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I don't think the trees are all that distracting (although I might get rid of the white flowers). It does hurt that some of it does appear to be sharper than the boys in the front...this might be the back focus issue we talked about before. You can get around this by using a smaller aperture and thus a deeper DOF and you can also be sure to focus on the closest subject in a group.This one is the best I could get from the second location. I think maybe the subjects should have been further from the tree with a narrower DOF. Too much focus on the tree?
The one thing that stands out to me in this shot, is the big gap between the standing people in the back. It really breaks up the continuity of the composition. It's OK to have gaps between people in a photo, especially an outdoor shot like this...but if you are going to do it, do it with everyone. If you are going to have everyone else close together, then the people in the back should be close together as well.
Not a big deal, as it's easy to fix, but watch your sides. In this one, the whole group is closer to the left side than to the right. Try to even out the space on either side of a group shot.