Fourth of July Parties 2006 - 03-04 Jul 2006

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...


Images
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.
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.
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.)
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.
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.
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.
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!
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...
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.
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.
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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