FA Camp in Adelaide

Well, we are home again after a whirlwind trip to Adelaide over the weekend.

The very first FA Camp Australia was this weekend - it started Friday and ended Monday. Jasper and I flew out Friday and came home Wednesday. (I am an Adelaide girl, so had 2 extra days to see some family).

The camp was a lot of fun. I have not laughed like that since meeting Lori at Camp Sunshine this year!

Jasper and I both made new BFF's. Helen and Ray are also from WA, and we all really hit it off. Here are Jas and Ray having some boy time on the top of one of the bunk beds at bed time.

The camp was not a focus on medical things like in the US, but more of a time for families to come together and have some fun.

There were 3 families from WA (we rock!!), and 2 from SA. There was another family from NSW. It was small, but it was a lot of fun!

It was so freezing cold at night. Helen and I were lucky enough to get a heater for our room - we had one room per family, but where is the fun in that??? We decided to bunk in together as there were 4 bunk beds per room.

Here are some of the photos of our antics.....

This is when we landed at Adelaide airport... We had a couple of hours to wait before the camp bus picked us up, and "the boys" decided to have a boys only table...
Front Left is Ray, behind him is Jasper and back right is Adam. All of these boys have Fanconi Anemia.









This is Adam and Ray with one of their favourite volunteers, Amy. They had so much fun with her!!









Here are Jasper and Ray with some of the volunteers swimming in the "heated" pool... it was NOT heated!! The boys didn't last long because of a total lack of body fat!!!









This is the handsome Ray. His smile melts your heart. We love you Ray!!!









On the Saturday night we had a bonfire with singing and marshmallows. There was singing all weekend, but only one bonfire! Totally perfect for a freezing cold night!










This is Karen (left) and Helen. Karen is Adam's mum and Helen is Ray's mum. We had met Karen and Adam prior to the Adelaide Camp, and it was great to see them again, and it was the first time meeting Helen and Ray. They are such great people, I see a lot of fun together in our futures!!!









This was at the bonfire - Jasper with his favourite volunteer Jaime.











Here we are, left to right - Charisse (FA Adult), me, Helen and in front one of the volunteers, Andrew.








Want to see what a full few days at Camp does to the kids??? please see below!!



Could he be sweeter?? (only when he is awake!)







Thanks for reading.

I will post again after Jasper has his blood test next Thursday (9th Oct I think). I will have photos of the Royal Show then... guess who we are going with???? HELEN AND RAY!!!
thanks for the tickets mum!!

Bye for Now!!
Brooke
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