The BIG yard addition

One Saturday this Spring Paul and the boys headed to COSTCO and came home with a VERY BIG box.

We had been needing to replace our old pool, and they went with the "bigger is better" thinking on this one. The pool is in fact barely able to fit in our rather small yard. It was also going to take a lot of prep work to get a soft, level spot for it. The boys were really excited about getting to work with Paul on this project.

NO, really, they were.

There was sand to be shoveled.

Lots and lots of sand.

Luckily we have strong kids to move all that sand for us.

Then it needed to be spread out,

and leveled.

Finally we were ready to set the pool up!

I can't say that I love looking at this monstrosity. In many ways it's a step in the opposite direction from how I want the yard to look. I do love how much fun the boys have been having in it though, and I'm glad that it's big enough to accommodate as many friends as we happen to have over.