Bates Parenting and Musings

Hi... We are the Bates Family. Matthew and I have been married for 19 years. We have seven beautiful children Raquel who is 16 and Reichlin who is 15. They are a year and a day apart, and then there is Joziah who is 11 years old, Jonas who is 8, Hadleigh who is 5 and Harper who is 3. Then there is the caboose Aesael. Together, we are trying to figure this Parenting thing out and here we will share our tips and tricks (and fails) as parents.