<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308690671428904494</id><updated>2011-07-08T05:08:11.892-07:00</updated><category term='Introduction to our family.'/><title type='text'>Jason, Carin, Justin, and Katelan</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thescatesfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6308690671428904494/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thescatesfamily.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Carin Scates</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13229463178211366866</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_i2kdBKNaE0E/SRmHKx326RI/AAAAAAAAAAM/n29wny9kOws/S220/100_2258.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>17</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308690671428904494.post-2059226632540416324</id><published>2009-09-06T14:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-06T14:05:45.226-07:00</updated><title type='text'>School has started !!!</title><content type='html'>School has started !!!!!!!&lt;br /&gt;Well we are in our third week of school , and it has been going pretty good !!!&lt;br /&gt;Justin my son still has some of the summer lazies lingering around but we will soon shoo them away !! Justin has started his art atlas program !!! So proud of him for getting in that !!!&lt;br /&gt;Katie is doing good!!! She loves talking to her friends and just being a little girl !!!&lt;br /&gt;I will post more updates as the year goes on !!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6308690671428904494-2059226632540416324?l=thescatesfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thescatesfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/2059226632540416324/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6308690671428904494&amp;postID=2059226632540416324' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6308690671428904494/posts/default/2059226632540416324'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6308690671428904494/posts/default/2059226632540416324'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thescatesfamily.blogspot.com/2009/09/school-has-started.html' title='School has started !!!'/><author><name>Carin Scates</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13229463178211366866</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_i2kdBKNaE0E/SRmHKx326RI/AAAAAAAAAAM/n29wny9kOws/S220/100_2258.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308690671428904494.post-5398964022165452552</id><published>2009-08-03T21:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-03T21:06:55.505-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Summer is almost gone!!!</title><content type='html'>Wow it has been a long time !!!! I should be put in a corner for not posting more !!! Sorry !!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;OK&lt;/span&gt; so here we go .....&lt;br /&gt;Well summer is almost over and we about to go on vacation !!!&lt;br /&gt;We have bought school supplies and I love school &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;supplies&lt;/span&gt; so much !! So this was fun for me !!!! They kids are looking kind of  going to back to school !! They have missed there friends !!!!&lt;br /&gt;We had some family issues going on !!! So please pray for that !!!&lt;br /&gt;We are looking into buying a house &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;this&lt;/span&gt; winter !!!! So i am happy about that one!!! I am so tired of putting money into something that is not mine!!!!&lt;br /&gt;We have been very busy with church , family and just having summer fun !!! I will post new posts with pics later !!! OK well off to bed !!! To bed I said !!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6308690671428904494-5398964022165452552?l=thescatesfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thescatesfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/5398964022165452552/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6308690671428904494&amp;postID=5398964022165452552' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6308690671428904494/posts/default/5398964022165452552'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6308690671428904494/posts/default/5398964022165452552'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thescatesfamily.blogspot.com/2009/08/summer-is-almost-gone.html' title='Summer is almost gone!!!'/><author><name>Carin Scates</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13229463178211366866</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_i2kdBKNaE0E/SRmHKx326RI/AAAAAAAAAAM/n29wny9kOws/S220/100_2258.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308690671428904494.post-7552452543689526440</id><published>2009-04-06T12:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-06T12:15:53.754-07:00</updated><title type='text'>WOW</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt; Ok so we have not went throught one but 2 moves in 2 months !!!!!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;I am so tired of boxes and bubble wrap and just being packed up !!!!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6308690671428904494-7552452543689526440?l=thescatesfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thescatesfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/7552452543689526440/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6308690671428904494&amp;postID=7552452543689526440' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6308690671428904494/posts/default/7552452543689526440'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6308690671428904494/posts/default/7552452543689526440'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thescatesfamily.blogspot.com/2009/04/wow.html' title='WOW'/><author><name>Carin Scates</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13229463178211366866</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_i2kdBKNaE0E/SRmHKx326RI/AAAAAAAAAAM/n29wny9kOws/S220/100_2258.