Today was the first Easter in twenty-seven years that there was not an Easter egg hunt in the Heinisch home. From the first one where Brett sat on his Easter egg basketball to last year's with Cameron as the lone hunter, they had all been fun. Coloring Easter eggs at the counter, waking up to Easter baskets filled with goodies, watching Cal dominate at the family Easter egg hunts, and taking pictures by the giant blue bunny all made for great memories. I was sad that those days were over, but so happy talking to each of the Heinisch children and hearing about how much they had enjoyed their own Easter weekend.
Cameron hung out with friends on his floor, attended mass, hid Easter eggs with everyone in the lounge and finally resumed eating meat with Raisin' Caines at 12:01 a.m. on Easter Sunday. Meg spent Friday night in Jimtown. She was able to go to Newcomer Jewelry to look at rings, visit Nick's grandparents and then meet Grandma and Grandpa at Hacienda. Today, she and Nick went to Easter mass and then had brunch together. Cal spent his Easter Sunday with Maggie's family in Orland Park. He really enjoyed it and even went home with an Easter basket of his own. Brett went to New Albany for the weekend to hang out with Karen, go to Easter vigil and enjoy some wonderful food.
While everyone else was enjoying Easter in the Midwest, Doug and I had a nice day here in Ocala. We went to 11 a.m. mass and really enjoyed Father Pat's homily. We had planned on going to Eggs Up Grill for lunch, but they had closed for the holiday. McAlister's was open, however, and we had fun eating lunch on their patio. We then took a long walk at Sholom Park where the wild turkeys joined the families playing on the grass. We watched Purdue beat Tennessee which was an impressive win, but nothing like #11 NC State beating Duke easily to also get a spot in the Final Four. Today, wasn't the family Easter that we had been used to, but it was fun for everyone. For that I am incredibly thankful.
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