Saturday, November 29, 2008

Benjamin Jesse Bates


Ben's birthday is November 13. He was born in Powell, Wyoming but grew up in Idaho. Ben is a wonderful husband, father and son. He graduated from High School in Driggs Idaho. He served an LDS mission to Halifax, Canada. He met Angie at college. They went on a blind date, arranged by some friends. I think that it was pretty much love at first sight. They were married in the Salt Lake Temple on May 2, 1997.
Ben is the father of four children - Cameryn - 9 years, Jesse - 7 years, Luke - 5 years, and Caroline - 21 months. They all have beautiful blond hair just like their Dad.
They have just moved to Kansas this summer from North Carolina. Ben keeps extremely busy with his own business and church obligations.




Ben, Angie and kids went on a handcart trek through Martin's Cove this past summer. Most of his family attended and it was a fun family reunion. If you look closely, you can see the four kids in the handcart.




This past summer, when all of our kids were here, we put in some new cement. Little Luke was running around and inadvertently ran right into the freshly poured cement. He ran about two steps before he realized the problem and then stopped dead still with a look of panic on his face. Ben just calmly helped him out and told him not to worry - they would fix it together. Here are some wonderful pictures of them doing just that. What a kind, gentle father he is.

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