Pink Saturday is Lei Day

Aloha!

May day is Lei day in Hawaii...

I grew up there on the North Shore of Oahu and lived there for 13 years.

It was very different life and time I am so blessed to have lived there, I would not trade those memories for anything . I get very reminiscent on Lei Day as it is a celebration of the kings and queens of Hawaii. All the Schools have elaborate programs and luaus with lots of amazing entertainment.

Here are a few of my memories I could not get to my Lei day pictures in time but maybe next year....

I can almost smell the pink Plumeria now....

This is a picture of a lei day recently at the school I went to 

Sunset Beach Christian School

started by missionaries in the 50's and still going strong, It was a school where no one was left behind and everyone was loved. Music was a huge part of education, you had to be able to read notes to pass 4th grade and play the ukulele to pass 5th! this is a photo of my current uke 

I am hoping to trade up soon...

Our school was across the street from this beach , Keiki beach and we often had P.E. there

Here is me as Mayor eileen Anderson for the lei Day program in the 5th grade till the day I left Hawaii people would stop me and say "Hi Mayor Anderson" even though I had no idea who they were :)

I miss the beauty of Hawaii I do not miss the expense and island fever,

 you can only drive around it so many times!

Geckos are everywhere in Hawaii, love this pink torch ginger....

I used to work here at Waimea Valley and swim at the falls almost every evening after work they walk down the valley watching the sunset and listening to the peacocks call...

I t seems so long ago, it was i haven't been back in 16 years...

My brother, my cousin and I (in the pink bathing suit) the first year we lived there....

A glorious pink hued North Shore Sunset, boy do I miss those....

Thanks to Miss Beverly at How Sweet the Sound for Hosting another wonderful Pink Saturday!

Thanks for going down memory lane with me hope you enjoyed the music :)

Aloha and glitter

~jen

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