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Bringing Home Baby
 Kelly Jo Bates and Allie Jane WebsterTime sure does fly! Feels like just yesterday, we were watching proud grandparents Gil and Kelly Bates meet little Allie Jane, and now Allie is two-and-a-half and...
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Bates Film for Season 7
Gil and Kelly Bates, Isaiah Bates, and Judson Bates with a veteranThe Bates family had a busy weekend. Above, Gil and Kelly and two of the boys are pictured with a decorated special forces green beret...
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Lawson Plays New Christmas Song
Lawson Bates appeared as a guest on WBIR, the Knoxville NBC News affiliate, yesterday afternoon. He spoke about his upcoming Christmas concert (click here for details and ticket sales) and performed a...
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1 Cute Puppy--Hold the Fleas
"It was adorable, and I went to hold it, and I'm cuddling it and petting it. And I look down, and fleas are crawling all over me!"-Kelly BatesWho can forget this memorable Bates clip? Just before...
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Lawson and Nathan Fly to Florida
Today, Lawson Bates and Nathan Bates took a trip down to Florida, but rather than catch a commercial airliner or hop in a car, they flew themselves. Nathan, a licensed pilot, has been showing Lawson...
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Bates Look Forward to Christmas
 Whitney Bates and Kaci Bates, Christmas 2016What are you most looking forward to about the holidays? Gil and Kelly Bates share one of their favorite parts of Christmas in the video clip below. With so...
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Keilens in November
Happy Sunday! We know you love the Keilens, so we want to share a new photo with you.Michael and Brandon KeilenPhoto courtesy of brandonandmichaela.com
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Bates Band Practice
 Emily Ann Roberts, Carlin Bates, and Lawson Bates with Lawson's bandLawson and his crew are working hard to prepare for their upcoming Christmas concert on December 9th. (Click here for details and...
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John Turns 28
Just 12 days after Alyssa's Webster's 23rd birthday, John Webster is celebrating his 28th. Happy birthday, John!John Webster and Alyssa (Bates) WebsterPhoto courtesy of UP
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John and Allie
In honor of John Webster's 28th birthday, we have a sweet photo of him and Allie Jane to share. At two-and-a-half years old, Alyssa and John's oldest daughter is starting to look like a little lady,...
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Happy Thanksgiving!
We want to wish all our readers in the United States a blessed Thanksgiving! May we all remember that we have many things to be thankful for.
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Erin's Christmas Decorations
Today may be Thanksgiving, but Christmas is just around the corner. Erin and Chad Paine have already "decked the halls" in their little cottage. Carson Paine and Brooklyn Paine help decoratePhotos...
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Bates Thanksgiving in SC
As they have in the past, the Bates are spending Thanksgiving weekend in Honea Path, South Carolina, with Gil's side of the family. Michael and Brandon Keilen headed to Michigan to spend the holiday...
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Thanksgiving Memories
Erin (Bates) Paine, Kelly Bates, Alyssa (Bates) WebsterThe Bringing Up Bates season seven premiere on January 4th will air just three days after the three-year anniversary of the series. Three years?...
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Dress Like a Bates
Many of my readers have asked where the Bates ladies find such cute dresses. I posed your question to Carlin and Whitney, and they shared their top three retailers. Here they are, along with...
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Little Bates Fam Thanksgiving 2017
Zach and Whitney were able to see lots of loved ones over the Thanksgiving holiday. Per Bates family tradition, they traveled down to Honea Path, South Carolina, to visit Gil's extended family, and...
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Exciting Bates Updates
Although their show is currently on break, the Bates have lots of exciting things happening in their super-sized family. They are also busy filming for the new season. Lawson has been spending quite a...
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Trace and Carlin in NYC
As we shared yesterday in our "Exciting Bates Updates" post, Trace Bates and Carlin Bates are in New York City this week with the Crown College Choir. They have been traveling around to various iconic...
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12 Days of Bates-mas
Now that December is officially underway, we have a fun throwback video to share with you. This is one of the original clips created to advertise the premiere of Bringing Up Bates three years ago. Lots...
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Erin's Due Date
Seven weeks after announcing their third pregnancy, Erin and Chad Paine have an ultrasound photo to share. Erin is 19 weeks along and due April 28th with Everly Hope Paine. Her morning sickness was...
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