Sometimes when things are blurry (as above) you see things different....life is not so bad as it seems through your eyes.
Tait Deemas, Aaron Sleadd and Alex playing before the Jr. speech club rejoined together....check it (Jr. Tournament) out at other family blogs....
Esther Anderson, Cassie...duo partners...cousins and close friends.
The boys...Jonathan, William, Levi and Jared...all cousins and buddies too.
Murren, Abigail and Mailee....oh cousins as well! Friends as well.
William with his expository board on signs.
I think he had too much fu...HA
He did an awesome job....he tied with his cousin (Mercy) and there had to be a tie breaker. Pretty exciting!
All cousins....pretty funny! Notice all the pretty dresses...one guess....YEP Grandma Dot went shopping for the tournament! :)
These young men put the "man" in Workman! Thanks Pastor 'Uncle' Kenny for teaching these guys how to study the Bible these past few weeks. BTW there are girls in the Workman calss but they were not ready for the picture shot...hair, nails, clothes ect. HA All the kids are learning a lot and are very excited about this opportunity. They are watching Mark Keiler videos. 
Will, Cassie, Esther, Mailee and Murren....outside the church...CCC.
Just a sweet picture of Jeb. Notice the cute way his smile curves down...just like his awesome daddy!! (By the way and his Aunt Heather and many of the Troy Anderson Family kids mouths do the same thing...funny huh)
Jeb is growing up fast...as I seem to say every time I post! He is already crawling at 6 months. Ahhh! We all love him very much. We enjoy his smiles, and love the way he LOVES music! That is a great Goldman trait!
Anna took him out this morning and took these pictures, they are sweet. Enjoy
We have some fairly new but very dear friends, The Goodrich Family. They invited us to be a part of their "Team Chloe" fundraiser for their daughter Chloe. Chloe's an adorable 10 year old girl who is undergoing treatment for cancer. We were blessed to be asked to play at her school fundraiser and see all the love shown through the money that was raised. Kevin, was so sweet to make this video clip and make this little video. For me it's fun to see what is happening on video....I don't really see during the performance. I am totally blown away by Alex and his ability! All the kids are amazing, true...but :)! Enjoy, and thanks Kevin!
Remember to tell those you love, that you love them!!
Life is short - love, serve, rejoice, give and seek the Father!
Mom and Dad (Grandma Dot and Grandpa Ken) took us Goldman's to the Jazz Jubilee here in Medford yesterday. It was awesome! Though it was a bit different than our bluegrass genre, it was great! As always they spoiled us completely. Food, gifts and a ton of love!!! We were glad to have (nephew and cousin) David with us as well. He is an excellent piano player. I think we were all inspired. Much can be done with music. May all our family use music for FOR HIS GLORY!!! I wish I had some pics but, well I don't as of right now :)
He's handsome, sweet, cuddly, funny, cute and now he is 5 months old. We all truly LOVE having Jebediah as the smallest addition to the Goldman Family! He is sitting up on his own (for a few seconds) standing up on the crib (for a few), laughs, and in the great Goldman tradition he spits up very consistently! HA Praise God for babies!
Kaila and Anna made this very pretty and very YUMMY cake....thanks girls!
Parting is such sweet sorrow~ Saying goodbye to Uncle John and Aunt Ginger.....we miss them already.
Destiny, Anna and Grandpa Ken......they love him so much (we all do) He's the BEST!!!!
Aunt Ginger and Anna saying goodbye for now. Anna wont' grow anymore for Aunt Ginger's sake!! Love you both, drive safely home to Arizona and give our love to all the family there.
Alex still improves everyday on the fiddle....we are SOOOOOOOO blessed and proud of him! Plus this picture is really cool!
Friends from Grants Pass and Family from Washington play basketball with this big crazy family...."A.G.K."....it was great! (A.G.K. stands for Anderson, Goldman and Kruse...or America's Growing Kingdom)
Well, we have been playing at Nursing homes, Festivals and at the Eagle Point Library....our busy summer singing schedule is done! Although we have a few thing on the list up and coming. Great news our CD is close to being done too! Steve (daddy) has been working really hard!
Grandpa Ken serves up a beauty! He is awesome! Playing volleyball with all the cousins and the "Great" Clouds was the best! We have been loving having Aunt Ginger and Uncle John visit from Arizona for the past week or so!
Jeb thinks he old enough to sit up on his own....at 4 months old!! ahhhh! Thanks to Emma who encouraged him at school (co-op school) he is doing it for a little while.
Daddy and Jebediah in their fancy clothes!!!! Oh yes, check out the bow ties and the red roses!!! Best of all please check out the smiles!!! My men are soooo CUTE!
OK, Jebediah really is sitting alone~amazing! But best of all he is in the Lighting Queen jammie outfit!!! William was so glad! Check Will's blog if you doubt he really likes McQueen :) ! 
We are soooo excited that Uncle John and Aunt Ginger have come to visit us all the way from Arizona! The kids (mine as well as the cousins) love these two so very much. I know we will all be having a wonderful time with them these next several days.....we always do!
I am humbled, God has blessed us with such an amazing family, I love our family!! :)
Surely there will be posts soon of things we are all doing together with these two loved ones by many of the kids. Stay tuned! Well, unless we are too busy!!! HA
Anyway, I was thinking.....may God bless all the tight, close families out there. Although if you come from a family not so close, no worries ok, God can start, renew, restore or start a fresh! He is a great God and all things are possible. Just now love your family, the family. He has you born into a specific family for a reason...and you can make a difference...Good or Bad!
Kaila preparing the herd!!! 
Destiny was a beautiful star....they all did all did amazing!!!
Liisa doing makeup on Levi...make daddy proud extra blush and lipstick for that boy! :)
Josh, Karissa, Emma, Kaila and Destiny (I was so happy Kaila was in the play...after all she wrote the whole thing!)
Getting ready...HAIR is very important and hairspray even more!!! When I walked into that bathroom the fumes were sooo strong. One spark and they would all have been blackened!!!
