Nathan at Fort Worden

Daddy and Nathan spent the weekend at Fort Worden, not far from Port Angeles in Western Washington.

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Martha's Concert

Click here to see Martha sing "Go Tell it on the Mountain" with her buddies at preschool.

Leah's Dance Recital

Leah has been taking dance lessons for over a year, and last weekend she was able to show off in a performance before a large audience at the annual Definitive Dance recital.

(click on each photo to see a video clip of her performance).
Here she is doing hip-hop dancing. 

Chess is Cool

Chess instructor Elliott Neff, second from right, checks out the board as Nathan Sprague, right, decides his next move in a tournament game against Christopher Dierkes on the last day of Chess4Life camp April 13.

[From a longer article in the Bellevue Reporter, Apr 26-May 9, 2006] 

Back from Disneyland

We're back from three days in Disneyland.

Richard's sister Connie joined us. A good idea, since it ensured that the adults were not outnumbered by kids. 

Manhattan Beach

These kids really love the ocean.

 

Happy Birthday Martha

Watch Martha blow out birthday candles in this 2-minute video clip of the festivities on fourth birthday. 

Lucky Leah

Look who found a four-leaf clover! And not just one, but two!

 

Happy Easter

The weather cooperated long enough to let the kids go searching for Easter eggs in our back yard.

Watch this 4-min video to see all the fun.

(this video is about 65MB in size, so if your computer has under 500MB of RAM, you may want to right-click and save-as to your hard drive before playing)
 

Easter

Blood donations

Chess camp

Biking through the tulip fields

We spent the weekend in Skagit County, where the tulips are just starting to bloom. The trip highlight was Saturday morning when we participated in the annual "Tulip Pedal" bicycle ride, a 20-mile course through fields of flowers.

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Finished tulip pedal

We made it to the end of the 20 mile bike ride.

Skagit county weekend

Here's where we're staying.

No dogs off leash!

Watch Leah and her mother speak out at last week's City Council meeting.

click here or on the photo at left. 

Leah's field trip

Getting ready to go. That's "Duke", the driver.

Ikebana at the library

Nathan's Chess Victory

Nathan proudly holds the trophy he won for placing 8th at the Mercer Island Chess Tournament. Of five rounds, one was a win, two were losses, and two were draws. But all except one of his opponents were first graders with more than a year experience in the chess club. His final score was enough to qualify him for the state tournament in April.

Click the photo to see a video summary of the event.

Nathan's chess tournament