Hawaii 5 ohhhhh

This is a brief post before we re-publish with the pictures we've taken recently. We're currently in Suva, Fiji. After leaving Southern CA, we went to Maui to celebrate Randy and Kristy's wedding. Congrats! It was an extremely gorgeous, fun wedding. Pictures to come. Including pictures of all of the groomsmen, the groom, and the bridesmaids, as well as some guests in the pool at the end of the evening. Woohooo!

After that we headed to Fiji with Drew and Melissa to see the village they have been living in for the last two years as part of the Peace Corps. Despite the pictures we'd seen and the descriptions we'd heard, we weren't prepared for the beauty of the island or the warm generosity of the people living in Lomanikaya (on Vatulele). We didn't realize that this is a rather exclusive island. You can only enter if you're staying at the fancy-schmancy $1000/night resort, or as a guest of the village. We had a welcoming ceremony with the chief and some villagers where they wished us a warm welcome over kava, their traditional drink. The conditions are primitive: no running water and sporadic electricity. Sporadic meaning that there are 9 month stretches with no electricity. But, the experience was amazing. We're so proud of Drew and Liss.

After a choppy boat ride back to the mainland, we're in Suva today. We've all taken hot (!!!) showers, eaten a solid Indian lunch and are gearing up to go to a Brew pub and then a movie this evening. It's Saturday night and Scott's itching (as in mosquito bites) to see Spiderman 3. On a tangent, I counted 20 mosquito bites on my right arm today. Bummer.


This week we'll be at Pacific Harbor in Fiji, then heading to New Zealand. The plan is to go North to the Bay of Islands. We'll add more to this post and add pictures soon, but we wanted to just put something up since we know some of you are wanting to hear from us.


We miss you all so much!