A pocket of my life

Sunday just gone me and Lilly took part in the annual race for life in our local park for the first time. If you know our story just then you know just over 2 years ago we lost Liam's dad to a very short battle and wanted to help prevent what our daily had gone through by raising some money. We signed up back in January so have been waiting a long time for this day, when we arrived there was lots set up including photo opportunities, the start and finish lines, sponsor stands and they also had placed extra toilets for the participants.          Our race started at 11am and we were asked to get into categories for either walkers, joggers and runners to help keep the course clear. Me and Lils joined the Wales part but did jog round part of the course too. The course is well marked out with volunteers to cheer you on too and each kilometre is marked off with a sign to know how far you've gone. It was slightly longer than though but me and Lils crossed the finish li...

June has been a busy month but one that has been good 90% of the time, its been a hot one and if you read my last blog post you will know that it doesn't help my  Mental health  at all, its been a bit tough for that reason but luckily it has cooled for the moment. Lilly has had a busy month starting off with a cinema trip with her guide group to go and see the new Little Mermaid, she absolutely loved it and can't wait to watch it again. She has had two visits from the tooth fairy this one, for some of the larger teeth at the back, she is honestly growing too fast. Lastly Lilly made me and her Dad so proud when she competed in town sports today and went on to win two 2nd place medals for discus and 60m sprint.  Olivia has also had a big month starting off with water fights with her big sister and finally getting fully back into nursery with the confidence she had a few month back ( she became scared of nursery back in late April). Olivia has also made a huge le...