I am at my most content when spending quality time with my family, going off on adventures together and making happy memories. Being on holiday together, with very limited internet connection, was blissful. It is so easy to get distracted by social media and the blogosphere, and whilst I love it, it has a tendency… Read More
I always enjoy reflecting on the past week in my regular Friday Focus feature. This week, I’m taking a different approach and reflecting on the things that I’m thankful for instead: My wonderful hubby who took time off work yesterday to look after me and the girls when a nasty tummy bug put me… Read More
With the local recreational ground being just a few minutes’ walk from our house, it is impossible to miss when Party in the Park is on in the summer. Our road is full of parked cars and we can hear the music from the stage from inside the house (lovely during the day when we… Read More
There are several fundraising events for charities close to our heart that we try to attend every year and the Charlie Jones Foundation Family Fun Day is one of them. It’s a charity that was set up by heart parents Donna and Dean Jones after the death of their 5-month old baby Charlie from hypoplastic… Read More
One of the best things about having an annual pass for Legoland is that it takes the pressure off when we visit. It doesn’t matter if Jessica decides that she “doesn’t like” going on certain rides or if there is a long queue for something – we can always go back another day. Hubby bought… Read More
When we first heard about the Shaun in the City trail coming to London, shortly after completing our Book Bench challenge, we knew that this was a challenge we wanted to take on. 50 different Shaun the Sheep sculptures placed around central London to find. We were away on holiday hunting gold postboxes when the… Read More
When we were compiling our list of gold postboxes to visit around the country as part of our Olympic and Paralympic gold postbox challenge, we also discovered that two sets of lock controls had been painted gold in celebration of the gold medals won by British rowers. One sunny afternoon, we decided to head off… Read More