the Kolbo quarterly

Sunday, November 9, 2008

Little Monkeys

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.

Sunday, October 5, 2008

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.

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

First Day of School

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Great tunes

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:

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

we finally made it . . .

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