I have a pretty good sized family.  We are all over the place now.  Literally, we live from sea to shining sea.  This was a few of us at Easter.

Yep.  Me, a brother, a sister.  One sister-in-law and a nephew.  And Mom.

At our Easter gathering…  there were no chocolate bunnies.  Or peeps…  or pastel Hershey Kisses.  There seldom are.

Isn’t it funny how families develop certain traditions and ways of doing things.  We become familiar with each other, and with these ways.  Like being true to Hellmann’s mayonnaise.  Or banning double-dipping.  Perhaps it is using Crest toothpaste, or going bowling on Sundays after church.  Or the toilet paper on the roll over the top.

But back to this Easter photo.  We DID eat a bunch of hard boiled eggs and beets.  All pickled up.  Then we did the Chicken Dance to celebrate.

It is what families do.  Well.  Maybe not ALL families.  But….. our family.

Yep.  We get together and eat puce colored eggs.   And smile for cameras.

And then.  We wrap up the day with the Hokey Pokey.  Because.  That’s what it’s all about.

 “Share our similarities.  Celebrate our differences.”  – M. Scott Peck