Start of Foundation Walls and Apron

They started building the walls for the foundation. Will probably take another day or two to finish.

That's a lot of rebar! Since the back side will essentially be a retaining wall because it is against the hill, I guess they use more rebar than normal. They said there are still a couple of horizontal layers to be added.

Those panels need to go up around the whole house where cement is going to be poured. Have to get all the rebar in place first, though!

Our driveway now has an apron. No, it's not pretty like the aprons Mel made me for Christmas...just plain old asphalt. Don't ask me because I don't really understand the point of it either. Has something to do with right-of-way access off main road and a requirement from King County building department, so here it is! Nice bonus is the guy graded the driveway and filled in the potholes while he was at it (thank you, guy, whoever you are!). I know, next week when the cement truck comes to pump the foundation, the pot holes will be there again. It will be nice for a least a few days!