Doesn't this look idyllic? This is the dream of mine for summertime with the addition of a raft floating in the perfectly temperatured water, a great book and a cool drink. Summertime perfection! 
This is actually more like it...kids splashing & jumping, making a huge commotion. The pool is a little different too...bright blue with blue blow up ring. Yes, I do make the joke that we look like that sterotype low-income family with the pool, trampoline, swing set and old camper. Well, not this year! We had the 18" one described before but this past fall we decided to toss the 18" (the ring got a hole I could not find) and spring for a new one. That has been one of my jobs this spring-find a new pool.
After much debate and looking at our budget, I decided on the same type (easy set up) in a metal ring and at a whopping 24" we should be able to accommodate you and all your friends. I spent Saturday putting it together and it has been filling ever since (11,000 gallons takes awhile).
The pool is suppose to be 4 feet deep like our old one but I think that somewhere along the line that number got a bit skewed because this bad-boy is up to my neck and HUGE, for us anyway. It will be perfection next year but this year I think we'll only be able to fill it about 80% or 1/3 of the kids that come and swim won't be able to touch.It is finished filling now but believe it or not it is 70 outside and no telling how cold the pool is but these crazy kids of mine got into it anyway, mutiple times. Shortly with the solar cover it will warm up and I will get my dream day.
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Ahhhhh yessss! We should have went with something more like that. Instead, we'll be filling our pool for 4 DAYS!!! Holy Crapola! and I don't believe it will heat up all too quickly either. But you should practice your pool volleyball while we practice ours and we'll have some mean competitions towards teh end of July!!! BruuhaaH!!!
where did you get it? This may be the year for us to get one, as my kids still don't know how to swim.
I'm coming over! I think we should have the Arnold Reunion at your house!!! WOOHOO!!! Would I look dumb with a floatie?! :)
parteee!! drink enough maragita's and you'll think your having a dream day:-)
"Yes, I do make the joke that we look like that sterotype low-income family with the pool, trampoline, swing set and old camper."
~love your sense of humor kim:-)
Wow. You're pretty high class there. All we've got is a little blow up wading pool for toddlers. Oh! And a couple of bath tubs.
11,000 gallons, that's quite a bit...hard on the water bill!
It looks like so much fun, I may just have to slip on over for a swim.
We have a pool sitting in our backyard and no one feels like opening it for the summer. I guess that shows how OLD we are. Suddenly the weather will get HOT and we will be crabbing the no one opened the pool. Thankfully the water stays in it all year and we just need to add the chemicals. Maybe we need some little kids to come over and play with us.
Today had to be the nicest day (temp wise) this year. I hope you enjoyed your pool while laying on your raft, sipping an umbrella drink, and listening to some good tunes.
You sd folks are having so much fun. Your dream day looks very inviting!
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