Cassie Marie before the play.....nervous...nope?
Mommy and Jeb....hard to see but he has the frills on his shirt that all the boys have! Someone asked before the play "how old is she!!!" AHHHH!!! Granny and the girls did a ton of sewing for this event!
Emma, Josh, Destiny and Creighton.
Behind the scenes, (well so to say) Steve, Carla and Dylan doing sound and lights.
The Minuet dance of Cassie, Mercy and Esther
After the play.....Katrina and Mailee Lynn
Just a picture...none of these are in order....so sad!
Alex and Collin playing
Collin....the perfect fit, his old fashioned outfit and the mandolin. It was a great tune him and Alex played together!
Pastor Kenny....giving his Awesome mini sermon before the play!!
My two big boys arguing...ahhhhh
The fight scene....Travis said he wished there was more...but one death is enough.
This was very neat....Tait and Alex....impromptu music it was awesome!
Tessa, David, Anna and Alex...the table scene...or something like that. :)
Alex....doing his "easy part" for the play
The song America the Beautiful
Drummers for the opening song....Jonathan, Levi, Jared and William
This is a great inspiration for my kids!! These two were so good! And cute as can be!!
Mailee, Murren and Savannah
Seth, Levi and Will
My litttle Goldman Family bunch
Mailee, Savannah, Cassie, Breannah and Murren
Levi, Alex, David, Kaleb, Kolten, Devin, Collin, Jared and Seth
Alex, David, Kaleb, Devin and Collin
Meghann and Anna
We are so happy to have Savannah on her birthday today here in Oregon!!! 8 yrs. old. Yippeee! What a sweet niece and fun cousin to my kids. I like to think of her and the twins as triplets when they are together. Savannah is so smart, she likes to talk and have conversations....deep ones, she must take after someone in her family?...hmmmm! HA She seems to try very hard, and do her best in whatever she does, which is great.
We love her very much and pray God's blessings on her this next year of her life! May the Lord bless you Savannah on your birthday today!!! We Goldman's Love ya
Quick update on a free event we are playing at! The Friday Night Festival Music in the Park in Central Point. 6:30p.m.-8:30p.m. The park is behind the Post Office. If you can please come! Unless you are planning on going to the Mannatech Regional at Table Rock Fellowship...do that instead!
Well better go practice :)
P.S. Alex has been sick for a few days (and he never hardly gets sick) anyway, he has a very sore throat and that is not good because he sings many of the songs we play and will be playing tomorrow night. Please pray for him....Thanks
Tomorrow will be a pretty busy day. 10:00 a.m. we play at the Lake Selmac Bluegrass Festival, then we'll jam a little, join the band scrambles, and say howdy to old friends. After that we will drive an hour or so away to the Thunder Ridge Ranch where Alex plays with the Emy Phelps Band. It will be fun, a bit hot (our AC does not work in the van this summer....yucky) but we'll keep splashing water on our faces and dream of winter days! We are so bummed we will miss the premier of "Come What May" with the family BooHOO. We did see the movie already and Loved it! What great talent, and for God's glory awesome!
Well, guess I should go practice that bass, so I can hit the right notes tomorrow!! HA
Oh how do you like Jeb and his little guitar?!? Alex won that at the last band scramble he was in but he shares it sometimes with Jeb. Funny
Ellie and Karissa did a great job holding up the sign!! WOW Cute too!
So why are Karissa and Ellie walking and these tough guys who do karate sitting and taking it easy on the float????? HA
Esther was running back and forth passing out papers and candy, I think, she was cute as can be also.
After the parade we headed over to Ashland to hear Alex play with the band Emy Phelps. He did an awesome job, it was wonderful.
After Emy Phelps was the High Lonesome Band...they are great! They asked Alex to come up and join them on a song, that was fun for him!! Back to Bluegrass!!!
Our Wonderful supportive family came to see Alex. What a blessing to have all the that love in the audience.
After the music Liisa took some of the kids to the creek behind the stage. It was hot so the kids loved that!
Everyone LOVES Mason!
Jamming with friends, Dewgrass, Molly Adkins, Martin Stevens, Goldmans and more. It was so wonderful to see and hear Anna jamming with the banjo! She is getting sooooo good!! She sure loves to play, but she wants to learn more songs. I was proud of her.
More jamming late into the night...Playing with Green Mountain mandolin player Tyler
Jake, Collin and Alex
Band Scramble group....Mo (stands for mandolin orchestra) They won 1st place!!!
Counting the money they made, it was $107.00 WOW!!
Jamming more...oh my we love to jam!! All ages and all hours of the day at a bluegrass festival.
Jeb's 15 yr. old cousin, Karissa made Jebediah this BEAUTIFUL quilt! She made up the pattern and hand sewed it herself! WOW! This is homeschooling talent 101~~~~Totally. It is so funny because a few days before Jeb was born I dreamed that he had a quilt that was musical and confederate. Steve's mom did a qulit for him that was red white and blue! Oh I love my family!!! Thanks Karissa.... Jeb and I love the quilt!!!!! You are AMAZING. Thanks to your MuMu (Grandma) who showed you by example how to sew so beautiful. 
We went and saw Great Grandpa Bob, I grew up calling him "Big Grandpa" but Steve could not remember if he was big or little so he has taught the kids it's Grandpa Bob to keep it easy for him. Grandpa is 92 years old and still doing pretty good. The kids don't know him the way I knew him but they still like to go see him. Age is a strange thing, "getting older is no fun, but it's better than the alternative" which is a quote this Grandpa likes to say! He's funny. This was the first time he met Jeb, it was sweet.
Murren, Mailee, Jeb and Grandpa Bob
Mommy, Jeb and Grandpa Bob
Jebediah and his Great Grandpa Bob Cox
Anna and Grandpa Bob
Cassie Marie (Marie named after his wife, Marie Cox) and Grandpa Bob
Mailee, Grandpa Bob and Murren
Oh yes, everyone LOVES Grandma and Grandpa! The greatest grandparents these kids could ever wish for!!! Love, support, encouragement, joy, comfort and well, 1,000,000,000 other great qualities are all bound up in my mom and dad!!!! oh it's......David, Mom, Grandpa, Collin, and Alex in the picture.
