The Clapper Family Chronicles

Monday, July 11, 2016

Kids Celebrating Their Dad's Birthday - July 10, 2016

George's birthday (47 years old) was Jun 29th and Gracie was in Altoona visiting with her grandparents so we waited till she got home to celebrate his birthday. Gracie made her dad lasagna and a birthday cake and all I did was supervise. The kids got him Dunkin Donut k-cups for his new coffee maker, Dunkin Donuts creamer and a Steelers Travel Mug.

Jacob & Grace with their dad

Saturday, July 9, 2016 - Trip to Plymouth, PA

After going to the zoo with the kids me and Gracie took a road trip to Plymouth, PA (about 1.5 hours) to visit my best friend Stacy-Ann. She's from Long Island but was in PA for her son's lacrosse tournament. We only stayed a few short hours, but it was well worth the trip to see Stacy...it's been a few years since I've seen her and I miss her terribly. Below are a few pics of me and Gracie clowning around in the hotel room. Wish I got some pics of us with Stacy :(

Lake Tobias - Saturday, July 9, 2016

I took Jake and Gracie up to Lake Tobias. It's something we did on several occasion when they were younger and I thought it would be nice to pay a visit to the zoo since the weather was nice and the road trip is pretty and only takes about 30 minutes. I must say that visiting the zoo is very cheap. The safari ride and zoo were $13 per person. I got in free cause I am a veteran. If you prefer just to do the safari ride it's $7.00 or just the zoo is $6.00 (I believe you can even get coupons online) and you can pack a lunch and make a day of it. Below are some pictures:

Safari Ride

Feeding Zoo

Monday, July 4, 2016

Happy 4th of July

Friday, June 17, 2016

2017 Elantra Limited

My new 2017 Elantra Limited

Monday, June 13, 2016

Gracie's New Dooo

Gracie needed her hair long for pig-tails for her dance recital. The day after the recital we went and had it all cut off - she loves it!

Gracie's Dance Recital "Broadway Bound" - June 10, 2016

Gracie has been in dance for six years and this year she opted to go with hip hop instead of tap, ballet, and jazz. Her class performed the "Carlton Dance" to Tom Jone's song "It's Not Unusual To Be Loved By Someone" - all the girls did a great job. Mommy and Aunt Audie were there to to cheer the girls on. The night was filled with three long, lovely hours of nothing but dance (yeah, I'm being a little sarcastic LOL)

Gracie full makeup - costume

Gracie in full make-up

Aunt Audie & Gracie

Mommy & Gracie

Moosie Baby - Rocking Out the Sunglasses (Photos Courtesy of Grace Clapper)

Thursday, June 9, 2016

Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Gracie's Birthday

GRACIE GOT HER DAIRY QUEEN ICE CREAM CAKE!

Great week for the kids. School is over and my princess turned 12 years old! She wanted her Dairy Queen ice cream cake for her birthday and she got it. Her big brother Georgie was home for the week and was able to celebrate her birthday with us. She got some nice presents and a mani/pedi with mommy. We had some yucky weather so we all watched Season 1 of the TV series Scream and got to spend some quality time together. Love it when all three of my kids are home together. Hoping Georgie moves back to PA real soon - he's missed.