June Catch Up--HAPPY 19TH ANNIVERSARY TO CHRIS AND MICHELLE

aka....US!



On June 15th, Chris and I celebrated 19 years of marriage.  It was pretty low key.  We took Christopher to school (summer school, that is; Chris teases him that he opted for the extended version..) intending to go have breakfast...but we did not.  We went home and just spent the day together.  It was very very nice...the last of a 5 day weekend. 



 Card:

Gifts:

These are watercolor prints of two paintings by a local artist. 

The hearts have various quotes, sayings and sentiments on them.  I left a few out for Chris to find in random places, at various times, on different days.  Then we collected all of them, and I taped them to the frame and left it for him on the couch in the TV room.

I had already purchased and planned the above when we decided to get this for each other for our anniversary....

It is very nice to have this in our backyard.  Granted, we don't actually "swim" in it...but it is great for cooling off and playing around in.  It's a bear to get set up..."easy" is a misnomer, let me tell you!  My knees hurt for a month after from crawling around getting the wrinkles out of the bottom!  But it was cause for getting a new suit as well!

The boys love it, and Nina has come over a few times as well.

Happy Anniversary!

Chris and I celebrated 18 years of marriage on June 15th! Our gift to each other was a swimming pool for the backyard. We love it.....it's so nice to be able to go swimming when we want....no travel, no crowds. It's awesome.

Kriag was ready before we even got to get it up. We bought it on Friday, June 12. We got home just as the rain started.....we had terrible storms that night. Wind damage, power lines out, the whole deal. So the pool sat in the kitchen Friday night until Sat when we were able to get it outside.






The kids LOVE it too!

You'll notice in the picture below, I am a bit red.....when we set it up Sat, it wasn't filling right...it is supposed to be a circle, but was taking on an oval shape. The sides were bulging, and the water was overflowing on one side. So....we drained it, and planned to move it to another part of the yard. We knew the place we chose had a very slight slope, but didn't expect it to affect it so much. Well, as we were draining it, I suggested that we try to get the wrinkles out of the bottom....there weren' t many, but there were a couple of good sized ones (this is what happens when you leave a "responsible" teenager in charge...aka Nina). So we did that Sat night....but didn't want to spend our Saturday night watching the pool fill. So we covered it and finished on Sun. Silly me...I thought we waited till later enough in the day to go out....apparently not. I burned terribly.....