We were blessed to have my big brother Troy down here for a few days and he met Jeb for the first time! That was great! Troy said he looks like the rest of the Goldman's and he's a keeper, we agree! HA We are excited to find out what Troy and Heather are going to have in November # 7 boy or girl for them. Hey, that means we should have to come up to Washington to visit them huh!! Oh yeah!! They have the Organic wine vineyard near them...I am coming! Well, not to mention terrific and awesome kids!!!
Big sister Murren Loves Jeb. And she is a cutie herself with those missing teeth of hers!
On our way to the Green Show!
Jeb's ready to go!!
Watching the Green Show...dancing and great music, Anna and Cassie looking cute!
Renaissance dancing and music, it was great! The dancers reminded me of Karissa and Destiny!
Alex, Collin and David, after the show. Cool Guys!!
All of the group, it was fun to have these kids, they are great!
This is the main reason we went tonight, :) we wanted to see Anna's old Penny whistle teacher Pat O'Scannell. It was fun to watch, hear and see her again! She's a great teacher and musician!
Jeb
Anna and Jeb
Cassie, Anna and Jeb
Jeb and Collin
It's My Sunset!!!! Oh I got you Kenny! Happy birthday brother (a day late). Kenny your such an awesome brother, Uncle and friend! You are of course the greatest preacher ever. You have been so great to Alex in teaching him and all the Omnibus kids! What an example you are to me in so many ways. You are always so happy, funny, giving, and yep all around great! I love you hope you had a wonderful birthday!!!! You deserved the best! Maybe sometime we can go bike riding again and I can ride on your pegs....oh those were the days. You always were so good to me, an awesome big brother! Happy belated birthday~~ I love you!!!!
Kenny and his wonderful family ....they all love him too!!! Awww so sweet aren't they!!! :) Notice Katrina, what a smile!!!
We are so blessed to have William John in our family, and we want to wish him a happy 5th birthday! We love you Tuggers! You are the funniest guy around! We are proud of you...your reading, and your bike riding, your love for your Jesus and the way you take care of your new little brother Jebediah! You are so wonderful!!! Love you buddy! 
Will loves his little brother Jeb!
Kaila is one of the neatest girls I know. What a heart, what a love for Christ and what a yearning she has to follow after purity! She is always amazing me with her knowledge and yet her humbleness too. I am so blessed that my kids have her as their cousin, she sets a great example for all the 30 grandkids! Wow, now she has a drivers license and is ready to hit the road....not! (at least not too far from home). I know she wants to bless her family and follow the wishes of her daddy in the years to come! She plays guitar wonderfully, and in our family that is a major smart thing and a total plus in life! HA She is wonderful all the way around!!!
Jeb was happy to see his cousin Esther, he thinks she is as great as I do. She helped me get him dressed and held him almost the whole time she was here. Well, she had to let Liisa hold him a minute...what a sweetie. He liked seeing all the other Anderson's too. Liisa brought over a delicious dinner.... meatballs and they were great! She sure knows how to cook! Of course Anna did her wonderful part and got them all ready for me! What wonderful people to have around. :)
Jebediah's doing great and life has never been better!!
Grandpa Ken and Anna, a little while after Jeb was born.
Anna, she caught Jeb, she wants to be a midwife and I am sure she will do awesome as one!
Cassie holding Jeb, she did great in helping out at the birth and after. 
Daddy and his confederate soilder Jebediah Victor! Jeb was named after 'Jeb Stuart' in the Confederate army. Victor is of course after three amazing men I know and love! Grandpa Taco/Grandpa Great, Uncle Kenny, and OK Cousin Kolten at least he thinks that :)
Mailee and Murren, loving on little brother!
Karissa my photographer for the birth, so glad she took the pictures.
Oldest Cousin Kaila holds youngest Jeb (well youngest born cousin)
David and Jeb...Anna watching to make sure he does good, and yep he was like a pro!
Destiny and JebMy oldest and my youngest share the same birthday! April 27th...........that's 7 in our household of 10 people to be born on the 27th day of a month. Pretty funny.
Jebediah Victor was born on Alex's 15th birthday. God is so fun sometimes, Jeb was born at 12:00 a.m. just perfect to make his oldest brothers birthday. I think he will want to be like his big brother in many ways. At least I pray that he will. Alex is a blessing in so many ways. He is so kind and gentle to his little brothers and sisters. He is so patient when he teaches them fiddle, or plays with them. He is so willing to go outside and push Will on the swing or create some fun, new thing for the kids to do. God has been working huge in his life too. His love and knowledge of Jesus Christ is growing each day. Many times I am asking him what things mean or some big word. I know the Omnibus class that his Uncle Kenny is teaching has been life changing for him. We are so excited to see what God is doing and will do in Alex the older he gets. He is of course still getting better and better at his love, the fiddle! What a gift of music he has, and that I know he wants to use to glorify God Almighty.
Alex 15yrs. old
Jeb 1 day old.
What a blessing to have a mother-in-law make our girls such beautiful dresses. The girls were very pleased with them. Granny is amazing at sewing and we are all the happy recipients of her talents!!
The line up.....getting ready to go fast......
Jonathan, happy as can be.
William....he really got into the racing and was determined not to let anyone pass him...it was pretty funny.
Levi and Mailee
Jared, Jonathan, Abigail, Drew, Murren, Will and Mailee
Will and Levi
Time for Levi's presents!
Bumper boats........Kaila and Will, Ellie and Kolten
Karissa and Murren
Cassie
The birthday boy!!! The greatest husband, father, friend and 4o year old in the World!!! It was not easy trying to pull off a surprise with this guy, but we did pretty good! It was soooo much fun! Everyone was awesome to come, thanks for making it special. We had some entertainment by the audience (karaoke) , yummy food (thanks to mom, Liisa and her girls), great fellowship and yep Steve got some great gifts! Steve felt very loved thanks so much.
