John pushes dirt up against the front wall to cover 2x8 insulation panels laid on their sides.

The front wall insulated and backfilled 2 feet high.

John and Bob lay panels along the west wall.

Jeff and Jillena custom cut some panels to fit around the utility inlets.

Fitting a panel around the cable and phone inlets.

The east wall, showing the fireplace bumpout with 4x8 panels held in place with some backfill.

Jillena drove the skidsteer around and picked up a lot of the large blocks that Jeff pawed out with the excavator.

Here she is scooping up some blocks - large rocks and blacktop chunks - to take over to the driveway.