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Chinese New Year 2007 (Feb 18, 2007)Welcome to the Year of the PIG!!!!
We headed out to China Town with some friends to watch the New Years Parade.
IT WAS GREAT!!! |
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Our First House (Possession Nov. 10, 2006)We bought our first house with all the typical tax headaches.
We paid for the amazing square footage (1888) and the excellent location - the trade off is alllll the renovations. OUCH! |
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China Family Photos (May 2006)While in Shanghai we went and got some family photos done. The kind where thry provide the clothes, do our makeup and hair and then put the pictures in a book.
It was not as professional as our amazing wedding photos but they were still fun. |
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China Holiday 2006 (May 2006)The three of us went to Shanghai for three weeks before moving to Canada.
We did TONS!! |
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Plum Blossom day (February 25, 2006)| A day of sweet smelling blossoms on a lovely sunny day. |
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Taiko Drums Concert (Feb. 26, 2006)| Ji and I went to a Taiko groups yearly concert and we both enjoyed it. |
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JiXiang Meister Li (Born January 31, 2005)| Here is a collection of our beautiful daughter, JiXiang. We hope you enjoy these pictures and video clips as much as we have enjoyed taking them. |
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Year End Bonenkai 2005 (December 16, 2005)My work people are a little crazy in the office, but bring them to a party and...
LOOK OUT!!!
They are a lot of fun. |
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Earth Family Christmas Party (December 10, 2005)This was our Earth Family christmas party. We ate tons of food, danced like Zorba, did a bit of square dancing, sang some songs and had a visit from Santa.
We had a great day!!
(This album is password protected for Earth Family members only.) |
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Hello Pussy (December 04, 2005)| My friend Jean and I went out to listen to our friends rock group called, Hello Pussy. We had a great time and got home much later than we had planned. |
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Daidogei World Cup in Shizuoka 2005 (November 05, 2005)We went to the Street Performers World Cup in Shizuoka.
It was a good day: perfect weather, friends, and new cameras. hehe
Enjoy the pictures. |
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Fujieda EkiMae Matsuri (October 15, 2005)JiXiang and I checked out this years Matsuri. One of my students was there with his family.
JiXiang LOVED it and danced away to the chanting. |
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Earth Family Bird Park Day (October 16, 2005)| This months playgroup with Earth Family was at the Kakegawa Bird PArk (again). We had a great time. JiXiang loved it! Even Li came along. |
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An Unexpected Sunday in October (October 02, 2005)| We went for a bike ride to Rengeji park but ran into some wonderful sights along the way |
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KenMin no Mori (September 24 & 25, 2005)| JiXiang and I went camping with a group called Earth Family way up in the mountains of Shizuoka. The weather was great and we had a good time. |
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Playing with the Digital in Kakegawa (September 18, 2005)| Kim, JiXiang and I headed out to Kakegawa City for lunch and ended up having a lovely sunny day walk around the castle. We used the time to play with all the fun modes that the digital camera has. Tons of pics! These are the ones I like the best. |
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Mom's Holiday in Japan (August 2005)| Mom came to Japan for a two week holiday and we did EVERYTHING, and took a LOT of pictures. |
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Summer Matsuri's 2005 (Summer 2005)During July and August almost every neighbourhood has its own little festival. Everyone turns up for the festival food, games and sometimes petting zoos. All the teens and kids are dressed in their yukatas or jibeis and having a great time.
These pics are from various festivals throughout the summer. |
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Eoin's GoodBye BBQ (July 17, 2005)We had a good bye BBQ for Eoin who is off to New Zealand. It was great. It started with a food and beer obstical course, followed by a beer chugging race (on soap covered tarp), then Drunken Sumo. Ending with great music.
There are videos that I hope will soon follow.
I am working hard to get them on there, promise. They are GREAT! |
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Janelle's Syakuhachi Concert (July 03, 2005)We went to Okabe to look at out friend, Janelle's, sewing and art work, as well as listen to her play the Syakuhachi. This is a type of Japanese flute/recorder made of bamboo.
I have been told it is very hard to play. |
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Li's Work BBQ (June 25, 2005)Li's work held their annual bbq today and we had a great time. Lots of food and great people.
JiXiang was excellent and the weather was perfect.
