I finally used my Cricut

So I have a ton to catch up on, and that was my plan for last night, but then a little princess's fever got a little too high for my liking and we had to visit the ER. Turns out she has bronchiolitis (basically a cough and fever) and there is really nothing we can do except keep her fever under control and give her lots of extra love.

But I just wanted to post this before I forget- because I am just so stinkin' proud of myself being all crafty! I saw this on some blog (that I can't remember) and wanted to make one for us. I did some googling so that I could give proper credit and it seems like the original idea came from here

Anyways, so for FHE a couple of weeks ago we talked about family rules and how rules help us and keep us safe and Mom and Dad are not just trying to be mean with the rules. Then I had each of the kids write a list of rules that they thought we should have in our family. If my scanner was working I would upload them, because their lists are pretty precious. Some of my favorites were:
Zach- don't say bad words, take care of your brothers and sisters, don't brag
Hannah- listen to Mom and Dad, go to bed when your parents tell you to, do your chores
Jared- hold your pencils right, Mom and Dad should kiss each other, put your toys away.
(you can tell the things that we harp on them about from their lists) So then Kerry and I sat down and decided what we thought we wanted as family rules, using the kids lists for inspiration and here is what we came up with:


I love it! We tried to keep the rules broad enough so that more specific things can fit under them, but we'll see. I might need to adjust as the kids get older. So I now love my Cricut and had a lot of fun making it. In typical Amber style, though, it's not finished. I couldn't find my mod podge last night. So, when Becca feels better I am off to Wal-mart to get some and then it will be so pretty hung up in our front room

here are the rules incase you can't read from the pic:

Burgess Family Rules
work hard. play nice. do your best.
If u use it put it away
say your prayers
be honest, be clean, be polite
don't waste your time or your money
listen to Mom and Dad
take care of your brothers and sisters
Hug Mom
Laugh at Dad's jokes
Always choose the right

I didn't measure right so I left off "don't say bad words" Hopefully it won't become necessary to add it. OK so I will update soon. I have all of December plus a New Years trip to Vegas, and a fun shooting trip, and probably tons more to post about.