Virginia Beach, VA

We have packed our bags again!! Our flight leaves at 6:15 am tomorrow morning. Yes - 6:15am. Crazy early, but we have a show tomorrow night and the show must go on! Our Holiday has been great, Quentin thinks too short but it's been nice to be home. My honey do list was slim to none thanks to Gail. I only had some last miniute shoppoing that had to get done, not to bad. We had a little neighborhood get together on Chrsitmas Eve and all had a great time. Tonight one more "progressive dinner" in the hood and farewells to all. Quentin and I did go to see A Christmas Carol at the Wells Theatre. We saw it 3 times! Reina was incredible. We are all so proud of her. The show ended on the 23rd and her heart was broken. She has spent the last 6 weeks with this cast and they have all were so great to her. She is so sad to have the show close. I can't imagine what it is going to be like for Q and I when it's our turn to say goodbye. It will be very hard, the cast and crew have become family and this experience has been wonderful. We have NO regrets! Anyway, Gail is fussing becasue we have to get ready for the evening. Stay tuned...more to come....

Miss you,
John and Q

Melbourne, FL

We are coming HOME!!! Yeah!! We had 2 shows yesterday. They both went well but we are excited to go home!! Our Aunt Carol, Gail's cousin Cathy and kids, Tabitha and Mason all came to see the show. They loved it! I wish we had more time to spend with them but we had 2 shows and were on a tight schedule. The tight schedule included revealing the identity of our Secret Santas. Alaggio had Quentin and Chris had me. So fun! I got an awesome Cowboys apron that will definately go to good use and Quentin receieved Pokemon cards, Star Wars cards and Star Wars legos!! His favorite for sure! It was so much fun. The Christmas party was directly after the evening show, in which the cast was celebrating the Holiday by the pool. Well we have a flight to catch so .... MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Miss you,
John and Q

Lakeland, FL

The last few days have been brutel. We have been in one place a night. We have gone from Baton Rouge, LA to Oxford, MS back to LA, Lafayette, LA, then to Florida - Niceville then Lakeland, FL. My Aunt Odile and Aunt MariaLynn came to see the show. It was so good to see them! They loved the show! They said they will head to Sarasota, FL to see the show again. We head to Sarasota after our Christmas break. The weather has been a nice change from the CO snow. It doesn't feel like Christmas much anymore weatherwise but the bus is decorated to the hills, with garland and lights and, well, lots of stuff. We are excited to go home. We need a break and are so tired!

Miss You!
John and Q

Baton Rouge, LA

We arrived in Baton Rouge, LA kind of late. We had little time to settle in the hotel, we had to go directly to the venue. The kids are getting real excited about their Secret Santas! We will spend the next few days traveling from town to town, venue to venue. None of us are looking forward to it.

Miss you,
John and Q

Memphis, TN

Hello Again, "It's been an age" since my last post and it's been quite and interesting and amazing week or so. I guess I will start from were I last left you. Orange, TX (Nov. 30) where the temp was about 80 degrees or so. We then traveled to Ft. Smith, AR (Dec. 1) for another one evening engagement, which during this and the last leg after christmas will have plenty of . Our next stop brought us to some little spot in Kansas for our layover to Ft. Collins, CO. We had been in Ft. Collins before during a layover to Montana and thought this could be a nice venue because it was on the Colorado State campus and had a old town feel. This time we are there for 4 whole days with 5 performances. But "its beginning to look alot like christmas" because the night we get in to Ft. Collins (Dec. 3) it snows about 9 to 10 inches. They had a show the evening we got in and which the theatre ghost of Lincoln Center had his or her fun with every scene. But, the show must go on and they did a great job moving through all the mishaps. After all thats showbiz. The theater ghost pretty much left them alone after that crazy night for another great run. We did get the hotel to shuttle us to Wal-Mart and picked up some gifts for our Secret Santa's along with some supplies. We also walked in the snow and had a snowball fight or two and the cast got another understudy rehearsal under their belt. Then its a trip to Rapid City, SD (Dec. 7) for a 2 day engadement. We managed to visit Mount Rushmore as a field trip for school, you have to check out the pictures. It was amazing! Now on the road again to our next stop Baton Rouge, LA (Dec. 12) with 2 layovers one yesterday in Missouri and today now in Memphis which was fun. The parents and I walked the kids down to Beale St. and ate catfish and ribs at BB King's Blues Club while listeneng to the band. The kids even got some stage time there giving shout outs to some of the Oliver cast and crew that also decided to eat there. Well its time to go. We have an early bus call tomorrow. I will add the rest of the photos as soon as I can.

Love Ya,
John & Q

Orange, TX

Hello again everyone we have just pulled in to Conroe,TX which is a layover on our way to Fort Smith, AK. We were in Orange, TX Friday and Saturday and had a show on each day. The people at the theatre were awesome. They fed us dinner Friday and lunch on Saturday, and it was all homemade too. One sad note, last night was Matt's last show and will be joining the cast of The Drowsy Chaperone. He has always been great with Q as Mr. Brownlow and is a great actor and will be missed tremendously. Today, Adam played the role of Mr Brownlow and did a great job! Adam I will add Adams picture as soon as I get it. He'll be performing a few more times until James another new cast member that I also have to add is ready to take over his role. At lunch today we all picked our Secret Santa's. Most of the cast and crew decided to participate so it should be a lot of fun. Some people are starting to decorate the bus for Christmas. I can't believe Christmas is around the corner time is flying bye. Well sorry so short but we have a 6am bus call tomorrow. Check out all the new pics and a new article to read. I will blog to you later.

Love Ya,
John & Q