2018
Melon starters. I think the kids may have made these
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Christmas morning
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Mmm. Turkey
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The light shineth in the darkness, and the darkness comprehendeth it not
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Posted without comment.
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We talk a walk up on Wittenham Clumps, along with half of Oxfordshire
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Emily and her siblings, just outside Bristol
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A gathering of cousins
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Still the prettiest woman I know.
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Family
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2017
Cake decorating
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Christmas lights
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Emily and Daniel go head to head on the Switch
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"And lead us not into temptation..."
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Decorations at Hughenden
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Pies!
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Matt's interior decor.
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"Then one foggy Christmas eve..."
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Family
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Emily pours the champagne as we see in the New Year
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2016
Cake decorating
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Christmas onesies
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Preparing the starters
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Matching jumpers!
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"We've got a handful of songs to sing you..."
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Emily and her siblings
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Cousins
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Family portrait
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2015
Ambient lighting
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Pies
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Much happier than two years ago
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Obviously there's a TARDIS.
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Christmas morning
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Christmas jumper
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Fruit
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Presents
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2014
Pork
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Beef
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Snowmen
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Tights
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Siblings
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Pyjamas
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Fruit
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Bibs
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2013
Christmas onesies
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Thomas gets to grips with his Bop-it
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Flaming melon
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Laughter is the theme here.
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You see what I mean.
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Tree!
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Siblings

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2012
In the grotto with assorted cousins (and Aunty Miriam)
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Cake decorating
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Christmas morning
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Turkey!
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Sorry. They were just sort of lying there.
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Uncle Matt and his onesie
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Dried fruit platter

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2011
Joshua's Christmas play outfit
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Cake decorating
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Busy with Lego on Christmas morning
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Tabitha takes up her post
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Mmm. Prawns.
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Daniel was hungry.

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Mmm. Turkey.
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Thomas completes Uncle Mark and Aunty Dianne's present...
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...and then goes for a ride on Grandma and Gramps'
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The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single pedal.
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Up on Bury Down. It was very, very cold..
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2010
Christmas tree buying and Santa's Grotto, Shropshire
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More snow
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Happy Judith
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Thomas and Daniel at Hamleys
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Daniel tucks into bratwurst at Hyde Park
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Waddesdon Manor
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Cake decorating
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Well, sort of.
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Their great-grandfather would have been proud.
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Daniel, Christmas morning
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Turkey!
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Leftovers lunch, December 27th
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2009
At the Winter Wonderland, Hyde Park
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It's a singing reindeer.
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Thomas and Gramps, Henry Street Garden Centre
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Joshua gets to grips with his strange spinning plastic Santa
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Christmas pudding
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Stir-up Sunday
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Christmas walks, December
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Cake decorating
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"Honestly, there's nothing in here that even vaguely feels like a Blackberry."
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Christmas lunch
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Oh great. More noisy plastic toys.
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(I'm kidding. They loved them. So did we!)
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2008
Santa's Grotto, Millets Farm
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Joshua and Thomas in Hyde Park
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Icing the cake
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"On the cake...or in my mouth. Cake...or mouth. What should Tommy do? What would Tommy Zoom do?"
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On go the decorations
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Advent time
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The next Keith Moon putting his kitchen set to good use
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2007
Just before the Small Saints party
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2007 Christmas card shot, take #39. (At this point we gave up and just used the one above instead.)
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Joshua re-enacts the nativity
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Joshua goes to work on the Christmas cake. (We went to work on it after it was finished.)
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"Dummies!"
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Oh look, more oranges.
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"Wow! It's a tunnel that opens onto a system of catacombs!"
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Thomas and his ball
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Joshua's gift from Aunty Beth. (Think Whack-a-Mole, but with Martians.)
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Father and son, well and truly zonked.
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2006
Joshua follows in the footsteps of his great-grandfather
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"I guess I'm still kind of excited, but it looks a bit too big for an iPod."
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A small child and an orange. One of those timeless Christmas images. Said child has also just filled his nappy.
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Joshua sets the table
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Joshua, well and truly zonked
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2005
2005 Christmas card shot, take three
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Just before the crib service, Christmas Eve. (It's amazing what a tea towel will do!)
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Joshua, Frank. Frank, Joshua.
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First Christmas lunch!
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"I'm sure it's lovely, but I'd still rather have the paper."
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This is getting to be a recurring image.
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