But... They Look Pretty All in One Basket

Believe it or not, this was the first time three people in our family had ever decorated Easter eggs. One quirky little tradition from my family is "egg bunting." It's a tournament that involves smashing your lovingly chosen, decorated (hard-boiled) egg against someone else's egg. The winner is the person whose egg survives the most matches uncracked. Mitch thinks we're crazy, but I didn't really realize that it's way off the beaten path until a Google search yielded only two results: a guy asking if anyone else had heard of it and something about Greeks.

I don't know why we haven't gotten around to decorating eggs before this year. I think part of it is that, like Christmas, we have strong feelings about keeping the focus on Christ, but there are so many other fun traditions associated with the holiday, too.

As we were listening to a CD with the song "The Wonderful Cross" on it, Maren asked, "Why do they call it the wonderful cross?" How appropriate to Good Friday! I told her that even though it was sad for Jesus while he was on the cross, it was wonderful for us that he made a way we could be friends with God. This is what makes Easter my favourite holiday of the year... the celebration of the amazing grace that reaches to us, that makes a way for us to be friends with the great Creator. Hallelujah!