The Talandis Family in Japan

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June 10th, 2008 TFiJ17: Tree Planting Day

For our next family video clip, this time we focus on our house, especially with our recent landscaping efforts. This spring Shinobu’s dad (a champion bonsai grower), has been helping us plant new shrubbery. We’ve been working hard each weekend on various little things, and the place is really beginning to shape up!

During the beginning of May we were browsing around a local garden store and happened on a great deal- a huge (4m) Japanese Maple tree for only about $400. We took one look and just knew, “that tree belongs in our front yard!” We hurried up and bought it before we could change our minds, and a few days later, on May 9th, the tree was delivered to our home and planted. I didn’t have to work that morning and captured the entire event on video. I hope you enjoy this little clip. It’s kind of cool to watch the guy plant the tree.

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September 23rd, 2007 TFiJ06: Max practices sitting & walking

We have another 3-day weekend here in Japan, so I’m trying to get caught up with some video editing. Here’s another video podcast for you: a simple 4 minute clip of Max learning to sit and walk. She’s now six and a half months old, and her neck is getting strong enough where she can (almost) sit on her own. Shinobu also dusted off Luke’s old baby walker, so we gave Max a spin for the first time. She really seemed to have a good time! So did we. It’s fantastic watching her grow day to day.

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July 28th, 2007 TFiJ01: Our first video podcast!

Hey, everyone! For our first podcast episode, I thought I’d share a simple video clip of all of us hanging around the house during July 2007. This clip features our daughter Max at 18 weeks old, and her doting older brother Luke, who’s about to turn six. It’s nothing spectacular, just a little slice of life thing that hopefully gives you an idea of the deep joy we feel these days. I hope you like it!

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