It’s supposed to push up into the 90s here this week and, while that’s not really all that hot by the rest of the country’s standards, we Pacific Northwest folks have a hard time with anything slightly warmer than 76.3 degrees (or colder than 40 for that matter). What can I say, we’re weather snobs.

Fortunately, Sarah and I were given, kind of as a joke, an inflatable backyard swimming pool by her coworkers back before we got married. We’ve never really needed to use it, so it’s sat in-box in the garage for the last 7+ years. Finally yesterday I busted it out, plugged in the shop vac and, PRESTO, backyard pool. It’s actually quite a bit bigger than I thought it would be as you can see in the pics below.

The Backyard Pool

Joel & Addie

Joel’s comments upon seeing the pool:

Me: Joel, what is that?
Joel: It’s a pool! It is soooo big!