lisalisa- your children will love you forever! We bought a 15ft one last year and they love it. Couple of things to be aware of- the water is very cold, we bought a solar cover this year and that has really made a difference (was cheapest in french hypermarket). you can't really half fill them because its the water that gives the walls rigidity, the pool rises as you fill it, also the inlet/outlet holes for the filter pump are high up on the side and need to be submerged. Dead easy to set up if you have a flat garden, we dont and managed to locate filter holes at top of slope so that they are about 2" out of the water-bricks wrapped in towels to weight down the sides by the holes has salvaged that though. Can be tricky to keep water nice, tends to flip to yucky green overnight and need to be £6 worth of shock chlorine from poolman. I think its harder this year due to heat. All pool chemicals/chlorine teststrips are miles cheaper in France- worth remembering if you do a booze run. Hope you enjoy it- I got in with kids yesterday after sweaty zoo expedition and it was great.