Every spring my family would prepare for Easter. This was a very special time of year. As a family we would gather together our traditional Easter things on Friday and pack our bags. Then we would head for North Dakota. Visiting grandpa and grandma was always fun. On Saturday we would dye eggs and make preparations for Easter dinner.
On Sunday morning we attended church. We all sat like little angels, because we knew the Easter egg hunt was after dinner. If we didn't behave there would be no Easter egg hunt, at least that's what we were told. After church all my cousins and I would help out by staying in the living room, talking and playing games. When the call for dinner came, we would run into the dining room and grab our seats at the kids table. Every youngster had to sit by the little kids table until they got older as there wasn't room for everyone around the adult table. The food was delicious. It always is when it's home cooked by grandma. After finishing eating, the kids would have to wait and play games till the grown-ups got the dining room cleaned up and all the dishes washed. One grown-up, usually my mother, would go outside and hide plastic eggs with candy in them.
Finally, they would let all of us kids run out and start searching. They usually had the big kids out back and the youngest ones up front. Of course, being the youngest cousin, I was always up front. After everyone found their eggs, we would take our treasures, go find a spot and eat our candy. Gum drops and chocolate eggs would fill our tummies and a smile would spread over our faces.
The rest of the afternoon was for fun and leisure. Sometimes we stayed up till late that night playing games. The next day we would head back home with stories of how much fun we had.
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