Fourth of July – 2010

Just some pictures of Fourth of July with Mallory & Carson’s cousins (more later with the annual sparkler shots!).

We let the kids have a great big paint fest (only one dress was semi-ruined in this process), and then it was on to s’mores. I think Mallory eats around the marshmallow and just devours the chocolate & graham cracker.

It had been a long hot weekend with many hours spent at the pool. We had to do some fireworks early because Emily’s kids weren’t going to last until after dark. I just LOVE these pictures of the three kids covering their ears. I will need to crop Rick out of the first one. FYI – My sister took these. Make sure you mention how good they are when you see her next.

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In other news, Mallory is now the proud owner of a new pink swim cap. This cap serves two purposes: one – it helps keep her goggle strap in place; two – it is 1,000,000 times easier to find her in the pool now. I used to have to search for the purple swim cap (Lauren) and hope Mallory was nearby. Now I can just look for the pink & purple swim caps side-by-side. So much better.

This past weekend we were traveling (more on that later) and at one of our hotels, Mallory actually swam across the pool, mostly under water. I was AMAZED. What a difference a month makes, eh?

Ok, we were traveling because I had a wedding to photograph in New Jersey, so I am in mad editing mode for the next couple of weeks + we are moving next week (yeah!) but I really hope that I will be caught up sooner than later.