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Almost-5-Year-Old Bradley
Bradley, the oldest Bates grandchild, will be turning five years old at the end of next month (October 29th). According to Whitney, her little boy has been a huge help as she and Zach make preparations...
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Celebrating Judson and Brandon
Today is the last of four double Bates birthdays this year. The first two (February 1st and 17th) are Bates children, and the third is a sibling and a grandchild. This one is a Bates child and an...
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Michael and Brandon at a Keilen Wedding
Michaela Keilen and Brandon Keilen with Becky and TimOver the weekend Michael and Brandon Keilen watched Becky, one of Brandon's sisters, tie the knot in Florida. All the bridesmaids wore different...
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Lawson and Nathan in the Bahamas
Lawson Bates in the Bahamas Lawson is now home from the Bahamas after spending two weeks doing hurricane disaster and medical relief work with the organization MEDIC CORPS. He and Nathan worked...
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Bates Return Tomorrow, Sept 19th
One day to go! As we wait for new episodes of Bringing Up Bates to return to UPtv tomorrow at 9pm ET/8pm CT, let's take a glimpse at the upcoming season. You'll see from the promo video below that...
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Bates' Valentine's 2019 Festivities
The season 8B premiere of Bringing Up Bates is just hours away! Are you excited? To get you in the mood for a new, 60-minute episode of the Bates family's reality show, here are a few snapshots from...
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Bringing Up Bates"A Very Medieval I Love You Day"The Bates women are setting up for the family Valentine’s Day (aka I Love You Day) celebration. Kelly has chosen chivalry as the theme. “Chivalry caries...
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Lawson Releases "Like the Rain"
Lawson Bates just released a new love song and music video called "Like the Rain." He is working on a new album that will likely be available early next year.The video was shot in Belt, Montana, and...
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Lawson's New Single and Katie's New Friend
Katie Bates, summer 2019The Bates always have something interesting happening with at least one family member. This week, Lawson released his new single and music video (see our post from earlier...
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Whitney Turns 26
Erin Paine, Michaela Keilen, Tori Bates, Kelly Bates, Whitney Bates, Carlin Stewart, Josie BalkaToday is Whitney's 26th birthday. The Bates family celebrated all the September birthdays on Thursday...
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Vuolos Visit Websters
The Websters had visitors this week! Jinger Vuolo (formerly Jinger Duggar) and her little family traveled to Orlando so that Jeremy could preach at a university, and they spent time with the...
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Chaney's TV Debut
Chaney, Trace Bates, Kaci Lynn Bates"...We certainly don't want to rush anything or put any pressure on any of our children. We just think it's really a neat thing that God lined our families up and...
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Wedding Dresses and Bates Competition
Wedding dress shopping with the Bates and Stewart ladiesThe next two new episodes of Bringing Up Bates will be centered around preparation for Carlin's wedding, with some additional scenes. This week,...
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'A Blushing Bride to Be' Airs Tonight
Tonight at 9pm ET/8pm CT, tune in to UPtv for an all-new, 30-minute episode of Bringing Up Bates, "A Blushing Bride to Be." Carlin goes wedding dress shopping in Nashville and is in for a big surprise...
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Bringing Up Bates"A Blushing Bride to Be"Kelly, Carlin, Erin, and Everly arrive at Tori’s apartment near Nashville. Lawson is also there. Carlin has found a wedding dress online that she thinks could...
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Knoxville or Nashville?
Carlin Bates (now Carlin Stewart) "I don't mean to be selfish, but I just don't like my family moving to all ends of the earth. If I have to leave the county, you've gone too far."-Zach BatesDid you...
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Gil's Shoulder Surgery
Gil and Kelly Bates, summer 2019Gil Bates is recovering from rotator cuff surgery, which he had yesterday. According to Kelly, when he preaches to teenagers, he initiates a push-up challenge and...
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Willow's Baby Dedication
Yesterday morning, Josie and Kelton Balka brought Willow before their church, Clear Springs Baptist, to be dedicated to the Lord. Some of Josie and Kelton's family members came to celebrate the...
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1st Bates Daddy-Daughter Dance
Gil Bates and Carlin Bates, dance lesson "With dancing also comes bad chemistry that happens sometimes on the dance floor, so we never did the dance because it came with a lot of baggage, but this is...
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Dancing, Moving, and Designing
Gil and Kelly Bates On tonight's new episode of Bringing Up Bates, "A Dance with Dad & a Wedding to Plan," Carlin and Gil head to a local dance studio for a lesson. Gil Bates, Carlin Bates, Kelly...
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