At the Bates' I Love You Day party in 2020, Gil and Kelly introduced a new award, and it quickly became an important part of the annual gathering. Lawson was the recipient in 2020, and Michael received it in 2021. This year, Warden and Isaiah received the biggest heart award. According to Kelly, they have both worked very hard over the past year and have spent a ton of time helping siblings with renovation projects.
Trace Bates, Jackson Bates, Warden Bates, Isaiah Bates, Lawson Bates
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That's great the guys for that award!!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations Warden and Isaiah! You two most definitely deserve the award for helping your siblings with renovation projects like Alyssa and John and Zac and Whitney with their new houses this last year and probably currently Carlin and Evan.
ReplyDelete❤❤❤LOVE YOUR FAMILY!! I AM SO SAD YOUR SHOW HAS BEEN CANCELLED. YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ALWAYS MADE MY HEART SMILE.
ReplyDeleteThey get together and award themselves an award for being nice or doing good works? Doesn't the Bible tell us to do those anyway, and doesn't it remind us not to be boastful or prideful about it? To do it quietly? Not to practice righteousness before others to be seen by them? To be rewarded by your heavenly Father, not those on earth?
ReplyDeleteThe guys were helping other family members who don’t live with them. The guys didn’t do it to be recognized. Their parents want to acknowledge when someone is doing good works. It sets a good example for the others in the family and shows they appreciate when someone works hard.
DeleteUm, no. They don't "award themselves." They award someone else who they want to recognize for serving selflessly. They don't serve so they might possibly win a family award once a year. That's ludicrous.
DeleteThis was a family event. Gil and Kelly weren't awarding or being boastful about themselves, but simply chose family members they thought were deserving. Somewhere in your Bible it also talks about not judging other people.
DeleteThis comment is infuriating because it's a mother and father recognizing the children they are raising and are proud of them. That's it. This is a family thing and if you have a problem with it too bad. The only one boasting is ththe one quoting scripture. We all can do it but we don't use it against a fellow Christian family. Sorry you're so unhappy inside but don't take it out on really well rounded and decent young men.
DeleteThey awarded themselves for helping themselves? They don't emphasize helping others outside their family?
ReplyDeleteHave you not watched the show much? They definitely help people outside the family.
DeleteBefore Covid, a number of the Bates went on mission trips to other countries to distribute water and other medical needs, just to name a few of the things they have done outside of their family.
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