Saturday Funsies

The Myers group came to visit for the day. It's always fun to get the cousins together, and Saturday was no exception!



Orion was practicing some tom foolery in this photo. Simon had just told him he is a little stinker.




We like to get photos of the cousins all together whenever we see each other, obviously. We tend to have babies around the same time as each other, so it's cool to get those two together and take lots of photos. It's fun to look back on, and the last time (which was the first time we met Athena) we completely forgot to do the obligatory photos, so here are the first photos of Sam and Athena together.

Sam (4-22-08) and Athena (4-29-08):

Max, checking out Sam and Athena:



We didn't tell the kids about our plan to get a trampoline. Oly and I kind of decided Saturday morning, and Matt was kind enough to go get it with Oly, and help us set it up (until we took a break for dinner, and they had to leave). It was a complete surprise to them (except that Emma guessed that was where Oly and Matt were going, that little stinker... so I had to do some fibbing) - we always have said we'd never get one.

The realization of what's in store:






Like Santa with a sleigh full of goodies:

(The funny looking thing on the back of Oly's truck is his bike rack.)

Getting things unpacked and ready to assemble:

Matt and Oly discuss logistics:

Emma (somewhat patiently) awaits the completion:




The finished product: It was about 9:00pm!

Max was very excited but also a little nervous:

So far, I think it was a great purchase. It's bigger than I thought it would be, so it didn't fit in the spot I originally had hoped to have it, but it's great where we have it. Emma and Simon (and Max, off and on) have been jumping on it pretty much all day, with short breaks. Gus even got a shot at it this afternoon!