Carlin and her dress

We are so excited to share that Carlin found her dress. As many of you know, she is planning to get married this May!

Recap: Big Apple Bride

With the wedding coming, Josie is on the hunt for her wedding dress. She wants a flow gown with long laced sleeves. Josie managed to find a dress online that she loves but it’s in New York City. Kelly jokes with her husband that it’s sounds expensive, but she is all set for the adventure.

Josie and Kelly decided to bring Whitney since she has never been to the big apple along with Katie and Carlin. They end up taking a double Decker bus. They enjoy seeing the sites and Whitney is over the top excited.

Josie has one thing on her mind and that’s to find her dress. At her dress appointment she finds the one that she wants however is planning to make a few changes to make it modest.

Carlin and Evan decide to go ring shopping with Ethan, Callie and Katie. Carlin wants it to be a together process but Evan is worried that he is going to choose the ring that she doesn’t like. 

While the girls are enjoying their New York trip, Gil and a few of the boys go golfing for fun. Gil jokes that the trip was a money spending trip.

Bates Family Blog - Searching For A Wedding Dress An Amazing Yet Trying Experience

I believe in love at first sight. It’s true, I do. The day I met Brandon, I knew he was the one I wanted to marry. I’ll admit that it took a little more convincing on his part, but he eventually came around and here we are today — right where I always believed we would be. In tonight’s episode we were just two months away from the day I had waited for my entire life and yet, the dress was still to be found.

To me, finding a dress meant I was one step closer to forever. By this time, I had put in about a month of online browsing, searching thousands upon thousands of dresses so I had a pretty good idea of what I liked and more so of what I didn’t like! This was going to be a piece of cake (preferably white cake with fresh strawberry frosting).

Trying on a wedding dress for the first time was overwhelming in the best way. It was surreal and felt almost like a dress rehearsal for my “big” day. Honestly, I don’t know how many dresses I tried on, but I can tell you after the first dress, things got less romantic and I was beginning to lose hope.

Thankfully, I didn’t have to bear the burden alone because my Mom and sisters came along with me. Did I mention how “refreshingly” honest they are? Thankfully my sweet sister-in-law Whitney came too — and bless-her-heart — she worked hard at softening the blows!

While the show tonight left everyone on a bit of a cliffhanger wondering if I’d ever find the dress of my dreams… those of you who keep up with Brandon and me on Instagram know that I did indeed find the dress of my dreams (after a few alterations of course)!

While I really don’t believe searching for a wedding dress is a “real” problem, watching tonight’s episode made me think of a song my brother Lawson wrote called “Problems.” You can hear it here.

Everyone has problems. Sometimes our problems are small and manageable and sometimes they’re unbearably painful. I just want to remind us to not give up and to not lose hope. Remember, God causes all things to work together for good. The Bates family — and now the Keilens — are praying for you all!

God bless!

Love,

Michael — a.k.a Mrs. Michael Keilen

Preview: The quest for the dress

Michael takes Kelly Jo and her sisters into town to look for a wedding dress. But after hours and hours of searching, she gives up. None of the dresses are right. The wedding is only 2 months away and Michael is starting to get nervous!