Family Rules and Crockpot Apple Cider

Its a miracle! Mister woke up at his usual 5:45 time, but was promptly returned for a time out and fell back asleep! So here I sit with my coffee and pumpkin muffin enjoying the quiet. Perfect, cause were headed to the Pumpkin Farm for the 5th time, (its just too close to resist, and it doesnt have to cost anything at all) and so now we wont be grumpy.
I found on Pinterest this last week the cutest sign of Family Rules. I loved the rules, they are exactly what Michael and I want for ourselves and what we want to teach to our children. I knew I wanted to display these rules somehow. Heres what I came up with:

I took an old frame, took out the glass and then covered the back in some old fabric. (It was actually just an old shirt that tore). I then scrapbooked the Family Rules part, and strung three strands of twine across. I wrote the rules on scrapbook tags and tied them to the strands of twine and then returned the whole thing to the frame. Thats it. It probably took 15 minutes, the perfect naptime craft. But most important here are Our Family Rules:
1. Pray often (always)
2.Consider it pure joy...when you face trials." James 1:2
3. Find your identity in Christ
4. Show the same grace to others that God has shown to you.
5. Encourage others. Love others.
6. Laugh and laugh hard.
7. Be kind. Listen. No yelling.
8. Be the first to say I'm sorry.
9. "Act justly, love mercy, walk humbly with your God." Micah 6:8
10. Be thankful.
11. Hug one another (daily)
12. Always be looking for ways to serve others.
Not too hard of concepts, but sometimes in the daily life hard to live out. I love that we now have a reminder in our hallway to encourage us to "make good choices" (as I always say to Mister)

On to Apple Cider. This is my moms recipe, I have to give credit where credit is due. I dont have pictures, sorry, but its not that hard of a concept. :) Heres what you need:
1-2 bottles of Apple Juice, cinnamon, 1 orange, whole cloves
Into your crockpot pour your apple juice and add about 11/2 teaspoons of cinnamon. If you want you can add 1-2 cinnamon sticks instead.
Then take your orange and you are going to stick the whole cloves into the orange, all over. You can make cute lines, or just dot it, whatever suits your fancy.
Place the orange in the juice, put your lid on and turn to Low for about 3 hrs. It doesnt take that long to warm up.
This recipe is so good and it makes your house smell so good!!!
Happy Wednesday!