Happy Birthday To TheBrawnyMan

From Scrawny to Brawny...

Little does my son-in-law know
that I found these pictures.

Right about now he taking a big gulp
of his morning caffine-free coffee

and snorting..

out his nose..

cuz he had
no idea

I was gonna do this.

Here is his first grade picture.

Can you tell he was kinda naughty?

Yeah...you know...the kind

the kind of kid

that rides their bike across

the school playground after

being told NOT to...

yeah...that kind of naughty.Here he is at the beach..

It's a modest family...

They only show legs.

The neighbors knew them

as the family with the kids

that had "all the arms and legs"

Like...Most people DON'T

have arms and legs?

Hmmm...I think it was just that

they are all tall.

Here's our boy!

I think he is saluting his father..

His Dad would like that.Below you see him with his first

girlfriend fish.

He still loves fishing & boating.He was always a Mama's Boy

although he claims he's not.

Notice he is right behind his Mom?

Yeah...he was a Mama's Boy..

ooooh...LOVE those glasses..

pssstt..what was in your Mom's glass

cuz she looks pretty cheerful

for having 4 half-grown kids underfoot.

Your brother, on the other hand,

looks like he does NOT want to share

his popcorn.

Plus-he's mad cuz you are Mom's favorite.Ooooh- You're growing up...and

looking pretty dude-ish with your

turtleneck..

Love the hair, too....looks kinda like

one of the

Backstreet Boys..

(whoever they were)And here you are again...

A birthday celebration...

You had no idea

what your future held for you..

You were blissfully unaware

that soon, all too soon,

you would be paying for

LOTS of birthday cakes.

One of MY favorite things about

you is that no matter what I serve you

you always say it is

"The best I ever had"...

Yeah...Moms like cooking

for guys like you..

pssst...don't tell YOUR Mom

that you like my cooking

better than hers..hahaha..

just kidding, Marilyn...

Yeah..cuz then YOU

won't be HER favorite

anymore!

One day, by chance, you met

your future...

Her last day on the job..

and you walked in..

just before closing..

who knew?Who knew that this beautiful girl would be

your bride?

Yeah..you did pretty good, huh?Before you knew it Lulu was 18 months old

and Sweet Little Ria

would join the family.

Your life was not all sweetness and light

because you lost precious little

AnnaBella 18 months after that.

But you stood strong and weathered that storm.

And, about 18 months after

that along came

SweetCheeks..

Look how cute she was back then!Being a good Dad you were never

afraid to have your picture taken
with your daughter and one of your relatives a character.
Do you see the resemblance?

Huh?What is it, you ask?

Why-you are BOTH wearing hats!

I wish we could pay the girls

to pretend they like you..

As you can see they hate having

their picture taken with you...

Lulu...RiaSweetCheeks
I'd say you did good, Dad!

Happy Birthday..

Did you tell me that some girl called you a

DreamBoat?

yeah...well...what I think she meant

was that you were driving

HER

Dream Boat!

Happy Birthday Big Al!!!

We're glad you're part of

our family!
Yeah...you are stuck with us now..

Like white on rice!

Life is just like that sometimes!