Because he is goofy… in a good way…
And he is one of those rare individuals that is even taller than me… hence the clever nickname…
And he has that way of looking at me when I am being goofy…
And then he breaks out into that big laugh of his that is so awesome that baby Olivia in the background almost stopped staring at me to see what was so funny… almost…
But mostly because he is Willie’s dad…
Well and the fact that he has been friends with my wife since they were kids, and was a chaperone on our first date… (don’t worry, we managed to ditch him eventually… ha!)… and he was the best man at our wedding… and he made us the god parents… and godsisters of his kid… pardon me while I wipe the tears hay fever from my eyes… you can look at a few more random pictures…
Of Willie and his cousin from England… my new little buddy…
Because… you know… kids…
Pouring My Art Out 
Awesome pictures Art. Awesome people – Johnny, Olivia, Willie – and , of course those other adults who did the background scenes and held kids – Ha! Olivia seems very aware and sharp doesn’t she? Like where she is sitting on the deck with Willie and looking straight at then camera. Cool post Art
I do love an alert baby… some don’t seem to be paying attention at all.
As an aside Art i have part 1 of a three part guest post up over at JulieNoBlog https://julienoblog.wordpress.com/2015/05/18/melanie-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-55 if you have the time to drop for for a read, I’d be honored.
oh, yeah
My daughter & I can do that clamshell thing with our tongues like Big Johnny! She learned first & then taught me.
I saw that… his looks almost forked at the end.