Baby Boy Payne, Buckets of Joy, and Easter Celebration

I had a short week at school and had Easter break the rest of the week. It was so nice to sleep in and do some things that I have been wanting to get done around the house. Derek still had work and school like normal but he had a very productive week and we had a lot of fun things this week that we were able to do.

Thursday especially was a fun day for us because we were able to find out the gender of our baby! If you don't know yet we are having a ..................baby boy! We are so excited. His name will be Keaton Max Payne and we are so thrilled to have a baby boy join our family soon. The ultrasound was really fun to see how much he has grown! We both had a feeling it would be a baby boy. We are so excited to have that special spirit enter our home and we are doing all we can now to help prepare to receive him and prepare to be his parents. Here is one of the pictures we got form the ultrasound. Just a good profile shot of Keaton.

Thursday night when we got home we were able to participate in Bucket of Joy day. This is the second annual Bucket of Joy holiday that we celebrate in honor of my cousin Jared Lyman who passed away last year of a brain tumor. He was always writing silly songs, one of those being called "Bucket of Joy" He talks about all of these things that he would have in a bucket of joy if he were to choose. So on his birthday we all put together "buckets of joy" and take it to a family in need. We were able to take it to a family who we know where the dad has been going through chemo/radiation to try and fight the cancer he was diagnosed with. He has several kids and out of a job. They were thrilled to receive their buckets of joy and we had a lot of fun taking them and talking to them. Here is a picture of us before we delivered out buckets of joy.

We had our annual Mother Of All Easter Egg Hunts on Friday. It is always fun to get together with all our family and participate in the family traditions that we always form great memories with. We had dinner, did the kids Easter Egg Hunt, and then the adult Easter Egg Hunt. It was another great day with lots of laughs and fun. Here is a picture of all my nieces and nephews before their Easter Egg Hunt.

We are especially grateful for our Savior, Jesus Christ at this time of year and the great sacrifice that he has made in all of our behalf. We are thankful for our close relationship with him and we feel his love each and everyday in our lives. We are greatly blessed and are so thankful for all of the many blessings the gospel brings into our lives.

We have also been able to spend some time with friends and do some fun things with them this week. Tomorrow is back to school and back to reality after such a nice break.