Egg-cellent Easter Memories

When Hershey asked me about my favorite Easter memories and tradition, I knew the eggs were it. Now if it were us to me, these would be ALL the Easter eggs we'd ever need:

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And no, that's not just because it was Hershey doin' the askin'. It's downright embarrassing how many 6-packs of these babies I've gone through so far—not to mention the stockpile I've got safely hidden from the kidders in my kitchen.

What I REALLY love is coloring Easter eggs with my brood...

Some years we're more excited than others.

Some years lightsabers are a necessity.

Some years we get a little crazy.

Some years we stick with more traditional colors.

Some years the colors are a little wilder.

But it always requires the utmost in concentration.

And the end result is always beautiful in it's own unique way.

I love looking back at their cute little chubby cheeks.

We save the actual hunting of the eggs for after church.

We head to sunrise church services followed by breakfast with our Christian family.

Then Daddy sneaks back home to play Easter bunny and hide the eggs while the rest of us are in Sunday School.

 When we return home, the hunt is on!

The buckets fill quickly and have to be emptied over and over again.

Then I can sit back and enjoy the pictures, relive the memories, and live in denial that they might ever be too big to enjoy an Easter morning egg hunt with their family.