Every year for the fourth of July our family has a a pool party/BBQ at my grandparents house. This tradition has been around since we were little kids. It sounds innocent enough but for our family the 4th of July turns into a full fledged war. When we were kids it consisted of tipping each other off of the pool toys and splashing each other. You would think as we got older this juvenile behavior would come to and end. Fortunately this is not the case, instead it's escalated. What used to be innocent splashing now consists of drowning, pool noodle whipping and chucking hard rubber balls at one anothers head. I must say that the kids were quite confused by the adults behavior. We are constantly telling them to play nice and not to hit. Somehow those rules don't apply to us on the 4th of July. At first we thought maybe we were setting a bad example for the little ones but then we decided it was good for them to see since they were next inline to carry on the tradition. We also joked if we'd ever be too old for our family war and unanimously we decided we could never be too old, the only difference is our weapons may change to canes and walkers.
Cousin Aleah enjoying some watermelon.
Caden enjoying the party. 
Some of the crew. 
Tea enjoying the warm sunshine after a long day of swimming. 
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