The Bates are gearing up for their 12th wedding! This weekend, Gil and Kelly Bates will watch Jackson, their 12th oldest child, marry Emerson Wells in Orlando. It has been almost exactly one year since the last Bates sibling, Trace, said "I do." The family had two weddings in 2022, two in 2021, and none in 2020. They had one per year in 2019, 2018, 2017, 2015, and 2014, and they had two in 2013.
Jackson Bates and Emerson Wells announced their engagement in March.