Hubby got a chance to start some of the outside work that will need to be done after the cement was poured for the drive way and sidewalks.  I think being Karl was home, it was easier to want to do as Karl was pretty willing to help out.

Our goal is to get all of our property to look like this along the street with part gravel and part grass and then sidewalk.  We like the look and it leaves nice parking if we have extra people at our house.

We had done that to the south of the driveway but not to the north.

When they poured the driveway the first thing they did was dig out part of the rock and put in in a pile.  It’s been sitting there since.

Hubby is a whiz with the skid loader and in no time he had created a gravel area on the side of the driveway and dirt in the rest.

Here’s Karl manning the shovel.

It doesn’t look like much now as the dirt will need to be seeded down with grass.  This is the south section…..

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The childcare kids are so funny.  They keep asking me if the workers are coming each day.  I tell them yes but today was the last day.  I snapped a few pictures to show you the progress.

Once the men started pouring the concrete the kids were so busy watching.  They had watched the day before but they couldn’t really see what it was all about until the workers started on the driveway.  Then we had big fights over who was sitting where and who could or couldn’t see.

I finally pulled the kids’ chairs out to the garage and let them watch…I teased the parents and told them that I provided “live theater” for their children’s entertainment that day!

Here is what their work ended up looking like.

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