After, JiXiang and I went home but the rest of the group went to Kereoke. |
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Sapporo Beer Festival 2005 (May 29, 2005)| The Sapporo beer festival is always a great family event with lots of cheap beer. |
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Fudo Gorge (May 28, 2005)| My friend Jean, her daughter Rae, JiXiang and I headed to the mountain Gorge for lunch and some sightseeing. |
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Shizuoka Samba Carnival (May 4, 2005)| Shizuoka held a Samba carnival. It wasnt huge but it was interesting and the costume were pretty wild. |
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Hamamatsu Matsuri 2005 (May 3, 2005)| We went to the boy's day kite festival in Hamamatsu this year. We also stayed for the Yaitais after. |
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Bird Park with Li's Mom (March 21, 2005)| We brought Li's mom to the bird park and she had fun. The weather was lovely. Because it was a holiday it was very crowded but we still had a good time. |
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St. Patrick's Day 2005 (March 20th 2005)| Oewen held his traditional St. Paddy's day party on the 20th this year. He had it in Shimada at SkinToo Pub. He decorated it with Irish flags and all sorts of wonderful things. He served Guiness and we had three different bands. It was a lovely time! |
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Mike and Andrea in South America (2004 and 2005)| These are the pictures that my cousin Mike Donnelly and his girlfriend Andrea have been taking on their wild adventures in South America. |
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The Shimada Obi Matsuri (2000 and 2004)The Shimada Obi Matsuri - Voted as one of the 10 strangest festivals in Japan.
Personally interesting. |
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At the Bird Park (Earlier 2004)| Kim and I went to this bird park a few month ago. These pictures are from my cell phone. I have most that need to be scanned. From the other ones are pictures of Kim and I holding a great horned owl!! VERY COOL! I will scan them I promise. |
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Golden Week 2004 (April 28 - May 6, 2004)The Golden week holiday in Japan consits of a week long spring holiday. There are 4 official national holidays - Green Day, Constitution Day, National People's Day and Children's Day. The country goes crazy and everyone travels all at the same time. The roads are crazy and the trains are impossible.
We decided to brave it and headed out to Mt. Fuji for one day and to Kyoto City for another two days. We had a good holiday. |
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Rengeji Park - Westeria in Bloom (April 24, 2004)The Westeris in Bloom. The smell was amazing!!!
I just downloaded some of my pictures from my cell phone to add here (04/29/04) |
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Various pictures from all over (Various times)| These pics are taken from my cell and some are used as links to my blog. |
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ChyaMatsuri - Kanaia (April 2004)On April 11, 2004, Kim, Abby and I headed out to Kanaia to check out their Annual Tea Festival. Some of the best tea in Japan comes from this area. I also burned as it was an increadable hot day.
We had a great time though. |
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BBQ Time Cherry Blossoms 2001
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Cherry Blossoms 2004
Kelly and Hello School's Hungi BBQ April 2004
Cherry Blossoms 2005 - Day and Night |
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Canada Trip (September 2003)This was Li's first visit to Canada. I think he had a good time. We did TONS of different stuff and we had fun. We also took tons of pictures.
Updates Finished: 2004/04/07 |
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Paddyflyer (March 20th 2004)ST.Patrick's Day BBQ in Japan
This is only one picture.It is just a funny look at how things are arranged in this part of the world. hehehhe. |
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Janet, Jean and I in Tokyo (2003)| For Janet's last weekend in Japan the three of us headed out to Tokyo for a day of tourist sites and little girl fun. |
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Janet 's and Jamie's Good Bye Party (2003)Crazy Kiwi Kelly held an 'only-in-japan' costume party as a goodbye send off to these two great friends. We miss you guys!!!!
FINISHED 04/17/2004 |
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A Sampling of Our Many Friends (2000 - 2003)Here is a bunch of the many wonderful people that we have met in the last four years.
Every single one of them has made life in Japan that much more wonderful.
Thanks Guys!!
Description update:03/08/2004 |
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Coming of Age Day (January 2003)This is the Coming of Age Day celebration for our friend Yuki.
On this day all those who turn 20 during this year celebrate and party. |
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Official Wedding Pictures (Shanghai=2002)When in Shanghai we decided to do wedding photos because we could not afford them in Japan. I am so glad we did. The result was amazing and we felt like stars doing them. The book they made for us is of amazing quality and is something we will treasure forever.
Wedding Date - July 08, 2002 |
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Shanghai 2002 (September/October 2002)Shortly after we got married we headed off to China to vist the family and have a mini honeymoon. We visited many places and did TONS of stuff. A full written account can be found in my blog archives. It is the very first blog I wrote.
Updated:03/25/2004 |
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Japanese Wedding BBQ (August 2002)| After doing the official paper wedding in July, Li and Li wanted to hold a party. Li left all the details up to Janet and I. We decided the cheapest and the best way would be a BBQ. I got permission from my apartment guy and we carried out this old fridge and bought a very long extension cord for music. I made invitaions and we handed them out. We had a great BBQ. All the apartment people were there with their kids, tons a friends and a lot of fun. |
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Mark's Return to Japan (2002)| Mark T. was a great guy and we loved having him around when he lived in Japan. He was an ALT at a high school here in Fujieda and we all loved him. He visited us after almost a year after he returned home. We of course had a party. He is a very amusing blok from England who loved 'Great Tracks of Land'!! |
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