Holidays – Page 12 – Swankivy's Photos

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

Christmas with Fred’s family

Dec 25, 1999swankivy1999, Holidays, Vacationschristmas, food, fred, friends, gifts, ivy

Very nice to spend Christmas in a log cabin with Fred’s family and some family friends, who were very nice people!

Baby Lily

Fred’s family cooking

Baby Lily peeks out

Baby Lily enjoys wrapping

Adorned in holiday stuff

Received holly candles

Fred’s mom plays with Lily

A bunch of holiday gift-giving

Bruce and Fred’s Dad

Gene & Debbie

Fred and Ivy on the swing

Christmas Eve with Fred

Dec 24, 1999swankivy1999, Holidays, Vacationschristmas, ivy

We went to Fred’s parents’ log cabin for Christmas holidays but I was under the weather and did a lot of sleeping.

Waking up in the cabin

Sleepy in the cabin

Solstice Day in California with Fred

Dec 22, 1999swankivy1999, Holidays, Vacationsbeach, food, fred, friends, ivy, san francisco, swimming, yule

Got to visit San Francisco, the Golden Gate bridge, and the Pacific Ocean on the Winter Solstice, and then we did a Yuletide ritual together.

Haite Street

Fred at the Golden Gate

Ivy at the Golden Gate

Caution sign for the beach

Sunset

Sunset

Ivy in the sunset

Fred in the sunset

Greeting the Pacific Ocean

Nice moonlight

Solstice ritual

Yuletide altar

Solstice ritual

Solstice ritual

Fred enjoying Yuletide meal

Jacuzzi

Crystal in the jacuzzi

Silly with the crystal

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 Party at the Grog House with Chris

Oct 30, 1998swankivy1998, Hangouts, Holidayschris h, friends, halloween, ivy, phil

Chris is visiting! We went to a Halloween party at the Grog House where Phil was working.

Pixy outfit

Chris’s “horny” costume

Pixy Costume

Chris is Pyro Donkey

Pixie and Pyro Donkey at the Grog House

Phil with his sake

Crazed Phil

Dancing pixie

Phil with pool cue

Pixie playing pool

Pixie grin

James and Chris visiting from Alabama!

May 24, 1998swankivy1998, Hangouts, Holidayschris h, food, friends, ivy, james, pizza

My friend James visited me from Alabama and brought his friend Chris who is hilarious. We played PlayStation a lot, went to Napolitano’s to sing karaoke (where Chris sang Adam Sandler’s “Ode to My Car,” to everyone’s shock and amazement), and went out to eat a lot.

James “don’t hit me”

Ivy & James, pigtail crew

James & Chris

James & Ivy with Pringles

Squatting on the roof

Pringle Quack with Ivy & Chris

Chris plays funny songs on guitar

Ivy laughing at Chris’s songs

Pizza with the short boys

Pizza with the tall boys

Ivy’s ripped jeans

Ivy pondering

James’s colorful pigtails

Halloween 1997

Oct 31, 1997swankivy1997, Cosplay, Holidayshalloween, ivy

It’s me as Electra, one of the Helium Twins (a character made up by my friend Bunky). I didn’t wear shoes (because Electra doesn’t) and that was gross, because I went to school and the floors are gross. But no one yelled at me for bare feet.

Electra the Helium Twin

I didn’t have anyone to be the other Helium Twin with me. I’m sure if Bunky had been there he would have painted himself blue and dressed up as Proteus.

Halloween 1994

Oct 31, 1994swankivy1994, Cosplay, Holidaysanimaniacs, friends, ivy, steve f

We wore different outfits for our actual trick-or-treating. I was still Dot but I did something different with my hair and makeup, and Patricia did an Army costume and Steve did . . . something.

Dot and Steve

Ivy as Dot, Patricia in Army gear

Ivy as Dot