Father’s and Son’s Campout
Last night and today, Zachary and I are enjoying our annual church Father’s and Son’s campout with our Ward. Zach looks forward to this so much every year and about tackled me yesterday afternoon when I got home from work. He was ready and excited to go! In fact, he already had the tent, camp chairs, sleeping bags, air mattress, and other camp equipment out and ready by the door! 🙂 He is so cute!
We packed up and went to get some food and treats for the event. We ended up going to KFC for some chicken and then went and got some junk food (including licorice, gummi coke bottles, and Cheetos). We then headed up to Blackwell Forest Preserve to pitch our tent with many of the other dads and boys in the Ward and have some fun.
It’s funny how camping works here. You go to a groomed forest preserve where you pitch your tent on mowed grass! 🙂 It’s very comfortable, but a far cry from what we did when we were growing up.
We ate our dinner and then sat around the fire, talking to all the other dads and boys. Zach got tired of that and went off to play with the rest of the boys while the dads relaxed! 🙂
We then had smores when it started to get dark, and then Zach was tired and wanted to go into the tent. I don’t think he was as tired as he was ready to eat junk food and watch a movie on Dad’s laptop! We do this every year and I think that’s a highlight for him! This year, he made it through the entire movie! 🙂
In the morning we got up and we made breakfast for the group while Zach went off and played with the boys. We ate a great breakfast of pancakes, sausage, eggs, and juice before we packed up everything and came home.
We had a great time together. I look forward to spending this time with Zach every year. Next year, if Ben is potty-trained, he will get to come too! That should be VERY interesting and FUN! 🙂
