Vacations – Page 4 – Swankivy's Photos

Art Museum, Sushi, and Mandola’s

Jan 20, 2024swankivy2024, Vacationsbirthday, food, friends, ivy, meghan, sushi, weather

Meg and I headed out to St. Pete to check out the art museum, and then we got sushi at a restaurant called Lemongrass, and then we went shopping and had dinner at Mandola’s. It was a very cold day so we huddled in our Comfy wearable blankets after!

Meg’s sushi

Ivy’s sushi

Meg’s lasagna

Ivy’s eggplant parm

Birthday Girls in Comfy

Florida Aquarium and Cupcakes for Birthday Girls

Jan 19, 2024swankivy2024, Selfies, Vacationsanimals, birthday, cake, food, ivy, meghan, nature

Meggie’s birthday! We went to the Florida Aquarium and saw lots of cool creatures, and we also got some yummy cupcakes.

Ruddy Ducks

Roseate Spoonbill

Ring-tailed Lemur

Ring-tailed lemurs

Many fish

Many fish

Panther Chameleon

Pelican

Northern Pintail

Goldeneye

Tricolor Heron and Scarlet Ibis

Tricolor Heron and Scarlet Ibis

Tricolor Heron and Scarlet Ibis

Snowy Egret

Fish selfie!

Fish selfie!

Birthday cupcakes

Birthday cupcakes

Meghan’s birthday present

Jan 18, 2024swankivy2024, Hangouts, Vacationsbirthday, friends, gifts, meghan

I was gonna wait and surprise her on her birthday but as soon as she said her feet were cold and she wished she’d brought her slippers, I knew I had to give her her birthday gift early. Warm Meg!

Meg’s birthday gift (slippers!)

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