Easter
Easter spells out beauty, the rare beauty of new life. ~S.D. Gordon
Easter At Our House
Come celebrate Easter with us.
We are not a church-going religious family but
we do believe and celebrate God in our lives.
Easter 2001 was great, Easter 2002 we were on a cruise through the Panama Canal with our cousin and aunt.
Easter 2003 was a lot of fun with the family joining us for the traditional easter egg hunt and egg coloring.
Easter 2004 Sue was recovering from the back surgery so we hunkered in and took care of priorities. She had just completed major bck surgery a few months earlier and was still recovering spending much time walking.
Easter 2005 was quiet as the old folks just stayed around the house and colored our Easter Eggs and we went to Disneyland.
Easter 2006 was again with a few family members and friends as the grandkids are getting older and they have their own traditions.
Easter 2007 - Sue, Dave (our elderly neighbor) and Paul go to Disneyland to celebrate, We are now alone with the kids and grandkids doing their own thing. Sad but life goes on!
Easter Dates
Prior to A.D. 325, Easter was variously celebrated on different days of the week, including Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. In that year, the Council of Nicaea was convened by emperor Constantine.
It issued the Easter Rule which states that Easter shall be celebrated on the first Sunday that occurs after the first full moon on or after the vernal equinox. However, a caveat must be introduced here. The "full moon" in the rule is the ecclesiastical full moon, which is defined as the fourteenth day of a tabular lunation, where day 1 corresponds to the ecclesiastical New Moon.
It does not always occur on the same date as the astronomical full moon. The ecclesiastical "vernal equinox" is always on March 21. Therefore, Easter must be celebrated on a Sunday between the dates of March 22 and April 25.
The Easter Bunny
According to tradition in the United States, the Easter Bunny leaves baskets of treats (including Easter eggs and assorted chocolates and candy) on Easter morning for good children. Sometimes children leave out carrots for the Easter Bunny, which is similar to the practice of leaving milk and cookies for Santa Claus. The Easter Bunny supposedly hides decorated hard-boiled eggs or plastic eggs filled with candy or money, and children hunt for them.
Some communities in the United States have renamed the animal the "Spring Bunny," to avoid the perceived association with Christianity. This has provoked some controversy.
Around The House Easter 2003
Pete is the champion egg
maker in the family taking time to prepare and color the most beautiful eggs.
Sue is preparing the eggs for a full frontal attack by the
painters, dippers, and markers to make them pretty.
Four for five dozen eggs become beauties in a matter of an hour or so... then we eat eggs for the next two weeks! Waste not, want not!
Happy Easter
