Requested Recipes

Here are the 2 recipes I have recently cooked, or Josh cooked, and were a SMASH it at my house and in my tummy. The taco soup recipe makes a good amount so be ready for leftovers. It is also made in just a stew pot. The Loaded Potato Chowder is a Pampered Chef recipe and I used my Deep covered baker. I'm sure if you have corning ware or something that can go in the microwave it will be ok too.

Taco soup:
About 2 lbs ground beef (I prefer ground sirloin or chuck)
2 onions cut/chopped small
2 cans shoe peg corn
2 cans light red kidney beans
1 can Rotel
1 can diced tomatoes or stewed tomatoes
2 pkgs reg Taco seasoning
2 pkgs Ranch dressing
5-6 potatoes diced (add more if needed)

Brown meat, drain.
Peel and cut potatoes, put in pot and cover with just enough water for boiling.
Add all other ingredients. If real thick, add more water.
Be sure to season with salt/pepper to taste.
Wouldn't hurt to add a little garlic powder.
Cook well. Stir a few times.

Serve with big pan of hot cornbread. Hmmmm. OR you can serve with Fritos. ALWAYS add cheese to top of soup just before serving.

Loaded Potato Chowder:

3 baking potatoes (about 2 1/2 lb/1.1 kg)

3 1/2 cups (875 mL) milk, divided

4 oz (125 g) cream cheese, softened

2 tbsp (30 mL) butter

2-3 green onions with tops (1/4 cup/50 mL sliced)

4 oz (125 g) sharp cheddar cheese, grated

1 1/2 tsp (7 mL) salt

1/2 tsp (2 mL) coarsely ground black pepper

Optional toppings such as chopped cooked bacon, sour cream or steamed broccoli florets

1. Slice potatoes in half lengthwise with Santoku Knife; place in Deep Covered Baker. Pour 1/2 cup (125 mL) of the milk over potatoes. Microwave covered on HIGH 11 minutes. Remove baker from microwave. Move center potatoes to ends of baker and outer potatoes to center. Cover; microwave on HIGH 8-11 minutes or until potatoes are easily pierced with a fork. Remove baker from microwave. Coarsely mash potatoes with Mix 'N Chop.

2. Meanwhile, whisk cream cheese until smooth in Classic Batter Bowl. Slowly add remaining 3 cups (750 mL) milk, whisking until smooth. Add cream cheese mixture and butter to baker. Microwave, covered, on HIGH 3-5 minutes or until mixture is hot. Slice green onions with Chef's Knife.

3. Carefully remove baker from microwave. Grate cheddar cheese over chowder using Rotary Grater; add green onions, salt and black pepper and mix using Small Mix 'N Scraper(R) until cheese is melted. Serve with toppings, if desired.

Cook's Tip: For a lighter version, omit butter. Substitute skim milk, reduced-fat (Neufchâtel) cheese and light cheddar for the 2% milk and full-fat cheeses

Ok so here it is. About a week ago I was going in and out of a dream. I was sleeping so hard but of course being 7 months preggo I had to make frequent trips to the bathroom during the night. I fell asleep while Josh was sitting next to me on his computer in the bed. When i woke up the first time I went to the bathroom and as I was coming back to bed, I noticed the light in the hallway was on. I crawled in bed and Josh turned over so I asked him if he left the light on. He said he left it on and forgot to turn it off. I was too tired to even care about our electric bill so I went back to sleep. I then woke back up couldn't decide if I had woken up because I had to go to the bathroom again or if I heard Emma or what? But I looked over Josh and the light was out in the hallway. Huh? I laid my head back down and closed my eyes. I woke up again, what seemed like a few minutes later, and the light was on again. Wha....? I laid my head back down and almost immediately opened my eyes to see if I was daydreaming and you guessed it...Lights off in hallway. Too tired to know what was going on I laid my head down closed my eyes and told myself to either go to sleep or wake up! I woke up and lights were on.

