Another Bates wedding is in the works! And in true Bates fashion, the engagement will be only a few months long. Josie Bates and Kelton Balka are planning an October wedding, so Josie will be an autumn bride.
Photo courtesy of Josie Bates/thebatesfamily.com
Yay can't wait
ReplyDeleteMy husband I were married in October! Great month to get married! :)
ReplyDeleteMy husband and I were also married in October lovely month.We had ours the year the twins won the world series
DeleteCongratulations guys GOD bless y'all
ReplyDeleteWatching this family grow up, I could not be happier for these two young adults ! I am sure they will have a very happy life ! I hope they show us all the planning for the big day !! Congratulations to you both, good things come to those who wait! Thanks for sharing your special news, us viewers feel like friends, so it means a lot to hear what is happening !
ReplyDeleteI agree with all you said, and blessings to you Josie and Kelton!
DeleteHow exciting! I think October sounds like a beautiful time of year to get married, especially in Tennessee!
ReplyDeleteJosie and Kelton make a lovely couple.I think Josie will make another Bates beautiful bride. May God Bless and guide you both as you enter this next journey in both ya'lls life. Congratulations!!!
ReplyDeleteOoo exciting!! I love autumn, it's my favourite season.
ReplyDeleteWow that will be beautiful! Wish we could a date! It’d be so pretty if they’d wait till the trees are turning color here in TN-like middle to late October.
ReplyDeleteAnd a baby announcement with Christmas!
ReplyDeleteThey may want to wait a while. Even within a family, people have different ideas about what they want. Also she may have problems getting pregnant.
DeleteHopefully not! She is only 19, just started working, and really seems to like her job.
DeleteI was 19 when I got pregnant with the first and 20 with the second. Now our girls are 19 and 20, we are still young! I am so glad that we didn't wait to have kids. We raised our girls to be mature, if they wanted to be married and have kids, now, we are confident in their abilities and their relationship with The Lord! It's really a great feeling! So, many people haven't raised their kids to be mature, so their idea of someone being too young probably suits their neglect of raising mature, responsible people.
DeleteI always cringe when I hear such confident predictions of when exactly a couple will get pregnant. But especially today, now that we know Zach and Whitney recently lost their 3rd baby in the womb.
DeleteI recall all sorts of speculation that they must be having Baby #3 soon, or that since we hadn't heard of a Baby #3, that they must be using birth control.
For all we know Josie may have problems conceiving like Michael has, or problems with repeated miscarriages like Erin has. Sure, it's possible she could have a honeymoon baby and become a 19 year old mom. But that is far from guaranteed.
Very happy for them. October should be beautiful, and Josie will be too!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for at least giving us a month that it’s in Ellie! why can’t the duggars do this also? If they didn’t want to tell the world what date-I understand that one-but at least tell us the month like the Bates are doing. I wonder what month John and Abbie’s wedding is. Must be close together.
ReplyDeleteI don't think the Duggars have to do the same things as the Bates, just like the Bates have to do the same as the Duggars.
DeleteNo that’s true Regina but that applies for a lot of other things. as it still would be nice to know the month at least for the weddings. I’m not even asking for the date! :) that should please people :)
DeleteCongragulations!!!
ReplyDeleteOh yeah!!!!! So happy for both of you. Can't wait... October is my favorite month of the year!!!!
ReplyDeleteCongrats, Josie !!
ReplyDeleteI was married October 19th, 1963 - in NJ - it was a lovely day. Autumn is so beautiful.
ReplyDeleteOctober works well considering Tori is due in late November & will be able to take part in the wedding party.
I wish Josie and Kelton much happiness.
So Josie will get married at 19 years and 2 months of age. Does that make her the youngest Bates bride so far? Alyssa also married at 19 years old, but per the Birthdays tab on this blog she was born in November 1994 and married in May 2014, making her about 19 1/2 years old, right? Please correct me if I'm wrong.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to Josie and her future husband .Hope they show your wedding .be watching your family weddings and births love seeing how big the Bates family becoming.
