With the start of a new year, I thought it would be fun to refresh the design of our family blog. My goal this year is to learn more about blog design and get more comfortable with html. I still have not settled on a final look, don't be surprised if you continue to see changes in the next few months.
Happy New Year!
Monday, January 11, 2010
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Monday, December 28, 2009
Taking grandma and grandpa K to the SP Children's Museum
On Sunday we took a family trip to the St. Paul Children's Museum. We now have a membership and plan to hang out there a lot this winter.
Walking in a Winter Wonderland
According to the MPR Updraft blog we received a total of 11 inches of snow from this Christmas storm. Thursday afternoon was definitely the best day to play in the snow, after that everything got very icy. Sula enjoyed being pulled around in her red sled.
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Hines Family Christmas Party
This weekend was the annual Hines Family Christmas Party, also known as the "Loud Party." Like years past, the party was filled with good comfort food (LOVE Ben's bacon wrapped mini franks), some booze (saw lots of MGD), and of course family and close friends. The party is typically hosted at a hotel that has an indoor pool. The pool always seems to be the hot spot, both in the evening and the next morning.
The absence of Jim and Pat's company and humor was clearly felt. I also felt the absence of Jim's bottle of brandy, his yearly Christmas treat. We attempted to make up for their lost company by hooking up a webcam.
The highlight of my evening was watching Sula run up and down the hallway of the hotel with all her little cousins. She was so excited to be playing with the "big kids."
The night was not without unexpected excitement. Around 10:30 pm the hotel fire alarm started blaring and did not turn off until the local fire department arrived (a good 10 -15 min later). The noise scared baby Sula silly. Thankfully, aunt Barb was able to calm her down and back to sleep later. This was enough to take the party-goers out of any form of sleepy mode. We kicked off a game of Apples to Apples around midnight.
You will find more party pictures here!
http://picasaweb.google.com/hinesfamilyjournal/HinesFamilyChristmasParty#
http://picasaweb.google.com/hinesfamilyjournal/HinesFamilyChristmasParty#
Here are a few of my favorite pictures of Sula:
Sula with her new BFF, Corey's cousin Katie.
Ha..ha..haha
Sula playing with her second cousin Kayden.
Sula playing with her new Christmas present from uncle Jason.
Bad kitty!
Sula and our cat Mouse have a complicated relationship. Mouse has taken to sleeping in Sula's crib. Now we have to diligently keep the door closed to her room to prevent Mouse from taking a snooze in her crib. Sula loves to chase him all over the house and pet him gently. Sometimes she tries to give him a hug (as a result kind of crushing him), at that point it is too much and Mouse goes and hides. Mouse has a habit of jumping up on the table during dinner (YES, BAD KITTY). This is not acceptable cat behavior but he seems to always try anyway, despite getting sprayed with lots of water (we have a naughty-cat spray bottle). Well, this week was totally pathetic, he decided to beg for scraps from Sula. I think she was eating some french toast- not exactly what I would call your typical cat fare. Corey wasn't there to enforce that BAD KITTY rule and so I just watched, laughed, and took some pictures.
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