Geez what a DAY! I got a call from Jay's callbox at 6:30 this morning. Usually when someone calls that early I know it's urgent...

Well, here we go again. Each year I do this and it gets tougher and tougher. I started last night by insisting that the kids find the shir...

I'm so tired. It's the day before the last day of school. My daughter is bringing over the grand kids. Did I mention I was tire...

I must have missed the email from Norton Family that the subscription was up. It expired 3/25. That means my kids have been alone on the i...

So Kat is at silks and I hear Trent in the kitchen making himself dinner. It's probably a quesadilla. I ask him what he's making b...

So, here I am. I'm old. I'm not feeling well. My kids don't need me as much as they used to. I find myself frequently think...

As some of you know, I have taken the position of "Campus Monitor" and "Crossing Guard" at one of my local elementary sc...

It's the end of the year. Yesterday was Trent's birthday. Here he is at 15 (12/29/2016) Here he is at 16 (12/30/16): He ...

Here it is. This year's Christmas photo. I'm sorry I didn't mail any out. I also didn't send out any of those fancy yea...

This year was a lot easier. There was very little yelling or threats. I feel like maybe after 13 years, the kids are finally getting it do...

...Trent still wants to hurt me for taking his picture. Well, it's that time of year again. It's hot, it's raining and humi...

She was named Twitchtip when she first came in to PACC as a stray on 3/11/2014. The kids and I had made a list of names for the Evaluatio...

The family and I got up early this fine Sunday morning to take pictures of a couple of new fosters for Cold Wet Noses. We met at a new pla...

When I was 11 and my sister was 6? 7? (I can't seem to remember our age difference), my parents plucked us out of our teeny tiny hometow...

time to get up why the kids are going to school erik will take care of it good bye mom good bye love you have a good day lock the do...

It seems to me that most people start the new year with hope and a fresh start. Not me. It's my birthday month and I start to reflec...

Yesterday I had my "annual" gyno exam. "Annual" is in quotes because it was actually longer than a year. I guess it had ...

Just because my children have spent their lives in front of the camera does not mean they are happy to be there at any given time. Both ha...

Every year before school, my grandmother takes the kids shoe shopping. This year, she also treated us to lunch!   School starts on th...

Oh, it's summer at the Binnie house. You can tell because all the fans are on and you can smell the kids because they don't shower a...