Wednesday, February 27, 2019

A Shower and a Honeymoon

Josie Bates and Kelton Balka honeymoon
Josie and Kelton Balka, honeymoon in the Smokies
 
After Josie and Kelton's wedding, the couple embarked on their honeymoon, which they spent both in the Smoky Mountains and the Bahamas. Meanwhile, the rest of the Bates spent the rest of the weekend together before the Websters returned to Florida and the Keilens went home to Chicago.

Included in the weekend festivities was a baby shower for Tori Bates Smith. Both the honeymoon and the shower will be part of tomorrow's new episode of Bringing Up Bates. To get you pumped for the show, here are a few snapshots.

Josie Bates and Kelton Balka honeymoon
Josie and Kelton

Josie Bates and Kelton Balka honeymoon
Josie (Bates) Balka and Kelton Balka
 
Tori Bates baby shower Kade Smith
Carlin Bates, Michael Bates Keilen, Whitney Bates, Kaci Bates
Tori Bates Smith, Alyssa Bates Webster, Erin Bates Paine

The Websters

Tori Smith and Carson Paine
 
Kelly Bates and Erin Paine
Kelly Bates and Erin Paine
 
Photos courtesy of UPtv

19 comments:

  1. It seems so wrong to have a cameraman, a lighting person and a sound man follow you around on your honeymoon. Plus, they are wearing mics! I'd take a simple cabin over a fancy trip if I could have some privacy with my new spouse.

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    1. Oh, they had privacy!! She is expecting a baby. Some for the show but mostly private.

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    2. Agree completely. Must be miserable to live such a public life.

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    3. Goodness, they are not in big brother, they are having a few minutes a day been filmed when they are doing something in a public place not in private and even when they are at home what's a few extra people such as the camera crew it's just like having a home video done, but home videos don't pay, not that there's anything wrong with that they need the extra money with all those kids to marry off.

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    4. They are getting paid for the filming. Most reality couples do not just announce engagements, babies, etc any more. They sell the story to magazines to make money.

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    5. Money can't buy everything. The fact that they are getting paid doesn't matter. They are supposed to be alone on their honeymoon. It takes way more than a few minutes to get such long footage. They often have to say things over and over, to get the sound and lighting correct. Not the say I'd want to spend my honeymoon. Money isn't everything.

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    6. I agree@7:49pm. I've said that ever since the first honeymoon on the Duggars show and I continue to say it when someone from either family gets married.

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  2. love seeing the pix. especially now that I don't get their channel nomore

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  3. They aren't being followed 24/7. Crews on shows like this typically film for a few hours over a 24/36 hour period to show a few highlights of the trip. In exchange they are getting paid and may even get discounted time a resort or hotel for giving them publicity.

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  4. I sure would take a trip, anywhere they wanted me to go ! First off they are not with them all the time. Second, what can't they do even if the crew is there. They are so used to them being around that it probably feels normal to them! They are also getting paid for a few hours of work....sounds good to me ! The important thing here is that by them doing this we get to be a part of it all. You have to look at it as a wonderful gift - one we receive each week on Thursday - the best part of the whole week, because of what they do ! So I am going to enjoy tonight's show & seeing all the family & be thankful for it. Oh, I also hope they had a wonderful time on their new married life adventure !!

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    1. Well said!!!!I enjoy every second we get to spend with this special family.

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  5. Love Tori's dimples.

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    1. It was so nice to see Tori act so friendly and happy & appreciative at her baby shower compared to the way she acted at her bridal shower.
      All good wishes to the precious family of three.

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    2. I, for one, didn’t have a wedding because I couldn’t handle the pressure of planning and so much attention being on me. I was so shy! So we eloped 17 years ago. But I did have a baby shower for the first child because it felt the attention was on the baby and not me. Maybe Tori is the same way I am and she was just uncomfortable with so much attention. Joy Duggar didn’t seem to like the wedding planning at all. Everyone is different.

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  6. When we married in 1963 we honeymooned in Poconos PA.
    Last thing we would have wanted was anyone following us with camera crews.
    All the best wishes to Kelton and Josie - God bless them with a wonderful long life together.

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  7. Love the underarm, Erin! Lol 😝

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    1. What's the big deal about an underarm??

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    2. Maybe this is the same person who commented on the Duggar blog about Jessa's belly pic, taken in a bathroom, having toilet paper in the background. Some things you just overlook because they're not worth mentioning.

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