August has been getting away from us! We have been so busy. During the first weekend in August-Shayne, Cliff, and Seth decided to pay us a visit. It was really good to see them. Austin was terribly excited when he found out that they were coming for a visit. He could not wait to play video games with all of them. He really looks up to and admires them. Adam was overjoyed to see them since it had been some time since he had been able to hang out with them. We went to dinner in Pigeon Forge on that Saturday at Johnny Carinos. That place is by far the best place for Italian food. I believe in order to get the best though...you have to come to the Pigeon Forge location:) The weekend was too short and we were sad to see them leave on Sunday.

The next weekend we had Austin's friend Tyler over as well as Tyler's little brother Dawson. With the exception of a few minor bumps in the road the weekend went well.

On to August 12th. Which is Austin's Birthday. We had a wonderful day!! Adam and I both took the day off work to celebrate his birthday. He told us rather than go anywhere he would prefer that Adam and I play video games with him. So we did. He had a great time. He had requested video games for his birthday so it worked out quite well. Later in the day we took him to his favorite restaurant which is Chili's and picked up an ice cream cake on the way home to celebrate. All in all it was a wonderful day.