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308690671428904494.post-2431739655560287257</id><published>2009-01-19T20:12:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-19T20:15:34.224-08:00</updated><title type='text'>We are moving !!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;ok we are moving to a new house !!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;we needed something in the school district we were in !!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;the kids are so settled in there school we did not want to move them !!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;so when this house was sold we had to find something quick!!!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;But by the grace of God something finally came about for us!!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;It is a small little cute cozy house with a big yard and in a wonderful area!!!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;I think this is going to be good!!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;I prasise the Lord everyday !!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Only he knows were we will wind up !!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;God is good!!!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6308690671428904494-2431739655560287257?l=thescatesfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thescatesfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/2431739655560287257/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6308690671428904494&amp;postID=2431739655560287257' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6308690671428904494/posts/default/2431739655560287257'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6308690671428904494/posts/default/2431739655560287257'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thescatesfamily.blogspot.com/2009/01/we-are-moving.html' title='We are moving !!!!'/><author><name>Carin Scates</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13229463178211366866</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_i2kdBKNaE0E/SRmHKx326RI/AAAAAAAAAAM/n29wny9kOws/S220/100_2258.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308690671428904494.post-149545248134653698</id><published>2008-12-27T09:52:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-27T10:01:40.474-08:00</updated><title type='text'>A wonderul year!!!!!! 2008!!!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;WOW!!!!!!! Christmas came and now here comes new years !!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;I was so blessed this year along with my family, we have had some bumps to over come,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;but wow what a great year!!!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;My husband started his &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;business&lt;/span&gt; and it is doing better than ever expected!!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;My business is still growing and I love doing it !!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;My two kids are doing great!!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;They have been &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;healthy&lt;/span&gt; this year just maybe a few colds along the way.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;But I was the only one with m&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;ajor&lt;/span&gt; medical problems!!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;But thanks to the Good Lord I came &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;through&lt;/span&gt; them with only a few more scares.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;My mom has had a really good year with her lung &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;issues&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;A lot less &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;hospital&lt;/span&gt; stays for her!!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Thank the Lord !!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;My husband has been working so hard for me and the kids, he wants us to have so much!!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;I love him so much!!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;He is so wonderful!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;I am praying hard for my brother and his family they are struggling so hard and with another baby on the way, they need all the prayers and help we can give them right now!!!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;So all I can say is Thank you Lord for all you have done for me in this past year!!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;We love you and praise you!!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Thank you for such a wonderful 2008!!!!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6308690671428904494-149545248134653698?l=thescatesfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thescatesfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/149545248134653698/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6308690671428904494&amp;postID=149545248134653698' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6308690671428904494/posts/default/149545248134653698'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6308690671428904494/posts/default/149545248134653698'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thescatesfamily.blogspot.com/2008/12/wow-christmas-came-and-now-here-comes.html' title='A wonderul year!!!!!! 2008!!!!!'/><author><name>Carin Scates</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13229463178211366866</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_i2kdBKNaE0E/SRmHKx326RI/AAAAAAAAAAM/n29wny9kOws/S220/100_2258.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308690671428904494.post-3347482842635791965</id><published>2008-12-15T05:21:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-15T05:24:38.322-08:00</updated><title type='text'>wow what 2 crazy weeks we have coming up !!