It was your ordinary, typical, quiet afternoon outside of Verona, Missouri.
Until….
(at this point, imagine a voice in your head like a WWE announcer on steroids)
EGGAGEDDON 2008!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(ok, back to normal voice)
Below, the five contestants who were determined to rid my fiancee’s grandfather’s yard of any plastic egg.
As you can see, they were fired up and ready to go. They also looked like some kind of Disney-based pop group but that’s another story. When I gave the go command four of the five ran off into the yard…one was smart enough to realize that since his daddy hid the eggs…
…he should look around the house because dad’s notorious for hiding groups of eggs in unusual places. Eli’s so smart. Then, it was off to the yard where five little folks pounced on anything that wasn’t grass colored by a starving man on a Christmas ham. Afterward, they all kind of just stood around in the yard wondering if more was to come…
…and there was in the form of prizes at the house for most eggs, best effort, least amount of eggs, etc.
To no one’s surprise, Dale won the overall egg count with 37. Bryon was second with 29, Eli had 17, Jake had 15 and Julie had 14. Everyone won a prize of some kind including dad who had the best gift of all…seeing his kids have such a wonderful time together as a family.
To you and yours, I wish you all a very Blessed Easter and pray peace for everyone this special weekend (which, as the West Republic Baptist Church put it, is the other half of the Christmas story.)
ain’t kids grand!