The Coldest Easter Egg Hunt In History?

Last night I kept hoping Mindy from LWF would send an email that the Easter Egg Hunt scheduled for this morning would be postponed until next Saturday - no email.  I got up this morning and before I headed to the southside of town I again hoped Mindy had sent an email - nope.  It was low 30's when I parked in the lot of the Well and w-i-n-d-y.  I could see my breath when I got out of the car!  The only thing I was concerned about were my feet and I had two pairs of socks on too.

The guys got the small heater up and running and made sure the jump house would inflate ok with the generator.  We had to be there at 8:00 a.m. this morning to be sure everything was setup in time by 10:00 when the hunt would begin.  Well, the first set of plastic eggs with candy inside were spread out in the designated area by 8:15ish and there was not much else to do.................until 10:00.

We did have some fun watching the HyVee catering van with the grill behind it get stuck in the grass trying to drive up the slight slope into the park.  I walked over to one of the guys from church and said, "I'm a girl and I even know to not try that.  Just park the van and grill down there on the street and let them grill from there so the grass doesn't get torn up."  But evidently once the grass started to get "messed up" by the van they might as well go ahead and set up the way they wanted to.

The other highlight was when the jump house took flight.  One minute I looked over and saw small children jumping inside it with glee and the next I hear yells and the jump house flies right by where some of us were standing - thankfully without small children inside.  Needless-to-say the jump house was not blown back up to be used.

LWF had a table with free cookies and small loaves of bread along with flyers for our upcoming Easter Service.  And when the 5 year olds and under were called to gather for the first flight of egg hunters I went over to get some pictures with my phone.  Shortly after that I decided I was frozen and headed back to my side of town to run to the grocery store and then home.

I watched some of the first half of the Bulls/Pacer's play off game but got irritated at the Bulls for how they were playing.  They have THE best record in the whole NBA this season and were behind.  I turned the game off during the second half but did check online to see the Bulls pulled it off to win the game.

Enjoy the Easter Egg Hunt photos :)

Not a typical mid-April day in Iowa.

The infamous jump house that took flight later in the morning.

Two LWF girls staying warm until the hunt started.

Crowd shot.

LWF table of free goodies!

5 year olds and younger lining up.

And the Easter Egg Hunt begins!