ReplyDeleteI'm very happy and excited for them! Josie appears to be very mature and grown up, but I am the same age as her and I can't even imagine getting married so young! Obviously she and her parents think she's ready for marriage, so kudos and congratulations to her (and Kelton)!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations Josie & Kelton!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations guys. Josie Like your sisters, you to will be a BEAUTIFUL BRIDE.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to the happy couple. Enjoy married life.
ReplyDeleteJosie you are so beautiful i pray GOD'S BLESSINGS over you and Kelton always keep God first there watch God bless and keep your Marriage
ReplyDeleteCongratulations Josie and Kelton! I'm so happy for you both! May God bless your marriage and give you wisdom. After a couple decades of marriage, I have learned just how important it is for wives to respect their husbands and for husbands to love their wives. It looks like your parents have already given you a great example to follow. Thank you for sharing your lives with us!
ReplyDeleteCathy- I think it important for both a husband and wife to respect and love each other. It’s tough to love someone you don’t respect.
DeleteI agree Anonymous 9:08, also, very well said.
DeleteThis idea comes from Paul, I believe, who didn't even have a wife. ;)
Congratulations to you both.
ReplyDeleteOctober will be a gorgeous month to get married in with all of the leaves turning. May God bless you both in your adventures in life. Congratulations again I can't wait to see the planning and wedding.
Congratulations to the happy couple. Lovely family. It has been wonderful watching the kids grow up into good hardworking responsible adults.
ReplyDeleteCongrats to you both Josie and kelton.may God bless you both.i am so happy for you.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations Josie and Kelton. Autumn is a beautiful month to get married.
ReplyDeleteMarilyn,Joan and Marion
Congratulations to Josie and Keaton you guys make such a happy couple I can't wait to see your beautiful wedding and then hear about a baby announcement I hope you Josie and Keaton have many happy years together and may god bless you and both of your families
ReplyDeleteThis is a nice hug. Adorable picture!
ReplyDeleteCan't wait
ReplyDeleteTake your time and enjoy being married.
ReplyDeleteawe love it
ReplyDeleteIsn't she only 19?
ReplyDeleteSo happy for you.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if Katie Bates ever had an interest in one of the Duggar twin boys her age, either Jedidiah or Jeremiah?!
ReplyDeleteProbably not. Then she would have to move to Arkansas and I think she will want to stay in Tennessee.
DeleteWhy would anyone marry a Duggar after what Josh did.
Do your siblings determine your life? Josh made a lot of bad choices. It doesn’t mean his brothers or sisters will do the same thing. Everyone is an individual and has to make his own decisions. I actually think the siblings are less likely to follow in Josh’s footsteps considering how hurtful and public that it was.
DeleteThere have been quite a few people that "have married a Duggar", since we learned "what Josh did".
Delete8:17, you understand that most people wouldn’t blaim the siblings of someone who made poor life choices, correct?
DeleteKatie is only 17, and seems more focused on her education than on boys right now. If she does go to nursing school as was mentioned in this blog, I doubt she'd want to marry until she graduates. And so far no Bates has courted before age 18 or married before turning 19. So even if she has an interest in a boy, I doubt we'll hear anything about that for at least for another year.
DeleteAnd considering how short Duggar courtships are, especially when they involve family friends, I doubt that even if she is interested in a Duggar, that any official courtship will be announced until a few months (or weeks!) before the official engagement.
Their love story is as wonderful as Michealla and brandon!!!
ReplyDeleteI got married Oct. 6, 2001. I believe October 6 is on a Saturday again this year. Maybe that will be the date! Was a beautiful time of year to get married!
ReplyDeleteThat's the day my brother got married, Oct. 6, 2001, but it sadly ended in divorce last year.
DeleteWhooohooo super excited for the young couple maybe they will have outdoor wedding in or close to Gatlinburg TN thats where courtship started that would be beautiful fall wedding in smokies when leaves are changing love that, plus the brothers wouldnt have to spray paint trees they will be in their natural beauty but guess with wedding of tgis size hard to do outdoors if anyone can pull it off its Bates crew
ReplyDeleteCongrats! y'all make a beautiful couple.
ReplyDeleteGod bless and keep you in your run up to October...and then through all the years that follow.
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