St Johns held their annual father and sons camp-out at the Vaal a few weeks ago and the boys had an absolute blast!! The entire weekend was rained out and their tents were practically flooded but that didn’t perturb them one bit…..

Ryan was clever enough to camp next to some of his friends that were really organised – they had a huge gazebo (so they at least had a dry place to sit while it was raining) gas braai’s, lamps and even a vacuum cleaner???!!! Ryan hardly cooked as they were fed by many of the dads who love to cook and apparently their glasses were never empty either….

The boys had so much fun and came home filthy!!! Everything was covered in mud, but it was worth it according to them – what a wonderful weekend of bonding with their dad…. They played paintball and Mikey won; they went fishing and swimming in the river, in the rain!!! Unfortunately, they had to miss stalk the lantern and white water rafting due to the rain, but fun was had by all nevertheless.

Ryan did admit that he considered coming home when the rain never let up, but he thought he would never live it down so he decided to stick it out and prove his manhood….. (I am so glad that I am a woman….) I had a lovely weekend with Demi-Leigh, just the girls, but we did miss our boys tons!!! The best was when they got home and Jamie gave me a huge hug and said: “I missed you so much mommy!!!” Aaaah – just fills my heart with love……

Let’s hope that it is warm and dry for their next campout in 2010!!!