Anyone loose a tooth??

TYLER DID!!! That's right, on Friday evening Tyler was playing outside and eating a snowcone and when he bit into in, his botton tooth fell out!! We were on our way camping so we left the tooth under his pillow at home for the toothfairy to visit on Sunday night when we got back.  

Cooper River Bridge 10K

Last weekend we loaded up the truck and headed to Charleston for the weekend, along with my mom, dad and Jay! We stayed at some good friends of the family's (Robin and Howie) house again and had a wonderful visit! It's my 2nd time running this race and I'm so excited to keep it a tradition! I liked it better this year because not only did I beat my time by almost 5 minutes from last year, but I had my family and friends waiting for me at the finish line!! I ran the 10K in 48:23! With a pace of 7:48.. I was pretty surprised and happy with myself! It must have been the neon yellow shirt my dad bought me!! Thanks Dad!  Next year tho, Dad, Jay, and Eric agreed to run it with me! Woot Woot! 

After the race we headed to Folly Beach for the day.  We played a couple games of half rubber, some pattle ball and a game of volleyball! Tyler had fun playing with his Uncle Jay and Caiden was playing in the sand. I was a little windy that day, but I was still able to get some sun! By the time we headed home, grabbed dinner at Bessingers BBQ and showered, we were ready to call it a night! We all put our pj's on and watched some basketball (Go Heels!)... we also enjoyed some wine!  We left Sunday early so we could get home at a decent hour.  What a wonderful weekend!

 

It's been a while...

I know, I know, I haven't posted anything in a while... I'll go ahead and admit it.. I'm addicted to Facebook! LOL! I've been so busy updating it with pictures, etc. that I forget to write on the blog. And NOW my camera is broken, so I'll be pictureless for a while! I would go buy a camera to use while it's getting fixed, but I tried that last time and ended up keeping it, then that one broke and that's where I'm at today! Anyway, I was able to use my camera phone for some pictures, as well as my friends, and my mom's when we were in Charleston last weekend.

I took the boys to the park the other day and they had so much fun! It's a lot easier now that Caiden can walk/run and is able to play with Tyler more. It's so cute to see him say "come on" and motion his hand!

Here's some pictures from my camera phone (not the best quality..

Grandpa and Snow- HOORAY!

We were having a lazy Sunday, not doing much of anything. It had been raining all day, the boys played inside, I was on the computer, Eric played a little XBOX. We all went to the grocery store together just so we could DO something... THEN all of a sudden we get a phone call from Eric's dad and he says "hey guys! I'm heading back to NY and my flight got canceled in Charlotte so I'm staying here tonight!" YAY! So we headed out to his hotel and joined him for dinner! When we were finishing up our meal we looked out the windown and it was no longer raining.. it was SNOWING! Man was it beautiful! It was snowing so hard and within the next hour it was already piling up on the grounds! The boys played in is some, but then we had to head home before the roads got bad. I know it always sucks when your plane get's canceled! But how great is it when it gets stuck in the same city you have family in! AWESOME!! It was so nice seeing you Dave (Grandpa)- Caiden kept picking up your picture in the house and says "gam-pa" and he's working on "ray ray"- he calls her baby! So sweet! Love you!!

Tyler got an Award!

Tyler is doing SO well in Kindergarten. He amazes us everyday. On Wednesday the Kindergartners had a little awards ceremony and Tyler got one for "Always Turning In His Homework" We are soooo proud of him!He's quite the artist too, last quarter his art work was framed and hung in the Kindergarten hallway for a few months. Keep up the great work Tyler! XOXO

70 degrees in February?

To me that means many things- open all the windows and enjoy the fresh air, let the kiddos play outside, and go for a RUN (my favorite thing to do!)! I LOVE these days! On Sunday I had the pleasure in watching my good friends Adam and Ashley's boys for the day.. all 3 of them! They (of course) played outside and once the little ones woke from their nap we took everyone, and Buck, to the park! They had a blast, and were so well behaved! I took LOTS of pictures so instead of writing a bunch, I'm just gonna post the pictures!

Saturday pics....

This picture (below) is soooo funny to me because while I was outside taking pictures of the kids, Eric picks me up and starts spinning me while I had the camera in my hand! I was able to take a quick photo of me in full spin speed. LOL!

Jenn and me once we figured out the right spot to take the picture without the sun glaring in our eyes.

Ty Musso climbed about 15-20 ft up this tree!

Sunday pics...

jackson wouldn't let me take his picture!! too cute!!

Buck broke yet another frisbee... it's Caiden's hat now..

