Audrey Clare Lokar: Audrey turns 3, sunflowers grow, Ta Da!

Summer is cruising by. Kids have been back to G-parents for their annual summer trip to camp Kroeckel, plus we enjoyed my Parents' 50th Anniversary party later that week. Kathie and I got a week w/ just Audrey--aaaaahhhhh, those were the days!

Owen and Hugh did Hockey Camps, plus father and son pick-up on Sunday afternoons. But we have had a nice break from all that the last month. Hugh also did a Soccer--Basketball camp that he loved. He is so skinny, thinking hockey may not be his thing.

The girls finished Adventure Camp this week, Emma's 3rd year, Alena's 1st: hiking, survival skills, team ropes course, rafting, rock climbing and more. Alena came back every day so excited, i have never heard her more passionate or articulate, which is what we experienced 3yrs ago from Emma--the confidence kids get from going off on their own and trying new things can not be measured. Alena was most proud that she got higher then Emma on the medium rock face at Elizabeth Furnace State Park and learned to rappel down.

Emma and Alena had a great summer swimming as well. Emma made Divisionals in breast stroke and Alena set PBs in Free and Back every meet until the end of the season.

We celebrated my new job by buying the kids new, bigger bikes as they all had outgrown the ones from 4yrs ago. Can't get them off the bikes...I love bikes right up their w/ them becoming accomplished skiers. I somehow have to get them all on the golf course.

Emma, Alena and Owen got accepted to St. Joseph's Catholic School and after much discussion and prayer we have decided to make the plunge. Not unhappy at all w/ Public School, Hugh will be starting Kindergarten this fall at Mill Run, the kids former school, but we want to give this a try as St. Joseph's is highly acclaimed. It also is 10min from my new office, so I will be driving them every morning which I think will be fun? Audrey starts preschool, our 5th kid to go to St. David's preschool an Episcopalian school or as like to call it "Catholic-Lite" More Old Testament! Less Filling!

We leave for Kiawah Island for our beach vacation, been two years, it's nice to be able to do it even for 5 days. Here are the pics and the vids will be on the YouTube side bar momentarily, enjoy.