Progress Returns!!!

The landscaping is finally getting started. Four different crews were here working outside. Concrete being formed, walls being built, drain and irrigation pipes laid and boulders moved.














The Brewer concrete crew is setting forms while Dan and Tracy lay pipes and bring the dirt back up that they took down a month ago.















Taylor and Tracy play "bumper skidster" in the driveway. Who is in whose way?


















Dan doing business in the trenches!
















Nick and I with Dave Matthews. Nick won tickets and backstage passes.

Back to Reality

John sightseeing at the beach.

After China and Las Vegas we spent a relaxing week camping at the beach. Now I'm back to lining up the landscapers. Monday we'll have a full crew moving boulders, placing drains and forming concrete. I'm so excited about covering the dirt.


















This is how I like to use a shovel. I dug a "bathtub" for Leila and Piper.
















The snakes are out in force! I was wondering what sprinkler was on as I stepped out onto the patio. Duh, the rattling sound was a coiled diamondback a few inches away from me. Nick took care of it.













A few minutes later Preston and I were running down the driveway and came upon this Grand Daddy with 13 rattles! Nick to the rescue again.