Block Wall

We have finally started our block wall! We decided to dig the footings and poor the concrete ourselves, then hire someone to lay the block. Tyler (Melinda's husband), I guess I can call him Uncle Tyler:), dug the footing for us. Now we just have some manual digging to finish and hopefully we can poor the footings in the next couple weeks. We have had trouble with the city, telling us we cant put up a six foot wall on one section of fence, and some trouble with one of the gates we wanted. Hopefully everything will get worked out...It is frustrating to me that we cant do what we want on our own property. But we are trying to understand.