4th of July!

They're back....and finished!

So the diggers came back this morning at 10 a.m. like we hoped. Actually, the foundation guys came before them thinking it was ready but of course it wasn't. So they just kind of hung out awhile until the diggers showed up and then they left. It's already 3:15 and I haven't seen them come back yet so I don't know if they'll come back today or tomorrow. The diggers finished around noon. Here are some more pics!

Garrett is poking his head out the sliding doors to watch. Notice the nice shiner he has on his left cheek? Not exactly sure how he got that, just know he was playing in Tam & Chris's backyard yesterday with the other kids and somehow got hurt.

The diggers brought their dog today so I took the kids outside and they played with it (not sure if boy or girl). I think the dog enjoyed them.

All cleaned up and ready for foundation!

And so it begins

Well, the diggers kind of surprised me this morning when they just showed up and started to work. I wasn't expecting them yet because we were waiting on the city to come mark the water lines for irrigation. But the irrigation is right by the fence and so is the neighbors behind us so he figured it wasn't a problem. So they start digging and continued for a few hours. They decided that it was too muddy so they couldn't finish today. They want to wait a few days for the dirt to dry up. So they probably won't be back until Monday with the holiday weekend. Well, now you can see we have a big hole in our back yard and the front doesn't look very pretty either. Oh well, what can you do?

Started by getting rid of the patio.
Had to break it up into smaller pieces.

Picking up the pieces.

The kids loved watching!

There's our not so beatiful front yard. I didn't realize the tracks were going to be so deep but maybe that's because it wasn't dry.

And there's what we have now. A nice big hole, but they aren't finished yet. Oh my gosh! I can't believe this is actually happening. I am so excited! As if you couldn't tell.

Your side is showing!

Well, Curtis decided to get some more prep work done by taking some siding off the house yesterday evening. Amazing what's hiding underneath that siding; dead plants, spider's nest, wasps nest, etc.

Curtis and Garrett are trying to imagine watching TV in the soon to be family room.