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Halloween 2026

Oct 24, 2026swankivy2026, Cosplay, Gatheringsadam, dare, friends, halloween, ivy, jeaux, kari, katelyn, meghan, ryan, yasmin

Party that ended slightly earlier than usual because we’re all getting old, man. Still, lots of fun (and food) was had by all.

Ivy as Jem

Ivy as Jem

Ryan as a background Naruto character

Meggie as a celestial goddess

Adam as Don Ho

Adam & Meg

Katelyn as a dalmatian

Friends Snacking

Dare as Dwayne Camacho

Jeaux as Dib

Katelyn & Ryan

Yasmin, elegantly tired

My business hippie

Yasmin’s plate

Kyle Gordon Show

Oct 11, 2026swankivy2026, Hangoutsarthur, concerts, friends, ivy, yasmin

Yasmin, Arthur, and I saw the Kyle Gordon show when he came to Tampa. Fun night, cool bar.

Ivy, Arthur, Yasmin at Kyle Gordon

Wedding Dress Shopping with Meggie and Katelyn

Oct 3, 2026swankivy2026, Hangoutscake, food, friends, ivy, katelyn, meghan, wedding

I obviously am not revealing the dress Meggie picked, but I’m so amazed at how wonderful the experience was going shopping to find the perfect dress for her to get married in next June.

Meg picked her wedding dress with her ladies!

Meg picked her wedding dress today!

We did get cupcakes to celebrate, though my cupcake was also to celebrate something else!

Meg & Katelyn got cupcakes too

Lovely vanilla cupcake from EuroCrave

Metrocon 2026

Aug 1, 2026swankivy2026, Cosplay, Gatheringsfriends, ivy, metrocon

Went to Metrocon on Saturday! I didn’t wear a real costume, just a fun Cookie Cat–themed outfit, but I had a good time hanging out with Jeaux, seeing the Epic: The Musical singalong, playing DDR, and shopping in the dealer room!

My Cookie Cat outfit

Selfie with Lapis

House (House M.D.)

The Sheep (Epic the Musical)

Ruby & Sapphire (Steven Universe)

Epic the Musical panel hosts (Odysseus, Aeolus, Hermes)

Jeaux plays video games

Yangchen & Toph (Avatar)

Group from Adventure Time

Cheesecake

May 27, 2026swankivy2026, Cooking & Baking, Hangoutsbirthday, cake, food, friends, ivy, jeaux

I made a cheesecake for Jeaux’s birthday. Here are the various steps of creating it, ending with us eating it. 😉

Cheesecake in pan

Cheesecake out of pan

Cheesecake piece

Remaining cheesecake

Jeaux and Ivy eating cheesecake!

Vinyl Impact’s stage debut

May 5, 2026swankivy2026, Appearancesband, dad, dennis, family, friends, glenn, ivy

Our new band’s stage debut! We played open mic night at Stottlemyer’s.

Open Mic with the band

Open Mic with the band

A weekend band excursion

Apr 26, 2026swankivy2026, Gatheringsband, dad, dennis, family, food, friends, ivy, lindsay, sushi

My band had a practice and Dennis enjoyed popping out our new business cards.

Dennis poppin’ cards

Sister and Dad and I enjoyed sushi after.

Sushi sisters

Photographing Dad photographing his sushi

Helicopter ride with Dare

Apr 18, 2026swankivy2026, Hangoutsdare, friends, ivy

Dare invited me to go on a helicopter ride with them so we booked the trip together and had a great time!

Helicopter with Dare

Helicopter with Dare

Helicopter with Dare

Birthday Ice Cream with Kari

Apr 4, 2026swankivy2026, Hangoutsbirthday, food, friends, ice cream, ivy

My girl Kari had a birthday so I took her out for ice cream at Tanya & Matt’s! She’d never been! Great ice cream. Happy birthday Kari!

Birthday ice cream with Kari

Hanging with Yaz & Arthur

Mar 29, 2026swankivy2026, Hangoutsarthur, food, friends, ivy, plants, yasmin

Yasmin and Arthur and I went to eat at the Indian buffet and then went to the plant show! Yasmin had a piece in the show so we got to visit it, and then we bought plants. It was a great day.

Indian dessert

Yasmin’s Indian dessert

Ivy & Arthur at Indian Buffet

Yasmin’s installation

Yasmin with their installation

Arthur with his game

Arthur’s amazing back scratcher