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A Day at Kool Park

We had a fun day at the Kool Park in Hickory today. Sydney of course, hit the high dive first thing and she said that she wanted to beat her record of 11 jumps, well she did! I asked her on the ride home and she said that she jumped 25 times! sheesh! Next year it will be 51! umm...maybe 30.

Melia enjoyed the bigger part of the pool more this year. She learned how to turn front flips under water and was simply ecstatic! We found a nice shady place (far away from the bee ridden trash cans!!!) and had a picnic.
Both girls had a grand time!

Sydney made a friend and the three girls went down the water slide backwards choo-choo style.

Doggy Place Mat

I was at Wal-Mart yesterday and decided that my dogs deserve a little more class, so I got this doggy 'place mat'. My dogs are messy drinkers and the floor under the water dish was getting very dirty/nasty and this helps with that. I want to get a steam mop soon because my floor is practically impossible to get really clean (Carolina clay is a bugger!). Nice huh? I think so! It's the little things that make a big difference.

New Pool

Yesterday the guys from Ken Ray Pools came and put up our pool! It's an 18 foot round above ground pool. I was amazed that it only took one day to put up! They did a great job and I am just loving looking at it, it's so nice! We should be able to get into it later today after the guys come back to make sure the pump runs smoothly. It took about18 hours to fill it up with water.

They got to my house at 8:00a and when I woke up at 9:00a this is how far they got. First they scraped the sod off with the bobcat and then put a layer of gravel dust/sand to level out the circle. The main guy (in the hat) I forgot his name, said that there isn't a level yard in Burke County. lol.

Then they put down a circle of what looked like roofing shingles to bolt the track for the outside of the pool. The outside of the pool was all one piece that they rolled out and bolted together. The whole process was very interesting.

Then they set out those side braces, and put in some more sand inside to make the bottom level.

I didn't see them put in the liner, they were just to quick I guess. There were so many different liners to choose from so I just went with the one the guy said was the most popular and the prettiest. He was right. I am very happy with it!

Then they hammered on the top rim.

Here she is! The ladder is really cool. The outside ladder part flips up and can be locked so no one gets in, which will be great until we can get a deck put up. (They do that in the off season.)

I should have moved the poll. lol. Ohhhhh, aaawwww!

After the deck is up I want to do some landscaping. I'm so happy with the pool!! Yay!