Hooray for Crew's First Birthday!

Ok, so I am proud to say that after this post I am officially caught up. We kind of disappeared for a while over the holidays. When we got back Matt had his surgery and Crew was sick for a week so I think our lives are finally coming back together! Anyway, time for the reason to celebrate, Crew turned one on January 10th! We had such a great day! That morning we made his cake and then took him to the Bean Museum at BYU. It is a great museum with so many amazing animals to look at and it is free! Crew loved being able to wonder around and look at all the animals.


Crew and I in front of some animal (I'm sure Brett Cooper could tell us!)
Matt, Crew and a moose!
That night we had a few friends over for a party! The Coopers, Brutsch's, Hunters, and Katherine and Neil came to help us celebrate.
Crew and Mylie Hunter
Cason Brutsch (in yellow) and Wyatt and Brielle Cooper

Opening gifts
Crew's Grandma and Grandpa Allen gave him a basketball hoop for Christmas and he loves it. So we decided to do a basketball cake.
Crew started slow. He is a very observant kid and so he had to really check it out first.
Making progess
We were so glad Wyatt was there to help show Crew what birthday presents and cakes are all about.

So the pictures got out of order but I don't have time to fix them but this is after we rinsed off all the cake and for some reason he loves the clothes hamper!
Ahh, 30 minutes before the last picture. Not too bad eh?
Cake was everywhere and it was great! Well done son!
Katherine and Neil were representing Phoenix because they were off to a Suns game after the party. Go Suns!

Anyway, Crew had a great first birthday and he is finally over his sickness so life is good!

P.S. A side note on Matt, he had his ACL repaired on Jan. 15th and still uses crutches to get around but is doing much better. He had his first interview with the University of Utah's Physical Therapy program today and is interviewing at Midwestern (Chicago) and Duke in February. Exciting times!