me with our sons, their wives and children (thanks to my husband :))
This is my immediate family now, but of course there are others, such as my step-father who has come to live with us for the remaining months of his life
don fishing a few years ago
and my mother who died in 2004, but here we are exploring our old haunts on a Sydney ferry in 2003
Taronga Zoo ferry, rainy day 2003
and here is rare shot of my three sons on their bikes
Here are some other wonderful interpretations of family:
tender, poignant, birds, funny, gorgeous, formal, casual and inspirational
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a great post – and thank you for the pingback to mine! 🙂
Wonderful photos 🙂
thanks … i was so glad to find the one of my mother … we had a fun day going back to places we had lived and reminiscing … so glad i had time to do that before she died suddenly
Awesome Family reunion photos nice shot 🙂
hey jake, thank you …yes it is hard to get them all together … and it wont happen now for a few years … but we all have fun and eat a lot when it happens 🙂
Nice photos ~ love the one of your sons on their bikes. Thanks for the pingback to my site too! 🙂
thanks amy, glad you liked the boys on bikes shot, i was not sure about including it, it was just a chance snap about 6 years ago but worth treasuring!
A true definition of a family that love and supports each other. Everyone looks happy and inspired. I miss this times of family gatherings. I grew up with 5 siblings. It was a great childhood for me because of the. Wishing you and your family loads of blessings. Beautiful post.
you will soon build your family where you are now, and no doubt it will be important to travel back ‘home’ when you can to see those you left behind, meanwhile you will discover another family who loves and supports you, maybe even online!
Looks like good times in the first one. Nice photos.
yes connie, those times when we can get together are hard to find, especially when one son is often living overseas, and everyone’s life is so busy …thanks for your comment 🙂
Beautiful family
thanks mizz, we are lucky and we appreciate it!
Great post, love all the photos!
lovely photos
Do you ride bike often? It’s one of my great passions in life.
wonderful to have such a large family table!
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thanks frizztext, built by my husband many years ago and still seating all of us!
family photos are treasures aren’t they. And your photo of your mum on a sydney ferriy brings back happy memoried of my all but brief visit to Sydney and sitting on the ferries watching the world go by. Thanks for sharing Claire 🙂
well fancy you having been on a sydney ferry! we lived on the north side of the harbour near the zoo, so we all used the ferries a lot in those distant days …that day with my mother we had some fun, and got caught in the rain, so glad we shared those times before she went!
Family gatherings can be difficult when some are missing. You have some great ‘family’ captures here. : )
Nice shots! Thanks for visiting my blog and for the pingback 🙂
some nice family photographs
Nice to meet you and your lovely looking family. Thanks for stopping in. 🙂