Milestone...60th

Its a special day... Its a special milestone birthday for my Clark... for my DAD... He's the guy that makes us all laugh. He's the guy that makes us do all sorts of crazy things. He's the guy that loves to be hunting fishing basically just anything outdoors. He's the guy that could be in a brand new fishing boat or sleeping in a brand new camper yet he would rather be out in the Canoe and the Grizz - - - he loves those 70's heaven on wheels and paradise in the water. He's a fix it man - thou it takes him awhile he can fix pretty much anything. Just finding the time to do it the problem he's a busy man you see. He's busting his butt to spend his weekends camping fishing hunting. He's learning to slow down I have noticed - he's learning to relax and sit still.... You have no idea how big this is... not just for him but for those that take right after him (like his daugther) there's hope for us. He's the guy that has always led by example. He teaches his kids not with words but with action. He has taught us to have our name stand for something. When people hear that name Goldmann they will think of the person that you are... that we are. Don't give your word unless you are gonna follow thru. Don't give your time and energy to something or someone unless you are gonna do the job with everything you got. Don't let people push you around - stand up for yourself but don't be a bully or cocky. Don't sleep the day away get up and do something with it. Don't be lazy. Give a helping hand. Be active in your life don't let it pass you by. He is a man that lives his life on his terms. He is a man that has his name stand for something. He demands respect and he gives it to you (unless you don't deserve it). He is the man that turns 60 today. I reflect back on all the things that he has done.... most of those things involve two things... family and community. Growing up he made sure his children were exposed to a wide range of things that we were active with camping hunting fishing swimming skiing sports church choir band boy-girl scouts.... He always wanted us to try things. To challenge ourselves to dream to set goals and then work hard to achieve them. He took us places for us to experience life in different places. He's greatest gift besides his love he has given us is a love and respect for the outdoors. All three of us are in love with being outdoors and we know that all came from him. We were the family camping in 100 degree heat out in the middle of no where. We were the family having fun out at the lake when most thought it was too rainy out too windy out... there we were having fun. We were the family that was stomping out in the fields when most thought it was too cold out. He was the dad that took us EVERYWHERE... it didn't matter the age he took his children. Paul was just months old on his back in a carrier while he was bird hunting. I was the child he still took with him even thou I often always had to go to the bathroom just as the geese were going to fly over us OR he was often found sitting in the truck drinking hot coca with me instead of being in the duck blind... he never complained never yelled at me and kept taking me. Jacorian was skiing between his legs on the slopes at a very early age. My father always put us before him. He made sure we were having fun. we were learning. we were experiencing.He made sure that he was present in our lives. Missing opening deer season to attend a volleyball game. Missing weekends in the fields hunting and tim on the boat fishing to be at all of our sporting events. Still missing out on the way he would want to fish and hunt to teach us. To be with us - I am sure with young children it was sooo not the way that he would be hunting and fishing if we weren't there. He was found cooking meals. helping with laundry - giving baths - reading stories and singing to us at night. He has always gone above and beyond with his children.... we are the people that we are today because of the time and love my father and my mother gave us.

If he wasn't with his family - he was found building the field of dreams. A baseball field in Beulah that bares his name - Goldmann Field - stands for his endless hours and hard work... a ball park that will always be a part of Beulah - its an amazing place... I remember when it was just... DIRT... Dirt and more Dirt with hills around it... He turned it into a master piece. One of the best legion fields... a place where all the kids can't wait to play at... a place where little boys dream of being a cyclone and a miner so this field can be their home plate. He started to build it for his boys to play baseball on a nice field and years later after his boys were done playing he kept building he kept working.... He gave the community and all the young boys that has been and will be a place to be proud of. I drive by that field and remind myself what a little hard work and determination can do. I look at that field and see the lessons my father taught my brothers and I thru out all those years of building and making fields of dreams a reality. He had help by many thru out the years but often his main help was who he called the Baseball Boasters... my mom, my brothers and me... He made sure we were always out there helping - granted I spent alot of the time wondering why I HAD TO BE there... I was never gonna play on that field... yet i never got out of it... He was teaching by example lessons of hard work. of giving your time for a cause greater than yourselve. Now all of us are proud that name bares GOLDMANN FIELD because of him.... he included us in his master plan for that place. I hope with in the coming years he continues to take all of us with him on his adventures. That we continue to be active right along with him. That he begins to relax and enjoy more. Dad you deserve all the happiness in this world. you have put in your time to enjoy it. I know that you will continue to led by example always teaching the boys and I life lessons....always making the time for us and to be with us. We love you for the Dad that you have been and continue to be. We are honored grateful and blessed to be YOUR PAUL. YOUR MICHELLE. YOUR JACORIAN...just as proud as we are that YOUR our DAD. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD (clark). Can't wait to celebrate with you with a bottle of crown royal sitting in the grizz in the middle of nowhere all together under the stars having the time of our lives... you have raised us right --- a family that lives this life together.