Well our pool is all done. In fact it’s been done for quite a while, but I’ve just been super lazy and haven’t posted any completed pictures. So here it goes. . .
Putting in the PebbleTec was pretty cool to see. The morning they came to do it, this is what I woke up to:
Once the guys were all done, the filling began. Because our pool is so many thousands of gallons of water, it took several hours to fill completely (~24 hours!!).
. . . . still filling. . . . .
. . . . . still filling. . . . . .
. . . . . . splash!!!! It’s all done.
As you can see, Dan was very anxious to get in the water. As soon as the pool was filled, he was out there swimming. That first night it was all full, there weren’t any chemicals in it so it was like a giant bath tub!! FUN FUN!
The bubblers on the big baja step are quite a hit with the little ones. Even Kendell who can’t quite talk can say “bubbles”.
Chris came for Memorial Weekend so of course we all had to go swimming to try out the new pool.
Daniella can swim (thanks to her Aunt Sara), but she thinks it’s pretty fun to float around in the baby seat.
I love this picture of Kendell. He loved the water but he would get cold pretty fast so he’d go warm up for a few minutes, then jump right back in!
The weekend before July 4th, we had all of Dan’s family over for a celebration. It was really fun to have everyone out at our house. Dan made a yummy pork loin roast on the grill (it had a homemade rub, was cooked on a cedar plank, then toopped with a pineapple salsa . . . Yum! Yum!), grilled corn, bratwursts, hot dogs, chicken, potato salad, fruit salad, soda & homemade ice cream (a 4th of July tradition!!). Needless to say, none of us left the party hungry. Dan got a grill to prepare for super fun party and he sure loves to cook on it (he’s pretty good at it too!!)
Everyone got in the pool and I think the kids had a blast. Even Allen was able to overcome some of his water fear and wear a life jacket to swim around. Go Allen!!
Thank you to all who made this gathering possible! It was really fun and think we had better do it one more time before the summer is over!
