Tuesday, July 29, 2008

We've Got Water...


...but I bet it's cold! It took 12+ hours to fill up. It was almost like having a newborn baby, Matthew set his alarm for nearly every hour last night to wake up and go check on the water. We had instructions to turn it off when the water hit the middle of the tiles. It looks fabulous, it's taunting us right now because they are chlorinating it and the special cleaning system we bought is working it's magic... so we must wait.

Today was also really nice because we got rid of this:


And got this:


The button on the sliding glass door is the most annoying (but useful) thing. You have 7 seconds to open and shut the door and push the reset button, which is specifically up high. Difficult when with two adults (one being slightly big in the mid section), two little girls, and a dog all trying to get out the door/push the reset button/ and shut the door in 7 seconds. It makes a terrible noise if you miss the time limit or if you don't push the button SO you know if you're kids are outside and shouldn't be. It's really a great safety tool, but we went ahead and did the safety fence with a lock. And on top of that, with our security system... anytime a door or window opens, our alarm system control pad (both upstairs and down) speaks to us like on an intercom and tells us, "fault garage door." Meaning the garage door opened, or "fault master bedroom window"... you've got the picture.
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Mr. Pool Man says that the chemicals and whatnot are doing their thing and we can go in Saturday (maybe sooner) so it will have a few days to warm up from the nice Vegas sun... I'M READY! On top of that, we sold the Universal Gym for our asking price and that leaves Saturday morning too.... I'm getting my backyard back!!!! YEAH!!!!
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This picture I just thought was funny... Battle of the Dirt Devils, mine and theirs. My girls have a thing for vacuums. In fact, on Sundays in nursery when they clean up, Kacey's usually assisting a Nursery Leader holding the vacuum. I usually have to "hide" as I vacuum or do little jobs just so I can get it done... but what ends up happening is everyone has to have their turn with the vacuum.

4 comments:

thepainterfamily said...

YEAH! It looks beautiful and inviting...I bet Saturday can't come FAST ENOUGH in your household! :) enjoy! can't wait to see all the "lounging by the pool" pics! :)

Mikki said...

very cool!! (and refreshing)
Hope it is as wonderful as it looks to be.

The Foulgers said...

I can't believe how fast they built that pool. I bet it didn't go quite as quickly for you! Happy swimming!:)

The High Family- said...

I love the pool. I bet you and the girls are ready to jump right in. We really might need to come and visit and take a dip in your pool. Oh ya, Kortney and Chase are moving to Vegas before school starts for three weeks after they get back from their cruise. Maybe you guys can get together.