As families become interconnected, scheduling Christmas dinner becomes more complex. So we got an early start this year - December 21st was both the family Christmas dinner and Tynan's birthday party, the latter being a few days late.
Cooper is taking up golf! Not very visible in this photo is the state of the "club". It looks as though it was attacked by a wild animal - and lost! But it's OK for swinging. When you're 2 years old.
And Miss Lily was here too, in her tutu.
And Miss Lily knows how to smile for the camera. Well, with a bit of prompting.
Girl Talk! Michelle, Kelly and Lily.
Man talk. Keiran, Cameron and Glenn.
More man to man talk - Cameron and Flynn.
Tynan and Jake shooting hoops, while Cooper sort of gets in the way, but is having fun, and the bigger boys don't mind.
Meanwhile, Flynn is playing peek-a-boo with the photographer. But he's not match for a digital SLR camera.
Good mates - Cooper and Flynn. Hard to believe that Cooper, at almost 3, is about the same size as Flynn, who is almost 5.
Flynn enjoying a relaxing moment on the swing.
But now it's time to change activities, so the boys decide that it's time to do some colouring in.
When the photographer (Kelly, in this case) asks the boys to have a funny face, well...
Notice how Cooper is looking to his older brother for what to do.
Meanwhile Lily and Glenn have a quiet time together.
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