Splish, Splash

Well, it finally looks like our pool is very close to being finished. Shew! It's been a very long, expensive process of cleaning, dumping chemicals and cleaning again and again and again. I thought I'd post some pics so you can actually see how much we've done with it.

Here we go:

This is when we first moved in and the pool was still frozen with lots of "fun" treats in it.


This is when we decided to drain it, but had to stop mid draining because I read that you're not supposed to drain a pool that has a liner. Who knew?


These next 2 are the beginning of the cleaning out process. We filled the pool back up and started the wonderful process of scooping out the "stuff". We had a LOT of days doing just that. Nothing like getting dead animal sludge on you! Notice how the pole is bending from the weight?

The actual color:


And now...

What our pool looks like today!


JD took one for the team and went in first. It took him a few minutes to build up the nerve, but when he finally did it...

...we were all there to celebrate. We then all got in and had a great first swim! YAY! It really did make it all worth it!