The next morning, I told Josh what had happened. I said I was sleeping in real time, or what seemed like real time, and the only way I knew I was asleep was if the light in the hallway was on or off. To all this he replied, "I was secretly planting a thought in your brain." Thanks Josh.

If you haven't seen Inception, go see it. Amazing!

Coming Back for Liza

Well after a long break, I am back writing down my inner ramblings from my life. They may not be life changing or important in any way, but I do hope that they make you laugh, smile, or forget your to-do list for a few minutes.

So basically I have been enjoying time with my in-laws and my mom for a while. My in-laws came up for a few days and when they left my mom came up 2 days later. She has been here for over a week now. It has been really good having family come in this time. I was really in a place of missing everyone and then....boom! They show up!

If you didn't know, my father in law is a serious cowboy man. He loves horses, wagons, and anything cowboy/indians. So while they were here, we visited the Frontiers Museum, the old Independence Jail, and the Deana Rose Farmstead. He didn't care that any of the wagons were historical or replicas. He would go under the ropes and look under the wagons like a young adult would look under the hood of a car. He would pull the lever brakes and turn the wheels. I just cracked up! Then we came home and watched "The Man from Snowy River." Well I think it was the perfect trip for him. HA!

My mom and I however, have been hitting my "baby due/do" list. And I mean we have been like ragging horses running around my house. Rearranging things, moving boxes, packing boxes, cleaning, moving furniture...IT'S...BEEN....AWESOME! Anyway, on my project list for us was to potty train Emma. Hey! It takes a village to raise a child. Well after one day of great success, day 2 was not good and we had to completely stop and postpone. More to come on that later. Anyway, we are winding down and gearing up for the long drive to Jackson, MS for Curtain Call. Can't wait to see everyone and all the new babies that I have heard so much about.

Tea Party Member Stuns Crowd!

Check out this video on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9_bP219ehQ&feature=youtube_gdata

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Tue, 27 Apr

Turkey trip Blog 2 - Bring on the waterworks

What a day! I started off with a wonderful breakfast and then on to our first worship set of the day with just the workers. The conference hasn't started yet so all the workers are just gathering to unite and get on the same page.

The moment the first chord was struck, God was there. It was amazing to feel Him like that. I haven't experienced that in years and yet it was so familiar and peaceful. We then sat in a group and were able to hear some of the stories of the workers here. Again, tears. I felt like the group was going to think that I was a big old baby but then I look over at Christina, another girl from my team, and she is crying too. Yes! Another tender heart...HA!

After lunch, the IHOP team met for a last minute detail meeting to secure all of our plans and what happened...? Wrecked again! The Lord had different plans for us and we all found ourselves weeping before the Lord again!

We have been met with great humility, gratitude and so so so much love by everyone here. Our team came fully ready to give, and so far have only received. What a shift. There are so many thoughts and emotions stirring in my heart and mind. I know that this week is a journey that I will never forget, and it's only just begun.

Here is a health update for my mom. I know she will be worried about me until I write her something:

Mom, I'm actually doing great! I haven't had any nausea and my salivation is almost completely gone! I couldn't believe it. I went this whole day with no spitting or mints. Crazy! I am resting well and getting plenty of rest. Actually I had a little too much and am awake right now. It's 9:30pm there and 5:00am here. I went to bed at 8:45pm and slept until about 4:00am then popped up wide awake! So I just thought I would get up and then take a nap later on this afternoon. The food has been the biggest surprise. It's been wonderful! And Josh went to the market and bought fresh fruit for our room. The fruit here is amazing. He also loaded me down with chocolate. What a good man. HA! The only thing is that I have to constantly be drinking water. I get dehydrated really quickly with the altitude change and everything. And it wouldn't be that bad but they use ice here so all the water is room temp. But if that is the only thing then I would say all in all I am doing pretty well.

Please email me Emma updates. Josh and I are going crazy to not hear how she is. Love you!

Alice

Turkey Trip Blog 1 - God Knows

So our trip started with Josh and I meeting up with Khaleed and Christina at 7am Monday morning and driving to KCI airport to catch our first flight to Detroit. The car ride had lots of laughter and good conversation. This was going to be a festive trip. HA!