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;OK SO &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;CHRISTMAS&lt;/span&gt; IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER AND I HAVE NOT FINISHED SHOPPING YET!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;AND &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;OMG&lt;/span&gt; GOSH I HAVE TWO CLASS CELEBRATIONS TO DO AND CUPCAKES AND COOKIES TO MAKE AND &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;GOODIE&lt;/span&gt; BAGS TO FILL !!!!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;AND THEN I HAVE FAMILY DINNERS TO COOK FOR AND PRESENTS TO WRAP !!!!&lt;br /&gt;THERE IS NOT ONE PRESENT UNDER THE TREE YET !!!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;AND I BET THE KIDS ARE WONDERING IF THEY ARE REALLY GETTING ANY!!!!!!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;OK SO DEEP BREATH AND JUMP CAUSE HERE WE GO!!!!!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;MEERY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6308690671428904494-3347482842635791965?l=thescatesfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thescatesfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/3347482842635791965/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6308690671428904494&amp;postID=3347482842635791965' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6308690671428904494/posts/default/3347482842635791965'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6308690671428904494/posts/default/3347482842635791965'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thescatesfamily.blogspot.com/2008/12/wow-what-2-crazy-weeks-we-have-coming.html' title='wow what 2 crazy weeks we have coming up !!!!'/><author><name>Carin Scates</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13229463178211366866</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_i2kdBKNaE0E/SRmHKx326RI/AAAAAAAAAAM/n29wny9kOws/S220/100_2258.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308690671428904494.post-8742393683843395959</id><published>2008-11-25T12:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-25T12:31:22.680-08:00</updated><title type='text'>I am so greatful!!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;color:#ff6600;"&gt;I am grateful for ...............&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;I my grateful for my wonderful kids,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;I am thankful for my husband who is always there,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;and for my mom and dad who always help me in my time of need.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;I am &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;grateful&lt;/span&gt; that I have friends who care.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;I am &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;grateful&lt;/span&gt; for all of our &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;loved&lt;/span&gt; ones.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;I am &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;grateful&lt;/span&gt; for my church and church family!!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;But most of all I am grateful for My Lord and savior. I would not have nothing if i did not have him.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;So on this thanksgiving holiday when I am eating all the good food,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;I will remember who I should be grateful to.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6308690671428904494-8742393683843395959?l=thescatesfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thescatesfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/8742393683843395959/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6308690671428904494&amp;postID=8742393683843395959' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6308690671428904494/posts/default/8742393683843395959'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6308690671428904494/posts/default/8742393683843395959'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thescatesfamily.blogspot.com/2008/11/i-am-so-greatful.html' title='I am so greatful!!!!'/><author><name>Carin Scates</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13229463178211366866</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_i2kdBKNaE0E/SRmHKx326RI/AAAAAAAAAAM/n29wny9kOws/S220/100_2258.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308690671428904494.post-6274426792588956914</id><published>2008-11-17T07:12:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-17T07:16:12.958-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Making wonderful memories!!!!!!</title><content type='html'>Well we did we put the decorations on the tree last night!!! Wow I loved watching the kids eyes filled with excitement. Now as they say we only need all the gifts. Which are stashed here and there. And I still have a lot of shopping to do. But the feeling in the house has changed. I am looking forward to families being in the house eating talk and just making great memories.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6308690671428904494-6274426792588956914?l=thescatesfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thescatesfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/6274426792588956914/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6308690671428904494&amp;postID=6274426792588956914' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6308690671428904494/posts/default/6274426792588956914'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6308690671428904494/posts/default/6274426792588956914'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thescatesfamily.blogspot.com/2008/11/making-wonderful-memories.html' title='Making wonderful memories!!!!!!'/><author><name>Carin Scates</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13229463178211366866</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_i2kdBKNaE0E/SRmHKx326RI/AAAAAAAAAAM/n29wny9kOws/S220/100_2258.