This is a story about an international couple raising and home educating three young boys on a small island in Japan, half living in buses, engaged in organic, self-sufficient farming in the middle of a mountain forest while dealing with climate, cultural, and personal challenges. These pages are about pretty much anything and everything all guided by our family motto, Taking Chances, Making Changes, Being Happy. Thank you very much for joining us on our ongoing crazy adventure.

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Happy New Year

- Another New Year and we are taking the first pictures outside at the house.

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At The Farm

- We are taking the first pictures at the farm.

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At Home

- We are taking the first pictures at home.

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New Years Decorations

- The kids made a few New Years decorations.

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New Years Lego Decorations

- The kids made a few New Years Lego decorations.

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New Years Food

- Akiko made traditional Japanese New Years Food.

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Ethan Relaxing

- Ethan relaxing in bed.

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Covid Update

- A second case of the virus has shown up on the island sometime during last week. Apparently a man in his sixties is the second confirmed case. We continue to self isolate. Our days are being spent at home, working online, playing, listening to music, watching comedy, staying warm, and enjoying being together.

We made the decision to totally self isolate pretty much at the beginning of the pandemic. We only go to our farms and to the beaches where there are no people. We are no longer grocery shopping. We are purchasing all of our dry goods online and we are growing more fresh food at our farms than we can even use. We are currently using a quarter acre farm close to our house which belongs to our friends. We are also growing most of our herbs on the quarter acre of land where our house is located, and during the last couple of years, we put in over 200 fruits trees including about 40 different varieties in our yard and bordering our property.