We LIVE in a SCHOOL BUS!

Hey there!!! Welcome! And THANK YOU for being here!

We are a family of five who sold our home and traded it for a renovated SCHOOL BUS! 🚌

And I'm a former teacher who sells books. 📚

Oh, and our last name is Bell. 🛎

How fitting is that? 

Here's a sneak peek inside our new tiny home. Bus tour coming soon - be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel if you don't want to miss it! 

You want to know something else wild about it all? We decided to buy the bus BEFORE Covid officially exploded in the U.S. In fact, it was announced that schools would be closing because of Covid-19 in Utah the very same day we flew to purchase the bus (and of course we had purchased the tickets a few weeks prior, oblivious to the crazy pandemic we would all soon be navigating). Talk about timing. 

Watch that epic adventure story here. 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs1IcVi1K2j_zGlurnDKeEQ/videos

That was all back in March 2020, and now it's November. 

Since then we managed to:

Sell our house of 6 years ✓

Turn a 36 ft. school bus into a home ✓

Live in it for 4 months and counting... ✓

Lose our cat of 9 years in Moab, UT 😭 ✓

And successfully continue my cancer healing journey naturally ✓

Yes, you read that right. 

It's been a wild year... well, couple of years really. 

Obviously we're ok with going against the grain. 

I love to dabble in lots of different hobbies... and art is always one of them. You may be familiar with my award-winning gingerbread houses donated to the Festival of Trees, or my hobby cookie and cake decorating business @tangledwithtinkering from a few years ago.

Lately, with my primary focus on healing and homeschool in the bus, I've been loving doodling on the iPad. I love to share my work with you and hope people will use it to make all sorts of beautiful things.  Please send me a picture and a message when you do! You can purchase it on my TeachersPayTeachers store (click the image below). And for your purchase, THANK YOU! 

To learn more about us and our story find us here: 

Blog https://medium.com/@thelostbells

Instagram @lostbells & @tangledwithtinkering

Youtube @lostbells

Website www.thelostbells.com

Want to work together? Send us a message! 

The Lost Bells - That one time when we left everything we loved to travel the world with our 3 little kids...

Holy Cow. Where does the time go!? This poor, sad, little neglected blog. Once upon a time I put so much love into you. Sorry little buddy.

If you are reading this THANK YOU for being here!!! I have loved being able to share my love and passion for teaching and creating through this little blog.

Since the last time I posted here we:

1) Had another baby!!! We love her to absolute pieces. She is a little miracle baby and her birth is SO near and dear to my heart.

If you want to watch her 3 minute birth story you can find it here. 

If you're interested in reading ALL the details, including the journey to conceive her and then the difficult decision to labor unmedicated again and some of the miracles along the way find that here.

2) Started a YouTube Channel for my cookie & cake decorating business hobby - See my artistic creative outlet come to life on my Instagram @tangledwithtinkering ...

...Or on my YouTube Channel - TangledwithTinkering

3) We went mentally insane decided to abandon the sweet sweet comforts of home to travel the world. Colby is still working full-time while we travel and I care for our three little ones, all under 6 years old.



The first stop on our adventure was Costa Rica where we spent all of December 2018 living. We celebrated a sunny, sandy Christmas there that we will never forget. Our 18" tree branch was bare but our hearts were SO full as we got to know some of the people in the community there and were able to provide a modest Christmas including food, clothes and a few toys for several families. See some pictures on our Instagram here.

Our second stop has been Oahu, Hawaii where we have spent the last month and where we were able to get a tiny glimpse into the lives of some of the homeless community here and make a small donation. We have loved it and are looking forward to heading to Fiji in just a few days.

Does it sound like a dream? Well the warmer weather and proximity to the ocean has been! But my goodness it is A lot of work and a huge challenge too. Sometimes living in paradise isn't always paradise and parenthood is never easy, wherever you go!

But challenges aside, we are determined to see the beauty and magic of the world hand-in-hand with gratitude in our heart, love for each other, and a resolve to see the good around us and strive to be the good as we go.



If you want to know more about who we are come follow along with our journey -- you can read more and find everything on our website www.thelostbells.com or look us up on Instagram @LostBells or on YouTube - The Lost 
Bells.