A pocket of my life

June has been busy and hot!! Our month started with a surprise birthday party, new glasses for Lils and back to school fun. The party was for a family member who had no idea luckily, it was so lovely to see all the family again. We then took a trip to watch banger racing, we travelled to Arlington raceway and spent the night with friends watching some very fun racing. This is when the weather changed a bit and started creeping up, we took the kids to the travelling funfair which was a blast, Lils went on all the rides but one, shes crazy haha, and even Olivia was brave and went on the bigger chair-o-planes. It was a great fair and it was suprisingly quiet when we went. The weekend continued with the heat and we decided to enjoy a day at the beach, it was one of those days that I feel like we really needed, swimming in the sea, making sandcastles and trying to move our stuff whilst the tide tried to race us.  The heat really ramped up last week, we felt temperatures of 3...

We did it! Today me and Lilly took part in the Pretty Muddy 5k event for cancer research, this is a super important chairty for our family as Liam lost his Dad back in 2021 to lung cancer. This is the third year that we have taken part in the race for lfe but the first muddy one that we have done. I was honestly a little nervous for this, its the unknown that make me other think but I would do this again in a heartbeat and Lils has said the same. The obstacles are fun, some are harder than others but if you don't want to do one then you don't have too.  There are a variety of obstacles from army style nets to crawl under, walls to climb over and even a chance to use space hoppers, the last one was the best by far, it was an inflatable slide which finished in a pool of very muddy water. At each obstacle there are marshalls with buckets, hoses and water guns ready to get you wet and muddy but also there to egg you on if you need it.  If you ever get a chance to do on...

I feel it's only right to share about our Race for life experience this year as I feel like it is an achievement for both me and Lilly. This is the second year that we have taken part and I wanted to firstly take part again as it's such a great way to raise money to find treatment for cancer, something that is really close to our hearts. But secondly I did want to beat last years time for the 5k and we did it! Race for life comes in two different forms, either a normal walk/run or a mud run. The normals runs consist of 3k, 5k and 10k races, they are always well organised, the route is easy to follow and the Marshalls are there to cheer you on. I am yet to do a muddy one but I really hope to do so one day. We managed to raise just over £150 between us and beat our time but 5 minutes bring us in at 48 minutes.  It is honestly an amazing event with such a lovely atmosphere and we will definitely be signing up again. Donate here Victoria x