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...