On Saturday May 2, the kids participated in a Bay Area LDS Homeschool Youth Conference.

Jocelyn took photos (here):

http://picasaweb.google.com/goldberg.mb/2009BayAreaLDSHomeschoolYouthConference?authkey=Gv1sRgCNGDrY3WjICR-AE&feat=directlink

For the past few months Daniel has been on the LDS Prom committee helping to plan the LDS prom.  This year over 280 attended from 7 stakes.  The theme was Arabian Nights.  Photos here (more to come).  Daniel attended with Kelly Smith, a long-time family friend.

http://picasaweb.google.com/goldberg.mb/LDSPromMay302009?feat=directlink

I’ve been working with the 11 year old scouts since March along with Bob Heathcote.  Matiah, Jonathan and Nathaniel joined the troop a few weeks ago, and we had our first campout. We all had fun, the food the boys cooked was great, and we all learned something (ever try herding cats?)

Photos here:

http://picasaweb.google.com/goldberg.mb/CampoutMay2930NewScoutsBlackDragonPatrol?authkey=Gv1sRgCLuvi-PUh6CllQE&feat=directlink

and here:

http://www.bobheathcote.com/images09/20090529-BoyScoutsOvernightGrantRanch

The boys tried their hands at dutch oven cooking and made a winner of a recipe: Lemon-Lime Soda Apple Dumplings.  Sounds strange, but was it delicious!  Link to recipe here:

http://www.scoutingmagazine.org/issues/0903/a-cooking.html

These past months our entire family has been involved with the San Jose South Stake’s musical/play “Don’t Count Your Chickens Until They Cry Wolf” – a comedy based on Aesop’s fables.

Photos:

http://picasaweb.google.com/goldberg.mb/SanJoseSouthStakePlayDonTCountYourChickensBeforeTheyCryWolf?authkey=Gv1sRgCM-ouvDjkvCwnQE&feat=directlink

Video Clip

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVVDvlXQwfE

See also our website http://www.houseofgoldbergs.com in the Family News section for Exclusive Video Clips shot by Kathleen Nielsen.

Watch for

Michael as the Phantom & the Lion

Daniel as the Tortoise

Jocelyn as the Sun, the Crab, the Old Mother, the Foxy Lady, and more.

Deborah and Susannah as Sheep, Mice, and more.

Matiah, Jonathan, Nathaniel as sheep, chicks, and more.

Welcome to our new family weblog!  We were writing our family newsletter this year, and everyone had something to write about.  However, we couldn’t make it all fit!  So we decided to start this blog and let everyone have their say.  Plus, you won’t have to read any of it unless you absolutely want to!  But if you’re game, click on Family Newsletter 2008 on the right.

Another side benefit is that it is a good school project and good experience for the kids (including me)—Jocelyn