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308690671428904494.post-8077180119822383070</id><published>2008-11-15T08:19:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-15T08:24:37.893-08:00</updated><title type='text'>My Christmas tree</title><content type='html'>Well I did it! Last night I made my husband drag the tree out of the building and we put it up it does not have decorations or lights yet but it is up in the living room. My kids were so excited!!! they cannot wait till we decorate it. They are going to make some new ornaments this year cause we lost some form last year to this year. Who knows were they are.  But we did have a move since last Christmas. So we have lost a lot of stuff!!! But hey the tree is up and waiting on decorations!!!  Merry Christmas!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6308690671428904494-8077180119822383070?l=thescatesfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thescatesfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/8077180119822383070/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6308690671428904494&amp;postID=8077180119822383070' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6308690671428904494/posts/default/8077180119822383070'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6308690671428904494/posts/default/8077180119822383070'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thescatesfamily.blogspot.com/2008/11/my-christmas-tree.html' title='My Christmas tree'/><author><name>Carin Scates</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13229463178211366866</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_i2kdBKNaE0E/SRmHKx326RI/AAAAAAAAAAM/n29wny9kOws/S220/100_2258.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308690671428904494.post-4286592632314665939</id><published>2008-11-12T17:37:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-12T17:44:14.686-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Always make a list !!!!!!!</title><content type='html'>As I sit here around 8:30 at night thinking of &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;how&lt;/span&gt; much stuff i still need to get done before the holidays get here. I seem over &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;whelmed&lt;/span&gt;. But I just need to make my lists. I can always get things done if i have my list. With such a big family I need to make a list so i &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;do not&lt;/span&gt; forget anybody. And then i have to &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;worry&lt;/span&gt; about the menus because we are having &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;Christmas&lt;/span&gt; and thanksgiving dinner at our house and all of the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;families&lt;/span&gt; are coming!!! I love have all the family at our house. I just need to make my list so i &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;don not&lt;/span&gt; for get some thing like last year i forgot the cranberry sauce. That was a big mistake. And then when i went to get some i had to go to 2 &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;different&lt;/span&gt; stores to find some. So this year i will have my list. and i will check it twice!!!!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6308690671428904494-4286592632314665939?l=thescatesfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thescatesfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/4286592632314665939/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6308690671428904494&amp;postID=4286592632314665939' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6308690671428904494/posts/default/4286592632314665939'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6308690671428904494/posts/default/4286592632314665939'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thescatesfamily.blogspot.com/2008/11/always-make-list.html' title='Always make a list !!!!!!!'/><author><name>Carin Scates</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13229463178211366866</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_i2kdBKNaE0E/SRmHKx326RI/AAAAAAAAAAM/n29wny9kOws/S220/100_2258.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308690671428904494.post-7914674573635322163</id><published>2008-11-11T17:23:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-11T17:28:24.930-08:00</updated><title type='text'>My kids singing!!!!</title><content type='html'>My kids did such a great job at PTO on Tuesday night. They sung about beans and bock choy. They were so cute. It is still hard for me to relizae that I have a 2nd and 3rd grader. WOW !!!!Where has the time gone they are growing up so fast. And they say time flys when you are having fun!!!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6308690671428904494-7914674573635322163?l=thescatesfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thescatesfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/7914674573635322163/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6308690671428904494&amp;postID=7914674573635322163' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6308690671428904494/posts/default/7914674573635322163'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6308690671428904494/posts/default/7914674573635322163'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thescatesfamily.blogspot.com/2008/11/my-kids-singing.html' title='My kids singing!!!!'/><author><name>Carin Scates</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13229463178211366866</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_i2kdBKNaE0E/SRmHKx326RI/AAAAAAAAAAM/n29wny9kOws/S220/100_2258.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308690671428904494.post-7217217850206332648</id><published>2008-11-11T16:53:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-11T17:15:09.138-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The bean song from PTO night 2008</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-941367ba0439684e" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v14.nonxt5.