happenings at home

I've been posting lots of photos. good work. now I need to post some words. 'going ons' around the mclenna household: miren + luke + brandon arrived last friday. m + l left sunday, brandon will take the greyhound home tomorrow. his first bus ride. slc to boise via the greyhound makes for a long trip. seems people just have to stop for those smoke breaks ...
it's been a delight to have friends here. friday we celebrated miren and luke's trip to thailand (they leave in a week) with a thai soup. my dad recently gave me a killer recipe. one of which i dream of in my sleep. nearly. saturday we had intentions of lunch in park city with lorrine + others, but the snow was crazy. it dumped 36 inches on friday night and didn't slow down throughout the whole day on saturday. it was beautiful. is beautiful. getting the snowmobiles out and down to the car was quite the affair. I'm so happy we had people here to help ben out. on saturday we did realize that we don't have a sled. bad, bad, bad deal. we'll have to make something with the old snowmobile skis downstairs. now the sun is shining. the snow glistening. and I think it's about time for some outside time. to watch morley in the snow is a treat. if he's breaking trail, he disappears for a moment---then his head pops out again.
lots of snow.
other happenings in alasdair's world: I think he's working on teeth. he's been a little ornery the past few days. I don't blame him. experiencing the pain of a sharp bit busting through layers must be a terribly painful affair. we have offered him more banana. he plays with it. attempts to pull it to his mouth, though most times it becomes morley's treat on the floor. alasdair is talking more and more. playing games with ben. hide and seek seems to be his particular favorite at the moment. he's taught himself to place a rag over his head, then pull down---he's learned that upon doing that he receives oohs and excitement from his audience. he's also elongating. his hair is growing. he is growing, in general. ah, and he's loving morley. very interested in tugging on his nose and ears. not so interested in morley's licks, however.
so, our house is doing well. inhabitants of this house are doing well. we're hoping to make a trip to boise next weekend, weather permitting. ben's mom + mark will be in town. we'll do what we have to in order to get there.
then, my mama + sister + family arrive in a week and a half for the holidays.
very exciting, good times.
I'll attempt to update this here blog in a more exciting, inviting fashion.