thebhive family adventures

Personally, Shiang-ling and  I think we have the most fun when our family is outside. There is just something about how we spend our time outside, the elements and the naturalness of it all comes together and makes lasting memories whether we’re on the objective side of a camera lens or not. Hiking – We have recently started hiking more. We’ve always wanted to go hiking, but we just never made time to do it or had the terrain for the most part. We aren’t talking trails either because we’d go on trail walks as a family all the time. What we were looking to do is to have some elevation change, put some miles on, play in an interesting area (i.e. waterfall, crevasse, span footbridge, etc…) not only for our sake, but for the physical, mental, and emotional growth of our children’s lives. Fishing – I used to fish…

Johnny and I spoke about being Big Family Living Tiny. I don’t know whats wrong with me but I get SUPER anxious about speaking… I know LOUD ole me get super nervous?! Well we started out with a smallish crowd but it quickly grew as we spoke about how we chose our bus, what we’ve found to be important for us as a big family and our life/family philosophies. We spoke from the heart and wanted to share truthfully how much fun we are having cutting free from the ‘societal norm” and doing US! Alexis wanted a clay magnet business a while ago. But… because business/marketing/branding is my jam, I started to become overbearing about how to run a business. I slowly stifled her creativity and desire to operate a business. I forgot that it was for her. On the way to the festival, she decided she wanted to make…