The "Finnster, et al."

  So, we go through phases in the Begley house.  Our most recent has been SpongeBob.  All three of the boy love SpongeBob. But in the spring of 2023, Will branched out.  He came home obsessing about Lionel Messi.  Messi is all we have heard about for months.  Will and Sam have had many discussions about who is greatest - Messi or Ronaldo.  It's cute - but it gets old quick.  I guess Will's interest in Messi started with the World Cup this year because all he could talk about was getting a Messi Argentina soccer jersey.  Well, his mama found him a pretty good looking and cheap knock-off.  He wore it for almost two solid weeks.  Another interesting fact about this photo is that is shows another of Will's "likes" - "the pie maker."  The actual name of the show is "Pushing Daisies," but Will affectionately calls it the pie maker.   We spent many nights snuggled up on the couch watching the pie maker together drinking hot chocolate. It was good few

Our family vacation this summer was at the Phoenix West in Orange Beach.  We went with Grandad, Gigi, Emily, Zac, Cooper, Hank and Quinn and Lauren and Ryan. This was first year that all of my kids could swim really well.  It was so relaxing and so much fun.  Sam has always loved to be buried - all the way up to his head.  This year was no exception.  This is our Mordor sandcastle.  This is the sandcastle that we built without Uncle Zac. I think that we had a really original idea.  We used a Gator-Aid lid as the "eye."  The last night we were in town, we ate dinner at the best barbeque place.  The Condo had a slide and a lazy river.  "Mordor" Sandcastle. Each night we went outside and played football and hunted crabs.   On the way home we introduced the boys to Pop-Eyes chicken.  We have created monsters.