The Life of Luke (and Ben)

"holding" Ben

Helping Dad landscape

Super Luke!

I'm just tickling him!

Luke reading about the famous sausages in his baseball book

(the free program from the game)

Ben took matters into his own...thumb. He was tired and decided to fall asleep himself.

Luke and Carson digging in the dirt

Cookie Monster

Luke loves being in the kitchen with me. Our latest venture was a Chicken casserole. But these cookie pictures are a lot cuter.

tastes just right

No, Mom, I'm pretty sure there was only one.

I don't know where the other one would have gone.

Mmmmmm, smell those chocolate chips

Luke's new rule: if you can catch it, you can eat it.

eating a cookie with Daddy

Go Cardinals!

Grandpa J. invited us once again to enjoy a Brewer's Game in one of the suites. This time it was a Cardinals game so the Husters boys came dressed to cheer on the Red Birds. There are many pictures to highlight Ben's first game and Luke's first Cardinals game but I have to start with Luke's reaction to Duncan's homerun. You can't see the ball, but trust me, you'll know when it goes over the wall.

"I wanna be, wanna be like Kurt"

Luke and Grandpa in the dugout

Grandma and Ben cheering for Grandpa's team

Put me in coach!

running the bases

Cardinal fans

Yes, Ben is wearing good old gold and blue, his Aunt Kendra helped him "wet" his cute Cardinals outfit and then she very graciously bought him a Brewers outfit

5th -7th inning nap

Bens, Brewers, Baseball

April's pictures

Mommy's little helper

Along with wiping Ben's spit up away from his mouth, and showing Ben how to play with his toys, Luke has become a whiz in the kitchen. So far we've made cookies, brownies, and most recently a birthday cake for Katrina. Luke has actually managed to get most everything in the bowl. He loves throwing the measuring cups into the sink when we're done with them, and he's a pro at putting the sprinkles on a cake. (He's good with birthday candles too!) And here's Luke at work. I can't wait till he's washing dishes!

The boys...

Thanks again, Aunt Sherri and Uncle Dev!

Luke loves his table, he eats every meal there.

It's a long ride home from school.

Lounging in bed (Scott and I have to find other beds)

We're brothers.

A month in pictures

I've decided to give in and load this month's pictures on slide.com. Some of the highlights from March.

Ben's baptism March 9th. Great service, great family, Scott made great chili...missed Grandpa H. (silly ankle)

Uncle Josh came to stay the next weekend. Luke had fun chasing him around. I'd like to hire him as my manny. He cleaned my dishes and organized my kitchen.

The day he left, Uncle Ben came down to drop off his car. He took Luke shopping the next morning so I could pack and bought Luke his very first baseball.

We headed for St. Charles on Thursday night. Friday is was 70. We played in both Grandmas' backyards. Luke LOVED being outside. Saturday was filled with extended family. Luke played nice with all his cousins and Ben got to meet everyone. Sunday was sunrise service (Luke stayed awake through the whole thing, Ben slept through the whole thing). Monday, my cousin Anna came to visit. We took Ben shopping and then Shawn joined the whole family for dinner. Sally and Jeff asked Luke to be a ringbearer in their upcoming wedding and I get to sing. Scott is the best man so I guess Ben's on his own!

We're home now, getting ready for Dinner Theatre. Everyone's feeling well, for the most part and we can't wait for spring to actually get here.

Alright, the pictures.