Chole's Day

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!

Jazz Jubilee 2008 - Medford, Oregon

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 :)

There has been NO Flu vaccine success...NONE

This was taken for my dad's blog ... http://makemeyounger.blogspot.com
If you need some AWESOME tidbits or ideas on health and wellness check out his blog...
and NOW!! :)

Health feels really great!

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No Flu vaccine success...NONE

New research on the flu vaccine is confirming something I've been saying for years – the vaccine's effectiveness, particularly among the elderly, has been greatly exaggerated.

The Group Health Center for Health Studies in Seattle recently analyzed previous studies on the flu vaccine and found that researchers were mostly looking at healthy patients who were active and able to get to their doctors' offices each year for a shot.

They weren't using – or basing their analysis on – a representative sample of America's elderly population. And if you're only analyzing relatively healthy people, the results are going to be skewed positive.

This research puts a little more fertilizer on the seeds of doubt planted four years ago by a Dutch study that has been the only one with a large number of patients getting placebos. That one found that the vaccine prevented flu about 57 percent of the time for folks between the ages of 60-69, but that the rate plummeted to 23 percent for those over 70. For four decades, public health authorities have strongly advised the vaccine for people over 65. Fortunately, some researchers are starting to wonder why, despite a big increase in the number of elderly getting the flu vaccine in recent decades, there hasn't been a corresponding decline of the death rate in this age group.

Here's the truth: the vaccine is not a cure-all. It's based on a best guess of what this year's flu strain will be – and there's no guarantee vaccine makers will guess correctly. Docs need to give their patients an honest assessment of what the flu vaccine can – and can not – do, and also show them how to build their immune systems with vitamins, exercise and better food choices.

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So why do some faithfully go and put poison in their bodies and in the little helpless bodies their children?? Question it! There is an option.
Tami

Jebediah Victor

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!

Happy Birthday Twins!

Kaila and Anna made this very pretty and very YUMMY cake....thanks girls!

Today my little twins turn 8 years old! We are so blessed to have Mailee and Murren in our family. They bring such joy, laughter, love and surprise to the Goldman Family.
We had a great party yesterday for them. They were showered with many wonderful things. They were so happy (and still even now are excited)! They are going through their stuff, wearing new clothes. This morning they ran out as soon as they woke up to get their new Bibles so they could read them. Again thanks to all.

Mailee and Murren we love you soooooo much! Look to Christ as you grow and lean on Him as your comfort, strength and true love!!

Goodbye Clouds

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.

Life is movin' FAST! 2008

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 :) !

AND....
School has been awesome....4 weeks down we are into our 5th week!! It's been so fun and rewarding! The kids are super!!! Jodi and Liisa are amazing teachers. We love the curriculum...Classical Conversations, Veritas Press, Shurley English, Latin, Saxon math and well ect. ect. ect, for the rest (Jodi picked it all out)! We are making memories and history (as well as brains) with these blessed children of ours!

God has been good...He has been Great...we are BLESSED!!!! May you be blessed too!

Uncle John and Aunt Ginger are HERE!

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!

Centennial Play Pictures

I know pictures have been posted of the remarkable Centennial Play...but remember there were 24 cousins and then 5 friends that were in this fabulous play!!! :) These are all out of order...but fun to see just the same! Enjoy! Any questions...well, just send them to Kaila!

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!!!
Karissa, Mercy, Ellie, Destiny, Murren and Mailee.

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!
Tessa, Destiny, Emma, Ellie, Anna and Alex

Alex and Collin playing
"Hop the Fence"...by Chris Thile....during a scene change.

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.
OK I cried on the practices, and the real play...every time!

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

Luke and Jenny Anne Bulla!

This is a great inspiration for my kids!! These two were so good! And cute as can be!!

Random Family Pictures

We went to the park today and took some pictures with ALL 30 cousins...not an easy task....but they all did awesome!!!! Here are just a few of my quick candid shots I took. Trust me there are 'Way' many more to come!

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

Happy Birthday Savannah!

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

Playing tomorrow at the Park

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

Few More Festivals Still!

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

Happy Birthday Collin!!!!!

14 yrs old......We Love You!!!!!!!!
The Greatest
Can I say any more?? Nope!
We Love him!!!!!!
Happy Birthday Buddy