The Hot Tub

So one unique feature of our house is that the basement came equipped with a big old hot tub. I will never understand what would possess a person to put a giant hot steamy bucket of water in their house, but I have always been tempted to try it out.  Unfortunately Troy (aka the realist) has always been quick to dismiss my crazy ideas - stating obvious facts such as "mold will grow in the walls", or "our whole house will smell like hot tub", or "the kids will drown", or "what if it leaks???".....   famous last words....

So the realist was in a good mood on the weekend and I convinced him (relatively easily I may add) to test out the tub.  After several hours spent filling it up and figuring out what was what, we discovered a nice pool of water forming on the floor underneath the hot tub.  Aaaahhhhhggg... I hate it when he's right! It turned out some tubing let loose... followed by a small leak in a seam... followed by a leaky pump.  BUT, it's all fairly minor (haha) and the thing got the water hot so I figure that's all that matters.  We kept water in it for a couple days so the kids could "swim" and Troy was kind enough to shop-vac the water out from underneath periodically.  I think it will be torn out of there in the near future and maybe refurbished for use outside... where leaks aren't quite as big a problem.  Thanks honey for humouring me and my crazy ideas.

The girls ready to go for a swim...

Griffin enjoying the water - notice his missing tooth on the bottom... that's his very first loss there!