Being Silly and things Brooklyn enjoys doing!

When I downloaded some pictures from my camera I came across these three pictures of Brooklyn! This was back in October. She is such a camera nut! She loves to take pictures of anything, including herself!

Here are three pictures she took of herself! I love you Brooklyn!

When its too cold to go outside Brooklyn loves to paint! Among other things, she loves to play with puzzles and wants to do a 500 piece one I keep putting off doing cause it would take FOREVER! She also loves to read books, play chutes and ladders, dominoes, rummikub and scrabble (she is still working on figuring out how the games work (dominoes, rummikub, scrabble) often we just line them up and make train tracks or even number them out. She is very creative!

Loves to eat ice cream... especially when its a late night snack!

She enjoys putting on her scarf and gloves that Aunt Amie sent to her! She also loves her lady bug boots! I know these things don't match but sometimes I don't want to put up a fight about it. We are at the library which is another thing Brooklyn loves to do when we are stuck inside.

More things we have done, I know I have so many pictures to post... we have done alot!

More pictures that need to be posted! We really did a lot for the first couple of months that we were here since Matt had alot time off before school and swimming got busy.

The Genese River. We took a stroll at one of the biggest parks I have ever seen and its so beautiful and such a fun place for the whole family!

We took Brooklyn to the "Lollypop Farm". Its an animal adoption facility but they allow families to come and see all the animals. Brooklyn had a great time and just loved to see all the dogs! She got so excited and wanted to visit every room where the dogs were!

Taking a few poses outside in the nice weather. We saw all the outside animals, horses, cows, sheep, goat, ducks, etc.

Showing my little bump.... that was then...

Love Brooklyns face! I think she was tired of us getting pictures of her!

What can I say? Such a sweet angelic face....

Checking out the goats!

Matt and the cow having a staring contest.... Matt DOES NOT like cows! He has had bad experiences with them while dirt biking and even to the point where he drove over one on the freeway and took a dive in the car! Luckily he was alright and luckily the cow was already dead when he ran over the cow (this happened at 1:30 am in morning after Matt had dropped me off from a date before we got married).

Horses!

A painted statue of a horse. Pretty artistic! They seem to have lots of different horses created in different ways, hence the mitt horse in the below post.

More random things we have done since we have moved to NY

I have not been doing a good job posting the pictures of things we have done since we have moved here like I said I would.... Time just gets away from me! I guess thats a good thing to say because it shows I am busy here and not wallowing in depression or anything that I am not in Utah with my family, although I do miss them. But I am enjoying it here with new friends and a new adventure. I also love the dependency Matt and I have for each other since we don't have other family around. Its been really good for us and I love spending time with my little girl! So here are some random pictures from a couple months ago!

One of my absolute all time favorite picture of Matt and Brooklyn. We were at the Red Wings baseball game. It was deaf night and we got to meet some great people, eat free food and just mess around (see below).... I love Brooklyn's smile.... so darling...

Not sure what I was doing, but I think I remember Brooklyn asked me to make a funny face since she was playing with the camera and wanted to take pictures. Its not so much a funny face as it looks like a scary face! For those who know the Kelsch family, we can make some pretty wierd faces! I guess we are just so animated!

At the game!

We have a neighborhood pool and Brooklyn was just dying to get a swim in! It was the first of Sept when the weather was still warm! We pass by the pool everyday and she just can't wait to back in! Unfortunately we only got to go one time since the pool closed for the season on Sept. 7th.

Strutting her stuff!

Back in Sept Matt wanted to swim on this 2 mile course he heard about at Candandaigua Lake. When we arrived we were amazed at how they blocked off sections for a "swimming pool" it was really neat and we definitely know we are going to go back in the summer several times!

Into the freezing water he goes on his two mile swim out!

Brooklyn and I waited on the grass for dad and she had the camera again. She is pretty good at taking pictures don't you think? If I had known we could swim I would have brought her swim suit so she could swim too! Darn it!

After the swim! He felt good about it and just loves to swim! You are so Hot cutie!

On the way back home from the Lake, Matt spotted this "smooth long boarding hill" and he just had to get out and take a stroll down it. He loooves to long board and will stop any chance he gets to take a fun ride! We keep the long board in the trunk for that reason!

Christmas with the cute gals!

My group of friends and I had our little girls dress up in their Christmas dresses and take pictures together in front of our Christmas tree, our first real tree! Aren't they so cute! Its so hard to get them to cooperate, as many mothers know, but it was still fun and we will always have the memories together as friends!

Merry Christmas Everyone!

The gals!

(L to R: Madi, Brooklyn, Hazel, Ella, Abigail not in picture)

I had to post this! This cute little baby is Hazel and she just kept staring at Brooklyn the whole time! I can imagine how Brooklyn will be with her soon to be baby sister... So precious!

Time with Grandma and Grandpa Kelsch and other stuff...

