Obie got to our house at 8am and got to work. He started by cutting the concrete so we could pull it out in pieces and then put it back. He couldn't get the concrete to lift out, so he tried to pick it up with the tractor, still no luck. Little did we know that there was steal running through it. Much of the concrete cracked and broke, but I think we can still use some of it.
We had to remove a portion of our fence to get the tractor into our yard. I was beginning to panic because Doug wasn't home and I was trying to figure out how I could help and stay out of the way at the same time. We needed boards to try to save the grass on the hill and even more boards to try to save the stamped concrete. Doug said his dad was on the way with some planks. Then before I know it my brother-in-law walks in through the open fence. I WAS SO RELIEVED!! Kevin totally saved my morning. He brought over some boards and helped cut the steal in the concrete. Then my father-in-law comes in through the back fence. I couldn't be more grateful for them!!! They helped me so much! Yeah, the HOA outta love this!!!
Stan and Kevin left to work on Kevin's car after the craziness of the morning went away. The picture below was about the half way point. Here are the boards to save the existing concrete. They worked like a charm. There was no damage to any of the concrete. Doug got home just in time to put in more shoveling. I was so happy he made it home early. 
I think it looks great, even if it is just dirt. Our backyard has been like a thorn in our side since we bought the house. It's so great to see it finally moving along. Although our vacation is probably out the window when we're done paying for all this.
There were 6 dump truck loads (about 30 yards) of dirt taken out of our backyard. I NEVER would have guessed we had that much dirt to remove. Our neighbor came out to ask if we were putting in a pool and mentioned that he needs dirt. He let us dump all of the dirt on his property! That saved us about $800 in dumping fees! HOW COOL!!
The picture above is our patch job after the work was done. We had to run to Lowe's and buy some sod. We dug up a square of grass and hopefully the new grass will establish itself.
12 hours later I was completely exhausted and didn't even want to stand while taking a shower.
We now have to dig trenches for sprinklers, build a retaining wall, lay the sod and then hopefully enjoy it :)
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