A health update on Gil

Kelly made an update on her husband. 

Once again the Lord has been so merciful to us! For the past 2 weeks Gil has felt an unusual feeling in his chest lasting about 30 seconds off & on, and occasionally his jaw would hurt. He wasn’t in pain, but he felt like something wasn’t right. Busy schedules, work, & the fact that he didn’t know for certain that something was wrong kept him from going to the hospital. On Mon night, after finishing a tree job & mowing several yards, he decided to drive to the ER, thinking they’d do some blood work & send him home. Instead, he was quickly whisked into a room & was told he was having a mild heart attack. They immediately started him on nitro & heparin & kept him stable until the day shift doctors could do a heart cath on Tues. The cath procedure took 4 hrs, as they had to do extensive work to the LAD artery (nicknamed the widow maker). He had 80% blockage in that artery & a lot of calcium build up. A regular balloon would not open it, so they used Shockwave (lithotripsy) & then placed a 24 mm stent in it. Next, they put a 48mm stent (the longest stent) in the RCA artery in the back of his heart (where he had the actual heart attack). He had a 95% blockage in that artery. There was a 3rd artery with a 45-50% blockage that did not require a stent. The doctor said Gil had been a “ticking time bomb” & he was extremely close to having a major heart attack! Fortunately, it was corrected in time, and with GOD’S GRACE (and a wonderful team of doctors), we’re living out a MIRACLE & are going home today! The doctor said it could’ve been a VERY different story, & I could’ve been going home alone, which is how that artery earned its nickname! Gil will be starting cardiac therapy next week, along with some other diet & medicine changes, but his normal activity should be able to resume! We’re beyond thankful for the love, care, & many prayers we’ve been showered with from family, friends, & medical staff these past 2 days. We would also covet your prayers, but mostly, we just want to lift our hands in praise to a powerful, wonderful, loving God for extending Gil’s life & letting us have another day to witness His goodness ❤️

Websters Beach photoshoot 2026

We have new photos of the Webster family. John and Alyssa have been married for 12 years and have five beautiful children.

Fun fact about John and Alyssa! Both of their birthdays are in November! John's birthday is November 21st while Alyssa's birthday is November 9th

Left to right: Zoey, Lexi, Maci, John, Alyssa, Rhett, and Allie

Their birthdays: Allie (April 11), Lexi (January 26), Rhett (March 18), Zoey (March 28), Maci (February 9)

Harvy turns 2

Happy Birthday! 

First wedding pbotos of Warden and Kaybrie's wedding celebration

On Thursday night, The friends and family gathered to celebrate Warden and Kaybrie's wedding! 

The couple originally said I do back in May 2026 in order for her father to attend the wedding. He sadly passed away a few days after their special day.

October anniversaries

In the month of October, the Bates family have four wedding anniversaries.

1. Trace and Lydia will celebrate their fourth wedding anniversary on October 1st.

2. Kelton and Josie will celebrate their eight wedding anniversary on October 5th.

3. Jackson and Emerson will celebrate their third wedding anniversary on October 14th.

4. Nathan and Esther will celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary on October 22nd.

October Birthdays and anniversaries cover

It's time to share our October birthdays and anniversaries cover.

Graham Bates (October 4), Katie Clark (October 5), Esther Bates (October 14), Isaiah Bates (October 16), Kelly Bates (October 26), Kenna Bates (October 17), Bradley Bates (October 29), and William Paine (October 30)

Nathan and Esther Bates (October 22), Jackson and Emerson Bates (October 14), Kelton and Josie Balka (October 5), and Trace and Lydia Bates (October 1)

Updated September birthdays and anniversary cover

Now that Warden and Kaybrie had their wedding celebration, we have updated the September birthdays and anniversary cover.

Birthdays: Kaybrie Bates (September 1), Navy Stewart (September 7), Ryker Bates (September 12), Judson Bates (September 15), Brandon Keilen (September 15), Whitney Bates (September 21), and Harvey Clark (September 29)

Anniversary: Warden and Kaybrie Bates (September 24)