Hello Friends, and welcome to a special edition of Way Back When-sday: Easters Past! I have SUCH fond memories of Easter...dressing up for church, the always over-stuffed Easter basket, dyeing Easter eggs, Easter egg hunts, and of course, chocolate bunnies! But Easter, or Resurrection Sunday as I prefer to call it, is not really about those things, though they are such sweet memories to me - no Resurrection Sunday is truly the most important date on the Christian's calendar, because without the resurrection of Jesus, we have no hope.... Hop on over to my friend Nancy's blog, and read this great post on the true meaning of Easter...she also has some VERY cute Way Back Easter photos to share! (all the participant's links are at the end of this post...don't miss 'em!)

And in keeping with the Way Back When-sday tradition, I am sharing some old and not so old photos of Easters past. This first one is from 1969 and was taken in front of our apartment in Pasadena, Texas. My Mom was quite pregnant with my little brother David in this photo (dig that hair, those sunglasses, and the sunny yellow floral maternity dress...love it!) Goodness, I remember how very stiff and itchy my yellow dress was that day...ugh!


And this photo was taken on Easter Sunday one year later. David was born in May the year before, so he was about 10 or 11 months here. My older brother Ricky was almost 11 years old and I had just turned 9. My hair *finally* began to grow in earnest between age 8 and 9...I had always had short hair prior to this. This photo was taken in front of the Wyatt's Cafeteria that was close to our church in Pasadena - it was a very common gathering place for church folks any given Sunday. We often had Easter lunch at home or at relatives' homes, but this year apparently we were treated to a rare eating out experience...my Mom undoubtedly deserved a cooking break with the arrival of a new baby 8 years after her last one!