One of Steve's favorite fun things is Karaoke...so Kenny set it up for the party! And along with that Kenny has some AGE appropriate jokes ready to fire off! What a surprise! He never stops!
Steve sang wonderful of course, it did not matter that he turned 40 years, old he can still make me smile big and proud when he sings....ahhhhh I love him! (This is Tami typing ya know!) :)
Aaron and Alexa Sleadd did great, must have learned some tricks on singing from their daddy!!
Twins Mailee and Murren had fun at the karaoke too!
The girls sang together....I guess less stress with more friends singing along :) Emma, Tessa, Mercy Anna, and Ellie.
Mr. Sleadd was a true hit! Wow what a great voice! I think he has had a little practice singing...it was great fun!
Of course when they are together and their is an instrument or two these friends love playing music! Dylan, Tait and Alex.
Wonderful friends Dan and Sheryl, we met them at the Growers Market a couple years ago. We love them like family!
Steve and little sister Jackie with her sweetie Helen
Sisters with baby on the way! Jackie, Kelli (both Steve's sisters) and Tami (his wifie). What a blessing God gives in the gift of life and babies, but how great it will be to be done and holding the little one in our arms!! Jackie 8 weeks #2, Kellie 35 weeks #2 and Tami 37 weeks pregnant #8.
Goldman's (except for Alex) and cousin Helen
Day after the 40th birthday party Daddy still makes an AMAZING breakfast! And this time he was looking really fancy in his new Over the Hill hat! And apron made by Anna.
Here was a project the kids did. It's so great, I give them the book say do this experiment and boom they do! Smarty pants! We were studying rocks and Rome (don't they go together? ) Well it was a great unit study! We still are needing to have the Rome party, keep posted to see some pictures of that! :)
Collin reads the book and tell what is to be done! What a man!
Cassie does the pouring of the Epsom salt!
Anna will stir the ingredients!
As you can see in Cassie's face the smell was not that good! They did super....though the outcome a few days later was not as perfect as the book pictures, they still learned and had fun too.
Next we have another project! 
Anna and Cassie did some really great volcanos for school the other day. Since it was Granny's birthday we set them off in honor of her! The girls did great! I love to homeschool! OK most of the time!! HA The fun stuff is awesome!
And lastly on my thoughts is AMO! 
Today Amo (our cockatiel) has flown the coop and left the family. Really I sold her on craigslist. She chirped one to many times right in the middle of us recording our CD. She was a good bird....WELL, Steve hated her, and she really only liked me :) but it's quite around here tonight without her. Amo means 'love' in Latin, although there was little of that love in her....I know maybe she did not speak Latin! HA
Goodbye Amo. By the way this is Murren with Amo on her head. She did love to be on peoples heads should I tell you the ones she pooped on? Only a few. :)
What a great guy this Kolten is...."Everybody loves him, nobody hates him, guess he's really cool"!!! :) It's true-- he is fun, sweet, always willing to give a great hug, and funny as can be (reminds me of a mix between Kenny and Jason, really a bit more like Jason). Now that's gotta be a really cool person!
May the Lord bless you Kolten and continue to lead you down the straight and narrow way. Your sisters are lucky to have you around to keep them safe and happy. You are sooo awesome at playing your hammered dulcimer....I can't wait to see your new one that you are getting, how exciting! We had fun at your party tonight.
Kolten we all love you tons and are soooo glad you are our nephew/cousin! Happy Birthday
Do you all love the 'bright light antlers' above Kolten? HA I guess he had a bright idea.?!
Cassie Marie with her new birthday doll.
Don't they all look so pretty. Anna did not know she was to dress up...oops.
Yummy food and sweet tea manners. :)
Murren, Katrina and Mailee. Notice the chocolate on Katrina's face...sooo cute!
Esther, Cassie and Mercy - Cousins - Friends Forever
United with the Dewgrass again!!! Yeppee!! 
Cassie, Anna, and Kaiti. 
Kids jamming room.
Youth jam hiding in the hallways...they say the sound is better. It was hard to hear in the main areas because so many different jams happening. 
Yep, it was AWESOME!!! Tons of music, beautiful motels, fun time spent with Grandma Dot, little sleep, great concerts, watching the kids jam, seeing old friends, meeting new friends, and getting inspired to play more and get better!!! Thank God it all went fabulous! Thanks again Grandma Dot for taking us and spoiling us! :)
My little Cassie Marie is 10 years old today!! WOW!! She is such a sweet little thing, but is growing up really fast! Here she is in this picture with her new full size birthday fiddle purchased at Wintergrass from Grandma Dot and Grandpa Ken this last weekend. Boy was she happy to get that! We had an awesome time at Wintergrass with Grandma Dot, she spoiled us a whole lot! I will post more about that later.
Anyway, we are very proud of Cassie, and are blessed beyond words for our 4th child and 2nd born girl. She is so helpful around the house, she has a tender heart, she loves the Lord and wants so much to do good and please Him. She loves to draw, create artsy things and play with her sisters. She is doing so very awesome in school and is learning fast and well. She is always ready for fun, the joy that is in her is so overflowing. You really never have to guess how she is felling, she wears here feelings on her sleeve (so the saying goes). I love the life she has in her, it's fun, it's exciting and it blesses my socks off! I pray as she grows older she will continue to serve the Lord and follow Him with her whole heart. Happy Birthday Cassie....we Love you!!!
Here are all the cousins that played today! They all were awesome!! WINNERS!!! We were so proud of them.
Emma, Ellie, Jared, Devin, Collin, Murren, Kolten and David!!!!!! Great job you all!
Winners!!!! Kolten's trophy will have to be mailed he did get one (they just ran out).
Team chess club in that age group....won first place!!!
