Oh Mother

HAPPY 2011!!!

ohmother — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 18:57:37 +0000

Another year done and gone, almost!!!

I hope that the New Year is a wonderful, happy, loving and prosperous one for everyone!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Merry Christmas!

ohmother — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 23:52:04 +0000

It is that wonderful time of year!! The Holidays!!!!

I am not sure how wonderful a time it is, too much has gone on this past year that has not been pleasant. But I know we are very grateful for all that we have. So many folks don’t have anything or very little. So just like the rest of the world we all just struggle through our trials and tribulations and look at what we have and what we have been blest with in our lives. We have our family our friends and of course our wonderful grandchild, Madelyn!! I have spent too much on her this Christmas but she is worth it and that is what GG is supposed to do. She gets on the phone now and says Hi GG, so sweet!! The love of a little child is incredible, sweet, innocent and if we could put it in a bottle and sell it, maybe the world would be a nicer place!

That is what Christmas is about, LOVE!! Whatever your beliefs are, the meaning of Christmas is about love and caring and giving to those all around us, rich, poor, lonely, sad, it is a time to take care of one another!!

Hang in there, I am! We have made it through this year, we can only hope for good things for this coming year for all those we love and care about.

Have a peaceful, fun filled, loving Christmas!!!

Joy, Peace and Love to all of you!!!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

ohmother — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 21:42:44 +0000

Thanksgiving, what happened to this past year??? It has certainly been and interesting year, many, many things have happened. Sadness, joy, confusion!! That is what life is all about right??

Here is hoping your Thanksgiving is filled with everything you want!! That family and friends will gather this year and remember all the blessing we do have in these crazy times!!

Happy Turkey Day!!

NYC-June 2010

ohmother — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:08:59 +0000

Went to the Big Apple last week to see my niece, Katie, sing with a big group at Carnegie Hall. It was a great trip and getting to attend the performance at the Hall was a great dream of mine. Of course, I always wanted to be the one who was singing there, but to be able to see her perform with such a wonderful group was a dream come true for her and me!!! It is a beautiful old venue, you sit there and look at the beauty of the Hall and think about all the wonderful artists and performances that have been going on there for many decades!! During the performance I looked around just to soak in the whole evening. We were on the floor of the hall and as I looked up to the box seats, the people were silhouetted in the boxes. The doorways behind them glowed with the lights out in the hallway and it was so amazing to see how each persons head were tilted and listening to the performance. It was a picture all in itself. The performance was one of beauty in song and story. They didn’t want us to take pictures, but we managed to get a few of our beautiful surroundings. It was an exciting evening for all of us, including the proud parents, Cindy and Johannes. We were all proud of Katie and especially on this night at her performance at one of the most beautiful concert halls in the world!!!!!

Molly and I then proceeded to have another exciting couple of days in the city. We saw two shows, Race, it was a great performance by the whole cast. I was most excited about seeking James Spader and Richard Thomas in the show. I have always thought both of these men were excellent actors. To see them up close, we were in the second row, was wonderful. Makes me want to get back into performing again!!! Great show!! We then went and saw Million Dollar Quartet!!! OMG!! It was wonderful. It is about Elvis, Cash, Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis. The performances by these very talented actors/musicians was magnificent!! The music was outstanding!! The whole audience was up singing and dancing by the end. Both shows were wonderful and we enjoyed every minute of both of them.

Molly and I had a chance to really get to know each other a little more on this trip. We travel well together and we like alot of the same things. We were walking down the streets of NY singing and just enjoying our time there.

Had some great eats, drinks and of course people watching in NY is the best. We walked many miles, even ventured onto the subway, that is always entertaining.

We went to the World Trade Center site. There is much building going on, but it is still such a somber place to be. You can just feel the presence of all those brave souls. There is a beautiful wall memorial on the side of one of the adjacent buildings. If you go to NYC, you should visit this site. It is a part of all of us.

Molly and I have made a pact to go back again, hopefully this year and see some more shows.

Plan a trip to NYC, it is worth it!!!

Congrats again to Katie!! I hope for her there will be other great performances in her future!!!

Love ya Molly, thanks for coming with me on this adventure!!! I look forward to many more!!!

Race – this was a wonderful play!!!

Mary and Molly at Carnegie Hall see Katie perform, what a night!!!!!!

Katie’s HS Graduation!

ohmother — Thu, 20 May 2010 21:40:10 +0000

Katie and Aunt Mary on Graduation Day!!

Congratulations to Miss Kate for making it to another milestone of her young life!! Highschool Graduation!! You did it Katie, we are all so proud of you!!

You are a wonderful young woman and we hope that college is filled with lots of learning, fun and getting to know more about you and all those around you!!

Congratulations!!

Love,
M

Madelyn’s First Birthday

ohmother — Tue, 18 May 2010 22:21:27 +0000

Madelyn eating her Birthday Cake!! Yummy!!!!

MADELYN TELLING EVERYONE HOW IT IS!! I am one now, listen up!!!!

