Just a little grading and fill dirt.

Still under a little bit of a slow down on the construction front.  Winter is a little mild this year so far in terms of snow fall, but temperatures are a little inhibiting for pouring flat concrete.  The walls are more or less okay to pour since the concrete curing process is exothermic.  You just need to protect the top of the walls from freezing, since you don't want the water in the concrete to crystallize.  It causes the concrete to powder and you end up with a weakened concrete matrix.

We paid out of pocket a bit and got some fill dirt laid out so that building will be a little easier.  Our fill budget was broken since we moved the house location a bit forward and went with a 10ft deep basement.  This means that the house was out of the ground more and less was excavated.

 Back porch and gazebo, with the walkout on the left.  We'll probably have to re-excavate this area since we're thinking about cutting and installing some doors to the area underneath the back porch.  This area will be tricky to landscape since there's a walkout just off the frame to the right and the backyard grade is at the height seen at the left.

 A few from the rear walk out up to the back yard.  You can see the gazebo and where the concrete pad for the outdoor fireplace will be.  We'll probably need to terrace this and have steps or something.

A view from the tip of the peninsula at water level.  You can't see the house yet, but I imagine when the first and second floors are added, you'll have no problem seeing it.  We're estimating that the house will be really, really tall since we're having 9ft ceilings on each floor plus the thickness of the ICF floor.  Combine that with a high roof line, and this house will look tall.

View from the peninsula just before the grade change down to the lake.  This is basically a shot of the back yard.  Future plans include a pool where the logs are on the right of the frame.  Amazing there isn't much snow yet.