Oh, the hunts are on!! We were invited to THREE Easter Egg Hunts this year and they were all awesome. Tess (my nail extraordinaire) had hers in the basement, because it was cold and raining outside!! She had filled hundreds and hundreds of plastic eggs. She also had tickets for the kids to purchase toys, bubbles and sidewalk chalks. She had hot chocolate and donuts for everyone. She really went all out. Next was the neighborhood hunt which is always a big smash (no pun intended). The third was the annual Denning Easter Eggstravaganza with a HUGE potluck and the entire family. The eggs are placed in marked areas. The very small children have the first at it. Next the older, and so on until the 30 something year old children are out there hunting for the GOLDEN EGG or the SILVER EGG. The pot this year was about $50 for the golden egg and $25 for the silver one. Even the younger ones had a golden egg and silver egg with $5 and $3 in them.
We had a great day!! We came home with a crazy amount of candy. There were smiles all around, even though you could really only see the backs of their heads. The company was deightful!!
But... it isn't about the eggs. It isn't about the food. It isn't about the candy. All the people we spend Easter with are loved ones to us. We are blessed to have each of them in our lives. Every year we see the children grow. Every year the family gets bigger. That is a blessing. More for us to love.
The best part is not having to hunt for people who love and accept us. They are all around us. It is beautiful to us the hunting is only for the plastic eggs.
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