'Fixin' For New Beginnings' Recap
Bringing Up Bates "Fixin' For New Beginnings"Chad, who has recently started his own construction business, is working with Roy, a local contractor. Roy has purchased a dilapidated house, and he and...
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Zach and Whitney's House
Last night on Bringing Up Bates, we watched Zach and Whitney purchase and renovate a ranch-style house. It was a big milestone for the couple, as they have been renting since their wedding in December...
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Little Helpers
Bradley BatesZach and Whitney Bates' home renovation project consumed ever minute of their free time for about two months. After all the dangerous tasks were completed, they started letting Bradley and...
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Bates Fan File 712
This week's Fan File is a few days late (embedded below), but better late than never, right? I know you enjoyed watching the Bates family fix up two houses--a home for Zach and Whitney and a flip house...
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Kaci's 1st Haircut
A baby's first haircut is always a special milestone, especially when the hairdresser is the child's aunt! Just before Josie Bates' graduation from cosmetology school, Whitney Bates brings Kaci Lynn...
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Little Bates Girls Visit Chicago
Last week, Addallee Bates, Ellie Bates, and Callie Bates spent a few days in Chicago visiting Michael and Brandon Keilen. As always, Michael had a blast with her sisters. They went to the zoo, painted...
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April Showers Bring Bates Full Hours
Many of you have expressed your desire for Bringing Up Bates episodes to be one hour long, rather than just 30 minutes. Well, UP has heard your plea. All through April, new, hour-long episodes of...
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Tori's Peculiar Gift From Gil
A new episode of Bringing Up Bates is coming your way in just a few hours. With the wedding approaching quickly, Gil Bates takes Tori Bates on a daddy-daughter date so the two of them can spend some...
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Introducing Zoey Joy Webster!
The Websters are officially a party of five. Alyssa and John Webster welcomed Zoey Joy Webster yesterday, March 28th, at 4:22am. She weighed 6 lbs and was 19 inches long. Zoey was born just five days...
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Bringing Up Bates"Can You Have a Wedding Shower Without the Bride and Groom?"“As the wedding gets closer and closer, you realize that your time with having Tori as your little daughter is going to be...
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Bates Fan File: Episode 713
This week's new episode of Bringing Up Bates has been overshadowed by the arrival of two new Bates babies within the past two days. Did you get a chance to watch? My Fan File video is below.Photo/video...
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Introducing Everly Hope Paine
Another Bates baby has arrived safe and sound! Zoey Joy Webster joined the family on March 28th at 4:22am, and Everly Hope Paine made her grand debut today (March 30th) at 4:12am. Zoey weighed 6 lbs...
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Zoey and Everly
In case you haven't heard the news, Zoey Joy Webster arrived on March 28th, and Everly Hope Paine made her grand entrance on March 30th. We have already shared a few photos, but below are a few more....
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More Photos of Everly
It has hardly been two days since little Everly's arrival, and she has already been held and loved on by many family members. Gil and Kelly Bates are now the proud grandparents of eight little ones,...
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Bates Easter 2018
Hope you all had a blessed Easter celebrating our risen Lord and Savior. The Bates sure did! For a family that loves the Lord, church, and fancy clothes, it's the perfect holiday. Below are a few...
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Adjustments in Marriage
"I think you will be shocked. You've been living in a room with your sisters for 20 years. It's great. It's like college life all your life. But then you move in with your husband. It's so quiet! It's...
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Girl Time with the Bates
"It was just so much fun getting to cook a big meal and sit down together with everybody. It was just so fun to have a big group again."-Michael (Bates) KeilenDuring their beach getaway, the Bates...
View ArticleAccessing My Duggar Blog
Good morning! Many of you also read my blog on the Duggar family, DuggarFamilyBlog.com. Over the past week, I have been making some updates on that blog, and some readers have been unable to access it....
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Tori's Beach Bash
On tonight's all-new, hour long episode of Bringing Up Bates, the Bates ladies take a beach vacation (photos below), Bobby moves into the apartment that he and Tori will live in after the wedding, Gil...
View Article'Beach Blanket Bachelorette' Recap
Bringing UP Bates"Beach Blanket Bachelorette"A few weeks before Tori’s wedding, Kelly and her daughters (minus Whitney, who isn’t able to make it) check into a vacation rental on an island on the Gulf....
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