Children charge down a grassy slope to collect Easter eggs Saturday morning during the Elks and Freedom Church Easter Egg Hunt at Ashley Pond Park. The event featured 20,000 plastic eggs filled with 35,000 pieces of candy and toys. Volunteers spent six weeks filling the eggs. The Easter Egg Hunt has had a long history in Los Alamos; it started in the early 2000s. In its earliest days, kids collected real, hard-boiled and hand-dyed eggs. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

Dayni Bearground, left, and Evangalena Pena check out their loot after participating in the Elks and Freedom Church Easter Egg Hunt Saturday morning at Ashley Pond Park. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

Flanked by his posse, the Easter Bunny struts onto the scene of the Elks and Freedom Church Easter Egg Hunt Saturday morning at Ashley Pond Park. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

Scene from Saturday’s Easter Egg Hunt. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Scene from Saturday’s Easter Egg Hunt. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Scene from Saturday’s Easter Egg Hunt. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com