Scripture Power, Every Day I Need

Shane and I wanted to find a way to be more consistent with our family goals for scripture reading and prayers. It was my husband's grand idea to make a poster board, similar to seminary, where we can physically see how we are doing individually and as a family. We simply add stickers to our individual and family rows at the end of each day when the task is completed.

Shane thought we needed to spice up the board, give it a little more excitement with color and design.

Thus the need for my very first Cricut Cartridge!!!

Needless to say there was no twisting my arm to get 'Life is a Beach' one of my top 10 favorites.

For those of you who do not know what a Cricut machine is let me take a minute to explain. A Cricut is an electronic scrapbooking machine which cuts out shapes, letters, and anything else your heart desires, in varying sizes too. When I came home with treasures in hand I offered to let Shane try it out first...

...Big mistake! It took me 40 minutes before I finally got a turn! He was so into perfecting each piece, finding the perfect design and color I didn't stand a chance.

Now a short disclaimer: Shane does not do crafts, he simply was suffering from a temporary need for a garage, complete with tools and man projects. The Cricut could be compared to a Jig Saw (not to be confused with a puzzle) and perhaps that's what kept his interest.

All in all we really enjoyed making the project together and it seems to be working perfectly. We will see how this quarter goes, I assume we will be making another one in August!