While looking at our flight schedule I noticed that we only had a hour in between each flight. I knew from personal experience that was going to be cutting boarding our next flight pretty close but getting our baggage to the next flight even closer. Still we forge on and hope for the best. Meanwhile, always carry a change of clothes and toiletries in your carryon.

We arrive in Detroit and meet up with Nathan Panke. As we are sitting at our gate the announcer comes on and informs us that due to air traffic, our flight to JFK will be delayed by one hour. That is the amount of time we had to make it to our international flight! Officially we were going to miss our flight. When we arrived at JFK, the first person we talked to said, "oh they have rebooked you for tomorrow for the same flight." Which was a direct flight from JFK to Istanbul. She then directed us to another gate to talk to someone there. As we walked I kept thinking back to all the flights I have taken and they never just give you one option so I just prayed that when we got to that gate, the person would offer us another route so that we could arrive on the day we were needing to arrive.

The girls decided to handle the problem so we approached a counter where every worker was mad and frustrated and hungry because it was their lunch time. It turns out there was another flight to Amsterdam and then on to Istanbul and would put us in 4 hours later than our ORIGINAL schedule! Christina and I were patient and joyful and by the end, all the ladies were laughing and telling us stories about their life. It was awesome! Then, just joking, but not really, I told the lady that since we made her day better she could just upgrade us to first class. HA! She printed off coupons for us to use at our actual gate to obtain our boarding passes. When we got to that gate, we checked in at the terminal and the lady looked at us and said, "In order to get you all on this flight, I had to upgrade your whole team." What!!! Praise God! We were ushered into business first class and served a 5 course meal, hot towels, mini travel kits, fresh squeezed juice, fully reclinable seats that let you lay down like in a bed, and a personal attendant. What an amazing God we serve!

We arrived in Turkey and got through customs with no trouble (well a little but that's another story of God's favor on us), and got to our hotel. We walk in to an amazing room with tons of space and a sea view. We go to dinner where a buffet of over 30 dishes were being served and they all tasted amazing! We set up our rooms are planning our day tomorrow. It's sure to have it's own adventures. But for now, I am going to crawl into bed and sleep a full night of sleep. That hasn't happened in 4 straight days so far.

I miss you Emma. Mommy and Daddy Love you! Have fun with your grandparents and know that we think about you all day.

Our Newsletter For March

We have so many updates and prayer requests for you. Let’s just jump right in to them!

First of all , if you haven’t heard the news yet...We Are Pregnant! Yay! This came as a huge shock to us as we were just entering into all the preparations for our first adoption. However, we have been filled with so much joy and anticipation for our little arrival! Many have asked
questions as to if we are still going to adopt, and our answer is yes! Just not at this current time. The Lord doesn’t put more on us than we can bear… We do! So we decided to step back and pray about what to do in this season. My first doctor’s appointment is coming up, so we are praying for a healthy, good report on baby #2.

Second...as if that wasn’t big enough! We are headed to Turkey! April 4-12 Josh and Alice will be in Turkey for a 3 day conference that will be ministering to missionaries in the Middle East. All of these “workers” will be gathering for a 3 day prayer conference where they will cry out for Israel and the Muslim nations. We will be teaching prayer and worship to the children of these “workers,” ages 6-18. Our flight and accommodations have been paid for but there are still other costs that we will be needing to cover. Emma will be staying behind in the states with her grandparents, just in case you were wondering. You can follow our Turkey trip and the relevance of modern day Turkey to the Christian believer on Josh’s blog, listed below.

Here is a list of prayer requests and current needs of our family. We present these to you as our partners in this ministry. We want you to know where your donations are going and what they are being used for.
1. Our pregnancy! - we pray for a healthy child, Alice’s health, and favor with finances

2. Our trip to Turkey - We will need close to $800 for the entire trip. This is where all
donations and seed offerings are going as of now.

