will be back in July when Kelton celebrates his 30th birthday! 

Zach turns 36

 Happy Birthday! 

Father's Day 2024

 Happy Father's Day

Bates Kitchen: Cake Pops with Kaci

 In last week's Bates Kitchen episode, Zach had his daughter, Kaci Lynn, in the episode.

Cooking with Mama Bates

 This week's youtube video, Zach brought his mother on to help him in the Bates Kitchen. 

Chicken or Steak Quesadila

 It's no secret that Zach loves to cook and here is the second episode.

What is your favorite quesadilla? Chicken or Steak.

Zach's first Youtube VIdeo!

On March 30th, Zach released his first youtube video! 

Zachs YouTube channel

There is a new YouTube channel for the Bates family! This time it's Zach that has joined the YouTube family. 

You can check out Zach's youtube by clicking this link.

Update: We do have a list of the family members that have youtube by clicking here! 

Zach turns 35

Happy Birthday

December birthdays and anniversaries cover

It's time to release our December birthdays and anniversaries cover for the Bates family.

The family only has two birthdays (Tori and Zach). Zach's birthday is December 30th while Tori's birthday is December 20th.

The family has four wedding anniversaries this month. Gil and Kelly's anniversary is on December 19th. Zach and Whitney's anniversary is on December 14th. Bobby and Tori's anniversary is on December 16th. Travis and Katie's anniversary is on December 3rd.

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. 

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.

first photo as a family of seven

We have two new photos of Zach and Whitney's family! 

New photo of Jadon, Zach, and Kelly

We have a new photo of Jadon, Zach, and Kelly! 

New photo of Jadon and Zach

We have a new photo of Zach and Jadon to share with you all.