I broke down...

and we bought a pool. Not just any pool - an in the ground pool. Chris has wanted a pool ever since we moved into this house, well before that actually. It's just that we didn't have the room at our last house. The pool is fiberglass so they will just have to dig a hole and put it in. Well, it might be a tad more work than that but at least they don't have to pour concrete and wait and wait for it to set. Fiberglass is supposed to last alot longer. We're also going with salt water. There will be a lot less chemicals and it will be cheaper to maintain. We had looked at pools a few weeks ago and just couldn't make up our minds. Then, yesterday the pool store was having a big one day sale that we just couldn't pass up.

Here are Chris and Zachary standing beside our pool...and yes, this is exactly ours. All the pools were on the lot like a car dealership. In our style we could choose between this light blue one or a tan colored one. The pool is pretty big, 14 x 32 feet, and starts at 3' 6" deep and goes to 6 feet deep. As part of the special it comes with a "tanning ledge" which is basically a little kiddie pool that holds anywhere from 3 - 6 inches of water for you to lay in and tan or in our case for little kids to splash around in if they don't want in the "deep" water. Someone is coming out tomorrow to check out our yard and help us decide where to put it and how much digging it will require (we've got tons of rock, remember). Once we get back from vacation next weekend they should be able to get the digging done in two days. So, we could have the pool up and running at the end of this month or early September. I know we did this backwards by getting the pool at the end of the summer but that's probably why we got the deal we did. Also, being in Texas means we can have a little more pool time than other places. We can't wait to get it here!!