Devin and Collin tied for 1st place!!!!!
Collin....he won!!! Oh yeah...that's my boy!!!! :)
Ellie and Kolten. Can you tell Kolten is scared to death!!! HA! He won!
Ellie and Devin playing with the others.
Murren deep in thought! She did good! No trophy this time but did win some rounds, we are so proud of her anyway.
Everyone did tournament a great job today in the chess tournament! Most of them are qualified from todays wins to go to state! They are also qualified to go in a few weeks to a team chess tournament that their chess club won. They all had great attitudes and were sweet to the others.
On the way home I rented 'Searching for Bobby Fischer' It is a true story movie about a young amazing chess player. After that we all played nerts! It was a great evening. Really good because we got Steve and Alex to play nerts with us! What an awesome family I have!! I love each one of the kids and yep, all the cousins are super too! God is soooooooo great!!!!
The Goldman's say WHITE RABBIT to all you in blog land.....For those who have not been a part of the White rabbit day, please let me explain and welcome you to join us!! It's the 1st day of each month, you must be the first to say "white rabbit"! It's fun, our friends the Deems let us in on the fun day. So we are letting all you on it too!! (Alex claims all other days, "Black Bunny"! HA!)
Happy Birthday Abigail!!! You are 5 years old today, WOW. I pray you would continue to love Jesus with all your heart. It is so fun talking with you, and seeing you grow up. You are as sweet as you look and sometimes as funny as can be! Have a wonderful day today. We all love you so much!! Happy Birthday sweetie!
Before Awards were announced these young people led worship. Aaron, Tait, Dylan, Natalie and Alex. It was beautiful! Alex said this was the the Best time he had during the tournament....I am not surprised! :) The worship was always wonderful every morning and it really set the scene for the rest of the day.
The competing Cousins...well Devin was missing. Are they a good looking bunch or what?? YEP!
Collin and Anna. Collin won 3rd. in Expository and Anna won 3rd in Open Interpretation.
Anna said she wanted to place so bad, not for herself but for Grandma Dot. She said she spent so much money and she did not want to let her down...so sweet! For you Grandma Dot~!!!
All the cousins get so happy for each other! They all are so encouraging. Anna, Destiny and Karissa.
Anna and friend Tessa. Before the awards were announced....the butterflies were flying for sure!
It was a blessing to see all these young people do their different speeches and do so well. The community judges that came, (from all over town) were all blessed by the children too. Many of the judges said over and over they could not believe the kindness and support the kids showed to one another. There was prayer in the halls for one another before they would compete and there was much fun playing games when in between speeches. Kids from 7 years old to young adults 20 playing games together. It was a great tournament. I do believe Jesus was glorified and that is the whole point of life!!!! I hope to figure out how to post some of the videos of the speeches here soon, I'm having tech difficulties.
The handsome cousin, nephew and good friend Jared is 7 years old today!! Wow! He loves and is so good at chess. Jared is always happy, ready to play and have fun in life. He's so handsome too! He is doing so good on his speech, (thanks so much to Great Aunt Vickie). He loves his time of school with her. The funny picture is him was taken when he was doing his speech at the junior tournament...getting ready to spit out his water after brushing, it was great!
Well, happy birthday Jared the Goldman Family loves you very MUCH! God bless you this year. Can't wait for you party...hey what are you wanting anyway?
They all look pretty fancy! And they will all do great on there speeches I know! Live speeches to come.....
GOOD news!!!! Mailee is on the left in every picture.....so you know who is who :)
Well I said Mailee is on the left but that's if you are looking at the picture, she is the one on the right if you were the girls! How tricky must it be! HA
Grandpa Ken in the center of (most) of his Grand kids. We love him soooooo much!
Alex and Devin action moves! I like the leg in the air.
Grandpa, and the younger wrestlers. Abigail, Will and Levi watching.
Kolten and Collin....oh no, Collin's not in a good spot. :)
We had a wrestling birthday for Grandpa 62nd party last night. It was fun, but the boys woke up this morning a little sore! HA Grandpa knows a lot of moves and is really good still at his favorite sport. There are a few other pictures on my (Tami's blog). We had a great time.
Mailee, William and Murren all want to wish you a WONDERFUL 2008!
(Well, so do the rest of us Goldman's, but we could not all fit in the balloons. :)
May God bless this year for you all and more important may you bring Him glory in this year. 2008 is gonna be Great!!
We did not get the chance to call Great Uncle John and sing happy birthday ( because it was too late on his birthday to call, this morning he was at church, and this evening we were at church) so here you go Uncle John! We all love and miss you lots sorry it's late!!
Uncle John........
Strong and mighty! And always looks better when standing by other John's
Smart and Inventive! Can fly a plane while not even in it! And can fix it when the wind or cactus grabs the plane.
Awesome with the Kids! They all love him, and he spends wonderful time with them.
Loves his wife! But who couldn't love Aunt Ginger?
Has a Very serious side! But not for too long that would be boring!
Smiles with his Sweet side! Though we know behind that sweet face he may be plotting something....a trick....a joke....we never know!
Teaches the kids....though some have gotten too good and the thumbs seem to be no longer in his favor!
He works hard! Fixing up the house, plumbing, cars, honey do list and more...even in the hot Arizona heat! 
Knows when it's time to relax and spend time with man's best friend!!!! As well as take a snooze and rest an aching knee or two.
We just love the Guy!! Happy Birthday Great Uncle John!!
Ellie----One of the funniest, kindest, sweetest young ladies around!! We love you so much Ellie! I can't wait to celebrate your birth (on New Years) You are always so loving and cheerful. Have a wonderful day!
Twins---Murren and Mailee. 7 Years old and still lovin' each other.
All the girls. Anna, Cassie, Murren and Mailee.
Cassie Marie
Murren, Cassie and Mailee. Fancy new clothes from Grandma Dot.
We were on our way out to the last performance and I thought maybe we could get a more recent picture with the family. Well, this was it, looks just like the other one...oh dear! I think we need a person to pose us a little different way! :) They are cute anyway.
