I have finally finished most of my work-type obligations this week and am beginning to get ready for Christmas! College son finished finals and came home this week, and we are going to get our tree today and decorate it tomorrow. Plus, cards to write, decorations to put up, gifts to wrap, etc. Next Friday, my family will arrive here for the weekend (and beyond). Busy, busy, busy.
Despite getting wrapped up in all the busy preparations, I get very nostalgic this time of year (well, OK, I'm like that all year-round but especially now). Here are two Christmas photos of our boys who are now young men. Time sure flies...but I have loved every minute of it!
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| Jamie and Craig, Christmas 1991 |
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| Craig and Jamie, Christmas 2012 (same fireplace and stockings!) |
My eldest son is named Craig...love the photos of kids/grandkids at younger ages.
ReplyDeleteI did some sharing from the past in MY SATURDAY SNAPSHOT POST
Two wonderful photos!
ReplyDeleteIt's funny, 1991 doesn't feel very long ago...but then photos like this remind you that the 90's are indeed in the past! Love how it is in the same location and with the same stockings, too!
ReplyDeleteThose are wonderful! I hope you get another good shot this year!
ReplyDeleteSue that is so awesome! If only you could have got them to put on pajamas and do the same pose as in the younger one...LOL :) Merry Christmas friend!
ReplyDeleteI like the picture of them little and sharing a book! Very cute.
ReplyDeleteVery handsome boys, then and now. Lucky you to have them with you at Christmas, this is our first year that we will not share Christmas with at least one of our kids and their families. My MIL will be with us and one of my husband's sisters, but not our own children and grandchildren. :(
ReplyDeleteI love the comparison pic. From adorable little boys to handsome young men!
ReplyDeleteThey are so sweet in the younger photo and handsome in the older. :)
ReplyDeleteHow lovely - your boys look like they've grown into charming young men. For those of us still in the thick of it...you give us hope :-)
ReplyDelete91 doesn't sound all that long ago to me, but looking at your boys, now men, it's clear that it was..... What a fun pairing of photos.
ReplyDeleteLove the photos Sue.
ReplyDeleteI am full of sadness the weekend over the tragedy in CT. How very sad, tragic and difficult to understand. We live about 1.5 hours from Newtown:( No reading for me this weekend, nor much time on the computer).
Diane -
ReplyDeleteyes, same here. I used to work in Sandy Hook, CT, so I have been wondering whether any of my old colleagues still have kids at that school - I didn't see any familiar last names among the list of victims. But my heart goes out to all of the families affected. I couldn't read the newspaper yesterday without crying.
Sue