Easter, Yummy Easter

I love Easter.  I don’t love it for the same reasons most people do: Springtime, new birth, blah, blah, blah.  I love it for the candy.  Easter has the best candy.  Most other holidays just have regular candy with fancy wrappers -  but Easter -  Easter is unique in its offerings.  I love it all, especially if the name Cadbury is on the package.  My sweet Eva feels the same way.

She was so excited about her Easter basket.  She saw it from upstairs and screamed, “It’s a surprise!  There’s a bucket!  It’s a surprise!”  We bought her a few gifts and a pair of pajamas but she was most interested in the jelly beans.  She ate them for breakfast.  And for lunch.  When we tried to put her down for a nap, she had an impressive breakdown.  My dear friend, Klepich was over and he even commented on the severity of it.  It was a grand screaming fit. 

In addition to being Easter, it was also General Conference.  This is when we hear talks from our church leaders broadcast from Salt Lake City.  It’s a wonderful time to be uplifted and it’s especially wonderful to not have to shower until afternoon.  We had the missionaries over to watch the afternoon session with us and they fawned over Klepich like schoolgirls since he’s an attorney for Nike.  They were very impressed and wanted to get in on the employee discount.  (I did to.  Why do you think I’m still friends with the guy after 20 years?  I knew someday he’d be a successful attorney with an employee discount at Nike.) 

Our Conference tradition is to have monkey bread for the Sunday morning session.  We only have it for Conference and Conference is only every six months so it’s quite exciting when we get to rub our faces in it.  I had a stomachache in approximately 10 minutes – it was awesome. 

It didn’t, however, stop me from eating chocolate and a big Easter dinner with ham and scalloped potatoes.  I am not deterred by an aching stomach. 

In all sincerity, I love Easter for the Christian reasons too.  I do recognize the miracle of the resurrection and the grace of God. 

But, man!  I sure enjoy those Cadbury mini eggs.