Maria Kiriluk Hines

Family:
  FINALLY found the perfect man to marry (at least for me)! Mike and I were married in 1998. Unfortunately, waited to long to get that done and now we are unable to have kids. BUT we did find a birthmom who was willing to let us adopt her child and in August 2000 Tanner was born. We even got to be there for Tanner's birth!
Career:
  Still holding onto my teaching certificate from UNR (and San Jose State)and hope to actually put it to use one of these days. 1993 started working for a software company in Santa Cruz as a marketing assistant. Worked up the corporate ladder to a Worldwide Distribution Marketing Manager, which meant lots of travel, stress, long hours and burnout. Enjoyed it for the most part, but thanks to a buyout in 2001 and our moving to Sonora I now get to be a stay at home mom (and I thought my previous job was HARD!!)I recently retired from Roller Skating competition; move to Sonora kind of made it necessary but may begin teaching skating lessons at the new rink they just opened a couple of months ago.
Hobbies:
  We are a busy family! In 2000 we moved out of the Bay Area and bought 6 acres in Sonora. When we aren't working on remodeling our new home we enjoy water skiing, quads, jeeps, snowshoeing and gardening. I have two horses that I've been trying to show and I enjoy it when my two grooms come along to watch! Tanner loves to ride with mommy, but Mike prefers to keep his feet on the ground.