06 July 2008

Graduation!

The Graduate


Lei festivities




Graduation parties are really big in the North. They are fun and people have such a great time. It is also a time where you can really rack in on some monetary gifts. They are not so big in the South and monetary gifts are very modest. My brother and sister and I both had large graduation parties and we party hopped from one friend's to the next. The graduation ceremony was held outside and it was a humid, hot and long. I graduated 20 years ago. Many of my teachers were there and I got to introduce my family to them. That was a nice treat. Many of the Memorial scholarships were also given in memory by teachers I had. It brought back many happy times but I wouldn't go back and I wouldn't change anything either.

Mom and Dad

Warrior, Dad, Keawe, My brother, and Nephew

Beauty, Sil, Keawe, Mom, and Me.

3 comments:

Jan said...

Yeah for the graduate. Good going. those candy necklaces are so fun and look so good.

I loved all the pictures. It really does look like you take graduations really seriously and make the most of them. We are so boring here. Your mom is so cute too. It just runs in the family.

Thanks for sharing. And the little tidbit on the game you play with the cards. So fun.

Anonymous said...

I wanted to eat the lei's!

Alison said...

great pictures...you look just like your mom, it amazes me every time I see a picture of her!!