365 ~ 2015: Day 218

The inaugural swim!

365 ~ 2015: Day 217

Plaster and water!  At 6am the plaster truck pulled into our backyard and finished a little after 11am.  To make sure the pool was filled for the start up that is scheduled for tomorrow morning we had two trucks of water delivered to give us a head start.  We had planned to just fill the entire pool with the hose, but it would not have taken too long.  The electricians were back getting everything wired and now we wait for the guy to turn it all one and show me how to run it all!  I plan to take lots of notes!  We still have some work to do with getting the fence (we have a temporary one right now) and fixing the yard, but we can swim and that is good enough for me right now!

365 ~ 2015: Day 216

Still a lot of work to be done, but we have a finished pool deck and equipment installed.  The pool was drained of the funk water today and washed down.  It's ready for plaster and water tomorrow!

365 ~ 2015: Day 215

My parents gift to the boys for their birthdays - an afternoon at Funspot!  The boys love hanging out with Grammy for the afternoon and playing games and it's one less toy to clutter the toy room!  I say it's a win, win!

365 ~ 2015: Day 214

The pool saga continues.  It's been an interesting process but the light is at the end of the tunnel and we've been assured we'll be swimming by Saturday!  The decking company started a week and a half ago with the grading and back-filling.  Then last Monday they came with a crew to install the bullnose coping.  We thought they would be here last Friday to install the pavers, but they were unable to start until today.  They are going full steam ahead and today they built the retaining wall at the bottom of the hill, the equipment slab installed, measured out and prepped the layout of the pavers and began the process of installation.  I am excited to see what the rest of the week brings.  Tomorrow they will finish up with the deck installation and the pool company will set the equipment.  Wednesday the electrician will hook it all up to the panel and then Thursday they will install the white plaster.  As soon as the plaster is installed we begin filling it up and they will start it all up on Friday.  I'm doing a little dance to the Pool Gods that all the ducks line up in a row to get this project completed this week!

365 ~ 2015: Day 213

Shaun is so lucky to have such a great group of friends!  He had a blast celebrating one of his friends birthday today.

365 ~ 2015: Day 212

The boys are suiting up!  Less than a month before Auntie Kristin and Uncle Erik's big day!