Tonight we had our
HAH (Home Away from Home) kids over for Christmas dinner. Our kids met each student at the door and immediately wanted them to open their stockings full of surprises. I did not get pictures of the stockings (kicking myself now) full of goodies. The guys found over the door basketball goals, ear warmers for football season (2 of them got
PKA ones and our soon-to-be med student got one with
UAB on it), travel size Axe body wash, duct tape,
Carmex, candy, hot chocolate and popcorn in their stockings. The girls found sleep socks,
Kool-Aid
chap stick, specialized pocket size Kleenexes, travel mugs with their names embroidered (thanks,
Melissa), hot chocolate, popcorn and candy in their stockings. We dined on
Mexican Chicken Stuff with chips and tortilla shells.
Mexican Chicken Stuff
1 can mexicorn
1 can corn (or you can use 2 cans instead of mexicorn)
1-2 cans black beans
2 cans rotel
6 chicken breasts
1 package taco seasoning
1 small jar mild salsa
Drain and empty all cans into a crock pot. Place chicken breasts on top. Sprinkle taco seasoning over the chicken and pour salsa over that. Cook on high for 6 hours. Shred chicken at the end and place back in the mixture. Serve with chips or tortilla shells with cheese and sour cream.
Our HAH Family
From right to left: Laura Beth, Alex, Ashley, Rachelle, Carissa, Eric, Ashley, Tyler and Carter.
From right to left: Laura Beth, Alex, Ashley, Rachelle, Carissa, Eric, Ashley, Tyler and Carter. 
10 comments:
The Mexican Chicken stuff sounds great!
Can't wait to try the recipe. How sweet of you to do your HAH celebration. Thanks for coming by my blog!
you are such a rock star, I bet those kids love you!!!!
Cute pictures! You all seem to have so much fun! HAH it is! :) Anyway, thank you for visiting my blog- sorry it took me this long to visit you back :)
Sounds like so much fun. And I'll definitely try the recipe! Listen, Aunt Julie put your Pay It Forward gift in the mail yesterday. It should be on its way, even as we speak. It will come in 2 installments...the actual, homemade gift from Aunt Julie, and a Holiday Card from moi. We didn't get our acts together to coordinate! And I blogged about your prize today, so please check it out!
These HAH kids are so blessed! I would have loved to have people like you and Damon in my life when I was in college. You are really teaching your children to love other people, taking them shopping for children their own age and helping them embrace young adults as well. You are too sweet!
I would definitely use picture #2 for Christmas cards, way more fun. I'm stopping over from SITS to wish you a wonderful day!
my fav pics are the silly ones! yeah!
Thank you for stopping by my blog yesterday and for leaving a comment while you were there :o)
Thanks for the recipe. I've been looking for something to make next weekend - and I think I just found it!
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