OK, this first picture shows me in my 4th grade class when I attended Jones Elementary School in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Can you spot me??? I'm the third girl from the left on the bottom row. See the 6th boy over from the top right? He was my first boyfriend, Mitch. We used to walk on the playground holding hands. Would you believe that I met up with him, again, in college and we dated for a couple of months? Small world, huh? Don't you just love the clothes we all wore? Gotta love those knee socks and plaid pants! :)
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Alright...close your eyes real tight and begin swaying gently from side to side. Imagine you're hearing REO Speedwagon sing "Can't Fight This Feeling". Yes, we're back in the 80's and it was some of the best times of my life! Here I am with my boyfriend of 2 very LONG years, Eddie...he was my date for our Jr.-Sr. Prom. Oh, what a perfect little pair we made! LOL! Look how much taller he was than me...I was even wearing 2-inch heels! I had gotten mad at him right before we left my house because he was late picking me up! I love how he's barely touching my arm...and that look on his face is PRICELESS! I was trying so hard to appear happy! We broke up not long, afterwards. Sad, but true! Don't you just love those snazzy decorations? Eddie's leisure suit is, well...what can I say? Check out the collar on his shirt? How about my Farrah Fawcett hairstyle? Oh, this picture makes me laugh!.jpg)
"Growing up is never easy. You can hold onto things that were. You wonder what's to come. But that night, I think we knew it was time to let go of what had been, and look ahead to what would be. Other days. New days. Days to come. The thing is, we didn't have to hate each other for getting older. We just had to forgive ourselves for growing up."~The Wonder Years Have a fun and relaxing weekend! Big hugs to you all!♥
*Pop over to Moonlight Hollow...she's having a treasure hunt in celebration of her 100th post! Woo hoo!
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Well, if either of those boys google themselves they are going to find your blog! ;)
I love to look at pictures like this. It's fun to look back on these times!
Me to,love to look at This pictures:)
Wib
you were so cute!!!! and of course i still like you, april... i love my parents and they're as conservative and republican as you can get!!!!!! xoxox..... annie
Good morning April, I saw your comment on Deborah's post so I decided I would not miss your post. I am glad I didn't. Your class photo is so neat to have and it will always remind you of your first boyfriend. LOL. Your prom photo and story was a cute read and you are so pretty. Love the hair. I married my prom date and it lasted a short five years. You were a lot wiser then I was. BIG smile. Then I found my dh of almost 46 years of marriage. Older and wiser huh.
Have a happy day.
Hugs...Jeanne
Hi April,
Like Jeanne I saw your comment and wanted to make sure I didn't miss out!
Love the picture and your comments!
Hope you have a great day,
:) Diane
April - you were a cutie then and still a cutie now! That prom photo was great!
April,
These pics are just precious! You, my friend, are stunning!
Happy Friday to you!
Great photos April, and the stories that go with them are awesome. Loving that prom photo especially!
These photos are fantastic. Seriously LOVE them.
THanks again for playing on Wednesdays! I really do appreciate it.
soooo fun!! I love all of your flashback photos!! And i love how reading about your memories allows me to think back too! Fun Fun! Have a GREAT weekend!!
Hi April
I always enjoy your old photos. I will have to look through mine sometime and do a flashback post too.
I am always interested to hear about your 'proms'. You look beautiful in the picture. We never had 'proms' when I was at high school.
Have a great weekend.
Lindsay
You are the cutest thing EVER!
XO,
Sheila :-)
I enjoyed walking down memory lane. My oldest boy graduated in that era, You were a little cutie, and yes breaking up is always hard to do, but thank goodness it was for a reason, your hubby was waiting in your future.
I definitely stole the idea from you!
Third row - third from the left!
too cute! great photos. Happy Friday to you!
First... I loved the Wonder Years. That little narrator guy always had some good nugget type of quote when he spoke! :)
Great pictures- great memories! :)
oh! And have a GREAT weekend!
