We raised £427 pounds for Willow Foundation and £888 for Isabel Hospice by doing the walk. Thanks to everyone that turned out for it. The Hospice want to include an article about the walk in their newsletter which goes out to about 20,000 hospice supporters.
I have yet to get the donations from the Thanksgiving Service and Party to the charities for counting but I hope to do that in the next day or so.
playing for Cancer Research at the Playathon
some of The Aerobics Girls
Evie and Emma
Finished! on The Mall. NB red numbers for the elite athletes!
Approaching the finish
Some of Team Katie on route to start
Katie's Mum and Dad happy to have finished
Starting the run!
Pedal it Pink
Designer Hat!
To Katie
Walking for Katie and 37 balloons
Raven and Ythan about to throw flowers in the sea for Katie
Take off!
Ready for launch!
Lighting a wishing lantern
Mothers Day 14th March 2010
Including Robert's Birthday
Party at Hanbury Manor with the Abba Girls
Photo Flower arrangement
Thanksgiving Service at All Saints Church
350 people attend
With Sophie's card and our roses. x
She is still turning heads!
Notice a hint of pink!
Dulux "Sexy Pink"
These were taken by Lisa on 6.2.10
Katie's sketch of Sam
Just blown candles out
Notice - almost matching shirts!
Oh - he loved it!
To prove I was there!
The soft play bit
Emotional handprint
The finished products - and his proper cake!
Decorating the racing car cakes
(Too difficult to do go-karts)
Copying mummy's new trend in wearing glasses again!
Well I spend so much time asleep now!
Racing car cake arriving tomorrow for party Sunday - so little one bought for today
6-yr old excited about money
New Wii - with sports resort
The old one kept playing up!
My turn on Ian
Drug driving!
Sophie, Sophie, Jane and Ian
Watching CBeebies!
So pleased we got this done!
Handprints of "our wonderful family"
My family has gone a bit mad!
Getting into it!
In house Lady Gaga concert
(Evie was scared!)
Lunch with Giles' parents
We haven't changed really!
Looking at photos when we were young (and silly!)
Transport to reunion
Katie's sketch of Sophie
Sophie's sketch of Mummy
Trip out today
A pampering from Lisa
Amelia and Evie
All of us in the main room!
Sophie's Poem
Mummy in hospital
No detail spared
Cheeky elves card
(Sophie says - spot them in the writing)
Found him!
In search of Santa
Not Rudolph
Lapland
Sophie's 7th
Pop princess (mk 2) at pottery painting party
Aquatica (vast) water park
Not quite how to do it!
Aboard (alli)gator airboat
Fun at Seaworld
Not quite loving this!
C's castle
Pop princess Sophie
.....got the T-shirts!
(Mission Atlantis launch)
Been there.....
The Chevy
Chuffed children
Discovery Cove
(Kids not smiling as water very cold!)
Sophie & Sam take good photos these days
At O2
On board London sightseeing bus
Oh for a happy ending
Sophie's card
London marathon
Legoland (not London!)
One-year old
Evie's Baptism
Malteser football
Intrepid aerial adventurer about to embark on treacherous course!!!
"Here come the girrr-erls"... (Sugarbabes version)
(Cheerleeding on girlie weekend)
Sophie & Sam with sabres
Evie and her ducks
Center Parcs again
Bowling party
5 today
No school today
Rally driving at Brands Hatch
Christmas 2008
(Spot the Audi!)
Happy Christmas
(Not quite) dancing on ice
First dance exam
Sophie turns 6
The childrens' countdown begins
Any bottle will do
Goodness - they start young these days!
Firework party
dominated by children
Boys toys
The Witches of Wheatcroft
Name the Pumpkin
Half term trip to London
At Dover Castle
Marianne, Becky and Me, Jonathan, Amelia and Evie
Resus Annie
(for resus training purposes only!)
Rob and Tom
the marathon runners
center parcs 2008
Not so angelic Evie?!
Angelic Evie
Sophie and Sam with their cousins
Mine!
B&B BBQ
Jo B, Evie & me
My new neck
All of us (2 days before the op)
Sam does some practice
Sophie and Sam go back to School
One day after
The night before
"goodbye glands"
Sam gave me this sticker
The Royal Marsden Hospital
Home from home?!!
Sophie feeding Evie
Sophie, Sam & Evie
About Me
- Katie
- I am 35 years old married to Giles with 3 beautiful children - Sophie-5, Sam-4 and Evie-4 months
6 comments:
Hi Giles
Sorry couldn't make Katies walk on Sunday as was in Edinburgh for the weekend. Looks like it was a great success and a lovely day. Hope things are going ok for you. Looking forward to the bike ride on Sunday. Hear your going to be in the pub. Might be a long wait!! Hope to see you then. Sharon x
Great to see all that you have done in rememberence of Katie. Hope you and the kids are surviving OK.
I e-mailed you at the tesco address which I used to e-mail Katie on (I thought it was a joint address as it has your name in it). The message was to say that I wrote an obituary for the Pharmaceutical Journal but they won't print it without sighting the death cert. I thought it would be nice to inform her collegues who may not know of Katie's death. If you want it printed please can you fax the death cert to 02380 612845.
It reads:-
Katie Pratt (nee Nicholls) sadly lost her fight to malignant melanoma on 22/2/10.
Katie (37) graduated from the London School of Pharmacy (Square) in 1994, pre-reg in 1995 and then worked as a Hospital Pharmacist and Pharmacy Practioner in and around London.
Kind, fun-loving, beautiful and intelligent she made an impression on everyone who met her.
Katie leaves behind a loving family (including 3 young children) whose care for her throughout her illness was second to none. She fought an inspirational battle but now her suffering has ended. Her story can be followed on www.katiesfight.blogspot.com. She will be greatly missed by the many she touched throughout her life.
Katie's inspiration has taught us to enjoy every moment of life. Cherish time with loved ones. Most of us have very little to complain about.
Looking forward to the Marie Claire article - gives me the excuse I need to buy it although I'm not sure if it's the same print over here in Oz. Will get mum to send it if not.
Love,
Karen
Hi Giles
Thank you for still carrying on Katie's legacy in all this. Well done on the walk.
Can't wait to see Katie in Marie Claire -definitely the right decision.
love
Catherine Wakelin (Grainger)
Wow what an amazing amount - well done guys for all your efforts !!!
love lazy Louise !!!
Amazing achievement - and a very thoughtful balloon gift x
Katie would be thrilled with the focus on charity & that her children did it all without a complaint.
Best Wishes
Wow! Katies legacy lives on Giles. She will be very very proud of you all,
lots of love
Nicky Max and Aurelia xxx
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