I have never seen William go that fast! What a nut huh. I think he didn't like Steve saying he really does not play...he showed us! :) We had fun, we have not performed for several months, so it was great to play again. Mom and dad came and watched...that is always wonderful!
Little Grandpa is not to well lately, but he can still throw out a joke or two. He has been such a wonderful Grandpa! He is now 91 years old. I know everyone that knows him knows he was always serving others and bringing us gas when my mom would ran out in Phoenix :)
God has been very merciful to him and he has never had any pains, up until this past few weeks. I pray that he would get to feeling better. Please keep him your prayers too.
“Would you like a kitten? I don't know. I know, we could trade!”
One Kitten for Kristy
By Adelaide Holl
Kristy was a girl who had too many kittens. Kristy did not think so but her mother and father did.
“You may keep just one kitten. You will have to give the rest of them away. We just can't have a house full of kittens.”
Kristy chose the roundest polka dot kitten for her own. She put the others in a basket and set it in her wagon. Then away she went Kristy with five kittens in her basket.
(Mrs. McGinty was sweeping her walk.)
“What beautiful kittens!”
“Would you like one? They are so sweet and cute!”
“Indeed I would but you see, I have some goldfish. A kitten might eat the goldfish.”
“Maybe we could trade my kitten for your goldfish.”
“OK Kristy here you go! Two goldfish in a bowl.”
“I will chose that beautiful kitten of snowball-white aw she is very pretty.”
Away went Kristy with FOUR kittens in her basket, and two goldfish in a bowl.
Kristy pulled her wagon quietly because she was coming up to Miss Murphy's house. Miss Murphy did not like squeaky wagons or noisy children.
“Hello, Miss Murphy. I have some nice quite kittens to give away. Would you like one?”
“Did you say quiet kittens? Let me see! Oh all the do is make a quiet purring sound. Wait!”
Miss Murphy went inside her house and came out with a parrot in a cage.
“This is Skipper. A sea captain sent him to me. He sings the Sailor's Hornpipe. Would you like to trade a nice quiet kitten for a nice noisy parrot?”
“Oh yes! I would love to trade a kitten for your parrot.
Miss Murphy how about this gray kitten?”
Away went Kristy down the street with THREE kittens in a basket, two goldfish in a bowl, and one green parrot in a cage.
“Kristy saw Mr. Wiggins. At his fruit stand.”
“Pesky mice! They keep nibbling my fruits and cheeses!”
“What you need is a kitten. Cat's love to eat mice!”
“I could use two kittens. These two midnight-black ones are perfect! Come Kristy come with me. Take your pick, we can trade.”
“Puppies! I will chose this one. The one with the floppiest ears and the droopiest tail.”
Away went Kristy with ONE kitten in her basket, two goldfish in a bowl, one green parrot in a cage, and a wriggly brown puppy in a box.
Kristy saw Mrs. Green chasing a shiny black rooster.
“Pesky rooster! I'm going to put you in the soup pot! Every morning he crows and wakes me up!”
“Oh please don't! Give him to me and I will trade you with this little kitten.”
“That is a fine idea. My little girl would love this striped kitten for her birthday tomorrow.”
She put the rooster in a crate for Kristy.
Away went Kristy with an empty basket, two goldfish in a bowl, one green parrot in a cage, a wriggly puppy in a box, and a shiny black rooster in a crate.
Kristy felt very happy and proud. When she got home she called,
“Mother! Father! I found a home for every single kitten. I traded too! Aren't you glad?”
“Here son, here's five loaves of bread and two fish....in case you get hungry.” “Thank you mommy. I can't wait to see Jesus! Bye!”
Based on a true story from John 6
One day long ago by the Sea of Galilee. Many people followed Jesus. A lot of them were sick and all of them were getting hungry.
Jesus- “Philip where can we buy bread, that these people may eat?”
Philip- “Oh Lord, lots and lots of money would not feed this many people!”
Boy- “Excuse me Sir. Excuse me, I have a little food that I would like to give you to eat. I think Jesus might be hungry.”
Andrew went to Jesus and said, “There is a little boy that wants to share his five loaves of bread and two fish. But that will not be enough for this many people!”
Jesus knew what to do.
Jesus- “Tell everyone to sit down. Thank you Father for what you given us today.” (Bless the bread and fish)
Jesus- “Pass these baskets out to the people.”
Everyone had so much to eat. They were so stuffed. They took the left overs and there was twelve baskets left full of food.
The boy was so happy that he shared and even more excited about seeing Jesus feed five thousand people with his five loaves of bread and two fish.
Always be willing to share and believe God will provide and He will.
Above: Cassie and Esther are close in age and close friends.
Below: Cassie, Mercy and Esther, cousins and all so cute together in the girls playhouse (the old chicken coop).
This is a few days late but Happy Birthday anyway Esther!! We are soooooo blessed to have you in our family! The Goldman's love you a million times over. I wish we could have bought the whole jewelry store for you, but not this year...hey maybe next birthday!
It has been awesome to see Esther grow up into a loving, honoring, sweet, gentle, smart and virtuous women. We love you Esther!! Happy Belated Birthday. We had a great time at your party, all you girls looked wonderful in your fancy dresses.
Mercy is one fun loving, sensitive, caring, joyful, sweet, fast talking (really fast talking) young virtuous lady! She gives great back massages and loves to have a good time....which I really appreciate. Mercy can go up to anyone and start a conversation and make everyone feel comfortable and at home. She does have the gift of Mercy and I can see the Heavenly Father working in her life as she grows. We are so blessed to have Mercy as our niece/cousin. Love you and Happy birthday!
