Gatherings – Page 24 – Swankivy's Photos

Halloween 2003

Oct 31, 2003swankivy2003, Cosplay, Gatherings, Holidaysbrendon, candy, food, friends, ivy, jeaux, mike p

Halloween 2003 with Jeaux, Mike, and Brendon! I was an Ivy Fairy, Mike was the Grim Kahuna, Jeaux was the Cow Fairy, and Brendon was a Jedi.

Halloween Group

Jeaux as the Cow Fairy

Mike as the Grim Cahuna

Ivy as the Ivy Fairy

Mike (Grim Cahuna) & Brendon (Jedi)

Jeaux (Cow Fairy) & Ivy (Ivy Fairy)

My candy

Fred Visit Day 8

Jul 24, 2003swankivy2003, Gatheringsammy, animals, family, fred, friends, ivy, meghan, mom, nature, phil, steve f

Fred and me right before we took off down the river!

Before canoeing

It’s a gator we saw on the river!

Gator

This is another gator. Actually I took a bunch of shots of gators but not all of them are that interesting so I just put the two best ones.

Gator

We ran the canoe onto the bank on purpose so we could have a picnic. This is me and my mommy relaxing.

Mom and Ivy picnic

This is what my mom described as the “big honkin’ tree” that we used as our landmark to find the picnic place. (It was pretty honkin’.)

Big honkin tree

We’re shoving off to paddle the rest of the trip; me and Mommy in the canoe.

Mom & Ivy canoe

There was some awesome scenery on the Hillsborough River! Lookit how the reflections are in the water.

Nice scenery

A pretty bird in a picturesque scene!

Nice nature

WOW. Look at that reflection. It totally bowled me over, I’m glad the quality translated to digital format.

Nice nature

At the end of our trip, we spotted this WILD CHICKEN. Also known as gator food. Heh.

A wild chicken

I met my friends at Beer Belly’s, where some came for the beer and some came for the karaoke. (Guess which reason was mine?) Here we have me, Phil, Steve, and Meghan.

Phil, Steve, Meghan at Beer Belly’s

Same people as above except now you can see Ammy. We’re trying to decide what to sing. (Steve is only concerned with getting shitfaced. Which he did well.)

With Ammy, Phil, Steve, Meg, 7/2003

Ammy, me, and Phil. Probably saying or doing something goofy.

Ammy, Ivy, Phil at Beer Belly’s

For some reason this is what my mom did when her picture was taken at the karaoke place.

Mom licks her drinks

It’s Ammy singing karaoke.

Ammy sings at karaoke

Fred’s turn to sing!

Fred sings at karaoke

It was so special that I had to have two pictures. 🙂

Fred sings at karaoke

Here’s me singing karaoke, from far away.

Ivy sings at karaoke

Meghan’s turn to sing! She is a doll.

Meghan sings at karaoke

Phil’s turn. My mom forbade him to sing the song “Chef’s Salty Chocolate Balls” this time, so he ended up singing Adam Sandler’s “Ode to My Car.” Just as raunchy. You can tell from his hand gesture.

Phil sings at karaoke

New Dress, Clearwater Beach, Karaoke

Jun 15, 2001swankivy2001, Gatheringsbeach, dad, family, food, fred, friends, ivy, mom, patricia

Here’s me in a sundress right before we went to Tampa to see my mommy and all.

Posing by the tree

And we saw her, at work . . . I’m with her on a bench.

Visiting Mom at work

And here is the beach visit Fred and I had with my sister in Clearwater.

Beach hangout with Fred

Beach hangout with Fred

Beach hangout with Patricia

Beach hangout with Patricia

Okay and here’s when we went to sing karaoke with my dad! One is just me singing “Forgiven” by Alanis, two are me singing with Dad, and one is Fred singing “Hotel California.”

Karaoke

Karaoke

Karaoke

Tuckered out

Christmas 2000

Dec 25, 2000swankivy2000, Gatherings, Holidaysbill, christmas, corey, dad, family, food, friends, gifts, grandma marcy, grandpa don, heather h, lindsay, mom, patricia, samantha, yuichi

This is Corey. He lived with my parents at the time, so of course he was there for the festivities.

Corey

My dad’s parents came to our house for a visit.

Grandma & Grandpa Decker

Dad was happy to see his folks.

Deckers

Here we all are! On the left side, that’s Yuichi (the guy sister P was dating), my grandmother, me, sister Lindsay, sister Patricia, Dad, and my grandfather.

Decker grandparents, Dad, sisters, Yuichi

Later that night, there was a dinner. There’s Corey, Lindsay, Patricia, Yuichi, and Dad helping themselves.

Dinner: Corey, Lindsay, Patricia, Yuichi, Dad

We had Heather (who used to live with my parents) and her younger sister Sam there too, and on my other side is my mom’s ‘Net friend Bill.

Dinner: Heather, Sam, Ivy, Bill

Gotta get the whole table! There’s the backs of Yuichi’s and Dad’s heads, and then you see Heather, Sam, and me (with my mouth full embarrassingly).

Dinner: Heather, Sam, Ivy

Rare shot! Mom almost never sits down, but there she is!

Dinner: Mom actually sat down

Yuichi plays piano, you know. Nice pose, guys.

Yuichi & Patricia

After the dinner, we all played a group game. Kind of a tradition in our house.

Game tradition

Here’s the first of many gift-opening shots. Mom and me.

Opening gifts

Mom’s a gift

Opening gifts

Opening gifts

Opening gifts

Opening gifts

Opening gifts

Happy birthday Lindsay!

Mar 8, 2000swankivy2000, Gatheringsanimals, birthday, cake, dad, family, food, ivy, lindsay, mom

We went to my parents’ house to visit my sister on her birthday. Here’s my sister Lindsay, me, and my dad, while she opened her presents.

Surprising Lindsay for her birthday

Fred and I gave Lindsay a card with a cute moon on it. She apparently liked it. (I hope.)

Lindsay’s birthday card

Linds cutting her cake that we brought.

Lindsay’s cake

My mom putting bunny ears on her dog Charlie. For some reason she has taken great pains to hide her face from this picture.

Hanging out with Mom & the dog

Halloween 1999

Oct 31, 1999swankivy1999, Cosplay, Gatherings, Holidayscandy, food, friends, halloween, ivy, mike g, moon

Here I am as a flower fairy. I went trick-or-treating with friends.

Halloween Crew

Ate too much candy

All of them Halloweenin’

Mike, Moon, Kelly, Bill

Phil and Bill

Candy

Afterwards, I did a solitary Samhain ritual.

My Samhain altar

Chris’s visit at Halloween

Oct 31, 1998swankivy1998, Gatherings, Holidaysaaron h, candy, chris h, food, friends, halloween, ivy, michael p, mike g, moon

My friends and I went trick-or-treating! My fave.

Doing my hair for Halloween

Mike is a bearded, tall hobbit

Moon and Mike in vampiric-like outfits

Aaron as Sycotic

Chris wearing my wings, post-costumes

Chris & Ivy profiles

Trading candy after trick-or-treat

Halloween 1992

Oct 31, 1992swankivy1992, Cosplay, Gatherings, Holidaysemily, friends, halloween, ivy, kristen, michelle d, moni, peter

I got to have a party at my house and I invited a bunch of my friends! I was telling everyone I was going to “be a white girl” for Halloween, and then when the day came I just dressed in all white. Yuk yuk.

White Girl

All-White Girl, All-Black Guy

Baby Michelle, Witch Kristen, Death Emily, White Girl Ivy, Moni and Peter

Kristen the witch

Emily as Death

Michelle as a cute li’l baby!