Our New Pool

Several years ago Alex and Morgun saved for and bought an 18ft round pool from Costco.  We spent many hours in it and loved it!   Except....the fact that we had to put it up and take it back down every year (something I usually ended up doing by myself because it is Martin's busy season), and it did not have a heater.  This year we splurged and bought an 18x33ft, above ground, hard wall pool.  After researching pools and the set up we decided this was something we could do ourselves.  Apparently it only takes 3 men 6 hours to set up this pool, which translates into 18 hours.  Not bad...or so we thought!  Long story short...it took us more than 5 full days which translates into more than 40 hours!  The instruction manual was HORRIBLE!  So we decided to watch the online video, which missed some steps (as did the manual) and some instructions were different altogether!  ARGG!  After one particularly frustrating day I looked at Martin and commented that this pool must have come from....a very bad place!  lol!  It did not help that the guy hired to level the ground messed up...we ended up with a 3 inch slope!  Nor was it easy removing rocks and a boulder!  We literally had to use a pick axe!

  The metal wall was FAR too heavy for Martin and I!   Thanks to Wayne for lending a hand...we couldn't have done it without you!

Eventually we did get the pool setup and half filled with water.  The kids LOVED it!

And eventually we got the heater hooked up and added more water...and we ALL LOVED, LOVED it!

The boys even enjoyed a late night skinny dip! 

Now that the pool is set up I must admit all the hard work was worth it!  We shut the pool down this weekend and I can hardly wait till next summer!