teaching the kids

Today will be our last day teaching the 8-11 year olds in church. As crazy as they can be sometimes, I'm honestly going to miss them. We have had a lot of fond memories these last few months of things we've been able to do with them, questions they've asked us about the gospel, and even some of the funny (but inappropriate for the sabbath) things they've said (we try really hard not to laugh so that we can set a good example for them).

Last month, when it was our turn to teach all of the kids (ages 3-11), and I wanted to come up with something where they would all get to participate. I also wanted to just use items that we already had in our house (ok, ok, so I didn't start preparing the lesson until that Sunday morning, and I had to figure out how to make do with what we had). Anyway, I came up with a concept of building a house. Each child received an important piece of the house (which illustrated that each individual in our family is very important). Then they wrote/drew something they can do to help strengthen their family. And then they got to tape it onto the big house blueprint that Luis had drawn.
I loved how it turned out and the kids were so proud of the house that they built. I still haven't put away the house, and it makes me smile every time I see it sitting in the corner.