Vacations – Swankivy's Photos

Casting Day

Sep 8, 2023swankivy2023, Gatherings, Vacationsash, dad, family, food, ivy, lindsay, mom, patricia, yusuke

My mother’s ashes were committed to the Eternal Reefs project. My family attended the casting where we put her ashes into a solution to make a “pearl” and also decorated the collar of the reef ball.

Our mom’s plaque

Stirring ashes

Picking out decorations

Reef Ball

Collar decoration

Collar decoration

Collar decoration

Reef Ball Collar we decorated

Family at casting

Afterwards, we went to a restaurant and hung out with our dad.

Ash tries crème brûlée

Dad & Patricia Espresso

My sisters are smart at crosswords. They did one together.

Crossword Puzzle Sisters

Cookie Cat making with family

Sep 7, 2023swankivy2023, Cooking & Baking, Hangouts, Vacationscookies, family, food, ivy, patricia, steven universe

We decided to make Cookie Cats! Here’s just the cookie-making part.

Cookie Cat Dough

Patricia makes Cookie Cats

New hairdos

Sep 7, 2023swankivy2023, Hangouts, Vacationsash, family, patricia

My nephew and sister playing with my hair stuff. Their new ‘do’s look fabulous.

Family gets new hairdos

Swimming at Jeaux’s

Sep 6, 2023swankivy2023, Hangouts, Vacationsash, family, friends, ivy, jeaux, patricia, swimming, yusuke

My California family came to Florida to participate in my mother’s life celebrations, and we took some time out to swim in Jeaux’s pool.

Caftan-wearing Sisters

Playing in Jeaux’s pool

Davenport Vacation Day 6

Mar 17, 2023swankivy2023, Cooking & Baking, Vacationsadam, davenport, food, friends, meghan

Davenport Vacation Day 6 involved two movies (Yellowbeard and Everything Everywhere All at Once), swimming, and grilling in the evening.

Is this a cutting board?

Adam the grillmaster

Meg’s Adam-grilled food

Davenport Vacation Day 5

Mar 16, 2023swankivy2023, Cooking & Baking, Vacationsadam, dare, davenport, dolly, food, friends, ivy, jeaux, meghan, steve s

Davenport Vacation Day 5 involved sausage and biscuits breakfast, swimming and chilling on the porch, and Thai noodles with hot and sour soup and spring rolls, plus GAME NIGHT.

Sausage Gravy & Biscuits Morning

Dare & Ivy porch hangout

Dolly & Steve porch hangout

Dolly, Steve, Meggie, Dare porch hangout

Dolly, Steve, Meggie, Dare porch hangout

Peanut-covered thai noodles

Thai noodle group

Thai noodle group

Davenport Vacation Day 4

Mar 15, 2023swankivy2023, Cooking & Baking, Vacationsadam, ben, dare, davenport, dolly, food, friends, ivy, jeaux, katelyn, meghan, ryan, steve s

Davenport Vacation Day 4 involved omelet breakfast, pajamas until after noon, cinnamon rolls and coffee, watching a movie (The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: Abridged), lasagna and garlic bread and salad, and Cards Against Humanity.

Adam & Meg

Cinnamon Rolls

Coffee & a cinnamon roll

Jeaux “Spite”

Jeaux “Spite”

Whole group in Davenport house!

Meg & Adam

Meg makes lasagna

Dare lasagna pic

Meggie lasagna pic

Dolly lasagna pic

Steve lasagna pic

Jeaux lasagna pic

Adam lasagna pic

Ivy lasagna pic

Cards Against Humanity

Cards Against Humanity

Cards Against Humanity

Cards Against Humanity

Davenport Vacation Day 3

Mar 14, 2023swankivy2023, Vacationsadam, ben, books, dare, davenport, friends, ivy, katelyn, ryan, swimming

Davenport Vacation Day 3 involved swimming, relaxing, games, pizza, and cinnamon rolls made for dessert. Arrival of Steve and Dolly!

Adam plays games with Ben

Katelyn, Ryan, Ben in the pool

Ivy reading

Adam plays games

Ben plays games

Ivy plays games

Ben plays games

Meg & Dare in the pool

Hanging out on the porch

Katelyn, Ben, Ryan playing video games

Katelyn, Ben, Ryan playing video games

Davenport Vacation Day 2

Mar 13, 2023swankivy2023, Cooking & Baking, Vacationsben, cookies, dare, davenport, food, friends, ivy, jeaux, katelyn, meghan, ryan, swimming

Davenport Vacation Day 2 involved swimming, ukulele playing, games, chicken marsala with mashed potatoes and broccoli for dinner, and oatmeal cookies made for dessert. Arrival for Katelyn, Ryan, Benjamin, and Adam!

Meg, Dare, Jeaux in pool

Meg, Ivy, Dare cold

Ivy bathing suit

Blondies

Ukulele with Dare & Ivy

Dare plays pool

Katelyn & Ryan playing pool

Ben playing games

Meggie & Katelyn in the kitchen

Meg’s chicken marsala came out great

Chicken Marsala dinner

Chicken Marsala Dinner

Oatmeal Cookies

Dare & Jeaux eating oatmeal cookies

Ivy’s cookies

Davenport Vacation Day 1

Mar 12, 2023swankivy2023, Cooking & Baking, Vacationscookies, dare, davenport, food, friends, ivy, jeaux, meghan

Vacation Day 1 involved arrival at our vacation house for me, Jeaux, Meghan, and Dare! We chose rooms, played games, and had enchiladas for dinner. And I made some blondies late at night.

Hanging with Dare

Meg, Dare, Jeaux checking out TV

Enchilada Night

Enchiladas!

Making Blondies

Jeaux playing arcade games

Frozen room!

Frozen room!

Frozen room!

Frozen room!