Madelyn turned 1 on April 4, 2010. We all can’t believe it has been a year since her entrance into this world!! She was so cute on her birthday. We dressed her up twice for the event. Phill bought her a beautiful girlie party dress with little white shoes and a little white sweater, she looked so adorable! We all had a grand evening with her!

Our friend Tom Linz took some great photos of her, as soon as I get some of those I will post them. She loved showing off how she talks on the phone that night, she is not camera shy at all! She got a lot of fun toys and clothes from all the family and friends that night!! Thanks to all of you for celebrating with us!!

It was a great 1st Birthday party for Miss Madie!!!!

Happy Birthday and we all look forward to the walking, talking and fun times ahead in your second year!!!

Madelyn Mae-our first grandchild is here!!! Let's celebrate!!

ohmother — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 01:06:29 +0000

Oh what a beautiful girl!!!!

Here she is beautiful Madelyn Mae!!! Born April 4, 2009 at 6:27 a.m. 9 pounds -20.2 inches.

It took her awhile to get here but oh what joy!! Mom, Alicia is doing well, and so is good old dad, Phill.

We are all so very happy that she is here. Now it is time to spoil her. Teach her all the wonderful, beautiful things this life has to offer her.

We are all here for you Madelyn. You are a true blessing to us all!!

Love you!!!!M

Loving Memory – Bill Evans, husband, father, grandad

ohmother — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:05:38 +0000

William G. Evans, Sr. 1924-2008

In loving memory of my dad. We are so happy that you are at peace. We will miss you so much. We all love you so much, always will.

Love you dad, grandad! You are the best!!

Peace and love to you always.

Mary, Dave, Jim and Phill

I will miss you so much dad. Mary

DNC Denver 2008

ohmother — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:21:56 +0000

Jim on the streets of Denver at the DNC 2008

Jim was the man on the street for the DNC. He looked like he was having a really good time, which he was, he loved getting to talk politics. Vote for Jim!! While he was out and about absorbing the energy on the streets, I was in the Pepsi Center working as a Suite Attendant in a VIP suite. Sounds exciting doesn’t it. It actually was quite exciting, but I did work hard too, my feet were killing me. I got involved through Jim’s girlfriend, Molly. She and I were both working as suite attendants. She got in with the high rollers, she had Howard Dean and his crew. I had all the senators and representatives from the Colorado contingent. They were very nice folks and I had a really fun time with them all. We lucked out and had the best seat in the house. Our suite was directly in front of the stage. I saw everything up close and personal. It really was an exciting experience. The suite next to me had a variety of folks from politicians to movie stars and other celebrities. I saw the great Muhammed Ali, the actor Blair Underwood and his family, (they were very nice, they actually ended up in our suite for awhile during Bill Clinton’s speach) and Blair is a very handsome man. Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck were in the suite next door, and I was told that Jennifer was a sweetheart. I made a special note to my husband, who loves her, that I was about 10 feet away from her. Ben had a big beard, must be making a movie. Saw Spike Lee and a couple of other famous folks too. Molly and I stopped Dan Rather at the front of the convention center and got a picture of he and Molly together, for Jim, he loves good old Dan. I saw all the famous media folk and the hallways were jammed with hundreds of people every day. It was a wild time!

The whole event was quite exciting. Even though I am not a politically active person it was all history in the making and I was there. I got to see and hear all the speaches and see all the famous politicians and it was an experience I will never forget.

One of the most exciting times was when it came time for the roll call. For me this was wonderful getting to see all the delegations, these are the people that really have worked hard for all these politicians and it was there moment in the spotlight. It was quite exciting! Of course when Hillary came through the crowd and ended all of it the roar of the crowd was unbelievable!!! I believe there were alot of folks there that would have much rather seen her up there then Obama, but maybe next time.

As I said all the folks that were in my suite from Colorado were wonderful. I had nice conversations with all of them but Ed Perlmutter and I seemed to hit it off, he was very nice. His staff asked if I wanted to go to Invesco to hear Obama on Thursday night and I didn’t think I could, I was tired. I should have gone or at least gotten Jim over there.

All in all it was a once in a lifetime experience, I am so glad I was involved.

Whoever you are pulling for for president, just make sure you do get out and vote!!!!

God Bless America!

Take care!

Time does fly!!

ohmother — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:29:26 +0000

Where has this year gone, or better yet, where have I been? Well I have been trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up. Do any of us ever figure that out?

I started out this new year thinking I was going to delve into the world of insurance. I obtained, through alot of hard studying, all of my insurance licenses. So if there is anyone out there that needs someone for that game, let me know. So far that has not worked out so I am hanging out at the house and getting some things done there. I have also done a bit of traveling which has been fun. Done some fun bike riding and just generally enjoying family and friends. The summer is rolling along and maybe in August I might get to work at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, that would be interesting. I will keep you posted on that gig.

So I promise to keep you more up to date. Not that anything extemely interesting is going to happen, but you never know!!!

Take care and I hope you are having a lovely, peaceful, happy summer!! The best to everyone!!