flashback friday (on tuesday)

My sweet friend Adeena does a little something on her blog called flashback Friday, which I must say is an awesome idea! With all these Branson pictures I've been scouring through, I thought I'd include a picture from my very first trip to my parents' cabin. I made yearly trips to Branson my entire life to visit my grandparents, but my parents built their cabin in 2001.

So here I am with Collin in the summer of 2002. Yes, Collin who will be nine in October. And the cowboy hat it a joke. You knew that right? Just wanted to clarify.



OK, you see where this is going, right?

We tried to re-create the same picture eight years later:



Before you feel great pity for me and think Father Time has been unkind, consider the following:
1. I'm holding 62 pounds and trying to look natural. (Can you hold half your body weight in 90 degrees while trying to look relaxed?)
2. It is 8:30 pm and I had chased 3 kids for the past 12 hours.
3. It was hot.
4. I was exhausted.
5. My makeup slid off my face 4 hours ago, and I think I had partially melted.

It's now 9:30 and I can't think of a way to wrap up this post, so I'm ending here.

I love the idea of flashback Friday, so you might see another one again soon.
Hope you had a great Tuesday! ♥