Our New Pool!

While my parents were here over Spring Break, we had a glorious sunny Saturday with a high of 87 degrees! Our new pool was begging to be broken in, so we did just that! We were all so excited to have our very first swim in our new pool!

We've only used the pool a handful of other times since the very first swim with my parents, but the ten day forecast is looking very promising! Hopefully we'll have lots more pool days in our near future!

As you could probably see from the background of some of the pictures, there's still a lot of work to be done in our backyard! But the three biggest things have been checked off our list--pool, fence, and sprinkler system repaired..so that is SUPER exciting! The next big project is sod for the backyard & then hopefully one day adding another set of stairs off of our deck, but for now we are so, so happy! Our backyard has come a looooong way since moved in this past summer! Here is a little collage of the progression over the months. It has been an adventure to say the least! We started calling pool companies at the end of July & met with a few different companies in August and mulled over their quotes, and then signed on the dotted line with Blue Haven Pools at the end of August. September & October was pretty much a waiting game--waiting for HOA approval, waiting on our permit from the city, and then waiting on the weather to cooperate. Finally, on October 25th the excavation officially began! The very first picture on the top left is when they spray painted the outline of the pool in our grass prior to excavation. We filled up our pool with water in mid-January, and there was really only little last-minute stuff done after that. The main thing was we had to wait at least a month after the pool was plastered to let it cure before turning on the pool heater, and then our pool was officially open for swimming! So all in all, about eight-ish months from beginning to end!

And a few of my favorite pictures from the construction phase...the first one is Derek "swimming" through our "pool," and the second one pretty much sums up the pool building experience from Brady's perspective. The two of us spent a lot of time watching equipment & workers from our kitchen window!

This pool was a big undertaking to say the least, but we are so excited & grateful to have it in our backyard! We are looking forward to lots of memories being made out here over the years! Summer, we're ready for you!!!