Easter Eggs-citement

Easter (March 23) kind of snuck up on us this year, earlier than it's ever been before.

Here are the Easter facts:
Easter is always the first Sunday after the first full moon after the spring equinox (which, this year, is March 20). This dating of Easter is based on the lunar calendar that Hebrew people used to identify Passover, which is why it moves around on the Roman calendar. Based on this, Easter can actually be one day earlier (March 22) than it will be this year, but that is rare. This year is the earliest Easter any of us will see for the rest of our lives. And only the most elderly (95 years and above) have ever seen it this early. The next time Easter will be this early (March 23) will be the year 2228 (220 years from now). The last time it was this early was 1913. The next time it will be a day earlier, March 22, will be in the year 2285 (277 years from now). The last time it was on March 22 was 1818.



Our playgroup had an Easter Egg Hunt on Friday and since there was no school, Jamie & the older kids also were able to participate. The weather was cooperative and the kids had a great time.








































Later that afternoon, we colored eggs at home. Jamie loves coloring eggs...too bad he will not eat the boiled eggs.






























Bill played his guitar at the Sunrise Service but Jamie & I slept in and met him later for our regular church service. The O'Dowds hid eggs for the kids (all 4 of them) throughout the Fellowship Hall. Jamie found at least 25 eggs!















After church, we finally got to see what the Easter Bunny had done at home. Jamie found an Easter basket filled with goodies and eggs hidden in the yard filled with candy and coins.