3. Our house in Jackson - We need it to sell! Please pray for our realtor and the property. This is a HUGE financial strain on us right now.

4. Josh’s business - Favor, diligence, grace. This is our main source of income.

Josh’s Blog
Joshuaheathscott.blogspot.com
Alice’s Blog
alicelarsonscott.blogspot.com
Our Website
joshandalice.com

Partner With Us!
If you would like to be a financial partner with us, one time or monthly, please send any checks to our address below, or visit our website to give by debit/credit card. We understand the principle of sowing and reaping. And we feel like we are providing good soil that is producing and maintaining good fruit.

Pray With Us!
If you would like to become apart of our prayer team, please let us know! Email Alice at info@joshandalice.com. We would love to share our prayer requests and praise reports!

The Scotts
4400 E. 107th Terrace
Kansas City, MO 64137

Prayer requests

So I thought I would post some prayer requests for my friends to join in agreement with us:

1. We need our home in Jackson to sell! This is at the top of our list. It is a financial burden each month and always lingering in our minds.

2. Our trip to Turkey. Pray for safety in travel. We are needing a few more finances but mostly please pray for strength for me as I will be 10 weeks pregnant.

3. Favor with Josh's business. He has had some amazing opportunities lately that could really be monumental! But we need wisdom, favor, creative ideas, and discernment to walk through these doors.

4. Emma. Please pray for her while Josh and I are in Turkey. She will be visiting all of her grandparents in MS and AL so she will definitely be loved on. But pray for her protection as she travels too.

5. Curtain Call. I need God to touch my mind and imagination to create the new script for Curtain Call this year. Pray for the core team, volunteers, and those who will give this year. Also pray for the children that will attend and the families that will be impacted because of their child's experience at CC.

Thank you for your prayers!
Alice

One Extreme To Another

So we started the Daniel Fast and eating naturally all in one week. Talk about a body detox. I was so sick of veggies by day 3 I felt like I was going to puke. But then again that feeling was staying with me all day...

Oh my goodness! The thought hit me. So I went to Wal-Mart with my mom and I hid a pregnancy test in the cart. As soon as we got home, I didn't hesitate. I ran to the bathroom and less than one minute later, I found out we were having a baby!

We are completely thrilled by the news and called some of our dearest and closet friends as well as family to share the news with them. And we kept getting the same questions. So I thought I would take a second and answer some of the ones that we got.

1. What do you think it will be? To be honest we don't care! Just as long as he/she is healthy. But I know that is the typical answer so here is one that is just ours. We are not going to find out until the baby is born! What a surprise!

2. What about the adoption? Well we are not too clear as to what to do yet. I have put a phone call and email in to our social worker so we are waiting to see what her advice will be.

3. Are you still going to Turkey? Yes! My first doctor's appointment is this Monday, march 22 and I will get the go-ahead from her. But as far as we know, I am still going.


If there are any other questions, please ask away. The answer may be "I don't know" but at least I know Who holds our future!

God Bless!

Daniel Fast Called March 1-April 9

A casual approach to fasting will often lead to casualties of war. From 1984-to present day, only 4% of people call themselves born again Bible believing Christians.

From 1924-1964, 35% called themselves Christians. This percentage is now in leadership in our country, educational systems, government. What have they produced in our country? Pornagraphy, legalized abortion on demand, homosexual marriages, sex trafficking, and more. What will 4% produce? We are in desperate need of a move of God.

There is 16 million college students in this nation. Only 4% are Bible believing Christians. Terrifying. So we are entering in to a 40 day season of a Daniel Fast as a believing community for college students.

In the Boston area, there are more colleges per square mile than any other city in the nation! So Lou Engle and his staff and all of our 3rd and 4th year IHOPU students will be ministering in the New England states throughout the fast and it will end on April 9th with a huge conference for college students in America.

Revelations 7:10 - Salvation now belongs to our God!

We are engaging for a great awakening that leads to a great commissioning!

Matthew 9:38

Olympics at the Scott House

Emma loves the figure skating...

