Meet Esther Keyes

 Now that both Nathan and Lawson have announced that they have special someone's. We thought that it would be nice if we officially introduce them on our blog. Up first is Esther. 

She is the daughter of George and Lisa Keyes. She has 13 siblings. She was born on October 14, 1997. The couple began their relationship on October 14, 2020.

To see their relationship announcement by clicking here.

9 years and counting

Before I start on today's post, I know that I said on Facebook that our blog was about to celebrate our eight anniversary but its really our ninth anniversary ❤!

We started the blog right after Gil and Kelly welcomed their 19th child into the world. 

We blogged all the weddings of the Bates children to date! Our most recent wedding was Evan and Carlin!

We have done all the engagement and and courtships of Zach, Erin, Michaella, Alyssa, Josie and Carlin. We have also shared the courtships of Nathan and Katie

We have blogged all of the grandbabies that have been born. The last one was born in March 2020! We have also announced all the pregnancies with our most recent ones being Alyssa, Josie, Tori and Whitney!

What do you think will happen this year?

New photo of Nathan and Esther

The family is currently on their vacation but we wanted to share new photos with you since we have a little bit before the next birthday. 

Special friend for Lawson

Yesterday, Lawson shared a new photo on his Instagram along with Tiffany and we are so excited to share it with you all. 

here's the second photo 

Carlin's surprise visitor

 Right before Layla's 1st birthday,  Carlin had a surprise visitor, Joy and Evelyn. 

Carlin and Joy have been best friends for a number of years. 

Bradley prays for baby brother

 Back when Zach and Whitney shared that they were expecting baby #4 with their kids, Bradley prayed that he would have a little brother and he was not the only one. His father did too when Kelly was pregnant with baby #4.

If you don't know that who Bates Baby #4 was, it was Lawson.

Bates Double birthday #1

Happy 1st day of February!

It's been a busy week for the Bates family! This week they have three birthdays. Yesterday marked Layla's 1st birthday and today we are celebrating Jeb and Trace!

That's right, Trace is turning 24 years old while Jeb is turning 9 years old!