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Published April 26, 2011, 12:00 AM

PHOTO GALLERY: 2011 Hudson Easter Egg Events

Easter holiday fun for all ages


Jen Crim wears bunny ears to the Boosters’ Easter event. Her husband, Brian, right, is a former pastor at Faith Community Church, and now a pastor at The River church in River Falls. The Crims were enjoying time with their daughters Karin, left, and Caitlyn.

  • Jen Crim wears bunny ears to the Boosters’ Easter event. Her husband, Brian, right, is a former pastor at Faith Community Church, and now a pastor at The River church in River Falls. The Crims were enjoying time with their daughters Karin, left, and Caitlyn.
  • Posing with their new bicycles are, from left, Dante Liberatore, Alex Hale, twins Henry and Jack Mechelke, and Isaac Enriquez.
  • A cute girl gathers candy from the lawn of Prospect Park during the Hudson Boosters’ annual Easter egg hunt early Saturday afternoon.
  • Hudson pricesses Kaitlynn Wallace, front, and Victoria Van Antwerp run to stay ahead of the candy hunters. The crowd broke for the candy before the Hudson royalty could give the official countdown.
  • Booster Joel Foust announces a winning ticket in the drawing for bicycles. Behind him, from left, are Miss Hudson Amanda Beyer and princesses Alexa Harris (partially hidden), Kaitlynn Wallace and Victoria Van Antwerp.
  • Youngsters eye the chocolate bunnies coming their way.
  • Hudson Booster Brian Marrs is busy handing chocolate Easter bunnies to the hundreds of children who attended Saturday’s event. The Boosters gave away 960 of the bunnies.
  • Photos by Randy Hanson<br /><br />Children and family members gather around the Prospect Park pavilion as a drawing his held for eight bicycles given away by the Hudson Boosters youth sports organization.<br /><br />
  • Sitting on their new bicycles, from left, are Rougan Roquette with grandfather George, Isabel Vipond with father Scott, Harper Plourde with father Eric, and Jonathan Larson with father Rob.
  • Fire trucks and Easter candy fun.
  • Enough candy and treats were available for all the kiddies to enjoy.
  • Owen Larson, 3, with his mother Bre, was kept busy collecting eggs at Saturday’s hunt. He is expected to share his loot with his dad Chris. The family lives in Roberts.
  • This was 8-month-old Jillian Altman’s first egg hunt. She is the daughter of Jessica, pictured here, and Joe Altman of Hudson.
  • Greeting everyone at the door was the largest Peep in town, Cluck, as portrayed by Hunter Nichols. He is pictured with proud family members Sharon Nichols, center, and Rachel Nichols.
  • After 13 years the Christ Center Assembly of God Easter egg hunt runs like a well-oiled machine, providing fun and treats for an estimated 1,800 area children.
  • Volunteers create an entire community for their Easter egg hunt including shops like the Higher Ground Coffee Shop and Adam and Eve’s Garden Center. Special prizes are distributed from the stores.