Are We There Yet?: Makes My Monday

Sunday, November 6, 2011

Makes My Monday

Brotherly Love.

William and Gabe November, 2011 (5 and 7 years old)

Their biggest brothers, Kevin and Paul, app. twenty years ago.
(About 2 and 4 years old)

Paul and Kevin now (or last Christmas, anyway)
23 and 21 years old now

Don't blink. They grow up so fast!

See Cheryl for lots of Makes My Monday posts!

3 comments:

A Bit of the Blarney said...: Thanks be to God!!!! Isn't is wonderful!?! Just wonderful pictures!!! Have a grand day!!! Cathy; November 7, 2011 at 5:29 AM
Cheryl Lage said...: Oh Lisa, these are SUCH Monday making images! LOVE how they look to be so close then, and now! Can you even imagine how the little ones will look 20 years from now?

It DOES go so very fast!

Your clear affection for your children, and theirs for each other Makes My Monday!

Thanks so much for playing along!; November 7, 2011 at 8:29 PM
Soutenus said...: You are so right . . in the blink of an eye!; November 17, 2011 at 5:53 PM

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Especially let the choice be of one who is a fervent Catholic, true in thought and word and deed to those ideals which are Yours, especially the value of their purity.

Dear Father of us all, give Your guiding help to our children, who are Your children, too. We will be letting them go soon, but please don't ever let our children go from you. Amen

St. Valentine, patron of romantic love, pray for us!

O, St. Joseph...

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