. . . dwew & bwad . . .

. . . fwiends for life . . .

. . . back when this photo was taken,

both boys had a little twouble

saying their "r"s . . .

. . . which was quite endearing

since they were named

drew romney and brad sherwood . . .

. . . also endearing is the fact that they wore

{almost exclusively}

gymboree and osh kosh b'gosh outfits . . .

. . . and awesome bowl cuts . . .

. . . most of the time . . .

. . . they were pretty much inseparable . . .

. . . graduating together

{at the top of their class, no doubt}

from peggy's house preschool . . .

. . . we taught them early on

to have a healthy appreciation

for el charro . . .

. . . but we're not sure

when they turned into

gansta dr. suess characters . . .

. . . they shared a

{meeting formerly known as}

farewell on easter sunday

two years ago . . .

. . . and a going away dinner . . .

. . . where they got to take their pick of ties

their young men leaders

and bishopric were sporting . . .

. . . and they posed with six of their seven sisters . . .

{can you tell the romneys and the sherwoods had family pictures earlier that day?}

. . . they even managed to find each other

at the mtc in provo . . .

. . . which was amazing

since brad was supposed to go

straight to the mtc in brazil . . .

. . . thank heaven for visa delays! . . .

. . . or maybe not . . .

. . . today they once again spoke together

in a meeting formerly known as

a missionary homecoming . . .

. . . they are wonderful young men . . .

. . . with strong testimonies . . .

{i could tell ~ even though they were speaking spanish and portuguese}

. . . and their moms were super proud of them . . .

. . . fyi ~ "friends for life" is a great program . . .

. . . vicki and i met in eighth grade

and we're going on forty years of friendship . . .

. . . i highly recommend it! . . .