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Raising Our Wild Things

Southern Living - Red Wine Sippin' - Wife - Mom of 3 - Jesus Follower- Mompreneur

April 4, 2013

This is How We Do Easter

In my family we do Easter big! Why? Because it’s the holiday that celebrates that death no longer has a sting and that we now have the promise of spending eternity in Heaven thanks to Jesus’ blood when he died for our sins on the cross.
 
HALLELUJAH!
 
In our family celebration = fun!!!
So here’s what we do to celebrate:
 
1. We have an adult egg hunt.
Since my brother and I are the babies of the family (keep in mind we are both in our 20s), and still not ready to give up going on an egg hunt, I decided a few years ago to make our egg hunt an all adult egg hunt. So every year after my husband, brother, and I go our egg hunt I put on a hunt for my parents and grandparents. Talk about a good time. The first time I did it which was five years ago, my grandfather, who has since passed away, had the biggest smile on his face and when I asked him if he enjoyed it he responded, “this is the first egg hunt I’ve ever been on!” Talk about awesome. Here’s a photo of the parent and grandparent egg hunt I put on this year.
 

2. My husband and I do Easter baskets.
If you can’t tell how much of a kid I am at heart after this post you’re crazy…lol! But my husband and I started making Easter baskets for each other when we were dating in high school and the tradition stuck. Here’s our baskets to each other this year:
3. We eat. A LOT!
This year my grandmother bought a honey baked ham and mom made buffalo chicken tenders, homemade mac and cheese, jello, rolls, boiled eggs, deviled eggs, peas, squash, and cucumber salad. Um yum! And of course I made dessert.
And the best part? That was just Easter celebration #1. We celebrated with my family Saturday after church and spent all day Sunday doing it again with my husband’s family. I don’t need to eat again for a year. Unfortunately I was eating again Monday morning…
What fun Easter traditions does your family have?

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Comments

  1. Gloria @ Simply Gloria says

    April 5, 2013 at 5:59 pm

    This is too funny, Chelsea! Although, it almost made me tear up at the same time about your Grandpa never having one! But what a great idea for the adults…so doing this next year!

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  2. Kathy (Pearls in Paradise) says

    April 5, 2013 at 5:59 pm

    That is so cute that you and your hubby do Easter baskets. Love that!
    Have a great day!

    Kathy
    http://pearlsinparadise.blogspot.com

    Reply
  3. Linda says

    April 5, 2013 at 5:59 pm

    I love your blog, so congratulations – I nominated you for a Liebster Award! Please go to this link for more information: http://www.nightowlcorner.com/2013/04/liebster-award_5.html

    Linda
    http://www.nightowlcorner.com

    Reply
  4. Chelsea @ Married Filing Jointly says

    April 5, 2013 at 6:02 pm

    Thank you so much for nominating me, Linda! That is very kind! This is actually the second Liebster Award I have received. So very honored! 🙂

    Reply
  5. Chelsea @ Married Filing Jointly says

    April 5, 2013 at 6:02 pm

    Gloria, you so should do it! It's so much fun!

    Reply
  6. Chelsea @ Married Filing Jointly says

    April 5, 2013 at 6:03 pm

    Thanks, Kathy! It's so much fun!

    Reply
  7. Kathy Shea Mormino, The Chicken Chick says

    April 8, 2013 at 10:35 pm

    What fun…….Thank you for sharing with the Clever Chicks Blog Hop this week; I hope you’ll join us again!

    Cheers,
    Kathy Shea Mormino

    The Chicken Chick

    http://www.The-Chicken-Chick.com

    Reply
  8. Kathy Moody says

    April 13, 2013 at 5:31 pm

    Oh, what an awesome idea! I love it. Thank you so much for sharing at A Bouquet of Talent this week. So thrilled to have you share with us. Have a wonderful weekend. 🙂
    hugs
    Kathy

    Reply

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