UPDATE!

 So I felt like we needed to put up the most recent pictures of our remodel, so here they are, from top to bottom:  Gameroom;  outside by patio;  double pantry;  and long hallway to extra bedrooms.

Fun Random Pictures

 Can you spell "TROUBLE"?  Lydia does EVERYTHING Caitlyn does. This was the 1st time I let her lick the spoon after making a cake.

 She saw Caitlyn doing it and insisted that she too could do it.  Well I guess she was right, she cleaned it up like a pro!!

 This was a puddle after a rainstorm we had.  We desperately needed the rain. Not only were we almost in a burn ban, but as you can see from the puddle (and the swirls), we also had LOTS of pollen!!  Thanks to the rain, it washed a lot of it away.

 This is really hard to see, and this is actually the top of a shampoo bottle.  The little black thing is actually a lice.  Yep, it was pretty scary, and I had no idea what this was at first.  Poor little Haley probably had one of the worst birthdays this year.
This is why I don't have any other pictures of her birthday, but after I brought her home from school (on her birthday) I was looking at her head and noticed a little bug moving around.  So, I asked her to hold still for a second while I got a bug off of her.  Well, while I was trying to grab it with my fingers, all of a sudden about 3 other little bugs started running around on her head and I said, "OH"!  Well, this freaked her out and she ran around the house screaming, "I can feel them in my hair, they're moving in my hair"!  When I finally got her calmed down, we decided to try and wash the little bugs out.  After thinking it through and talking to Brian and his mom, we came to the decision that these were LICE.  Sad times.  We went through everyone else's hair and also discovered them in Meghan and Sadie--although not to the extreme that Haley had.  It was a HUGE laundry day for me, and a long night for the girls.  Needless to say, not a fun experience, and we are actually still dealing with this.

 On a lighter NOTE--hee, hee, excuse the pun.  Lydia has discovered that she can climb up on the piano bench by herself.  She has always enjoyed sitting on Brian, Meghan or Haley's lap while playing the piano, but this is even better because she doesn't have to wait for someone to put her up there.

She just has to be like everyone else! Our sweet Lydia.

Construction Again. . .and a Few Good Pictures

 This is where our triple windows were looking out into the yard.  They brought in so much needed light into my kitchen, and I will probably miss them the most with this new addition. I will no longer be able to look out into the backyard and watch the girls run around while I'm making dinner (sigh).

 They have finally insulated the walls.

 It was pretty cool watching them SPRAY this insulation into the roof/attic.  It was blue, and expanded as they sprayed it. It did smell bad though and took 2 days.

 This is our new septic system. I'm not sure on how it all works quite yet, but from what I do understand, I guess when the tank gets too full, it will release some of it's excess through this sprinkler system.

 The purple tubes are where the sprinklers will be (I guess).  Anyways, we will need to set it up to go off at night so we don't have to worry about little girls running through septic water sprinklers.

 Here are the bricks, ready to be put up on the outside of the house.

 Many men working on the bricks--they ran out quickly and ended up having to wait a couple of days till another delivery of bricks could be made.

At the end of the day and end of the bricks, this was how far they got, almost completely done.

 Here's our NEW wood burning fireplace!  We are very excited to be able to finally use our fireplace this winter!!

 Here are the extra pictures.  Lydia decided to organize the shoe boxes.  She knew this would be a big task, so she got her little Winnie-the-Pooh chair so she could organize in comfort.