Almost outta here!

First off... I kinda suck at keeping up with this whole blog thing. But I am promise to get better at it. This is our last weekend at home for a while. Saturday is my birthday, woohoo! and then next weekend Mountain Stomp. We have been working hard at getting product ready and preparing the bus and it's veggie oil system. I have been pumping out sweater, hats and pouches. Parker has been adding most important items to the bus. And Phoenix is doing his best to distract us with his adorable-ness.
We have been staying still in Tigard which has worked out very nicely. Plus we have had another bus family staying with us. Molly, Rosko, Dukkie, River and Marley have been staying with us for about 3 weeks now. It's been great. They have rockhounds and jewelry makers, and we all plan to go to the same festies. It's an awesome sense of community and family with them. I can't wait to see where we will all go together.
From Mountain Stomp we are heading to Oregon Country Fair! I am so excited! GET ON THE BUS!

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Meet Johnathan

In November of 2009, Parker and I bought a 1987 Ford Bluebird Schoolbus. For the last couple months we have been ripping him apart and putting it back together to make a rolling home. In exactly one month we will be living in it full time. It's alittle crazy, it's very exciting and most of all it's what we feel like we need to do. Not just for ourselves but for our son. Most people would consider living on a bus alittle foolish, but we believe that it is going to be the best way to raise our little man the best way. More on that later for now, here is a few details on the bus.
The bus hails from New York City. It has was a wheelchair bus, so it has a HUGE freaking door on the side. Boom. It runs on veggie oil, which is obviously a big bonus. The girl that we bought it from had been living in it for 2 years, and I am pretty sure she didn't really know what she had. We got it for a steal of a deal. As of right now we have ripped out the old floor and put in the new. We have also cleaned and painted the inside. Next step in putting in the wall for the bedroom and then the kitchen and then the woodstove. Which is like 200 freaking pounds. We have gotten tons of help from our amazing friends and we feel really blessed.
Our plan is to start traveling in the beginning of July and see where the wind takes us. My hopes that this blog will inspire others to follow their hearts and do what feels most natural. For us, that means to explore. We love you and hope that you too will GET ON THE BUS!