I can't believe that Easter is almost here. I love this time of year, everything seems so fresh and new. I was downtown in Jefferson City this morning and took a couple of pictures of the beautiful tulips and flowering trees and bushes at the Governor's Garden below the Mansion. They were breathtaking!
This week our family will be busy with our Easter holiday traditions. The grandkids will be coming over to dye Easter eggs. We have so much fun coloring each egg, writing our names on them with a crayon, adding stickers or glitter. The laughter and smiles make so many memories. The next event, we will be making cross shaped sugar cookies to remind us that Christ died on the cross for us. Saturday, we are doing something a little different, having an Easter egg hunt on 4-wheelers. We are having a wiener roast and will make s'mores using peeps, chocolate and graham crackers. With the weather so beautiful this year, it is a great time to try this. On Sunday we will be going to church to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus and then gather with our family for Easter dinner. It's amazing how food served and eaten at the holiday hold so many memories for us. The turkey, stuffing and pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving, ham and homemade candies and cookies at Christmas, ham and deviled eggs at Easter. But it is more than about the food. It's the people around the table gathered together, many generations eating together. Every family has their favorite stories, cherished memories told and remembered by the food served at the holidays.
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