Recipe – Crockpot Salsa Chicken

14 May

crockpot salsa chicken yum-o... easy easy easy this takes no time at all!!!!

The Happy Hubby was returning from a trip the other day and I wanted to have a nice meal waiting for him when he got home.

When I found this little ditty over at Nothing But Country, it sounded like just what I needed.

Easy, Mexican-y, and delish.

Badda-bing, badda-boom!

crockpot salsa chicken yum-oIngredients:

4-6 boneless skinless chicken breasts (you can use frozen chickens!)

16 oz Salsa (I bought a 24 oz jar so that I could use the extra salsa as a topping)

1 package Taco Seasoning

Taco Shells and your favorite taco toppings

Directions:

1.  Place frozen chicken breasts in the crockpot.

crockpot salsa chicken yum-o 22.  Sprinkle taco seasoning on top.

crockpot salsa chicken yum-o 33.  Cover with salsa.  Do not mix.

crockpot salsa chicken yum-o 44.  Cook on LOW for 6-8 hours.

crockpot salsa chicken awesomeness5.  Shred chicken with 2 forks.

6.  Serve in taco shells with all your favorite taco toppings.

*I didn’t get a photo of this because everyone was hungry from our trip to the airport to pick up Daddy and it disappeared so quickly!*

crockpot salsa chicken yum-o 6Everyone will love it!

Happy Crockpot Salsa Chicken-ing! :-)

Mom-Mom

11 May

mom's day 2The other day a conversation arose between the Happy Buddy and me while I was changing the Happy Baby’s diaper.

We were discussing how one day, if it was God’s plan, he would get married.

I began listing for my firstborn son all of the qualities I am praying God provides in his future wife.

mom's day 4“I am praying she will be kind,

mom's dayand generous,

mom's day 6and pure,

mom's day 5and fun,

mom's day 8and full of joy,

and in love with Jesus…”

But before I could finish my list,

The Happy Buddy interrupted and said, “Oh, you mean Mom-Mom?”

:-)

mom's day 7

Yup, that sounds about right.

Happy Mother’s Day to someone who exemplifies all the qualities of the perfect woman.

You are amazing.

mother's day hand and footprint art

We love you! :-)

Easy Mother’s Day Gift Idea – FREE Printable!

10 May

easy mother's day gift idea at happyhomefairy.com - so cute! free printable!!!

It’s my job every year to put together Mother’s Day favors for the moms that attend our church.

I have a budget of $1 or less per mommy… This is no easy task, people.

I spend A LOT of time scouring the dollar sections of various stores – if you ever see someone’s hiney poking out of a dollar bin, it’s probably mine!  I’ve found the deeper you dig, the more treasure you find. :-)

With that said…

Have you seen the new bright-colored pocket hand sanitizers at Bath and Body Works?!

Just look at this adorable line-up…

mother's day printable1You can get 5 for $5, so I knew immediately this was the answer.

Add a cute tag and BOOM.

mother's day printable3Super-easy-budget-friendly-make-mom-happy Mother’s Day Gifts.

And they’re inspirational, too!

Proverbs 31:31 went PERFECT with our theme of pampering a mom’s hard-working hands.

mother's day printable2

If you want to make some of these adorable little favors for the all of the moms in your world, you can click the link below for the FREE Printable tags.

Print on card stock and attach the hand sanitizer with a glue dot.

Click HERE for the FREE Printable Mother’s Day Tag

Happy Mother’s Day Gift-ing! :-)

*Note – If you are a reading this and you are a member of my church, please pretend to be super surprised and delighted by your Mother’s Day prize on Sunday (wink!).*

Tub Time Lifesaver

7 May

When I saw this idea on Pinterest, I thought it was pure BRILLIANCE.

We tried it out tonight and it worked great!

laundry basket in the tub! genius!Help your baby transition from a baby tub to the big tub by putting them in a laundry basket.

This is awesome for so many different reasons.

For starters, it keeps your little tyke from smashing his noggin’ on the side of a hard tub.

It prevents slipping.

The sides of the basket are easier for baby to grip than the sides of a tub.

It keeps your baby in one place.

laundry basket in the tub!And, most important, it keeps the toys close at hand!

Once again, Pinterest, you have made me feel better about the 2 hours I spent pinning things the other night in order to find this fabulous idea.

Time well spent, indeed. :-)

P.S.  I may or may not have used a touch-up tool on PicMonkey so that the actual condition of my bathroom grout was not revealed.  Ha!

Happy Laundry Basket in the Tub-ing!

