anziani~20 years later

We went to a party Sunday night with these fellas.

Stick has known these guys since May 24, 1989 when they entered the MTC.

They all served in Catania, Italy.

And, yes folks, it's been 20 years.

Man, he's getting old!

Here they are in the old days (minus the guy in the black shirt above). They all look pretty much the same. Maybe a few more pounds and a few less hairs, but pretty much the same. Between these guys there are 18 kids. Yes, a large percentage of those kids are ours, but still, that's a lot of future missionaries.

When I asked Stick to dig out the old mission pictures so I could do a comparison, we came across this picture. Yes, in case you are wondering the tall SKINNY guy above is Stick. This picture was taken shorty after he had been sick for a long time and he weighed approximately 70 pounds less than he does now. (Just for comparison, Hootis weighs 69 lbs.)

I can't stop staring at this picture. Although I'm not sure if it's because he looks so skinny or because I have NEVER seen him with his shirt untucked....