In Her Daddy's Socks

Here is Emma Carleigh in her daddy's socks. My prayer is that one day she will follow in her Father's shoes. But for now, I'm so content to have her wear her earthly father's socks. I just read this quote this morning on my friend Kellye's blog. She quoted her friend Lisa Jo (just want to cite this quote right because it's so good).

"What I want to grasp between desperate fingers is as elusive as hour glass quick sand.

I cannot hold them always. I cannot protect them completely. I cannot fulfill them thoroughly.

Security lies only in surrender to the One who can."

In Jesus name I pray.

What day is this?

So I just want to blog this and get it out of the way. I have been living this whole week a day behind! And I'm not talking about that feeling that it's one but in your mind you know what day it actually is you just don't want to admit it.

No really, a WHOLE day behind. I have missed appointments, been in argument after argument with my husband, been frustrated when tv shows aren't on and everything!

Pray for me. I will recover.

Another Victory!

We have not gotten very far on this adoption journey and already God's Hand has been moving in our midst. We have already gotten 2 calls about babies and have felt that the timing is not quite right. Josh and I feel like we need to get all of our paperwork in and our taxes filed before we even consider any calls. I think this is wise although my heart immediately screams "YES!" each time. Thank you Jesus for a husband who can bring reason to an emotion time. HA!

Anyway back to the story...Pastor David would be telling me to "land the plane" about now. So we have to get our fingerprints done for a FBI background check. I was told that to get our fingerprints done it was going to cost a little money and we need an appointment. Ok. No problem. I called the place to make an appointment and was told that the prints would cost $52 each! What! Holy Moly. Where are we going to come up with $104 plus we have to get new driver's license before the fingerprints can happen which is $30 each so add it up...We need $134 before Thursday. Then we needed to make another $100 payment to our social worker. So yep, you can count, we needed $234 this week. And where it was going to come from, seriously, only God knew.

I have been reading The Autobiography of George Mueller. He never told anyone about his need unless prompted by the Lord. He simply prayed and believed that God would provide for these orphans which He loved. Well I have decided to take a little lesson from Mr. Mueller. I decided to not tell the needs unless prompted by the Lord, but simply pray and believe that God will provide for this child, this orphan which He loves. So I made the appointments despite the current situation of our bank account.

But if you notice I have been writing in all PAST tense. Oh yeah! Because on Tuesday, I got a letter with a very simple note in it: "We wanted to help with your adoption! Praying for you and Josh, the birthmom, and grace and favor. Can't wait to meet your baby! Love ..." (I'm keeping the names of the friends hidden because I haven't asked if they would like to remain anonymous or not) And inside the letter was $250. Did you hear me?! $250!!! Oh come on Jesus! Not to mention they said they are praying for the birthmom which is our heartbeat for this adoption. We want Jesus to touch this birthmom.

So there you have documentation number 2. We are saving the card the check came in and putting it in the baby's book. I want that baby to know that we kept record of their pregnancy on our part from conception to birthday. I want this baby to know that God provided for him/her because He loves them so very much and nothing, no hindrance stood in the way of getting this child into our arms.

Thank you Jesus for meeting EVERY need. I am comforted that Jesus knows.

"Mommy, you open birt-day presents?"

Yesterday was my 29th birthday! It was good day full of events. First I hosted my Mom's Group, which is an IHOP small group that meets once a week. It was a playdate for mom's and their toddlers. However, we had another big snowstorm move in and the roads were covered as usual. So only 3 moms showed up instead of the regular 10. But it was kind of nice because the moms actually got to talk and get to know each other. That was a good time.

Then Josh left at noon to travel to St. Louis to see Switchfoot. It was sad to see him go but it was also totally fine because I was having a girls pajama party that night. So after he left my mom took me to the Cheesecake Factory for lunch and then I got a gift card to Payless for my birthday from my mom so we went to buy me some new shoes. I have always been a show lover. I have bought so many shoes and at one point owned well over 75 pairs of shoes! But over my married life and mommy life, my shoes have dwindled down or cute heels have been replaced with flat tennis shoes. HA! So I was lacking a black pair of shows. That was my mission.

