Happy Easter

Over the Easter weekend, we did a lot of the traditional things.  We started out by coloring Easter eggs. . .

and then we talked about Easter eggs.  What does the egg have to do with Easter? I did a little reading about the history of the Easter egg and what I found out is that eggs were part of the Lenten fast along with dairy and meat. During Lent, the hens would still be laying eggs and there would become a surplus of eggs.

One of the stories I read suggested that hard boiled eggs wouldn't spoil as quickly (not sure this is true) and the families that were fasting would hard boil some of the excess eggs.  This resulted in eating eggs on Easter.

Tradition continued Sunday morning with Randy and I getting up early on Sunday for the community sunrise service.  It was a little cold sitting out there, but it was worth it!

After regular church, we had our Easter egg hunt at home.  I spent a few extra minutes trying to hide them better this year, but it still went quick.  The kids are getting pretty good at this game.

Finally, we celebrated Easter with friends and family joining us for dinner.

Easter is my favorite holiday of the year.  As a Christian, it should be the most exciting day on your calendar and it frustrates me that it seems to take a 2nd place to Christmas in our society.  Ranting about the importance and excitement of Easter probably deserves a blog of it's own at some point, but not today.

Easter weekend was terrific in our house.  I hope it was just as good at your house.