This one's for Caylee

Please enjoy.

A blast from the past.

She is SO cute.  And looks so much like Dillan.

Where did baby Georgia go?

Look how young!

Dan could be like 15 or something.

Awe. Caylee and Isy.

And this is where the goods come.

I bet you all didn't know that Caylee is a rock star.

Broom and all.

Her major venues include Greenwich Chapel.

Sing it!

Yes that is 16  year old Phil.

Hopefully they're not crooning love tunes...

Just thought you'd love these...

mostly Caylee.

Love you Caylee.

Hope you still love me too. ;)

xoxo

Swag

Hello all.

Just wanted to share my swag with you today.

Cuz I'm just that gangsta.
I know all you mothas are lovin' your swagger wagons.
Heaven knows I'm lovin' this movie.
"Singin Farmer in the Dell in perfect harmony" 

Word.

I love

I love April Fools.

Mostly cuz of an airline website claiming they were going to charge people by their weight.

"To encourage people to watch their waist bands"

Loved it.

And ps...my last post wasn't April Fools.

Just bad timing on my part.

But it was funny.

Good joke kaylee jo...but not.

I love today.

It's 11:00am and I already have more calls than I had total on Friday.

Yes. Busy is good.  When boredom is the other option.

I love this past weekend.

Alright: so this weekend was simply sublime.

It included home. food. family. Grey's. crafts. sewing. home. home. home.

Yeah- I think we left our home a total of 2 times.

Once for a 20 min jot to the grocery store.

Once for the family dinner.  And that was at the end of the weekend.  So I disclude (new word!) it.

So once.

But it was beautiful. 

Wouldn't have had it any other way.

The family dinner was amazing.  

Thanks Andrew and Alex!

I love family.  Specially ones that make fun of how I say bananas.

Come on. Come to America, then we'll see how you go hey!

:)

Nah, I'm working on it.

Working on it.

I'll leave you with a little treat.

I made this last night for family dinner...well dessert.

Told you.

Treat.

Yum.

Registered

You know that feeling when life just seems surreal?

Like you've hoped for something but were semi-convinced that you were going to be let down?

Well today I registered for classes.

On Campus Classes.

In

PROVO

yup. Check it.

We're coming!

To Utah!

Home!

I'm especially excited for my fall.

Fall is my favorite, and Utah does it well! 

*Sigh*

I love it.

So August look out, cuz the Bennallacks are coming!

Quality Time

We love our pals the Archibalds.

It's always a guaranteed good time when we go out with Caylee and Dan.

When they asked if we wanted to tag along on a Sunday excursion to the Hunter Valley, we definitely said YES!

The Hunter Valley is beautiful.

Rolling hills.

Vast vineyards.

Green. Green. Green.

We drove around for a bit to find Dan's "perfect spot".

We settled in at one of the wineries next to this little pond under a huge tree.

It was "perfect".

We figured we'd better make our picnic fancy to fit in with the ritzy wine tasting lifestyle down in Hunter Valley.

We had a whole feast that included

- prosciutto and camembert cheese from Caylee.

Yum.

- chocolate covered strawberries from us.

Yum.

We definitely enjoyed ourselves...

I mean, how can you not with views like this?

and this...

and this...

This one is a little more interactive than the other views.

Cute little Dillan. :)

After our picnic we wandered around the winery and explored.

It was amazing.

Can I go back?

Permanently?

They even had an aussie veranda...part of my future dream home.

There was an old shop building on the property.

I loved the vintage signs and feel.

mmmm...plus I love me that man!

And then we finished off with a stroll through the vineyards.

Oh so posh.

I already want to go back.

I miss it.

Including the fancy picnic.

And the company.

And the relaxing sunday.

Ah...Hunter Valley.

To the markets we go!

Yup. 5am again.  We loved it that much.

I mean who doesn't love 

- a head of lettuce for $1

- strawberries (later to be chocolate dipped!)

- apple-sized plums

- our fruit and veg for the next 2 weeks-or-so for under $15

?

I knew it.

You love it too.

I managed to snap a few pics this time.  

Blimey it was awkward.  

Picture dear Philip purchasing our goods and me snapping photos while the stall keepers all glare at me like:

"why is this crazy woman taking photos of my produce?"

Yup. I'm the crazy woman with a camera.

Hello.

There literally is fruit and veg (and nuts and herbs I might add) as far as the eye can see.  

Literally.

See?

Aaaaalll the way down that warehouse baby.

And there were four more lanes on either side of me.

Literally.

mmmm!

The market produce is so fresh compared to the supermarket.  

Crisp & clean lettuce.  

Crisp fresh grapes.

Yummy cilantro.

Oh guys...I'm just bragging now.  I'll stop.

Of course we stopped in at the flower market too.  

Flowers at 5:30am will really brighten your day...er morning.

$5 a bushel?  

Yes please!

This time I opted for some white beauties.

I'm in love.

(and married- I know, news flash!)

But really...my goal is to find some fakies just like this in America for my living room.

They're fresh and simple.

Love.

And these white beauties were only $4 for a huge bunch so I put some up in my vase on the bookshelf too...

and some even ended up in the rubbish bin.

Yes I just said rubbish.

Sorry flowers.

And that was our Saturday morning adventure.

Autumn is teasing us into thinking we won't be going in the future.

But we'll conquer those cold temps and dark mornings.

It's worth it!

Thanks Sydney Markets.

Slow

Today is a slow day.

9:00am.

Yup. Already slow.  You betchya.

Slow days aren't all that bad I guess.

Specially when you had thirteen 8-11yr olds take over your home last night.

Yup. Activity Days. Woot.

Buuuut I sedated them with Jolly Ranchers ("whoa american candy!") and a round of red rover ("whoa we've never played that!").

We made it through.

Phew.

So I edited some photos in my boredom 

and as my blog readers, you get to see them.

Lucky!

Before

After 

Before

 After

Before

After

Before

After

I don't claim any photo expertise.  In fact, now that I'm looking at them, some of the edits are so minor.

Like the tiny blurring of edges.  

Meh. I like them.

Yes I do.

And check out the blog revamp.
Changes in the tabs and all.
Yeah!

On a final, non-editing or boredom note...

My big bro is awesome.

Check him and Bon Jovi out right here.

Photos 8 & 10.

That's Nicholas.

I know him.