Noah's Arc

We had family home evening again

and it was my turn to do the lesson.

It was on Noah's Arc. Mandy made

potatoe boats. For those of you who

haven't had them, this is how they

are made. Cut your hotdogs in half

and fry them. Put mashed potatoes

on top. Then cover them in cheese.

You can put ranch or ketshup on

them. This is one of MiCayla's favorite

meals they have at her school. It was

a hit YUMMY. They resembelled

Noah's Arc.
I had the kids build hammers for

their craft. They were made out

of a dowel, a rock, and bees wax

string. I explained to them

that this hammer was probably

similar to what Noah used.
During the lesson they took

turns hammering a nail with

their home made hammers

into a piece of wood to add

on the arc that we finished.

Helping to build the arc.

(VERY INTENSE) hoping they

wouldn't turn that hammer

into a weapon. LOL

I stayed up all night cutting pictures

of animals out of books to place in

the arc. Around 12:30 at night as

I was cutting away, this little voice

whispered in my ear saying, MOM

your beanie babies!.WOW what was

I thinking. I can only think and know

in my heart that Shelbie was with

me knowing how frustarated I was,

trying to get the pictures together

and how simple that small still voice

helped me out.
I gave my grandchildren 6 beaines

each to place in the arc. As they

placed them in the arc we counted

2 cows, 2 horses, 2 sheep, 2 snakes,

2 elephants ect. Every time the

story talked about it raining,

I had a water bottle and I would

spray the kiddies. It was Soooo

fun to be on my end LOL. At the

end of the lesson I told them how

Noah built a altar and worshipped

God.That he was so thankful that

the Lord had protected him and his

family. Then he looked up into

the sky and saw a beautiful rainbow

and heard the voice of God speaking

to him. God told Noah that the

rainbow was a promise that He

would NEVER AGAIN destroy

the whole earth with a flood.
Mandy made banana splits

for deseret.Reminding the

grandkids that these to

represented the arc.

Here is the dove that Noah sent

out of the arc and returned with

a olive branch which let Noah

know that the waters had gone

down and the plants were

beginning to grow.
I hope the kids and grandkids enjoyed

their night as much as I did. I am so

blessed to be able to share the gospel

with them. LOVE YOU TO THE

MOON AND BACK!!!