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D941367ba0439684e%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330431312%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D55CAEF4E6D0A4BE6547BD98FBE3177050201D421.3E21B1A9D9394815526AA7CBBE1E17AAE2F2C588%26key%3Dck1&amp;amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D941367ba0439684e%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3D8QVK8ppYeavQRUoM2_Jpad87laQ&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;ps=blogger"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v14.nonxt5.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D941367ba0439684e%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330431312%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D55CAEF4E6D0A4BE6547BD98FBE3177050201D421.3E21B1A9D9394815526AA7CBBE1E17AAE2F2C588%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D941367ba0439684e%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3D8QVK8ppYeavQRUoM2_Jpad87laQ&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;Sorry for the bad quality. You can not get a good pic. in the auditorium. They need more lights or something. And I was in the very back of course like always!!!!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6308690671428904494-7217217850206332648?l=thescatesfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='enclosure' type='video/mp4' href='http://www.blogger.com/video-play.mp4?contentId=941367ba0439684e&amp;type=video%2Fmp4' length='0'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thescatesfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/7217217850206332648/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6308690671428904494&amp;postID=7217217850206332648' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6308690671428904494/posts/default/7217217850206332648'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6308690671428904494/posts/default/7217217850206332648'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thescatesfamily.blogspot.com/2008/11/bean-song-from-pto-night-2008.html' title='The bean song from PTO night 2008'/><author><name>Carin Scates</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13229463178211366866</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_i2kdBKNaE0E/SRmHKx326RI/AAAAAAAAAAM/n29wny9kOws/S220/100_2258.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308690671428904494.post-2285743384718058781</id><published>2008-11-11T16:47:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-11T16:53:00.542-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Kids singing at PTO</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_i2kdBKNaE0E/SRoonKQyiYI/AAAAAAAAABI/Jp3KXBqYgRM/s1600-h/100_2278.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267567367398001026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_i2kdBKNaE0E/SRoonKQyiYI/AAAAAAAAABI/Jp3KXBqYgRM/s400/100_2278.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_i2kdBKNaE0E/SRoomoQgIWI/AAAAAAAAABA/EWF3YS-JXZQ/s1600-h/100_2268.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267567358269989218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_i2kdBKNaE0E/SRoomoQgIWI/AAAAAAAAABA/EWF3YS-JXZQ/s400/100_2268.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The kids sang at PTO night. They sang about beans and bock choy.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;They were so cute.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6308690671428904494-2285743384718058781?l=thescatesfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thescatesfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/2285743384718058781/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6308690671428904494&amp;postID=2285743384718058781' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6308690671428904494/posts/default/2285743384718058781'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6308690671428904494/posts/default/2285743384718058781'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thescatesfamily.blogspot.com/2008/11/kids-singing-at-pto.html' title='Kids singing at PTO'/><author><name>Carin Scates</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13229463178211366866</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_i2kdBKNaE0E/SRmHKx326RI/AAAAAAAAAAM/n29wny9kOws/S220/100_2258.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_i2kdBKNaE0E/SRoonKQyiYI/AAAAAAAAABI/Jp3KXBqYgRM/s72-c/100_2278.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308690671428904494.post-142661363661611034</id><published>2008-11-11T12:52:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-11T12:56:31.995-08:00</updated><title type='text'>My hair bows and earrings</title><content type='html'>I have started, with my good friend Jamie, making hair bows for girls. And I also make earrings for the ladies. I love doing it. It clams and relaxes me. It gives me that down time that I need to take my mind away from the things that have bugged me that day.  A lot of my ladies have been requesting Christmas stuff and so i have enjoyed looking for little things i can turn into jewelry sets and boy are they turning in to cute sets. So that is how I am keeping my self busy now.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6308690671428904494-142661363661611034?l=thescatesfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thescatesfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/142661363661611034/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6308690671428904494&amp;postID=142661363661611034' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6308690671428904494/posts/default/142661363661611034'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6308690671428904494/posts/default/142661363661611034'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thescatesfamily.blogspot.com/2008/11/my-hair-bows-and-earrings.html' title='My hair bows and earrings'/><author><name>Carin Scates</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13229463178211366866</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_i2kdBKNaE0E/SRmHKx326RI/AAAAAAAAAAM/n29wny9kOws/S220/100_2258.