A Bit of Great News

(Make sure you read the post below for our Easter festivities)

Grant has been working an 'actor' now for a while. He has been patiently playing smaller roles and loving every moment he spends on stage. Then, it happened! Grant auditioned for Bonanza's 2008 Musical - which is Snoopy the Musical. He sent me a text the morning that the cast list was posted and it said, "I am SNOOPY!" He is so thrilled and so are we for him.

This role will really stretch him as he will be singing on stage - a lot - and I know he can sing, but can he carry a show?! (worried mom voice)

Here is Grant, with his Snoopy script and his Puggle, (Pug & Beagle mix) Reggie....(yes, I had them pose for my blog......)

The play will run May 1 - 2 at 6:30 pm at the Bonanza High School theatre and it is a family friendly show. It will be fun, and we are inviting everyone who would like a fun night out to join us for our son's lead actor debut!!

"It's the Easter Beagle..."

This is Charles Shultz's Easter Beagle

Even though our boys are older...they still wanted to color and look for the eggs after "The Easter Bunny" hid the eggs. This family tradition is steeped deeply in these boys.

Devin and his haul....and his old basket made from the bottom of a milk carton when he was 2.

Grant and his old basket purchased by his Nana from a fundraiser from a local pet charity when he was 2.

2 boys and 9 colored eggs each. We keep things even in this household.

This is the Nordine Family's Easter Beagle. Gracie at her finest.

Where did all the readers go?

I am a bit confused.

I sent to all my blogger friends my new and fun blog address, but it seems no one (except for Judy) figured out that the family blog has MOVED. If you found the blog, but just lurked, that is cool, but if you are a lurker, do me one favor...leave just a 'hi' message as a comment so I know you were here.

I like blogging. It helps meet my creative needs. But, I am, just like everyone else, busy in life. I guess my ego would like to have some response to my writing. I shouldn't care, but somehow, I do. I don't have a huge family as many of my blogger friends, so I have not many to share with, but I do consider many of my friends 'family..'

Maybe I am just whining and feeling a bit of pity for myself. Probably. It is Sunday and that does mean melancholy for me.

Anyway - here is my plea. Leave a comment and let me know you at least found the new address. Thanks.

All Theatre Week

Last week was a weekend to go down in the family record books. Collectively our family saw 4 plays in 7 days. Pretty great if you ask me. The first play was a production by The Rainbow Company called Kit Carson's Frontier Adventures. This is the yearly 'traveling show' that the company does and performs at schools around Las Vegas. The show is Nevada Historically relevant and fun, too. It teaches history about the Las Vegas valley and I even learned how Mt. Charleston got it's name. Do any of YOU know how it was named??

The next play belonged only to Grant. (lucky duck) He was able to see the Utah Shakespearean Festival's traveling show of Romeo and Juliette at his High School. It was a condensed and modernized version, and he loved it!

Play number 3 was a gift to Wayne for his birthday in January. You see, Wayne is Canadian, which means he grew up watching British TV and this means he is a big fan of Monte Python. The Wynn Hotel here in Vegas is the home of the Broadway play SPAMALOT!! The show had tickets 2 for 1 for locals, so we took advantage and the whole family was able to go to the show. It was such a fun night with dinner before the show at California Pizza Kitchen. We laughed until we thought we would loose our pizza! Very fun show.

Grant and Devin with their Holy Grails from SPAMALOT!

Our last play was Las Vegas Academy's production of CATS ~ Las Vegas. It was the Andrew Lloyd Weber version of Cats, but with a Vegas twist. There was a Mayor Goodman cat, a Michael Jackson cat, showgirl cats, an Elvis cat and much more Vegas-esk characters. It was a fun night and it was fun to share it with Grant, my mom and Grant's girlfriend Michele, who is a student at LVA. (LVA is the performing arts High School in town and they are amazing!)

We love theatre of all kinds and this was the BEST WEEK EVER!