The Goldman's third child, our oldest daughter and my right arm!! Anna, wow words can't express what you mean to us! A giving servant is not enough to say to describe her! Anna has such a gentle heart, meek spirit, she's loving sister, and true friend, and she never stop's helping me (mom) make dinner's or any other meal. Sometimes I look at her and am in awe that God had blessed us with such a sweetheart! She desires so much to have a closer walk with her Heavenly Father, she wants so much to tell others about God. It's so fun to talk to her, and hear how her heart is for those who don't know Jesus. She wants others to know that God is alive and real! Anna has grown up so much physically this year, yet she is still my little Honeybear!! We love you Anna. Happy Birthday to you, I am so glad you got your wish your ears pierced!!!! :)
The Goldman Family Love's you Destiny!!! 
(Above picture) In honor of Destiny's birthday I put on the Lady Jane picture. If you do not know this story it's amazing. Look it up...the queen for just 9 days. Or you can ask my sister Jodi she will tell you! :)
The humorous group! Are you laughing? You would have been if you saw their speeches. They all did awesome! Esther 3rd. Cassie 2nd and Emma 1st. Jared was amazing...I was so proud of all of them.
These kids did wonderful! Will was a little bit bummed he did not get a medal around his neck at the end but he had a super time. It's good to learn the lesson that you don't always win He did the best he could and he is looking to next time. :) He loved it.
The duo teams. Mailee and Murren got 3rd. place. Esther and Mercy got 2nd. Emma and Ellie got 1st. Levi and Drew did very good too. It was a great! Everyone did awesome. Mailee and Murren had never done this before so it was wonderful. They were not scared at all. They are looking forward to the next time as well! :)
Ellie is our niece. She got 1st place! She was in the dramatic group.
God is so good to bring us to this 'Clarion Forensics' speech club that the kids can learn how to speak clearly. I pray all that they learn would be used for His glory!!! here is the web page of our speech club group. http://www.clarionforensics.com/
It was a joy having Breanna and Savannah over at our house for two days. They had a blast together. I think they spent 97% of the time outside in the girls playhouse. It is such a blessing having the sweetest nieces and nephews in the world!! Praise God for that!
Mom or better known as "Grandma Dot" had her 60th birthday yesterday. Along with her granddaughter Kaylee, who turned 1. It was a great party! All the 29 (we are having #30) of her Grandkids love her so dearly. She is the best mother/Grandma we could ever hope for. Thanks for being the BEST mom and Grandma ever!!!! And WE love you very much too Kaylee.
Steve has been working on a logo for us. We are going to get a banner made to put up when we perform at the market or other places. My dad said we need one and he is the brains behind it...as well as the helping us get it financially :) We are stuck on a motto though. Any ideas? Something short and sweet. The Goldman Family has no motto...how sad! HA Well, the kids are still doing great anyway, motto or not! 'SMILE'. The twins are working on a new song, and Anna is getting better and better on that banjo. Cassie is still learning from Alex, he is an awesome teacher. He just needs more time. He's so busy (in a great way) with Omnibus. Collin of course is always getting better without practicing much...stinker. 
"The Incredible Will" William is so full of life, a joy and a blessing to our whole family! Yesterday the midwife came over for my checkup. He ran in and told Steve the baby lady is here. He is very excited to see the new baby (seems like forever away but I know it will come sometime). Will said a few day ago, when the baby comes I will share my toys and teach it play with me. How sweet huh. It will be awesome to see all the kids with a new baby.
It has been sooooo long....4 years! Crazy!
P.S The appointment went great with the midwife...but she was bad and did not tell me I was having twins. Well, can't win them all! HA! Baby is growing and we are praising God for the blessing!! Everyone is excited! Just waiting.....and waiting.....and waiting..... :)
Just a cute picture of Anna and Murren. I am not sure who took it. But that was the day my camera was missing! The girls found it a few days ago in their playhouse. Gotta love them!! I do!! Look real close and see Anna has a snake in her hands. Does the picture still look cute HA! It was a little snake.
God has been awesome to our family, as always. We are blessed and healthy. We are all looking forward to Thanksgiving and the Troy ANDERSON family coming down!!!!! Yipppeee!
Even all muddy, messy and wet she is absolutely beautiful!! Happy Birthday Emma the Goldman Family loves you VERY MUCH!!!
We had a great time at the speech club barn dance last night! It was wonderful to see the kids dance and smile and enjoy themselves. I got to dance with Steve and William!! Yeah! Steve danced with all his girls at different times. What a blessing to have such a neat dad for the girls. One who will get out on the dance floor and have a great time with his little princesses! Will was so funny, I loved dancing with him! He got into the "Heel toe, heel toe, shuffle across the floor" Or something like that (he can quote it right). Alex danced with Anna and all the others danced too. It was fun.
Before the barn dance we went and played at the Growers markert in Grants Pass too. We have not been there for over a month. It was good to see all our old vender friends and get some yummy treats, for free. It's always awesome to play for people and see them smile and be amazed at how good the kids are! It was a busy day we left home at 9:00 a.m. and got home about 11:00 p.m. but it was fun!
We had an awesome time last night at the Kenny Anderson's house. They invited us over for their Sabbath feast. And it was a feast! Kenny did some awesome sermons a while back on the importance of the sabbath in his series of The Ten Commandments. So, they have been really faithful to make each Saturday night a special Sabbath meal and honor Jesus Christ together. I loved to be a part of that with them last night. The food was awesome! Steak, salad, bread, green beans, stuffed potatoes, sparkling cider (or wine if old enough or not pregnant HA) then brownies and ice-cream with chocolate or caramel syrup on top. The fellowship was awesome too. We are so blessed to have Christian believing family. We cheered (toasted) and had lots of laughs and fun. The guys talked a lot of theology and Liisa, Karissa and I played nerts! Thank you Kenny and Liisa and family! It is awesome to watch those girls, Kaila an Karissa, they work so hard and are a real blessing to their parents. Virtuous women with sweet spirits. The boys started making a movie outside after dinner. The twins loved being with Katrina, and Will and Levi had fun too...doing boy things I guess. I love them all!! It was a blast for me to hold Noah and change his little poopy diaper too. :)
Anna, Cassie, Ellie and Esther were all with mom on their special night for the middle girls...we missed them but I know they had a great time too. I will let them write about that!
