"Bringing Up Bates" cast members Michaella Bates and Brandon Keilen have finally tied the knot and the wedding also featured visits from "19 Kids and Counting" stars.
Bates and Keilen are two reality TV personalities featured in UP TV's "Bringing Up Bates," which chronicles the lives of Gil and Kelly Bates from Tennessee and their 19 children.
The Bates have appeared in several episodes on the Duggar family's "19 Kids and Counting" and now, some Duggar members have joined the Bates young couple during their matrimony celebration at the Wallace Memorial Baptist Church last Aug. 15.
According to reports, Bates and Duggars are that close that Jill Duggar and husband Derick Dillard took a break from their missionary work in El Salvador just to join the wedding in Tennessee.
Jill and Derick were not the only ones from the Duggar clan to witness the ceremony. According to People, Jana Duggar, the eldest of the clan, even played the role of a bridesmaid during the wedding.
There were several shots of the ceremony uploaded over Instagram. The ceremony was also recorded on film to be featured on the reality show, which is now on its second season.
Michaella and Brendon officially began their courtship last Dec. 30, 2013, as stated in the Bates Family blog.
Michaella described to The Christian Post via email the first time she laid eyes on Brandon, who caught her attention when he performed an act of kindness with an old man one snowy day.
Michaella was impressed, but didn't know then that he would be the love of her life.
In April 2015, Brandon proposed in a scavenger-hunt style, leaving clues throughout Great Falls, Virginia for Michaella to discover.
The news about their engagement didn't come as a surprise and fans were thrilled about the news that the oldest Bates daughter was getting married.
New episodes of "Bringing Up Bates" start every Thursday at 9 p.m. EST on Up TV.
