Ahhh where did the summer go?

So clearly it has been a very hectic and busy summer because I am 2 1/2 months behind on my blog!! I HATE when this happens! One of my last posts in June was Cole's last day in preschool and they both started preschool for the Fall last Friday! Yikes!! Not sure where the summer months went, but they are gone, gone, gone! It's okay though because I am ready to say goodbye to this heat and hello to the Fall and some cool, crisp mornings - even though I don't think that is going to happen for at least another month of so. I guess the bulk of the summer was dedicated to remodeling our house! We finally purchased the house last April, but after living it in for more than 3 years, we knew exactly what we wanted to do it and it was just a matter of finding the right people. So I can sit here happily and say that it is 90% complete ( we are just waiting on picking out paint colors) but it was about 8 weeks of hell to go through! I didn't enjoy it one bit and I seriously underestimated the impact it would have on our lives! Olivia stopped napping in July :-( :-( :-( (mommy is very very sad about this). There was just too much noise and hammering going on and after about 2 weeks of her not napping and me giving up trying, there was no way she was going to start again (we've tried putting a lock on her door, buying her a new bed and emptying every toy out of her room) . So this has been tough on ALL of us because she is still really needs her naps and has complete breakdowns at nighttime, but such is life and we are learning to deal. Back to the house..... we ripped out the majority of the downstairs carpet and put in 1,000 Sq. Ft of hardwood floor (love it!), we took out two windows and replaced them with doors so the kids have better access to the yard, we opened up the wall between the family room and the downstairs bedroom and it's now the "family office", re-did all of the landscaping, removed all of the grass in the backyard and put in artificial grass (again...LOVE it) and finally we got a jacuzzi for backyard. And the best part is that the trampoline and FINALLY out of our house and in the yard where it belongs!! Unfortunately, I wasn't very good at taking pictures of the progress so I will have to take some of the "after" and post them here! We did manage to sneak in a few trips here and there as well. We took a family trip to Vegas in June, and "adult only" trip to Napa Valley, two camping trips in August (one to Lake Tahoe with my family and one to Rollins Lake with our neighbors) and Jim went spearfishing down in Mexico for a few days with his friend Steve and brought home 60 pounds of fish with him. Pictures and posts to follow ;-) And now we are back to school again! Both kids started Pre-School at Adventure Christian this year and are going MWF from 8:30 -11:30. I am LOVING the little break, although so far my mornings have all been pretty jam packed with errands and appointments. Today was only day #2 for them, but so far they are both enjoying it and I really like their teachers. No tears so far and no accidents (from Olivia!). I'm looking forward to all of the fun they are going to have and the good stuff they are going to learn! The last few pictures of the kids and Jim on the "indoor" trampoline. We had to move it outside so that wood floors could go in. Thank goodness :-) It was fun while it lasted.