Yay!

End of day one:

(and nobody fell in the hole, not even the dog from next door who thinks our yard is her territory)

Beginning of day two:

Worker: "By the time we're done, you're going to know so much that Ken is going to have to offer you a job."

Day three:

Now all I have to do is buy a bunch of topsoil and reseed the areas right around the patio, and buy a few plants, and I'm done!  Huzzah!