It took five trips with our water truck to fill up our pond. 5000 gallons of water. All day yesterday we were filling it, and after Jeff and I had our dinner out, we came back home so Jeff could go get more water, in the night. He didn't finish filling our pond until after 10 pm last night! Today, while I was gone to go pick up the kids from my parents, Jeff worked on the beautification process of the pond. He trimmed the excess black liner, and added pine needles, rocks, tree bark, and sticks around the edges, to make it look like a more natural mountain pond. I was amazed when I got home! Jeff did so much to it, as you can see! Now what we still have to do, when the weather warms up more consistently; is to order our koi fish, and get pond plants, and shrubs. But that can't happen until May for the plants, maybe April for the fish. That will really complete everything! Oh yeah, and I am on a mission to find the right type of benches, for us to sit on and enjoy. I think I found a winner, just need to order it. The pictures show the process of filling up the pond, and then how it all looks after. We even have a working waterfall, and it sounds awesome! I could hear it up by the house. The waterfall pump is pumping 4000 gallons of water per hour. In one of the pictures, you can see the "pool" top of the water fall, before it cascades to the pond.
On my side of the day, I got to visit with my parents and Joshua for a few hours. We had lunch, and enjoyed each others company. I hadn't seen Joshua since the summer, so that was nice to see his face again. The visit was super short, because they all had to get back to Cali, but at least I got to see them for a bit. The kids had a blast, of course with their Grandparents and Uncle Joshua. Kent got a haircut from a barber, and Samantha and Kent both received new shoes and socks! Those are oh so necessary. So a very accomplished weekend!
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