Apple picking and my birthday

This last week here has been pretty interesting.

Last Friday, my mom had the day off from work, so she took Jason, Andrew and I to this place called Lynd's Fruit Farm to pick apples. They had three kinds available for picking that day: Gala, Macintosh, and Honeycrisp. They're all really yummy. My mom makes applesauce and apple pies from the apples she picks from this place, and it always turns out great. She's been working on applesauce all week, and today we're going again to pick the apples that she'll need to make her famous apple pie.

My birthday was the 16th of this month (Wednesday), and it was a pretty chill day. We just hung out around the house, and that night we had some yummy cake. Last night, to celebrate with all the family, we went to this place in Columbus called German Village, where Germans settled as they moved here. There's a restaurant in that part of town called Schmidt's, and they serve traditional German food. It was really good. They even had entertainment from a duo, one man playing the accordion and one playing the Tuba. My sisters told them that it was my birthday, so they played happy birthday for me and took my picture. I'll add the picture later, because I currently can't find it....

My family gave me a present - a $50 gift card to H&M! I am really excited to use it because as I said in my last entry, I have a hard time finding clothes that fit that I can actually buy because it's usually too expensive for us. A lot of my clothes are yeeeaaarrs old. I'm in desperate need of an update.

Other than that, it's been pretty relaxing. I don't have much to do other than take care of Andrew and help around the house a bit. And when Jason's gone with his internship or studying, it's nice because there's usually someone here to keep me company. It's been great.

I love my family. :)