Family Fourth fo July

Yesterday was our family Fourth of July party at Joe and Victoria's house. We had a blast as usual. AJ is now completely over his fear and spent the day jumping off the diving board, going down the slide and swimming with his "muscles". Miraculously, he no longer hates putting them on. Jake and Caleb didn't come out of the pool until we forced them too. Levi had fun splashing around and Ryan of course did his patented cannonball dive which sent water flying in all directions. It's so fun to watch our boys have fun with the family. They blossom and actually get along for a little while. They are always so excited when Ryan gets there and maul him to hug him and tell him everything that is going on and play with him. We also went to the Tyson Farm in the morning and the boys worked up an appetite cleaning pens. The heiffers sure like the babies. They liked them too. Today we caught up on all the work around the house that didn't get done yesterday. The boys were great helpers. I love them so much and once they go to sleep, I can laugh at the exasperating things they have done. Today, Jake and Caleb were arguing as we left Lowe's. We had eaten pb&j sandwiches before going and Jake of course had peanut butter on both sides of his mouth. I ignored it, pick your battles and all. Caleb noticed as they got into their seats to leave the store and the argument ensued. They were arguing, really arguing about who was going to wipe it off Jake's face. Now I have begun to loosen up about the arguing lately because I remember that all siblings fight, some more than others. I have basicly decided that if it's not violent or especially mean spirited to let it go and let them work it out. But give me a break, wiping pb off Jake's face? REALLY? The men around us in the parking lot were honestly laughing out loud. Well, I love em!