On The Road Again!

Saturday evening we finally hit the road. We had planned to leave about a wk before that, but in true Sloan style we were late! (Actually I think the Sloan's....Steve family is pretty punctual, so maybe it's a Lovelace thing???) We didn't get very far either. We got to our friend's (Darla & Rob) home near Knoxville and stayed the night there. They have a great old home with a little mini farm with chickens and lots of gardens. We got fresh eggs and herbs. Darla made an amazing faccicha bread and a really great breakfast! Our kids had a great time playing with theirs and we hope to see them on our way back east and at Leaf of course!

With Rob and Darla and Family.

Lincoln, Connor and Winston in Tennessee.

Conner saying good-bye to his friend Kelty in Tennessee.

Isabelle and Kelty with their chickens.
Then we drove Sunday, Monday & Tuesday pretty hard. Tuesday we got into Denver right in time for rush hour and Burnie over heated. The engine shut off and the steering locked up. I was able to get over to the shoulder (for those in NC who don't know what that is....kinda joking.... it's an area of pavement on the side on the lane where you can pull off the road), but it was on an overpass. We were so close to the guard rail that we couldn't open our door to get out to look at the engine. It all worked out after a few hrs and me realizing I had left the bus in drive when it died...oops!

The spot where the bus died on I-70 in Denver.

Who needs to pee???
Wednesday we slowly headed up the pass. We pulled off twice when the bus seemed to get too hot, but had a nice slow drive. The mountains are beautiful and at 30MPH you really get to see ALOT! We got in to De Beque CO and met up with some friends, Vicki & Joey. I have known Vicki online for a couple yrs so it was really fun to meet her in real life! They are another FOTR and they have a very cool bus! We had a great dinner and the kids had a blast playing with their kiddos. The boys love the shirts & crocs..thanks!

All the kids

Vicki and Bryce

Steve and Joe
So now we are almost to Steve's sister, June's, house in Pleasant Grove UT. We are excited to see them & all our UT family & friends! And after putting so many miles on the road we are ready to sit on the beach at Lake Powell and do NOTHING for a wk!!!

Isabelle's Horse Camp 2008

Isabelle went off to a 2 week horse camp last month. She loves the horses and she loves meeting new friends. Enjoy the pictures. Make sure you check out the last blog entry as well.

Hope you enjoyed the pictures. You would think we would have pictures of her riding and doing stuff with horses, but these pictures were taken by her camp leaders. We still have not developed Isabelle's disposable cameras yet. Again remember to check our last blog as well.

Pictures of beautiful NC!

I thought I would put together photo's from our summer here in North Carolina. ENJOY!

This is one of the many BEAUTIFUL sunsets that we have.

On the Blue Ridge Parkway on our way to pick blueberries.

Bryce and kids on Blue Ridge Parkway.

Conner picking blueberries.

blueberries everywhere!

Butterflies were everywhere.

Sweet Sweet Bryce

Kids playing in the water by the blueberry hill.

ZEN Master Lincoln.....

Isabelle and Lincoln playing in the water.

What can we say - we know we are the cutest couple ever!!!!!!

Dropping Isabelle off for 2 week horse camp.

Dropping Isabelle off at camp.

Cutest couple again!

The boys swimming at Triple Falls.

Hottie!

Winston widdling wood and then his finger later on.

Dreads are looking beautiful.

Randy and Ann at Aunt Nancy's B-day party.

Aunt Nancy - The B-day girl!

Negy - Bahnson and Joyce's son. (Bryce's cousin's child)

Aunt Nancy and all the Kids.

Bryce and Conner at Bele Chere. (Asheville has 3 day Music and art Festival downtown)

Hanging out at Bele Chere.

Billy Jonas playing the Volcano song. (Bryce likes his music)

Winston singing along with Billy Jonas.

You know Asheville is cool when the Dough Boy shows up!

Winston's SuperDuper hug is the best!

Conner panning for gold at Hiddenite. (This place has been featured on travel channel)

Isabelle at Hiddenite.

Lincoln at Hiddenite.

Bryce and Winston at Hiddenite.

Me at Hiddenite.

What did you find Winston?

Conner.

Lincoln.

Isabelle.
Well there you have it. Things that we did here in North Carolina this Summer. Now all of you that have not visited this area do you see what your missing out on? We love this place! Peace and Love...