Summer has come and gone.

We only have 2.5 more weeks until school starts. I am so sad. I love having my kids home with me all day. Don't get me wrong, the cleanliness of my house suffers greatly during the summer when I don't even have 5 minutes alone to pick up. I also run out of things to do with them, but I really REALLY love having them home. It makes me so sad to think about them going to school b/c during the school year, I am away from them more than I am with them. By the time they get home, do homework, eat dinner and bathe there isn't much time for QUALITY time. This will be my last year with Bowen home in the afternoons. He will go to preschool in the morning and be at home in the afternoon. I can't believe in only one short year he will be in Kindergarten. I don't feel like EMMA is old enough to be in kindergarten and she will be in the fourth grade. One thing we have really been focusing on this summer is eating healthy. In looking for healthy ideas for my kids I discovered the horrible, scary world of GM food or genetically modified food. GM food is food that is genetically modified to be able to grow and live through heavy sprayings of pesticides and other chemicals and it is also genetically modified to grow bigger and 'prettier'. It's really scary and SO, SO, SO many of our foods are GM. I have been trying to eliminate all GM foods from our diet (it's really hard). The best way to do this is to only buy organic. Only organic can be really expensive and just b/c it's organic doesn't necessarily mean it's healthy. We have cut out a LOT of pre packaged things, but with FOUR kids, it's challenging to buy things that are quick and easy and also healthy. However, Brad and I have both noticed a difference in how we feel when we are eating mostly organic. We aren't perfect in the healthy eating, but we are trying and it has improved the way we eat quite a bit. The hardest thing for Brad and I has been Dr. Pepper and for Brad also Red Bull. It's definitely a work in progress!!