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This year we had a couple of 4th-of-July related events - a party in Chicago with my Eva Gang friends on the 3rd, and a BBQ-and-fireworks event at my parents' house. Rather than split the two sets of pictures up, I decided to leave them combined.
The first event was great - I hadn't seen my friends up there for a while, and they had some good stories to tell of some recent Chicago trips. As for my family, I don't think I've seen such a diverse group of people at my parents' house for years... Fun for all!
Also note, I took quite a nice batch of pictures of the fireworks that night...
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Rachel
This is actually from a couple of weeks before... |
Rachel and Nick
...but Rachel couldn't make it to this party, so I figured I'd include it here. |
Parallel Parking
I successfully parallel-parked! Whoo-hoo! This is my proof... (And it's also my car, if you've never seen it before.) |
Eva and Emilija
Eva is proud to have members of her Gang reproduce. |
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Zach, Lavesh, and Sarah
I hadn't met Zach before; and I hadn't seen Lavesh ofor years. Sarah, though... |
Valerie and Shawna
Valerie had invited Zach and Shawna, since it was her party and all. |
Poking Out Food
Tofu, making a mess. Eeew. |
Keeping Away the Rain
Sarah's selfless work kept us from getting wet that day. |
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Angie and Son
I hadn't seen Angie since she had had her kid. |
Alex
Aww, isn't he cute? |
Stefan
He looks every bit the tired Dad. |
Val and Matas
Coming back from looking at an apartment being rented by a Nobel-prize winner. (They decided against it.) |
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Matas and the Backpack
Why, there's a kid in there! |
Emilija and Daddy
He's a little proud, don't you think? |
Laura
Posing, as always. |
Ed
Laura brought him from Motorola. He seemed friendly. |
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Babies Meet, II
They seem fairly impressed, really. Heh. |
Sarah and Alex
Sarah was happy to get to hold a kid, too. |
Sarah and Alex, II
We're all of the right age for our bodies to want 'em, we just don't want to actually have them... |
Eva and Beth
I love seeing my friends together. |
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Tim and Eva
She's my nearest-by groomsman! |
Tim and Val
It's the "Tim hugging people" set! |
Firewood
Val is proud of her firewood. (Tim, Val, Matas, Toly) |
Laura's Camera
Taking pictures with glee, just like me. |
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Tim and Laura
Trying to keep up with her smile. |
Emilija and Matas
It's proud-father picture time! |
Alex and Stefan
And this time, they're looking at the camera. |
Making Fire
Fun with lighter fluid. Whee! |
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More Baby Combinations
Well, it's the same babies, just different holders. |
Illegal Fireworks
Somebody was setting off some fireworks next to us during the event. |
Illegal Fireworks, II
The real good part is that it made me start thinking about taking pictures the next day, which I think I did a good job of.... |
Sarah, Angie, and Sean
I like how the two on the left are posing, and Sean is busy setting up to take pictures of the fireworks too... |
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Siri and Oren
I don't remember his name, since I was just taking off as we were going. (Oren! Thanks, Toly!) |
Interesting Window
It was an LCD, I guess. An interesting piece of art. |
Mallory
And so begin the few shots I have of the next day's party. This is Mallory, one of my Dad's student workers. |
Mallory's Friends
Aaron, Mallory, and Beth, as I recall. |
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Annoyed Cat
She didn't like that somebody had moved her box, and even after I gave it back, she glared for a while. |
Sheba and Dana
Dana has lots of cats of her own, so Sheba seemed content to have her around. |
Sheba and Jack
I don't think I had a good shot of Jack before this point... |
Digging In
There was plenty of food for the many people that showed up, at least. |
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Jack
Hamming it up. Not that I'm griping. |
Playing with the Cat
She wasn't really sure what to think. |
Hanging Out
I haven't seen her on this particular perch much before, I wonder why she chose it that night? |
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