Siblings take same annual wacky photo for 23 years

The family that takes goofy photos together, stays together. In a tradition they believe started in 1989, the four Kinsella siblings, all now in their 50s, gather together once a year to take the same picture. Brothers Tim and Mike Kinsella flank sisters Sharyn Bauer Kemper and Eileen McFarland in the middle with their legs crossed in the air. Originally from Brick Township, N.J., the siblings no

Oct. 18, 2012, 4:05 PM UTC

By Scott Stump

The family that takes goofy photos together, stays together.

In a tradition they believe started in 1989, the four Kinsella siblings, all now in their 50s, gather together once a year to take the same picture. Brothers Tim and Mike Kinsella flank sisters Sharyn Bauer Kemper and Eileen McFarland in the middle with their legs crossed in the air. Originally from Brick Township, N.J., the siblings now live in Houston and Nebraska. They have have continued taking the photo on a yearly basis through marriages, divorce, recoveries, children and their mother's death. Thursday on TODAY, Matt Lauer snapped this year's picture in Studio 1A.

The Kinsella family has taken a photo in the same pose for 23 years, beginning with this photo in 1989.Courtesy of the Kinsella family

This Kinsella family photo was taken on the beach in Galveston, Texas, on the day their mother passed away in 1997.Courtesy of the Kinsella family

The Kinsella family showed its mutual love of baseball by taking the 1999 photo at the last game played at the Houston Astrodome.Courtesy of the Kinsella family

The 2012 Kinsella sibling photo was taken by TODAY's Matt Lauer in Studio 1A on Thursday.Courtesy of the Kinsella family

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