Time to catch up!!!

Now that we are finally settled in Salt Lake, and I have a bunch of pictures to share, I guess I can get started!!!

First a post on our 38 hour road trip from Texas to Utah. Blah.

Here is a picture of Chris holding Mason the night before we left. I just think it is funny how his eyes are peeping out over Chris's shoulder.

The drive was not as bad as it sounds I guess. It was very nice that we had lots of stops to make on the way. The first day was the longest. We drove from Houston to Kansas City, Missouri to stay with Chris's parents. It was a lot of fun to see them and for them to meet Mason for the first time. Here are some pictures we took there:

A picture with Great Grandma Brown. He was having a hard day after the 14 hour road trip so GG was a little nervous as well.

A four generation picture. Too bad we couldn't get Mason to smile.

A picture with Grandpa Brown

While we were there we had Mason's blessing. It was sweet. Just me, Grandma Brown, Grandpa Brown and Chris giving the blessing in his parents house.

Next Stop: Denver. We were very fortunate to be able to stay with Chris's sister Lisa and our brother in law Stephan. It was so great to see them and to hang out with our niece Abigail.

Chris and Mason after an exhausting drive.

The next day was Easter and we drove to Provo. We were very excited to get there for many reasons: A) You gotta love the whole Evans clan, and they had new baby Julia that we had not seen yet, B) The Hills were there as well!!! We miss all of our nieces and nephews so it was so good to see all of them! C) The main part of our travelling was over. Phew!

Here are some pictures from Easter day with all the cousins:

Mason and Julia are 1 month apart exactly. It is going to be fun now that we live by the Evans's to see these two kiddos grow up together. They are fighting already....

Who knew these boys could be so gentle ;) ha ha just kidding Laura! I know they are, just not with each other!! Dan is missing from this picture, but we love those Hill boys and hope we get to see them more!

This little diva is our niece Katie. She takes after Aunt Laura I believe. ;)

Chris got all the cousins doing a sit up contest and push up contest. The Winner? Dan beats everyone by a mile!!! Great job Dan! He is the silent threat in that household I can tell.

After all of that fun, the next day we made it to Benson to stay with my family. We were there for a month. It went by too fast. But here are some other fun pictures we took:

Mason with Great Grandma Hansen. Mason loves going to Grandma and Grandpa Hansen's. We went there a lot while we were staying with my parents, and he falls right to sleep when Grandma picks him up. He also likes to stare and Grandpa and smile :)

We were also able to go to Wyoming and stay with Erin and Snug. Here is a picture of Mason and Chris in Jackson Hole. Brrr...cold. Mason is not used to cold weather!!

Mason's first road trip at 1 month old included him going to 8 states in one week! Not too bad at 1 month old!! He was in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Colorado, Utah, Idaho and Wyoming!