This is what happens when you give Sprout two spoons and freedom with a bowl of oatmeal.  A messy, but happy and accomplished feeling Sprout!

 We traveled about 4 hours north to stay with Big E.  Fortunately he's staying in a suite and the couch in the living room pulled out for Munchkin and Little Dude.

 A serviceable kitchen.

 Bathroom with a separate little room for the toilet (LOVED that), a shower to the left and upper right is the tub.  Immediate right is a washer and dryer. 

 HUGE bed...which was good considering everyone ends up in it by the end of the night.

Just outside of Slave Lake....forest recovering from the fire.

 Today we went to the park....TWICE!

 Munchkin loves the swings.

 Little Dude too.

 And then came the digging!

 Train slide!!

 Oldest monkey.

 Munchkin getting ready for the fast slide.

 Then the swimming lessons.  It was Olympic week and at the end they lined up to receive medals.

 Munchkin slept with his medal tonight.

 Then we stood to wave flags and sing Oh Canada.

Please forgive the blurry pictures....holding Sprout in one arm and trying to take pictures with the other hand proved somewhat tricky!

 I have an extraordinarily small backyard.  So my garden is a conglomeration of different containers.  But I've planted tomatoes, strawberries, cucumbers, carrots, raspberries, carrots and jalapenos.

 Here is my current big cucumber, I have another that is half that size.  I've put supports in this container so that the cucumber plant can climb.

This is Munchkin's strawberry plant.

 Carrot forest!

 3 tomato plants.

Tomatoes are hiding in the middle!

 We had cousins visit and we went to play in the fountains.  It was during that activity that I realized another reason to miss having Big E with us...There was no one to watch Sprout so I could take pictures!

 Little Dude is severely lacking in the fat department, which means he was cold most of the time.

 Muchkin just wanted to....munch!

 This is the gang on the way home.

 Back home, with the rest of the cousins and an Aunt and Uncle, who had brought a box from the farm.  Little Dude is SO happy with his new hoodie.

 Little Dude also claimed the scarf, but Munchkin thought his pj's were Grrrreat!

 The next day we had a lovely short visit with a friend.  :) 

 She helped us finish off those cupcakes left over from the day before!

Boys were also impressed with the gumball machine.  Little Dude and I sat down to paint.  I left him to paint on his own.  Just gave him paint when he asked, other then that I just waited to see the finished product.  When it is complete, I'll take a photo!

So, Big E is working about 5 hours north of here for an undetermined amount of time.  One of the guys up there with him has been there for 3 months.  Since he's staying only 4.5 hours away, we are going to head up and visit him this coming week.  I'll take lots of pictures!

 SOMEONE....I won't say who, was wanting to know if my house was tidy at the moment and I figured photo proof would be the most damning.  :)  So, here is what things looked like as of 3pm today.  I make no promises about what it will look like by 4pm!

Here is Sprout, happy to be in the picture.  I had to make it REALLY big so you could see that tiny little guy!

See that suction cup towel holder on the right hand side of the mirror.  Handy.  Boys can't reach the towel holder on the left, well they can reach it to GET the towel but can't put the towel back.  Which means I'm always walking into a bathroom with a hand towel on the floor....grrr.  Was visiting the hardware store and they had that lovely suction cup one on sale for $1.  SOLD!

I have a hard time keeping my kitchen de-cluttered...it's a constant work in progress.  But, for those of you who have visited you can see that I have put the dishwasher where the fridge used to be.  NOW I can open my fridge the whole way and even pull out the bottom shelves to wash them...JOY!

So the table looks a bit cluttered...only because I'm filling out forms and doing paperwork.

Not museum perfect...but come on, I live with KIDS!

The picture on wall to the left is one of our new favourites.  All three boys holding hands and walking down the path.  We LOVE it!

There you are....a mini tour.  :)  If you feel like you didn't get to see everything or are missing the big picture, there is only one solution for you.  VISIT.  :)  We have a spare room.

I can't believe that it is already July 15th!  Where did the time fly?  My goal in the coming weeks is to do a day-in-the-life for each of the boys...and possibly myself.  In depth photojournalism at its' best I'm sure!  For now, I leave you with a link to video for our dance off tonight and a sample of my Facebook posting.  We have friends who have started some kind of fiendishly funny goal to photograph people wearing goggles and doing things you don't need goggles for.  :)  Ta Ta For Now!
http://youtu.be/PqYsXD59plg

 Little Dude and Munchkin.

 Munchkin

Sprout-we didn't have goggles that fit him.

Little Dude sans goggles.