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308690671428904494.post-6364057929532786199</id><published>2008-11-11T05:52:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-11T06:02:16.383-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Family photos.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;This is one of the family pics we took at the park. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_i2kdBKNaE0E/SRmPz3trg6I/AAAAAAAAAA4/BNyl_2-KkhA/s1600-h/100_2235.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267399360478151586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_i2kdBKNaE0E/SRmPz3trg6I/AAAAAAAAAA4/BNyl_2-KkhA/s400/100_2235.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I think this one is my fav.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_i2kdBKNaE0E/SRmOoKe1liI/AAAAAAAAAAw/EUdvypN1NG8/s1600-h/100_2219.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267398059846112802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_i2kdBKNaE0E/SRmOoKe1liI/AAAAAAAAAAw/EUdvypN1NG8/s400/100_2219.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6308690671428904494-6364057929532786199?l=thescatesfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thescatesfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/6364057929532786199/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6308690671428904494&amp;postID=6364057929532786199' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6308690671428904494/posts/default/6364057929532786199'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6308690671428904494/posts/default/6364057929532786199'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thescatesfamily.blogspot.com/2008/11/family-photos.html' title='Family photos.'/><author><name>Carin Scates</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13229463178211366866</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_i2kdBKNaE0E/SRmHKx326RI/AAAAAAAAAAM/n29wny9kOws/S220/100_2258.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_i2kdBKNaE0E/SRmPz3trg6I/AAAAAAAAAA4/BNyl_2-KkhA/s72-c/100_2235.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308690671428904494.post-5560272616336944865</id><published>2008-11-11T05:48:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-11T05:52:10.869-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Pictures at the park.</title><content type='html'>We just went to the park and took some family photos and we had a blast. We did not have anyone do them just us and my tripod and camera. We love taking pictures and some of them turned out quite nice. Justin loves having his picture taken and so does Katelan if she is in the mood. Now my husband is a diffrent story. But that is a man for you.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6308690671428904494-5560272616336944865?l=thescatesfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thescatesfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/5560272616336944865/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6308690671428904494&amp;postID=5560272616336944865' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6308690671428904494/posts/default/5560272616336944865'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6308690671428904494/posts/default/5560272616336944865'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thescatesfamily.blogspot.com/2008/11/just-me.html' title='Pictures at the park.'/><author><name>Carin Scates</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13229463178211366866</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_i2kdBKNaE0E/SRmHKx326RI/AAAAAAAAAAM/n29wny9kOws/S220/100_2258.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308690671428904494.post-4301663354296723620</id><published>2008-11-11T05:03:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-27T10:13:05.141-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Introduction to our family.'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>OK so this is my first time blogging. But here it goes. As for me and my family we all love The Lord, and know who we need to always put first and worship him.&lt;br /&gt;Me and my husband were married one year after I graduated High school.&lt;br /&gt;September 25 1999 what a wonderful day that was. I married my best friend.&lt;br /&gt;And now we have been married for 9 years. And we have 2 wonderful children. My son Justin who is 9 and in the third grade. he enjoys hanging out with his buddies and his Good friend Erin. That is his sweet heart.&lt;br /&gt;My daughter Katelan is 7 years old and is in the second grade. she loves dancing and singing.&lt;br /&gt;My husband Jason works way to hard and much . But he has always found away for our family.&lt;br /&gt;I love him so much he is the rock that keeps us going through this thing called life.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6308690671428904494-4301663354296723620?l=thescatesfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thescatesfamily.blogspot.com/feeds/4301663354296723620/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6308690671428904494&amp;postID=4301663354296723620' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6308690671428904494/posts/default/4301663354296723620'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6308690671428904494/posts/default/4301663354296723620'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thescatesfamily.blogspot.com/2008/11/ok-so-this-is-my-first-time-blogging.html' title=''/><author><name>Carin Scates</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13229463178211366866</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_i2kdBKNaE0E/SRmHKx326RI/AAAAAAAAAAM/n29wny9kOws/S220/100_2258.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
