[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Happy Easter! Last week we invited you to share either a favorite Easter tradition or a fun memory. Thanks to everyone who shared something! Here are your responses:
- Dying easter eggs
- Easter baskets!
- Easter dresses: mine was always pink and my little sister’s was yellow. We dyed eggs and hid and hunted them all day indoors and out.
- Easter egg hunts with my children when they were young.
- Eating ALL the candy, especially chocolate!
- Eating chocolate bunnies
- Going to a Waffle House in Atlanta to admire hats after church services ended.
- I adopted an Easter tradition from a beloved aunt. The Easter bunny at our house left each child a colorful yarn path throughout the house to the hiding place of her basket. Now our daughters do the same for their kids, saying that stringing yarn all over their homes is a pain. Exactly the kind of tradition to pass on! Happy Easter!
- I make Easter baskets every year for my kids. My daughter is 21 now but I still make sure she gets a chocolate bunny😁
- In the Unitarian church I grew up in we always received a small potted flower. I started this in Foothills, years ago, I hope you still do🌸
- Large 4″ chocolate coated Easter eggs, center pieced of Easter basket for egg hunt w/ 3 siblings
- My children grew wheat grass in the Easter baskets that they fed to our rabbits on Easter day so everyone got treats
- My tulips are about to bloom while my crocuses and daffodils are still just emerging, having been buried under massive piles of snow. Ah, spring!
- Not a biggie in my family but there was usually lamb for dinner.
- One of the good things about Alzheimer’s is that you can hide your own Easter eggs. Oops! I think I forgot to buy eggs.
- Rowdy Mothers annual Easter Egg hunt — we found real (rotten) eggs in our backyard for months afterwards, LOL!
- Son Will toddling around finding eggs in grandma’s backyard with family friends.
- Three feet of snow on Easter in Montana in 1983
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Katie believes the best things in life are the result of collaboration and diverse perspectives coming together to produce something greater than any individual could. She is passionate about systems, efficiency and collaboration for better community outcomes. She loves dreaming up the big picture and drafting the roadmap to make it happen. She has a background in operations, fundraising, communications and program development, as well as over a decade of nonprofit management experience in Northern Colorado.
Her greatest joy in life comes from her family. Her husband, Steven, a principal at Wellington Middle School, and daughters Emmaline and Esmae are the lights of her life. Together they love mountains, music and all kinds of food. She is passionate about women supporting other women in all stages of life and especially through the critical moments that make or break us. She believes that one of the most important things in life is to be kind.
Being outdoors makes her soul come alive. It always roots her in gratitude and is one of the reasons she loves living in Fort Collins.