Flashback Friday: Easters of Yester-Year

by Lisa on April 2, 2010 · 0 comments

Well, it’s Easter this weekend. Easter reminds me of all the fun Easter Egg Hunts that we would go on as a kid. My mom would always make me wear a dress, which I’m sure I hated. I really hated any clothes as a kid, I’d rather have been naked. Yes, I think I was born a nudist haha. I still hate wearing clothes. So restricting and uncomfortable. Blah.

I was very competitive even at a young age, so Easter egg hunting was serious business. I was a very serious kid and not much was just play–nor was Easter egg hunting. I was bound and determined to get tons of eggs.

One of my greatest memories of Easter is when my brother went easter egg hunting with me and he got a special egg and he won be this really cool scooter/bike thing…I loved it so much. What a sweet guy for him to do that for me ;) .

Another great memory was the year that we woke up to a flooded house. Literally, inch or two deep of water throughout the whole house because of a broken toilet. The eggs hidden around the house were going to have to wait. I remember my grandma came over and our job was to run to walmart and to get a part for the toilet. I was pretty young and I knew where Walmart was but my grandma didn’t believe me. We got lost and ended up in a town about 2 hours away. This was before the days of cell phones. My mom was flipping out back home, couldnt get the water to stop, and had no idea where we were. Finally, when we got headed home in the right direction, my grandma got pulled over for speeding. This story completely sums up my grandma—I will have to do a post about her sometime too. That easter was so eventful and we still tell the story often.

I wish we could still Easter Egg Hunt. Maybe they could put fun foodie finds in the eggs—like Justins Maple Almond Nut Butter packets, or dark chocolate…the list is endless. I know I’d be out there in a heartbeart. Id’ love to see us bloggers dukin it out to see who can find the most Easter eggs :) . Funny sight huh?!

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What are your favorite Easter memories?

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janetha April 2, 2010 at 3:13 pm

dude! we are always on the same flashback wave length! except yours was WAY cooler because of the super old photos. i wanted to do this but didnt have time to go to my mom’s to get the photos to scan in. i am SO stoked on this post! all the photos are so cute!! loved hearing about what easter is to you.

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theemptynutjar April 2, 2010 at 3:19 pm

u r adorable.

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Kelly April 2, 2010 at 3:22 pm

oh my gosh ADORABLE pictures of you from easter- I love easter dresses on little girls!

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Tina April 2, 2010 at 3:40 pm

How cute you were!!! And still are…or I guess now you would be sex-ay! :D

And I think seeing what was in our Easter baskets and having a family lunch or dinner after church were my favorite memories.

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Heather (Where's the Beach) April 2, 2010 at 4:35 pm

So cute! Love the pics and the memories. I remember always wanting a bunny and never getting one humph. ;-)

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Kelly April 2, 2010 at 4:37 pm

Oh my gosh I LOVED the pictures…you are adorable! Simply adorable!

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Andrea@WellnessNotes April 2, 2010 at 4:46 pm

Love the photos!!! :)

I don’t have many Easter memories from when I was little. But the teenager always loved Easter Egg Hunts and got all hyper. This year is going to be the toddler’s first Easter Egg Hunt, and we “practiced” a bit today. So much fun… :)

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christina April 2, 2010 at 4:53 pm

awww you were so cute!

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Molly April 2, 2010 at 5:24 pm

Aw I love those pictures. They are so cute/ you were so cute!

Hope you have a great Easter weekend!

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coffeeandberries April 2, 2010 at 5:39 pm

awwww such cute pictures!

I loved waking up to find an Easter basket from the easter bunny. as i got older, the easter bunny would bring cds, makeup, etc. I loved that. haha!

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homecookedem April 2, 2010 at 6:17 pm

Awwww, you were so precious!! :) My favorite Easter memories were definitely running downstairs to find my basket and playing with whatever special toy I got for the rest of the day. And easter egg hunts, oh so much fun!! :) And my mom always had my sister and I dressed so pretty complete with hats, new dresses, and GLOVES, haha, yes!! ;)

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lowandbhold April 2, 2010 at 6:44 pm

You were so adorable! Love the pics. My mom always made me wear a dress at Easter too.

That story about the flooding and your Grandma is awesome!

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Denise April 2, 2010 at 6:58 pm

Great pics and great memories. You forgot to tell about Thumper!!! That’s little Lisa :)

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Justine April 2, 2010 at 8:34 pm

What a cute child you were!

I always loved Easter, but the year that I got an alarm clock in my Easter basket I decided that it was time to accept that the Easter bunny was, infact, just a cute little thing for children to believe in.

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MelissaNibbles April 3, 2010 at 7:34 am

You’re too cute!

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kbwood April 3, 2010 at 3:11 pm

YOU ARE SOO ADORABLE! i love the flashbacks girl! happy easter <3

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