We have a hole in the ground!

The excavator dug the hole for the basement yesterday.  We moved the house further to the northwest to give us more room between the house and existing trees for the driveway and landscaping. 

When the foundation was staked out, it looked really small.  There were these little wood stakes in the midst of a big pasture.  Now, the hole looks huge.  It was fun to watch the guy in the crawler work around the stakes as he dug the basement.

We can see exactly where the walkout basement is now.  Cool!   Weather permitting, the concrete guys will be out early next week.