I spy 2 dresses I had way back then! Wow, I remember loving those dresses! Love your photos!
Have a wonderful weekend!!!
Kim
how fun!
I hope you have a great weekend!
Great pictures-It really is uncanny how much your older daughter Brittany looks like you...
Great pictures! Brings back memories. I to met up with an old boyfriend from the 3rd grade when we were in college. It didn't work out for us but it is a small world. The loser I went to my Junior Prom with, I hate to say it, but he is in jail for killing his Uncle for insurance money! Wow! I know! Thank God I had my picture taken with and without him but I wish I didn't know that he had done that. BTW He didn't do that when I knew him.
Just a little praise report that I have to mention. His mother actually told me that her own son wasn't good enough for me and that is why I broke up with him. Everytime I think of that I have to ask God to Bless that woman!
Wow! I am sharing some awful scary stuff today...
Hugs,
Angela
Oh my gosh! Look how cute you were in Kindergarten : ) I love your prom dress. It is so pretty! Timeless. That REO speedwagon song was so cool, wasn't it? I wasn't allowed to listen to it because it was rock and roll! Oh well. Now I can listen and it makes me laugh.
I haven't been around much this week. My boss is being SO terrible April. You wouldn't even believe it if I told you! Thank God it is Friday.
What cute pictures April! You make me smile! Those pictures bring back memories.
Have a wonderful weekend!
XOXOXOXOOX
Jen
This was so much fun seeing your old pictures, April... did you wash your hair in "Gee your hair smells terrifc" before the prom? *snicker*
That picture is awesome!!! What is on the thing behind you? Looks like a big christmas stocking...
Well those pictures brought back memories for me too!
April these photos are classics! I can remember standing on the risers for school pictures. And that prom photo is too much--knowing the story behind it! I'm glad you can laugh about it now!
I LOVE your pictures. What a beautiful little girl you were! And of course you grew into a beautiful woman. If you had the Farah hair going on, you'd still look the same! I love that shirt and necklace your lover-boy was sporting. hee hee I was a teen in the 80's too.
Love,
Beth
Cute pictures! You are brave, not too many people like how they looked way back when!! But I can laugh at myself, as can you!!
Oh, I had the Farrah thing rockin!! First I said (after I first saw her) "her hair is way too messy looking!" A week later I had it!!
Fun post April!
xoxo
Janie
Fun pics. It's fun to look back.
Fun post & fun photos...eat your heart out fellas...look what a hunk April wound up with! LOL
;-) Bo
Love the pics, they remind me of my school pictures and prom pictures. I'm guessing prom was around 80-81 like mine by the style of the dress.
Have a good weekend☺
Your pictures bring back memories. My sister had the Farrah hair and I had Jacqueline Smith's. She was my favorite "Angel."
LOL! I loved looking at these pictures. Girl, you have more pictures saved from your past than anyone I know. I think that's awesome! Thanks for always sharing!
Have a great weekend friend!
Wow, pretty courageous to post those pics! Love the prom pic, no matter what decade they're from, I think everyone has the same pic...that akward pose, horrible suit/dress/hair/decorations...
I love all your pictures!!! Fun stuff!
These pictures are great! Thanks so much for sharing them. I married my prom date! Sad but true also.
Becca
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Love to look back and I love those knee socks and Farrah hairdo days.
Hi April,
I'm back in town and trying to catch up with everyone. So sorry I didn't have time to respond to your comment on Friday. I don't know why I'm not getting your replies...I don't think I would forget to add your link three times straight. For this Friday, if you don't mind, I think I'll leave a comment on your blog and ask that you reply on my blog. Honestly, I don't want to miss adding you again.
...as for this photo - I think you're just as cute as a button!
xoxoxo,
Deborah
How in the world did I miss this last week? What memories those pics bring back...not that I was there...but I was there...you know what I mean? What a cute, little thing you were...and are!
Thanks for the plug too!
Malisa
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