Life in the mountains to the tune of Bluegrass: Grand kid fun this summer

We are having so much fun getting to keep our grand kids this summer. It started off with the teenage ones from Herriman, Utah when they got to come with us the first part of June. We took them to Grass Valley and Weiser with us then brought them back to our house for about two weeks before their parents arrived for the family reunion. We live in such a paradise for the kids to get to do all sorts of fun things they can't do at their own houses and it's so much fun for us to be able to offer them all the things around here.
Tanner got to ride his motorcycle as much as he wanted to and every day he rode it for hours. We went way up on the mountain with him and he was able to hone his skills on the trails. Then they got to swim in the pond as much as they wanted to, and just hang out and rest from all the busyness that they have when they're at home.
They left this last Sunday morning and I think they were ready to go home by then but it won't last long and they'll be begging to be back here again. John and I just love it having our grand kids and seeing them loving being with us doing all these fun things.
Now we're loving the time we're getting with the next set of grand kids. Our son and daughter-in-law Tyler and Deena are here with us this week and lucky for us we get to keep their 3 kids for the rest of the summer. Pyper, Ryker, and Greisyn have been so excited to get here and to get to ride the 4 wheelers, swim, and just play outside. My neighbor and one of my best friends Gail has her grand kids off and on most of the summer too so these grand kids of ours are in 7th heaven getting to play with all her kids too. We go to the pond and we swim with all the kids and they just love it so much having all these kids to play with.
Now today Pyper and Ryker are up at Gail's doing things with her grand kids. Pyper got to have a finger nail painting party and they're making bracelets and doing crafts something she really loves too. My heart burst with joy as she asked me if she could go up there with the other girls and play and then I called to see if she could come up and was told yes to send her up for the party. She was skipping and running up our road to Gail's and was waving and laughing as she went saying, "Thank you grandma." "I love you." It's so fun for us that our grand kids love it here and that we get to keep them each summer like this. I want our grand kids to have grandparents who build memories and bond with us so that we are always a close family. This place we live in is soooooo a grand kid haven.

Grand daughter Cortney in the red inner tube and nieces Whitney and Heather Baxter.

Grandsons Ryker and Cody jumping from the new dock in the pond.

Grand daughter Pyper Redman

Grandson Tanner tries the new slip and slide going into the pond. I love all the wild daisy's blooming out here right now too. You can see them in this picture.