Weekly Journal Archive

Weekly Journal Archive
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Our weekly family journals are intended as living history. So, we have resisted archiving them in any way other than printing them out and putting them into a three-ring binder for our own amusement. Besides which, we don’t want our family journals to be archived publicly.

But, a few journal entries are significant, and we wanted to make them available, if only so we can vicariously revisit various times in our lives.

December 24-27, 2010: Christmas aboard ship, coming home

December 23, 2010: Mazatlan, Malpica, Concordia, and Copala

December 21-22, 2010: Cabo San Lucas and La Paz

December 19-20, 2010: Boarding the Carnival Spirit, first day at sea

August 20, 2010: Sand Pond
June 25, 2010: Leo Carrillo State Beach
December 31, 2009: year in review
2009 in photos
September 4, 2009: Auf Wiedersehen to Kevin
August 28, 2009: Kevin’s last week of class
August 24, 2009: Go-Cart! And, Balboa Park and the Midway Museum with Kevin
August 12, 2009: Sand Pond
June 15, 2009: Camp Balboa with Pack 951
December 31, 2008: year in review
2008 in photos
November 10, 2008: Roy, Leo, and John at Indian Hills Camp and Ondine’s kitchen project
June 16, 2008: Roy at Camp Balboa and Leo’s Kindergarten promotion
February 29, 2008: includes a look back at previous Leap Days
December 31, 2007: year in review
2007 in photos
October 22-26, 2007: the 2007 San Diego fires. Unlike in 2003, we were not evacuated.
August 4-12, 2007: our summer camping trip to Sand Pond included visits to Gold Lake and the Kentucky Mine.
Hawaii photo album and video clips from our 3-generation, 1-week stay in a gorgeous house on the North Shore of Hawaii.

July 9, 2007: Last day, return home.
July 6, 2007: Volcanoes, Waimea Bay Beach, Haleiwa.
July 2, 2007: Arrival to Monday.

January 1, 2007: year in review
2006 in photos
December 20-21, 2006: Two parents, two kids, two days at Disneyland
August 5-13, 2006: our summer camping trip to Sand Pond included a visit to Snag Lake
December 31, 2005: year-in-review
2005 in photos
December 31, 2004: year-in-review
2004 in photos
Muelheim photo album and video clips from our six-week stay in Germany.

September 13, 2004: Wasser-spielplatz, goodbye matsch, return to San Diego.
September 7, 2004: Landschaftspark at night, Gasometer, Koelner Dom.
September 3, 2004: Irrland, Witthausbusch, pommes frites, Landschaftspark.
August 30, 2004: Stadtmitte fountain, John gets on a TV show.
August 27, 2004: A visit with relatives in Kettwig
August 24, 2004: Barbara and Bill arrive, Broicher Ritterspiele, Oberhausen
August 20, 2004: Koeln, picking up Barbara und Bill
August 16, 2004: Freilichtsmuseum und Fussball.
August 11, 2004: a road trip to Ladenburg, Heidelberg, and Frankfurt.
August 6, 2004: getting settled.
August 2, 2004: John turns older.
July 30, 2004: arrival.

December 31, 2003: year-in-review
October 26-November 2, 2003: a day-by-day account of the San Diego fires
August 11, 2003: our summer camping trip to Sand Pond
December 31, 2002: year-in-review
July 20, 2002: Leo's birth
December 31, 2001: year-in-review
December 31, 2000: year-in-review
NEW! Want to look even further back? Check out historical Kuraoka family photos!

Archive of family portraits from the top of our weekly journal pages. From early 1998 to January 21, 2002, our weekly journal was hosted on a free web host that didn't permit picture uploading; we moved it to our own server to eliminate the pop-ups, and at the same time uploaded our portraits (such as they are). You can see we’ve made some attempt to keep them current.
December 31 2021 to present (photo taken 12/25/2021)
August 25 2020 to December 31 2021 (photo taken 08/22/2020)
May 12 2020 to August 22 2020 (photo taken 05/10/2020)
January 20 2020 to May 12 2020 (photo taken 01/19/2020)
Schultüten: Watch Roy and Leo grow up, through annual back-to-school photos.
November 26 2018 to January 20 2020 (photo taken 11/24/17)
December 5 2017 to November 26 2018 (photo taken 11/19/17)
Not sure when this was
August 28, 2017 to December 5, 2017 (photo taken 08/05/17)
May 9, 2016 to August 28, 2017
June 7, 2015 to May 9, 2016
June 17, 2014 to June 7, 2015 (photo taken 06-16-14)
August 19, 2013 to June 17 2014 (photo taken 08-08-13)
April 5, 2013 to August 19, 2013 (photo taken 03-31-13)
November 16, 2012 to April 5, 2013 (photo taken 11-16-12)
April 30, 2012 to November 16 2012 (photo taken 04-29-12)
August 21, 2011 to April 30 2012 (photo taken 08-14-11 in the Redwoods)
June 14, 2011 to August 21, 2011 (photo taken 06-13-11)
August 20, 2010 to June 14, 2011 (photo taken 08-11-10 at the Mountain Creek Restaurant in Sierra City)
July 2, 2010 to August 20, 2010 (photo taken 06-28-10 on a Hornblower "adventure cruise" in The Big Bay)
May 2, 2010 to July 2, 2010 (photo taken 05-02-10 in the House of Sweden, Balboa Park)
January 1, 2010 to May 2, 2010 (photo taken 12-26-09 at Grammy’s)
December 18, 2009 to December 31, 2009 (holiday card photo)
August 16, 2009 to December 18, 2009 (back from camping)
August 15, 2009 to August 16, 2009 (just a quick edit)
March 9, 2009 to August 15, 2009
January 2, 2009 to March 9, 2009 (holiday card photo outtake)
December 19, 2008 to January 2, 2009 (holiday card photo)
March 10, 2008 to December 19, 2008
January 1, 2008 to March 9, 2008
August 14, 2007 to January 1, 2008 (Sand Pond)
July 3, 2007 to August 14, 2007 (At Volcano House, Hawaii)
January 15, 2007 to July 3, 2007 (by Leo)
December 8, 2006 to January 15, 2007 (holiday card photo)
November 3, 2006 to December 8, 2006 (drawn by Leo)
October 16, 2006 to November 3, 2006 (stamped by Leo)
August 16, 2006 to October 16, 2006 (a Sand Pond special)
July 7, 2006 to August 16 2006 (Buddy joins the family)
April 9, 2006 to July 7 2006 (a Sedona special)
January 1, 2006 to April 9, 2006 (by Roy)
December 5, 2005 to January 1, 2006 (holiday card photo)
January 1, 2005 to December 5, 2005
December 10, 2004 to January 1, 2005 (holiday photo)
September 5, 2004 (a Gasometer special featuring us with Peter, Klaus und Marlies)
September 2, 2004 (a Landschaftspark special)
August 26, 2004 (a Muelheim special)
August 12, 2004 (a Hagen special)
August 8, 2004 (a Heidelberg special)
July 23, 2004 to December 10, 2004
January 8, 2004 to January 16, 2004 (a San Diego snow special)
January 1, 2004 to July 23, 2004
December 15, 2003 to January 1, 2004 (holiday card photo)
August 22, 2003 to December 15, 2003
January 1, 2003 to August 22, 2003
December 19, 2002 to January 1, 2003 (holiday card photo)
August 19, 2002 to August 26, 2002 (a car trip special)
July 21, 2002 to December 19, 2002
January 21, 2002 to July 21, 2002

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