 Our Story
Hey look at this young picture of me from maybe around the year 2002. LOL.
Anyway, these story pages are all about our ongoing family adventures. Think
about this as a huge scrapbook without the paper, glue, and tape. The pages are
set up in reverse chronological order to make it easier for those of you only
interested in our recent stuff. All of the older stuff is basically for our kids to
know what we went through over the years to get us to the present. I asked our kids many times if they were interested in past stories and they said
definitely. I realized this was a good way for them to learn that things don't
always go the way you want, but if you keep going, things will eventually work
out....basically learning from my good and bad experiences. This is a story of
love, successes, miscalculations, and keeping the resolve to move forward and not
give up. |
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 Story
Pages Explained
This year (2026) I decided to go through all of my old family pictures. These
pictures are the old type, you know, the ones where you had to take the film
roll to a photo shop to be processed. This turned out to be a daunting task, to
say the least. The pictures have no dates and were totally mixed up. I needed a
way to date these pictures.
I began looking through my old computer files (mostly word files) in order to
create a timeline of important dates from over the years. I collected
information from receipts, tax returns, bank statements, and even old Facebook
posts that were collected from my account. Then I began going through all the
old emails from my basically unused Hotmail account. I had planned on deleting
them but I found a lot of interesting stories and information about the past.
The only option was to collect information from all of these sources and dump it
onto the pages of my blog. The plan was to match the information with the
pictures.
That said, these pages might contain information from some of the following
sources:
File Entries,
Email
Messages,
Journal (which my oldest son is writing)
Posts,, and
Facebook Posts. These entries, messages, and posts contain
information, a lot of drama, and personal stuff, all of which you might find
interesting or boring....I guess it depends on the reader. When you find these
entries, messages, and posts, read them at your discretion. Maybe I should
change the name of this log to the HayTruman
Show....lol. |
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Story 2026
Story 2026
Happy New Year.
A new home in a new location, Setouchi, Japan. We are really happy in our new
home. |
Story 2025
Story 2025
A new home in a new location, Setouchi, Japan. We are really happy in our new
home. |
Story 2024
Story 2024
Already a very busy year up at our mountain. A roof over the
buses and an outside kitchen. |
Story 2023
Story 2023
Another busy year up at our mountain with all of us working to make a healthy
forest and comfortable living space. |
Story 2022
Story 2022
Up at our mountain a few days after New Years. This was our first full year
working on the forest. |
Story 2021
Story 2021
We purchased our 4.5 acre forested mountain on this small island and the
adventures began. |
Story 2020
Story 2020
This was both an exciting year and a difficult year for us. We were happy to
welcome our third son Ethan into the world. |
Story 2019
Story 2019
A nice new years and then we were hit with a pretty strong earthquake with the
epicenter only about ten kilometers from the house. |
Story 2018
Story 2018
A new years ride on a train and the mystery bowl of ramen. |
Story 2017
Story 2017
Happy Hanukkah and Happy New Years. A bit of traditional Japanese food. |
Story 2016
Story 2016
This was a really good year for us. We were happy to welcome our second son Lael into
the world. |
Story 2015
Story 2015
This was actually our first full year on the island. This years was incredible
with parties, festivals, and rocket launches. |
Story 2014
Story 2014
A really fun year and the beginning of our island adventures. Much of this year
was spent setting up and getting used to this place. |
Story 2013
Story 2013
The year began with a visit to America. We returned to Japan and ate a lot of
conveyor belt sushi. |
Story 2012
Story 2012
A few small house parties and then traveled to America for a three month
vacation. |
Story 2011
Story 2011
Many fun house parties. Tons of Snow. A strong earthquake hit Japan. A lot of trips to our
favorite coffee shop. |
Story 2010
Story 2010
Purchased
the house in Nara and began renovations. A bunch of parties, festivals, and
camping. |
Story 2009
Story 2009
A year of change. Welcome Shai. Almost bought a house in New York State.
Then permanently moved to Japan. |
Story 2008
Story 2008
A barbecue at home, and a nice picnic and some romance in Mission Trails Regional Park in San Diego,
California. |
Story 2007
Story 2007
Getting married and the beginning of our beautiful journey together. A few
pictures of hiking in the mountains and fishing. |
Story 2006
Story 2006
Beautiful flowers for a beautiful girl. A trip to Starbucks,
an Independence Day celebration in the park, some fishing, and a
night out on the town. |
Story 2005
Story 2005
A yummy food fair in the park, a trip to Las Vegas, and an
event downtown with plenty of alcohol. |
Story 2004
Story 2004
Going out with our friend, beautiful La Jolla, California,
camping, mountain bike riding, and a really windy mountain top. |
Story 2003
Story 2003
No Posts. |
Story 2002
Story 2002
No Posts. |
Story 2001
Story 2001
No Posts. |
Story 2000
Story 2000
No Posts. |
Story 1999
Story 1999
No Posts. |
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Note: The following year pages shown in GRAY
do not have posted information yet. |
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History
This page encompasses the years 1960-1978. This is a new section I am trying to
piece together from old photos and from....yikes....memory. If any of you
reading this are friends from Kenmore back in the day and have photos or stories
of you and I together, please share them with me. You can contact me at my
Facebook account. Thank you so much for contributing. |
Archive
Welcome to my story archive pages. These pages were inspired by my kids who
constantly let me know how much they are interested in my past, and made
possible thanks to a lot of raining days and time in the house. These pages are
basically chunks of information that were too cumbersome to split up and put on
my individual story pages. My kids wanted to know about places I lived, my
education and work background, and of course, old and interesting stories.
Although this information is mostly for them, all of you are welcome to read
these pages as well. |
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