I am in love! Installation - Part one

Well, a year ago I decided I would like to make a small pond in our back yard. I am an avid gardener and "water gardening" seemed like something I would like to take a stab at. I bought a pond liner for a pond roughly 9 feet by 5 feet by 2 and a half feet deep. Since last year was so rainy I did not dig the pond until this spring - with a little help from Sam and David (thanks guys!)
After the hole was finished I laid out the underlay (a fabric that protects the rubber liner) and then put in the liner. I found out later that my next few steps were in the wrong order - I could have saved myself a lot of work! - but the final result was the same.

1. I filled the pond with water 
2. added the rocks to hold down the liner and disguise liner edge  
3. added plants and fish
   
4. added more rocks and gravel
5. put in a bio falls filter and pump
   
6. and finally...fine tuned the rocks and the landscaping (oh, and added more plants and more fish!)
7. enjoy!

Here's how it is supposed to go -

1. dig the hole
2. fine tune the shape
3. lay down underlay and liner
4. install bio falls (I'll explain later what these are) and skimmer (which I could not add because I had already added the water and had stupidly trimmed off the excess liner!) and pump
5. add rocks to hold down liner and hide edge
6. add gravel
7. fill with water
8. turn on pump
9. add plants
10. add fish
11. enjoy!

So, as I said - the end result is the same - I knew I would enjoy the pond. What surprised me is how very much. It is beautiful to look at, incredibly relaxing to be near and the fish are a total delight! More on them next time!