A Little Bit of Everything Under the Roof of 3 Boys: The Jacobson Resort

So many of you have asked for pictures and progress as we were creating our backyard oasis and I wasn't organized enough on sending those out. I also did not want to boast about it on facebook and have people know about the project, so I did not post any on there (my mom did:) . So I will post the pictures here and tell you a bit about it. Most people close their pools on Labor Day weekend, we opened ours. So the project started last May and we were waiting with excitment for it to be done. It was very neat to see our backyard being transformed but what a mess! The boys just loved the BIG huge dirt piles as tall as the garage and the big equipment that was out here moving the earth. Even my parents were amazed. They happend to be here when the pool was being sprayed. That was quite the process once they finally got it done at 11 pm with lights on their heads. That was a long day for the workers! First their truck burnt the generator that allows them to spray it then they called someone to come fix it and a new truck and those people were stranded on highway 40 because it was the day that a semidriver crashed his semi into 4 or 5 vehicles and it was a horrible accident and people were stranded in traffic for hours. When they finally got here they sprayed the concrete out of this big gun. I guess maybe that is why it is called a gunite pool and the process was called "shooting the pool". The basektball court went in quickly. When they poured the pool decking by the bar and the driveway to the garage portion of the poolhouse, they then poured the concrete for the basketball court. That was ALOT of concrete. It was all completed at the end of August. The last thing to go in were the solar panels on the roof of the poolhouse which heats the water in the pool. We were able to swim until Halloween this year. We are very excited to be able to use it when spring comes. So the project included a saltwater solar heated gunite pool, a poolhouse with a kitchen /bar and bathroom with shower, a extra garage, a basketball court. They did an excellent job and we are happy. The main goal was to get the pool done to use in this HOT Carolina sun so I do not have to sit the plastic baby pool anymore. That has become Jake's bathtub. So the other landscaping will be a process. The plants,trees, and bushes will be added as we go to make it pretty. I look forward to enjoying some quality family time and a big THANK YOU to my husband for making this dream home become a reality. I am truely blessed.I also look forward to enjoying it with friends and family! Cheers!

Starting on the poolhouse and garage

set up and ready for inspection

Cooper having some fun

framed up and pool is framed up

Digging the hole!

It took alot to get some major rock moved. In Minnesota this hole would have been dug in a couple hours. This took a couple of days! The ground here is shale not much dirt. At least it wasn't red clay! My house would have been full of it that stuff and it stains!