Jacuzzi - Part Two

Well the jacuzzi is here and we are loving it. I tried to take pictures as well as video of the delivery. Unfortunately, the videos took up too much memory and so I couldn't get as many pictures as I wanted. Then the videos wouldn't download to my computer. We had someone else taking video so when I get a copy of it I will put it on here.

The jacuzzi was supposed to arrive @ 11:00 am. It was closer to 12:30 pm. Unfortunately the crane arrived at 9:00 am. Yeah!! The jacuzzi arrives.


Yes it is ours!!

The crane getting ready to lift the jacuzzi from the truck up to the back yard.

Deb watches with much anticipation while our friend Tony shoots the video.

That was unfortunately the last picture I could take. But here are some more I took later.

Isn't it pretty? Time to celebrate.

And time to party.

Grandchildren

All 4 grandchildren came to visit Grampa and Debbie at their new home. First was Paige and Grace. Unfortunately, I did not get a good picture of Paige. It is very hard to catch any of them to take a picture. I do have several shots of the backs of their heads.
This is little Gracie. Not exactly sure what she was doing.
The grandsons came over next. I had a chance for a great shot of Caleb staring down one of my cats but again missed it. This was right after that.

The boys checking out the new hot tub pad. We also played bubbles with all of them.

Again not sure what Caleb was doing but at least it is not the back of his head.

Little John trying on a new hat.

Deb and I got to join all of them on their vacation to Lincoln, New Hampshire. We went to Clark's trading post. We rode the train and scared of the old wolf man then we saw the bear show.

Here is Paige and Grace on the train.

Paige and Caleb.

The boys really liked the sand box.

The night before we saw them at John's timeshare. This is a very typical look for Grace.

Caleb being silly eating pizza.

Paige being silly with the bike helmet. Not sure this is the correct way to wear it.

John just being silly.

As I said it is hard enough to get a picture of one never mind all 4. We did manage to do it though. Aren't they just the best looking grandchildren in the world?

Stay tuned for Jacuzzi part 2.

JACUZZI - Part one

Well we are finally getting our Jacuzzi. It should be here on August 18th. Of course there is a lot of preparation ahead of time. We had to get an electrical circuit run out back and a cement slab poured. The electrical is almost finished. Deb's brother Mark has been working with concrete for about a year and a half and he and a freind came up and did the slab. Here are some pictures of Part 1

The first steps was to determine the layout for the concrete slab.
Using string and stakes I marked out the area. I also dug in a few places to see how easy or hard it might be. I was trying to use the hose to get an idea for the walk way.

Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures of the electrician. He dug a 6' trench by 18" deep to bury the electrical conduit. You can see it coming out of the ground.

Friday night Mark and his friend John dug out the general area I had marked off. It was after 10pm so I didn't take any pictures. Then after going to Lowes to get wood, they started the framing of the concrete forms.

Mark on the right, John on the left. Notice the red white and blue chair, that was for the supervisor (me).

The first load of cement comes off the truck. Almost thought it wasn't going to happen. In addition to having a steep driveway, the back yard is another 5' above the driveway level. It was a close one. Fortunately the driver was extremely helpful in doing what he could to make it work.

The first of the concrete was poured. John handled the wheel barrow while Mark spread and leveled the concrete.

The slab part almost complete.

Walkway almost complete.

Walkway and slab completed.

The electrician came and finished wiring the new circuit breaker.

Next installment will be after the jacuzzi arrives on 8/18. It is being delivered by a crane so hopefully I will get some video of that.