Austin's 12th Birthday

Today Austin turns 12! Because his birthday fell on a Sunday, and Valentines Day fell on the Saturday before, we had to celebrate his birthday on Friday the 13th. The day was awesome! Austin chose to have 3 friends come and spend the night and of course...every year on his birthday we take him out to dinner. He decided that with his friends he wanted to go to Outback Steakhouse. So with Me, Jeremy, Taylor, Austin and 3 friends in tow, along with Aunt Pat and Wendy we took everyone out to dinner... They don't do reservations so we had to do call ahead seating. I called ahead and we got there around 6pm. The hostess, forget about us and we waited an hour and almost a 1/2 to get a table...needless to say, the management was sorry and took care of our desserts and appetizers...Whew...thank goodness!! Everyone had steak and potatoes and everyone was very well satisfied with taking their time and eating great food! They came out and sang Austin his birthday song (which he always loves) and him and all his friends had a brownie and ice cream. He opened all his presents and then we headed home. He and all his friends stayed up late like all tweens are suppose to and then mosied on home in the morning hours... Needless to say, on Valentines day, we spent the day going to Toys R Us and Walmart and buying more toys with all his gift cards and money he received....so it was like Day 2 Austins birthday...which was fine with us! Then today with it being our Daytona 500 party day, Aunt Pat decided to surprise Austin with a Nascar themed birthday cake and dessert! He was excited! Dumb me, with my pregnant brain and all, forgot my camera on the night he and his friends had a slumber party and dinner, but did get pictures of his birthday cake at Aunt Pats!!! Happy Birthday Austin!~