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Trusting Sisters

With wisdom beyond their years   They were trusted by us -- and their peers. Their beauty was apparent, inside and out;   As to their faith, there was never a doubt. The light of eternal truth fills up their minds   While the warmth of their love spreads through all time... Scott L. Vanatter, 27/28 November 2010 (Poem for Carrie and Sydney, sisters, for their birthdays).

Sydney Kearns Photography

Sydney's new website ( http://www.sydneykearnsphotography.com/ ) is now up and running. She has quite an eye. Check out her fine art shot of the Lincoln Memorial, her black and white photo of the DC Temple, her close up of some dogwoods, and . . .  well, you get the idea. Good work Sydney!

Kyle singing "Chim Chiminey Row"

After church meetings on the day Cade was blessed, Kyle took off his shoes and walked along the curb which rings the planter area outside in the front of the chapel. He walked back and forth singing "Chim Chiminey Row." (His own version of the song, with special voice inflection. His father and mother had recently attended a Halloween party dressed as Mary Poppins and Bert. Kyle heard them sing the songs from the movie and this is how he remembered the song.)

Sydney Kearns Photography: 2011 Calendar

http://www.lulu.com/product/calendar/2011-fine-art-calendar/13622003   Vibrant colors, beautiful images, interesting composition. Good eye Sydney!

"Stand By Me"

Cade's three older brothers, Ryan, Sean, and Kyle being silly. Ryan squishing his neck. Sean making a funny face/mouth. Kyle doing his grinning Winston Churchill. Sean acting surprised, Kyle sticking out his tongue, Ryan slouching. 

"Time Flies on Wings of Lightning . . . "

Our project this trip was to design and create three paper airplanes from the Star Wars saga, a Tie Fighter, an X-Wing fighter, and the Millennial Falcon. Sean and Ryan came up with these three. We researched online double-checking the coloring and physical form of the three. We experimented with multiple designs. On his own, Sean made (based on my previous design), then painted Super Sonic paper airplane red and blue. Sean had also stumbled upon a way to make a Tie-Fighter, taping two other planes together. I thought we might try the same tactic in creating an X-Wing (taping two "wings" together onto a fuselage). Ryan liked my idea of how to proceed, but said that if it failed he had a backup plan. My plan failed. We had previously acknowledged that, like Edison, there may be successes and/or failures. (We knew that some designs which LOOKED good, might not fly, and vice versa.) We would build upon any "failures" to adjust to some other potential design. Turns ...

Mike and Sydney

One Waiting, longing,   Searching for that one. Finding, discovering,   Yearning to become. Seeing, loving,   Becoming at last One. Scott L. Vanatter, 1 October 2010 (Poem in honor of Mike and Sydney. What a wonderful, special, beautiful couple.)