Big "6" birthday, and other things...

On January 6th, Caleb turned 6 years old! My, how the years have flown. We celebrated by having many of his friends come to Pure Entertainment, a place where they could bounce, play games, and enjoy each other. They all had a ball-and we were grateful that so many kids came to help celebrate Caleb's big day =)

Lately, Caleb's new favorite game is Mariokart--we all love it! Better watch out-in 10 short years, this boy will be driving. Good thing he's getting in some practice now =)And the rest of our time has been spent getting ready for school. Caleb went back to school on January 4th, and Mark and I return on January 19th. This semester Mark is taking a Comparative Religions course online, and I am entering my 2nd semester of Nursing school which will cover OB/Pediatrics. Should be an eventful spring! I also got a job working at Via Christi as a Nurse Technician when I am available. This should present good opportunities to learn while on the job!

Also, Mark left for Nebraska this past Thursday for a conference to learn about more aspects of his job at Eaglemed. He is returning to us today, after a long weekend in the cold, snowy atmosphere of Omaha. The kids and I are anticipating his return!!

Happy Holiday Season

Happy Holidays, from our family, to yours!

Christmas is almost here!

Our good friend Tony Haag took these wonderful pictures of the kids for us. We will be forever grateful because they turned out awesome!!

We hope this holiday season finds you happy, joyful, and in good health. This is such a wonderful time of year to be thankful, and we hope you are enjoying it with family and friends, staying close with the ones you love.

We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

The Hains

Thanksgiving and Finals

Happy Thanksgiving from the Rowe/Kindt clan!

This is all of us gathering around the computer, to talk to Jessie via Skype. She couldn't surprise us this year, and walk right through the door like last year (which, by the way, was an AWESOME surprise). But this was good!

The weekend after Thanksgiving, Mark's parents, Linda and Tony, celebrated their 40th Wedding Anniversary! We went up to Kansas City to celebrate with them, while they renewed their wedding vows! Here's the happy couple :-)

One good thing about Thanksgiving (besides the family gathering and turkey), is that the school semester is almost over! Mark and I had a hard time getting back into the groove of school work and finals after the break! But we're making it through and this is our last week, then it's a full month without homework assignments, projects, etc.

This is a picture of my clinical group for 1st semester. We had a wonderful instructor (Denise-in the middle), and good experiences at Select Specialty, in Via Christi-St. Francis hospital.

November, here we come

Caleb lost his 1st tooth!! We can't believe how fast this moment has come upon us...but he worked hard on that tooth for the past few weeks, and now we finally have something for the tooth fairy!

Another big milestone-Mark turned the Big 3-0 yesterday! We were able to go up to Manhattan to see K-State beat KU, and without the kids. Caleb stayed with Papa and Grandma Hain, and Katelynn stayed with Great-Grandma Rowe. After the game, Mark and I went over to Kansas City for the night and we were able to have nice dinner and a night out on the town! Of course, we were in bed by 10:30pm! Overall, a nice way to celebrate Mark's birthday!