Saturday was the big day. Sarah, Jane and Ed lounged and Jane as a prelude to dressing so that Sarah and Ed, Ben and our 3 children were ready to get into the new rental car (an elegant yellow) and head to the photo shoot before the party where we were greeted by Greg and Connor Janet and Darryn Erin Dan Syl greeting Paige and Darryn as Janet watched and members of our group joined Dan as Ed greeted Paige and the corsage was placed on Sylvia while Jane greeted Janet and Connor while Sarah, Ed, Larry and Greg stood listening to Janet and then there were the random photos of Larry, Darryn and Paige Darryn and Paige 3 generations of men starting with Larry the men joined by Darryn and Paige as we waited for groups to gather for family photos starting with Erin, Connor and Greg

with the occasional elevation of Connor including some above the camera angle and after another picture Larry demonstrated his Connor flying technique before returning Connor for a few more photos with the photographer who assumed many names during the shoot capturing pictures like this with a lot of audience participation which seemed to settle Erin, Connor and Greg before I went inside to warm up a bit and got these photos of Syl, the birthday girl. as she spoke with Paige and Darryn and Suzanne and Jane and Sarah, Ed and Ben. Next it was time for pictures of Janet, Greg, Connor, Erin and Larry which Paige joined

with a Suzanne break before I returned to the group photos

which lasted until Connor gave way and Mackenzie arrived and posed with her parents before Jason, Michelle and Mackenzie headed off to greet Dansyl and join them for some group photos after which Greg and the photographer and Mackenzie and friends decided that the photographer should take photos of our six

and Suzanne and I followed by Jane, Ben and Sarah and some random shots before Sarah and Ed posed as did Dansyl and then we assembled the group to take a few pictures of the 8 of us

and then of Dansyl together

Mackenzie, Michelle and Jason when worked their way into a number of photos

many of which were captured by Eric but after one final shot they made their way to other venues

ending at the fountains as Dick and Fran arrived and were greeted by Larry and then Dick and Larry worked on the agenda of who should be next and Connor having had a chance to run around, the camera focused on Larry's group joined by Dansyl

where they also served who stood and amused as a few final photos were shot

before Dick and Fran posed with Dansyl as did Larry and Janet

and after a solitary Dansyl photo Suzanne and I joined them

and then Dansyl posed again before Kate and Tess arrived

accompanied by their parents and many heads were lowered to be able to see them as Larry and Janet arranged for the photographer to record Dick and Fran before Suzanne and I posed

before the group began to assemble for the Megary family photos

supported by massive audience participation which made the photos that much better.

Dick and Fran joined

and again the audience helped make these photos better and then Jason, Michelle and Mackenzie joined

and as the group dissembled Dick and Fran posed with Michelle, Mackenzie and Jason even as Tess claimed her territory as Kate wondered what Connor was doing with her stroller while the older children and Kate and Tess enjoyed a small respite before the effort resumed to get photos of Dick and Fran with their grandchildren

again with audience participation and after a few more shots as Erin and Connor watched Dick's whole family assembled with Dansyl for these photos

and then a chair was brought out for Sylvia and as the grandchildren and great grandchildren assembled

under the watchful eyes of Suzanne and Ed photos of the entire group were taken

with an incredible amount of audience participation for the photographer before the final assembly began

for the whole family photo with only Darryn to do audience participation as Ed recorded this group of photos

before Paige and Greg posed

and then the 3 sons posed and we adjourned inside where Mackenzie, Emma, Matt and Jason played as Ed watched Jack and Dan spoke with Jason as Erin and Connor sat briefly before Tess and Connor greeted one another as their parents spoke and then we were ready for lunch as the group assembled at their tables

and Emma posed as did her table and then Emma and Mackenzie showed their joy at having the macaroni and cheese and not the filet as food was taken and Connor posed for numerous pictures amusing Paige and then after a last picture of Connor I shot the table with the old folks and a younger table where Kate and Tess played with their food as the head table watched. Connor was excited when the birthday cake came and Suzanne later held Tess as Dick held Kate and the older children set up and performed their play which much amused Ed and Ben.

After a short break at home, we headed to the beach where the surf was going and a kite was flying even as we were unable to get a photo of the airplane overhead but the kite and the children on the playground kept us amused until we returned home and noted the arrival of Janet and Connor

Syl and Larry (and many others who were not photographed) as Syl showed off the back of her new coat.