The "He is Risen. The Lord is Risen, Indeed! Halleluah!! Story

It was an ordinary day.  Setting the table for 12 in our dining room.  Requires the use of two tables we purchased from Costco that will hold three per side.  Tables are rather narrow, but we will have a small table at one end of the two where the food can be placed.  Easter is holiday time around LDub's house with the family arriving to search for Easter baskets and the annual egg hunt on the rear deck and yard. Then comes our family meal.  

Carol has been preparing for our family meal all week.  Ham and scalloped potatoes with a few vegetable dishes and her famous banana split dessert.  She also has a few Easter decorations that she made years ago that still grace our home during this festive Easter season.  Back in the mid-1970s Carol was involved in making and decorating ceramic pieces.  

She would meet one evening a week with others who also enjoyed the hobby and would create some really neat decorations for our house as well as for gifts for friends and family.  Gave her a night out from her daily chores of housework and raising  our two young children that we had at the time.  Well, as I am typing this and setting the table I notice the four holiday rabbits that decorate our living room table.  

On our dining room desk is another set of rabbits and mom and pop rabbit are waiting in line to sit on the dining room table after I have it all ready.  On our kitchen table is an Easter egg with a small rabbit inside of it.  All items were pre-cast with Carol doing the painting, firing and glazing them.  We have other pieces around the house that she has made with the large water pitcher probably my favorite. Our daughter also loved the pitcher that had beautifully painted colorful flowers all over the vessel so Carol gave it to her years ago to help in her celebrations with family in her home in Maryland.  What kind or ornaments or decorations do you and your family enjoy and cherish?  Easter is a great time to share them with family and friends to help in the celebration of our Risen Christ!  It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.