The building of a pool (condensed version)

Framing the bottom

Dumping the sand

Forming the walls

Putting up the liner

The water truck arrives

In goes the water

Our pool is finally done!!

The pool is finally here!!

The pool guys came this morning, and they are working as i type!!
The pool is almost all the way up, we are just waiting on the water truck now.
I'm so excited!!
I can't wait to get in!
Pics will follow when it's all up and filled.

Baptism...

So tomorrow is Em's baptism.
And afterwards, we are having a baptism/memorial day picinic at our house.
It's going to be so much fun, if the weather holds out that is.
Good thing we got the playset fixed, since we'll be having kids here too.
I feel bad for all the people Mady is going to sucker into playing on her playset with her though.
Just wait until there are 2 of them bugging people!!

One thing i've learned, at our new house out here in the country...
There is ALWAYS something you need!
Whether it be a riding mower, a tractor, a new weed wacker, more patio furniture, new flowers for the garden, new deck boards, a pull behind trailor...the list goes on and on.

Post meltdown...

So yesterday was not a fun day, as you could imagine from my last post.
But after some crying (by both of us),
And leaving the house so it was "out of sight, out of mind",
We weathered the storm.
Uncle Jack, Frank, and some of his friends from work came over and they all got the playset back up.
That was no easy feet, since it was not only knocked over, but twisted 180 degrees and folded in half.
Surprisingly though, only the one roof was ripped off and broken beyond repair.
There were some other boards broken, but most of them aren't too important for what Mady mostly uses the playset for.
The board that attaches the swing part to the playset was broken, but that was an easy fix.
And Frank more than made up for himself and his lack of anchoring the playset down in the first place, by getting the new boards and fixing everything as best he could so Mady could play on it.
It definately needs more work, but at least it's usable!
And yes, i made him use the anchors and anchor it down this time...just in case!!

Destruction...

I know i shouldn't complain...
There are people that have it so much worse.
But the storms last night left destruction at our house.
Of all the things that COULD have been wrecked,
Things that wouldn't have mattered...
It had to hit the playset.
It was the only thing that got ruined.
And of course, it's Mady's favorite thing in the whole wide world right now.
She wants to be on it from the minute she wakes up until the minute she goes to bed.
And now it's a pile of rubble in the neighbors yard.
Leave it to my husband though.
Mister "Follow every step in order"
Mister "By the book...To the letter"
He conviently skipped the most important step...
Staking the playset into the ground!
But he doesn't blame himself at all...
Are you kidding me?!?!
Now he gets to leave for the day and go to work,
And i have to stay home and break my daughters heart.
She is going to be devastated!!
And i'm going to have to be the bad guy, when the real bad guy is at work.
Oh, and between the storms and the heat, Em didn't really sleep last night and has been up since long before the crack of dawn.
Today is going to be a GREAT day :(

Another year older...

So tuesday was my birthday.
It was a big one.
I turned 30.
I know what you're thinking...
Did you melt down?!
Was it horrible?!
But actually, it was pretty good!
I didn't feel old, i didn't feel overwhelmed.
It was a gorgeous day outside, and i got to be with my family.
What more could i ask for?!
I'm sure it will set in eventually that i'm getting old...
But as long as i have my girls to keep me running around, i think i'll always feel young...
Or tired.

1 month already...

I can't believe my baby is 1 month old today already!
It feels like yesterday that we had her.
Where did the time go?!

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