After shoe shopping we went to Wal-Mart to pick up food and supplies for the party and headed home. I had a professional cake made for my birthday so it was exciting to get that delivered. It showed up and then the party started! Because of the weather I ended up with only 5 girls at the party but what a great 5 girls! They were so funny and it was awesome to get to know them better. We had pizza and cake and ice cream and played Dreamphone! HA! Finally I got my computer and saw that almost a 100 people had wished me a Happy Birthday on Facebook.

The night ended and I crawled into bed thanking God that I am surrounded with so many people who love me. I am thankful for you all and would not be the person I am without you in my life. I leave you with a video of Emma on Valentine's Day talking about Mommy's birthday. I love it!

Waaaaahhhhoooooo! It's Valentine's Day which means it's one more day until my birthday!

I love birthdays. I don't get the whole, "oh don't remind me how old I am..." thing. I love turning another year older. I love celebrating life and parties and cake! HA!

I am having a pajama party this year for me and my girlfriends. I will spend the day with the family and then have a girls party that night. It should be quite fun. I have also had a professional cake made this year. Don't worry, I will post pictures. I have always wanted a professional cake and since that is pretty much my birthday present, yay! I got it!

And as for today, well it's time to spread the love. First Josh and my mom and I (and yes Emma too) are going to church. Then Josh and I are going to spend the day together eating sushi and watching a movie. Then we will come back to the house to spend Valentine's night with Emma and my mom. We bought HUGE steaks from Costco and will probably grill out. Now that sounds like a plan.

Happy Valentine's day everyone!

My Chocolate Chip Fruit Pizza!

This is for you Michelle! Love you!

Ingredients:
2 blocks if white chocolate bark
2 tablespoons of milk
1 package of cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup powdered sugar
1 tub of whipped topping
1 18 oz chocolate chip cookie dough
1/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 tablespoon of vegetable oil
12-13 strawberries
1 can of mandarin oranges - well drained

Steps:
First spread cookie dough into a circle 1/4 inch thick on a cookie sheet or a stone (do the stone if you got it because it won't burn the bottom). Leave space around the edge as dough will spread when cooking. Cook on 350 for 12-15 minutes.

While dough is cooking, put milk and white chocolate in bowl and melt in microwave for 30-60 seconds, stirring to help melt. Stir until smooth.

In separate bowl, combine cream cheese and powdered sugar. Mix til smooth then add white chocolate mixture. Fold in whipped topping until all is well combined.

When dough is cooked let it cool for 10 minutes before you apply topping. After cooled, apply topping. Cut strawberries lengthwise. Make circles alternating the oranges and the strawberries. Afterward, combine chocolate chips and oil in a bowl and microwave for 45 seconds. Stir to finish melting and make smooth. Drizzle chocolate over cookie and topping.

YUM! It was so good that after the Open House was over, Josh and everyone still hanging out made me make another one! HA! I will snap a picture and post it tomorrow.

Here's the deal...

Well I have just had a crazy couple of days! Here are some bullets about what has been going on.

My mom is in town and we have had a good time. I showed her the area and we all enjoyed our Sunday service. Emma came home singing all the words to Jesus Loves Me. Gosh I love our children's church!

My mom and I have been to Wal-Mart about a gajillion times! I attend a Pampered Chef conference where I was totally pumped up and want to tell everyone I know to join the Pampered Chef. HA! I bought Omega, the End Times Board Game...LOL! It's the new board game put out by IHOP to teach the end times. This is going to be fun.

Josh and I enjoyed homemade chicken fingers tonight. Oh thank you mother!

Say what?

Ahhhh there's nothing like playing a game with my mom. She got a word on catch phrase and had to break it up in 2 parts. She got me to say "fall" and then "fell." Then she said put them together. We were in the "food/drink" category. The word was falafel. LOL! It's so nice having my mom in town.