Dayton April 2022

Launching with a luau
Construction began in early 2021 and wrapped up mid-
July. One week later the family christened the pool with a
luau party for 75 friends—accompanied by musicians on
steel drums and an acoustic guitar.
The family plans to keep the heated pool open each
year from early spring until the beginning of November.
And all four members have no doubt it will be well used
during those months.
Joff and I love to entertain,” Kelly says. “The more the
merrier!”
On dive-in movie nights, family and friends float on
rafts in the pool while movies play on a projection screen
placed nearby.
Following in her parents’ social footsteps, shortly after
the pool was completed, 16-year-old Taylor hosted her
entire field hockey team for a poolside party. Both daughters
are active in school athletics. Madison, 14, runs cross
country and track and plays on the volleyball and basketball
teams. Taylor is on the field hockey and track teams.
Even when it’s just the four of them, the family takes
great pleasure in their backyard oasis.
“It’s nice to be able to walk out the back door, swim,
tan or just hang out—in any weather,” Taylor says. And
her sister adds, “We do a lot of our schoolwork out here.”
Plus, both the girls want to stick around for the evening’s
entertainment: Dad doing cannonballs.
Joff, who in previous years has been known to paddleboard
in the Pacific, with the occasional shark nearby,
closes out the night with a series of high-splashing cannonballs
off the diving board.
Even though they’re using a different type of board
these days, this adventurous family has found a way to
gather with friends and family and create all kinds of
splashes in their own backyard.
RESOURCES:
Landscape and design
Garden Path Landscaping
Pool construction Westside Pools
Pavers Oberfields in Storm,
from Reading Rock
Stone for planters Stonecraft from
Reading Rock
Lighting LED by Sollos
Firepit chairs Watson’s
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