The whole group!
Collin and Kolten, all in a days fun at the beach! Wet and cold.
Mailee and Murren....Murren was on her tip toes. She is a little taller than Maille, but not that much. 
Murren and Grandma Dot! Everyone loves Grandma Dot!!!
Alex and Hugh...I guess he is either going to punch Alex or he is telling him to be tough!
Worship time was a great ending to the day. Thanking God the Creator for all the beauty and fun. Alex just happened to have his fiddle with him..(as always) so he joined Mr. Sleadd and Tate.
Alexa, Destiny and Karissa...friends at the beach.
This was a great climbing rock! Mailee and Murren loved the top....but Grandma Dot was not to happy seeing them there.
Mercy, Anna and Abigail feeding the birds!
I know these pictures are a bit late, but I guess better late than never.
Today Mailee and Murren turned 7 years old!
We had a great time at the festival! It was cold at night but the daytime was not too bad. It was great to play and we did sell DVD's yippee.
Another great thing was the boys got to join a really good band Ida Viper, for three songs on their set (see picture above). The band came up to us after we performed and said they thought it was a CD playing when we first started. They really liked the boys. They played more swing style stuff, so that was a real blast for the boys! Collin learned new chords real quick, they again were surprised. God is great to give the boys these opportunities! It was so neat to watch Collin, he was really enjoying the swing style, and Smiling!!!! We all know that is amazing! HA! Alex was having fun too, it was late when they played around 11:30p.m...but worth it for sure.
Collin in his "band". They one 1st place in the band scramble contest...it's fun. These people get 30 min to come up with a band name, figure out 2 songs to play, and make it sound well practiced. It's fun to watch.
Cassie's band, in the band scramble. They got 2nd. place! All because of her...LOL
Free rides at the Zoo! That is if your big brother is as strong Williams...thanks Alex for the help!!! Those little legs get worn out.
Anna...with the sea lion. It was pretty neat! But we were all glad that the glass was very Strong!!
Look in the background....see why Murren is so happy, the Rhino! She was glad he came out, he was hiding the first time we went by to see him.
Mailee, funny little picture here with her other favorite animal! Oh sweet kisses!
Cassie and her beloved Penguins!!
Collin searching the best way to get around the Zoo. He like maps! Or is he taking us to the food court? LOL
Guess it was getting time to head for the van...the animal is coming out in Daddy HA!!!!
I thought these were some cute picture of the kids at the zoo...so I thought I would blog Em'!
Cassie and Murren enjoying the water!
William...he was surprised at the water coming in and out it was cute.
Cassie, Mailee, and Murren being very very brave.
The wet cold kids time to head back. Alex was too dry...I think Steve should have thrown him in HA
Anna and William.
Steve surprised us and on the way home he turned off the Highway and headed out to the way of the beach...yeeppee The kids had a great time. We did not stay too long it was COLD! But pretty....God created so many wonderful and beautiful sights for us to behold!
Here are a few more pictures from the movie the kids played in (it's a home school family here locally) anyway the full story is on my personal blog...if you want to know more. I guess I am feeling like I don't want to write it 2 times! HA It was fun. Just waiting for these cousins to start a bigger movie like these kids are doing....sometime!
We are expecting a new baby at the end of April! We are very happy. Will is already 4yrs. and he will be close to 5yrs. when the baby comes, it was about time I would say (we are slacking). HA Just wanted to let everyone know about the coming baby Goldman in the blog world.
Mom and dad have already given me some products to assure this grandchild "number 30" will be happy, healthy and strong!! I love my parents! The twins came in and asked me if I wanted twins or triplets...HA again. I would love twins but triplets....wow that would be interesting. My mom said I had single babies in my teens, twins in my twenty's and now in my thirty's I will have triplets...doubt it. Jodi would really be mad at me! I am very happy and feel so blessed...thanks for sharing in my joy family!!! Love you all
P.S don't think too much about the fact that I am in my thirty's either. LOL
These picture's WILL go down in history. We had an awesome
time in out first world View class. Can you see a couple empty seats???? Remember if you have some time on Monday around 2:00p.m. COME!!!
These children are learning so much!
Oh we love this family! Check them out at www.DewgrassBluegrass.com ! Our Heavenly Father has blessed them with some great talent and an even better a love for our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!
Had a blast...no a fall at Multnomah Falls....Washington. So close to Troy and Heather yet SO far away... :( The children loved it! It was so pretty, God is an amazing Creator!
Alex and Luke of Dewgrass were a "band scramble contestant" and yes they won hands down...1st place good for them!!! It was fun!
The couple of the year!!! We love our GREAT Uncle John and GREAT Aunt Ginger! Cute as can be and sweet as honey! Although they need to work on getting their song ready for Karaoke night next family reunion.!
The hairy side of the Goldman Family!! LOL
This is what keeps us all going....laughing in the midst of it all! So long beautiful hair, I will miss you. HA
Totally spoiled, loved, prayed over, taken care of, and made to feel like the best.....by Grandma Dot and Grandpa Ken!!!!!
If there is ever a question on how you should be as a grandparent...I say call these two and get some pointers! We are sooooooooo blessed to have them as our children's Grandparents. This is what God had in mind I am sure for Grandparents. A godly heritage is awesome!
This pictures was taken at a Nickel Creek concert last year 2006. We had the great privilege to be able to sit with fellow bluegrassers...The Emmons Family who had gotten there before us and got great spots! We had an awesome time. You ought to check them out at and hear them sing http://www.emmonssisters.com
Thanks girls. We love to see others families doing what the Lord has called them to do...even if it's weird! LOL Bluegrass...mmmm? Ha!
Way to go Emmons!
Our DVD is now in the editing process...we are very glad of this! Lord willing we will have a DVD and a CD to send home with people soon!!! God has been awesome to us through the long waiting period. Although we are very excited to see what comes of having something to sell HA.
