The Melting Pot of July 4th

I know that this has been a long time in coming, but hey, I've been busy watching HBO and golfing. But, I finally got the pictures back from our 4th of July party and they are pretty good. Masha was in town and so of course we tossed her into the lake's annual 4th of July regatta. Hey, she's family now. She has to do this stuff. Us kids have all suffered through the years, so now it's her turn.

So, these are from that regatta (notice the dry ice and smoke for the "melting pot").

Even beat the family of Shrek characters. Don't ask us how, but we captured a 6-year-old judge's heart with our patriotic theme!!!

Oh, and we won!!! Maybe it had something to do with the hired mercenary known as cousin Michael? (The guy with the gun shooting the camera.) Hey, whatever works.



So much love!!!