Christmas in Fiji!

Hey everyone!

I have been getting emails from a few family members telling me to get some pictures up from my trip to Fiji, so here are a few of them. It was amazing. I didn't know if I was going to get out there because of all the delays that I had (8 hours in SLC, 24 hours in LAX). I pretty much wanted to die.
Mom and Dad are amazing! They are just the exact same and I kinda had a realization that I had when I was getting home from my mission, just that when you finally see those who are so close to you it seems like it wasn't even that long at all. Then I kinda thought that that is probably how it will be on the other side. I think we will just pick up right where we left off, loving, learning, and growing from each other.
The members were great. We drove about 4 hours to get to the church from the airport, (it would have been about 2 if I would have driven :). The people love mom and dad so much. Mom does a great job of remembering everyones names and does a great job of playing along with their sense of humor. There were a few members who love to tease dad, they would tell him "act your age!", it was pretty funny.
I've never experienced a Christmas like that before. It was an amazing thing to drive around to different villages with all of the toys that the family provided and see the kids be so excited to get anything at all for Christmas. The people were so nice and humble, and I haven't felt that kind of love from people since my mission in Japan. It was touching to see the happiness of the people and I know that mom and dad are influencing a lot more people than they will ever know.
The tourist sites were great as well but it was a lot like Hawaii. If you are looking to go on a good vacation to treat yourself right, go to Hawaii. If you are going on vacation to treat yourself right and have an amazing experience meeting some amazing people then go to Fiji. You won't regret it!!!
Mom and dad love you all so much and I felt like they were always asking about all of you, we are blessed to have such great parents and grandparents.