30 Days of Thanks~ #26 A Boy and his Papa!

Cayden...
He loves his trucks and cars. Imagine his delight when Papa took him out to his wood shop and gave him some scraps of wood and some sawdust!
Cayden filled all his trucks...
Papa helped too!
So fun...
Cayden made a ramp with the wood! Trucks "zoomed" up and down!

Papa kept checking on Cayden and suppling him with more "dirt"!
Then Papa would go back to work on the entertainment center doors he was making!
Cayden made "roads"!
He showed Meme what Papa was building!
Here's Dave finishing the doors for the bottom front of the cabinet!
Boys and Men with toys~ I love them both! What fun to have a use for all that sawdust!

I am THANKFUL for the Friday after Thanksgiving, where you can spend the whole day in your jammies (which I did) while your husband is kept busy!

30 Days of Thanks~ #25 THANKSGIVING!

It was Thanksgiving morning and Sarah wrote out the lists of guests... Girls and Boys!

Then she and Molly got busy cutting and preparing hats for everyone to decorate and wear! Even Donny got down on the floor to help with checking over the list to make sure no one was left out!

Molly was proud to show me a sample hat...BUT,

I was not so sure Mister enjoyed modeling it for us!
Games were played outside~
There was running and ROARING of course!
Turkey cooked in a slow cooker inside AND turkeys deep fried outside!
Tables set up in the garage, heated of course, to accommodate our extended family!
Just check out the KIDS TABLE! Sarah is happy~
Our hosts Donny and Beckie, looking pleased its all going so well!
The night before the kids set to work making the centerpieces. Apple Turkeys~ Sarah jumps right in while Molly and Cayden watch and learn!

Now they get it! Everyone gets to work!

Such concentration~ Cayden had trouble just trying not to eat all the marshmallows!
Molly thought he was CRAZY!
Soon even Donny had to jump in and help! I never knew my son in law was so darn CRAFTY!
Look at their finished project! Gobble Gobble! They made 8 of these darling turkeys!
Hope you had a great Thanksgiving too! We decided we were really going to try and cut back next year. We had way to much food~ we had appetizers, and then dinner with all the trimmings! We must have thought we were feeding an army, since there was so much left over~ We will be eating turkey and green bean casserole for DAYS!!

30 Days of Thanks~ #24 Silliness

Sarah Rose can always bring out the silly...
See what I mean? I am THANKFUL for the ability to laugh at ourselves!

30 Days of Thanks~ #23 ~ Eyes so BLUE~

Eyes so BLUE...
Love so TRUE!
I am THANKFUL for afternoon snuggles with precious Mya Brynn!

30 Days of Thanks~ #22 Good Friends and Playdates!

I love when good friends think of you from afar! Melissa thought to send me these great pictures of her beautiful baby boy, Levi~ isn't he just so sweet!
It seems like yesterday that I was at their house in New Jersey taking some "belly" shots of Missy and Jason and now look... PRECIOUS! Thank you so much Missy for sharing these photos with me!
I am so THANKFUL today for a play date I had with my friend Danny! Here he is getting ready to do some Music In Motion with my class!
We had a great time together at my school~ Thanks to his Nonna Meigan and his Momma Erin for letting him spend some time with me today!

30 Days of Thanks~ #21 The Cleveland Playhouse

I am THANKFUL to live in a city that is home to one of the premier theater districts in the United States! Our very own Playhouse Square, where I enjoy national tours of wonderful productions like BILLY ELLIOT~ and so many more! I am blessed to be able to share my love for theater with my friends and even my little theater going partner Sarah Rose! Today Deb enjoyed the show with me! The talent of the young boys who play "Billy" were just incredible and who doesn't love Elton John? It was fabulous!

30 Days of Thanks~ #19 & #20 Big Brothers/Little Sisters

Townsend Cayden and Mya Brynn...




I love them!

You Capture~ What inspires you? #18 Thanks!

NOTE: The first two pictures are "borrowed" images. The rest are mine...but truly wanted to share their story!)

On this day, for this challenge, I must say this mom inspires me! Courtney, here with her son, Tripp, have taught me so many lessons. Tripp suffers from EB, Junctional Epidermolysis Bullosa, a cruel, genetic skin disease. I have been reading Courtney's blog over the last 6 months and I am in "AWE" of this young woman. She gave birth to a beautiful baby and has spent the last 18 months having to watch her son suffer daily. Courtney shares her thoughts with us and we show our support with our comments and our prayers. If I lived near her, I would do so much more for her because she is just an inspiration. She makes me a better person, a stronger, more compassionate person just knowing her thru the blogshere and don't even get me started on her adorable Mr. Tripp!
Tripp's Daddy is an inspiration, as well. How hard would it be to leave your wife and son everyday to work? To concentrate on something other than what must be happening at home? God Bless this Daddy who provides so well for his family. Visit and get inspired yourself here!

And, of course, my little Cayden inspires me!
This mommy. Bridget, who loves her little man so very much.

And this Daddy. Cayden is a Daddy's boy and just can't get enough of being with Cyle!
So very special.
What an inspiration! What inspires you? Tell us here! I am THANKFUL to Beth for her... You Capture Challenges!