Caiden and Sammy playing catch! Nice form boys!

We attempted to make a human pyramid

...and they all came tumbling down...

our car.. fully loaded, dog and all!

6 years ago...

Tyler James Mick was born on February 1st, 2003.

Dear Tyler,

We are so proud of you Tyler. You are a wonderful , energetic, full of life, sweet, loving boy! Your father and I adore you, and Caiden too. We can't believe how fast you are growing up. You're almost done with Kindergarten already! You do so will with your sight words and writing sentences, you help take care of your little brother(even when he takes your crayons), you help mommy and daddy around the house. You do so much and again, we are so proud of you!!

We love you Tyler,

Mommy and Daddy

Tyler's birthday weekend was a fabulous one!! Eric's Dad, Dave, and his wife Rachel flew in from Jupiter, Florida, to spend the weekend with us for Tyler's birthday. On Saturday we took Tyler and his friends to Monkey Joes to play for a couple hours and then came back to the house for pizza, cup cakes and ice cream! After the party, Tyler spent the night with Dave and Rachel at their hotel and went swimming in the indoor pool! We met them for breakfast the next morning at the hotel and enjoyed some Delicious omelets! yummo! Afterwards, Dave and Rachel to Tyler to the Circus!!!! It was Tyler's (and Dave's) first time going and Tyler had so much fun he talked about it for days! Dave got suckered into buying Tyler a $12 thing of cotton candy and a $9 icee.... hey, that's what Grandpas are for, right! :) Thank you SO much for coming up that weekend, and Happy Birthday Tyler and Rachel (Feb. 5th

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Alabama Trip!

Happy Birthday Katelen!!!!
For Kate's Birthday weekend we drove over to Auburn to visit her and Dustin. We got there last Friday night and had a blast all weekend. We stayed up late playing games, took the boys and Ellie Mae to the park and Dustin made some awesome guacamole dip and black bean and corn salad! Their apartment is so cute and it's in great location: right of the interstate, right near Auburn, the mall, Kate and Dustin's work.. just perfect! I just wish they were right next door to US instead of 5 hours... but it's better then 12 hours away! We love you Kate and Dustin and can't wait to see you again soon!!!

Corrupt Computer

I know its been a few weeks since our last blog but there's a legitimate reason.... our computer crashed... TWICE! Yes, Eric fixed it, we lost everything (except for the stuff he put on the external hard drive).. sadly though I lost all my itunes and any pictures taken in the last 6 months (luckily I have pictures on this blog and facebook albums, etc. so I didn't loose too much!) Then a week later it crashed again. Anyway, we just have Eric's work computer for now so hopefully I can use it to make some blogs to catch up over that last few weeks!

Miracle #2

January 9 is a day of miracles for my family! Remember last year on this day? My sister went into cardiac arrest and survived! We are so lucky and blessed that she is still here with us today, healthy as can be! I love you Kate, my sister, my best friend.


There's another amazing story about January 9th- last Sunday my Papaw (my mom's dad) drove himself to the hospital for some stomach pains. The doctors found that his gallbladder was infected and needed to be removed. When they prepped him for surgery they noticed something with his heart. They postponed the surgery so they could run some heart tests. The doctors found that the major artery to his heart was 99.9% blocked and his right coronary artery was 80% blocked and that he'd need a double bypass open heart surgery. Guess what day it was scheduled? January 9th!
They drained the infection from the gallbladder first (because they can't removed it until after they fix his heart) and once that was cleared he went into surgery. While operating they noticed 2 more artery's that were blocked making him have a quadruple bypass! They took a vein from his chest and 3 from his leg to graph (I think) around his heart. Many hours later the surgery was a HUGE success. His heart is PERFECT and he is now in recovery. Kate and I took a cute picture with him, but it's on my mom's camera so I'll have to post it later!
That gallbladder infection literally SAVED his LIFE. We love you Papaw!!!!

NYE Party Like a Rock Star

For New Years this year, we decided to host a party with a Rockband and Beer Tasting theme and it was pretty awesome! We had everyone come dressed like a rock star and had a beer tasting table set up with about 6 different beers to pair along with yummy cheeses. We had about 10 people come and it turned out to be a BLAST (I'm a little bias of course, but I did here good things about the party!) I was able to download a couple pictures from the party!

Our "beer tasting" table set up. Pretty impressive I thought (good job Eric!) My favorite beers of the night were Shiner Bock, and Carolina Strawberry Ale!

I figured out how to do this on photobucket.com. I was pretty excited about it!

We play rockband real seriously, no joking around while on tour! And yes, Eric is wearing eyeliner.