*NOTE – AS ALWAYS, NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER LEAVE YOUR PRECIOUS GIFT FROM GOD UNATTENDED IN THE TUB.  EVER.*

Cute Teacher Appreciation Door Idea

6 May

teacher appreciation doorYesterday afternoon the Happy Hubby took the boys home after church so that I could have a few hours with a friend to decorate the Happy Buddy’s preschool teacher’s classroom door in honor of Teacher Appreciation Week going on right now.

There are mostly boys in the class, so we had to come up with something that would ring true in their little boy hearts.

What better 3-year-old boy theme than trains?

We had so much fun and it turned out so cute I thought I’d share it here in case you want to Pin It for future inspiration.teacher appreciation door1teacher appreciation door2teacher appreciation door3

Are you doing anything for your teachers this week?

Check out all of my Teacher Appreciation Ideas and FREE Printables HERE.

And if you’re looking for more Door Decorating Inspiration, go HERE.

Happy Teacher Appreciation Door Decorate-ing! :-)

How to Help Your Hubby Give You the BEST Mother’s Day EVER – FREE Printable!

4 May

Give your husband this letter from happyhomefairy.com and you are SURE to have the BEST Mother's Day EVER. This is SO funny and SO helpful!!!!!!

Mother’s Day…  It’s one of those days (kind of similar to Valentine’s Day) where we women heap all kinds of expectations of storybook romance on our precious husbands and then when those expectations aren’t met, we fall into a heap of despair.

Some of us have husbands that are great at intuiting our deepest wants and desires.  These special days begin with breakfast in bed, followed by rose petal trails, ending with horse drawn carriage rides and original love poems.

But the reality is that most of us are not married to natural romantics.

give this letter to your husband for mother's day and you will have the greatest mother's day EVER!The Happy Hubby is amazing.  He is such a wonderful provider, leader, father/husband, etc., etc.  When it comes to these holidays, though, he simply doesn’t know what to do.  And I don’t really help him out – instead I just sort of hope he will figure it out.  I mean, we’ve been married for almost 10 years – doesn’t he know what I would like?

This, sweet friends, usually does not end well for any of us.

My man’s heart is precious – he wants to bless me, but all of my unspoken and unrealistic expectations would make any man freeze under the pressure.

funniest letter ever to give to your husband for mother's daySo, this year, let’s give our men the gift of knowledge.

Let’s tell them exactly what we’d like for Mother’s Day.

Good news is I’ve made it REALLY easy for you.

give your husband this letter and have the best mother's day ever!Simply print the FREE Printable letter (download at bottom of post), fill out, and deliver to your man.

The two of you are sure to get a good giggle out of this silly note, but hopefully, come Mother’s Day, it will help you feel appreciated and him feel satisfied that he was able to bless you the way he wanted to but didn’t know how.

Girls, this FREE Printable comes with 1 important disclaimer…

*DISCLAIMER*EXPECT NOTHING.  Even though (if) you are giving your Happy Hubby this letter, hold it before the Lord with open hands.  Your Happy Hubby may read the letter and have wonderful intentions, but then STILL forget about Mother’s Day or simply not act as you hoped.  I don’t want anyone’s marriages falling apart this Mother’s Day because of unmet ‘checkboxes.’  Got it?!  :-)  Plus, there are always those unexpected moments of motherhood where everyone ends up with the stomach flu on Mother’s Day or something and the whole day is a wash.  This requires faith on our part as daughters of the King.  We must lay our expectations at the foot of Jesus and find our ultimate satisfaction in Him alone. :-)

give your hubby this letter and have the best mother's day ever!

Just wanted to hang mine in a place I know he wouldn’t miss.  Ha!

OKAY.

Now for your FREE Mother’s Day Printable to help the hubs out.

Click HERE.

If I could, I’d give Tiffany diamonds to each and every one of you.  Y’all are the best Mommies {and readers} EVER.

Happy Mother’s Day FREE Printable-ing! :-)

Recipe – Easy Lemon Chicken

30 Apr

easy lemon chicken recipe at happyhomefairy.com - really tasty and so simple to make!Here is a yummy recipe our Happy Home really enjoys.

I probably enjoy it the most because it is so easy. :-)

Ingredients:

6 boneless, skinless chicken breasts

1/3 cup lemon juice

1/4 cup butter, melted

1 tsp garlic powder

1 tsp poultry seasoning

Directions:

Place chicken in a greased 9×13 dish.  Combine rest of ingredients and pour over chicken.  Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.

We like to serve ours with a microwaveable brown rice/quinoa blend I get at Costco and sautéed squash and zucchini.easy lemon chicken recipe

Happy Easy Lemon Chicken-ing! :-)

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