the Kolbo quarterly

2008-12-30T10:39:00.001-08:00

Christmas and Cousins

2008-12-30T10:21:00.001-08:00

One of my girls favorite things in the whole world is their cousins! This Christmas we got to see a bunch of them. We spent a few days in Issaquah with the Hamels and Grandma and Grandpa Kolbo. Then we went to Lincoln City and got to spend time with all of the Krueger cousins (17 of them). We decided to forego the gifts and focus on making great memories instead. Surprisingly enough, the girls said this was "the best Christmas ever".

this winter is wild!

2008-12-18T15:44:00.000-08:00

What a crazy week. I finished up practicum late last week. Last Friday I had a rehearsal for convocation and a wedding rehearsal in the same day. My sisters and their families and my brother were at my house for the festivities over the weekend. we managed to fit 11 extra people in our house! My cousin Mandy's wedding was on Saturday. That's when it started snowing and getting really cold and windy. Sunday we had the rest of the family here for brunch, then my ceremony was in the evening. Still well below freezing weather. Tuesday night was our sr. class party at the Glover Mansion. Scott danced with me! Today, school was cancelled and we have about 2 feet of snow! Scott has been out twice to shovel today. Eden has been making tunnels all over the yard. Amy has her fiend Ellie over and they are playing dress-up in her nice warm bedroom. We spent the morning baking and drinking lots of coffee! Check out the pics of our wild and crazy week. Tomorrow Scott and I will celebrate or 15th anniversary.

Piano Recital

2008-12-09T09:26:00.000-08:00

The girls had their Christmas piano recital last night. Scott took them because I had to work. They are in their fancy dresses that they will also be wearing to the wedding this weekend. We figured they don't wear dresses very often so we might as well get a few uses out of them. They look a little stoic and nervous, don't they? Eden played Silent Night and Amy played We Wish You a Merry Christmas. Eden is happy that she gets to quit piano and move on to art lessons instead. Amy still wants to keep plugging (or plinking) away. She is doing really well, especially when you consider the fact that last year she was way too shy to perform in the recital. She also talks about doing voice lessons someday. Auntie Lisa, I wish you lived closer.

Little Monkeys

2008-11-09T10:08:00.001-08:00

Scott had an art show in Seattle this last week and he took the girls with him to visit their cousins, Caius and Gilly. Here are some pictures of their trip to the Woodland Park Zoo.

Our Girl is 10!

2008-10-05T13:54:00.000-07:00

Eden turned 10 year old this week. We had Grandma and Grandpa Krueger over on the weekend and Grandma and Grandpa Kolbo on Monday and Tuesday. What fun! Eden is such a unique, beautiful, creative girl and it's so much fun to watch her grow and mature.

First Day of School

2008-09-03T18:28:00.000-07:00

Great tunes

2008-08-27T15:43:00.000-07:00

I forgot to mention a significant highlight of the summer for us. Music! It has definitely been a season of good tunes. In May, Scott and I went to the Sasquatch Festival at the Gorge (outdoor amphitheater) and spent 2 whole days listening to lots of great bands: the Maldives, The Flaming Lips, Death Cab, the Cure (one of my faves from back in the day), Rodrigo y Gabrielle, Built to Spill (Scott's fave) The White Rabbits, Scott really liked this band but I was bugged by their loudness that interfered with the Flight of the Concords. Jamie Lydell was super funky and made me want to boogie, so I did. And the Blue Scholars provided some intelligent hip-hop- yes there is such a thing! I really dug 'em. Yo.
When we were in NY this summer we spent some time in the lower east side and saw some really great shows that I cant remember the names of. BUT, they had LOT of instrumentation and I was surprised to find that I really enjoy the accordion and banjo and mandolin and piano and trumpet,if they're played in such a way that's not too oakie-ish.
In July, we heard Bill Malonee from the Vigilantes of Love. Good show, kinda slow, but in a small venue that can be kind of nice. He's really an amazing song writer and he's even a Christian. If you haven't heard him or VOL you should really look them up.
Lastly, I got to see Fleet Foxes and Wilco here in Spo-town. Can you believe it? A town that mostly gets bands like Lynard Skynard and Pantera actually brought out something for the rest of us "not butt-rocker" types. And yes we do exist in Spokane. Wilco was a super gig.

Here's something sweet for you all:

we finally made it . . .

2008-07-30T17:45:00.000-07:00

to the blogosphere! But as you will notice our title includes the word "quarterly" which means that you will probably only see new additions to our site a few (or four) times a year. But it's better than nothing, right friends?

So, here are a few of our summer highlights (pictures included):
Amy turned 6 in May and Scott built her a playhouse in the backyard. A work of art indeed!
In June, Scott and I got to go to New York for a belated anniversary.
In July, we did our 5th annual camping trip with 5 other families (15 kids under the age of 9) at Priest Lake. A few weeks later, we stayed in a Yurt for the first time at Winchester Lake with our friends the Churchills (from our Boise years). We visited a wolf preserve and saw real live wolves -and one dead one. . . see picture.
The rest of our summer has been spent working on the house, swimming at our neighborhood pool, and playing with friends. Grandma and Grandpa Krueger and Ed and Linda rode their motorcycles over one weekend and we earned some street cred in the 'hood from our neighbors for having 'Biker" relatives.
August will fly by, I'm sure. I start back at WSU for my last semester of school on the 25th. Scott will be going up to BC for 2 weeks of art-making with a bunch of people from CIVA. The girls have one more month of fun, family, friends and freedom before school starts in Sept.

Painting the playhouse

New York. Rebuilding ground zero

Empire State Building

Scott at the MOMA

Hiking @ 7-mile

Seattle - Eden Beachcomber

Seattle - Amy and Caius

Priest Lake - Our beloved camping group

Priest Lake

Amy in goggles

Winchester - am I canoing in a skirt?

Winchester - Eden ready to canoe

Winchester - I like goggles

Winchester - Not our dog

Our dog Polly