Here are so more stuff we have done, all of this back in August and first of September when we first moved here. Enjoy! (I apologize for the blurriness of the pictures.... its the dern stinkin tootin camera! Hint Hint Matt....)

Brother Olin invited us out to watch the Red Wings baseball game based in Rochester! We had a great time and Brooklyn loved her hotdog, notice her chin with ketchup!

Adam you will appreciate this one, a horse made of mitts!

One night Matt went checked on Brooklyn and found this on her belly! You can't really tell from the picture but there is yellow rubber band around her waist which is holding the balloon upright so well on her stomach. Matt and I had such a good laugh out of this.

When we were in St. George just before we moved out here, the girls all made flower accessories and Brooklyn wanted her hair done just like Brielle's (in our recent Kelsch Family picture). She was so proud of her hair and wanted a picture of it!

So cute!

Hangin at a somewhat Mexican restaurant... Rochester is not known for Mexican food and my parents were in a great mood for some Mexican after traveling across the country eating fast foods... yeck! the thought of fast food still makes me sick, not becuase I am pregnant but because thats all we pretty much ate at on the way, cheap and quick....Ewww!

Brooklyn posing with Grandma and Grandpa... I love her smile!

Dad and I hangin out taking a rest from getting the house all set up... I sure miss and love you DAD!

Brooklyn loves to play with all the magnets on the fridge arranging them in different cute ways.

She loves to play with the dominoes and make train tracks out of them!

Continuation of things we have done since we have moved here...

During my parents stay at the beginning of our move here we were able to go and visit some church history sites. It was such a beautiful day and we were able to go on a Sunday after church. This was my parents first time as well as Brooklyn's first time visiting such a beautiful place! I am so glad Matt and I were able to be with them on their first trip to such wonderful places!

So sweet, innoncent and so full of spirit... Sitting in front of the Joseph Memorial Monument.

Grandpa Kelsch and Brooklyn making their way to the monument. Brooklyn loved being with Grandpa! She sure misses him!

I just loved this picture of Matt holding Brooklyn's hand on our walk up the Hill Cummorah trail to see the monument and over look the huge hill where the Gold Plates were buried. We tried to envision exactly what it would have been like for Joseph Smith as the hill was probably full of trees and shrubs as all the whole area around it is.

I love this picture! Its at the Palympra Visitor Center which is a neat place to visit! It just so happens that the mission president and wife that I served under during my mission in Portland, Oregon, now serve as the center directors of the visitor center! They are almost done with their calling and I was so glad to learn they would still be here when we moved here! I am bummed I did not get a picture with them.... Hopefull soon before they are finished.



Walking through the Scared Grove... I LOVE the Sacred Grove... I remember coming here just after I graduated from high school and it is still the same as I remember!



The Palmyra Temple in the background. The Sacred Grove is directly in front of us. If you ever have the chance to go visit the temple and do wonderful work, be sure to look for the specatular view of the Sacred Grove from one of the windows inside the temple. Matt and I recently had the opportunity to go to the temple and it was such an amazing feeling! We love it there!


I love the Scared Grove!

We were able to visit Niagra Falls on the US side since my parents werent able to cross into Canada (no passports) hopefully next time Mom and Dad!

It was quite wet! We came on a not so good day where it was raining but nevertheless we still enjoyed it, didn't we Grandma and Grandpa? haha (mom you will not be happy I posted this but I wanted a picture with you two near the falls!)

Wanna know what Matt had just done when I took this picture? Taking a leak in the Niagra Falls river thats what! Is he crazy or what? Silly kid!

Last night during our family time together Matt, Brooklyn and I sat down and put a list together of things we are THANKFUL for. Although November is the month known as THANKSGIVING we should always be thankful for things throughout the year. We want to share with you things we are thankful for, I am sure you will know which ones are Brooklyn's... She made us laugh... Such a sweet and kindred spirit she is...

Jesus

Our Family

All the pretty colors on the tree

Pink

Daddy is going to school

Mommy doesn't have to go to work

Blue

Friends that we have made here

Matt doesn't lose his keys anymore

Brooklyn is thankful that she misses grandma

Family support back home

Sleep

God

Brooklyn because she is a good helper

How pretty Brooklyn and Shari are

For the things that we have

That we are having another baby

Utah is undefeated in the MWC

That we can go to church

Music

Time we get to spend together as a family

That we have a lamp

The beautiful nature around here

Food, in all of it's varieties

That our house is all set up

Text messaging (because I can't talk on the phone)

Brooklyn has brown yes just like Mommy

That we were putting our couch in the moving truck (so cute!)

Scriptures

We have the best Mommy in world!

Grandpa can talk to us on VP

The Holidays

Pictures

That Jesus loves us

Sherrie is coming out for 3 weeks! (yes!)

When Shari and Brooklyn come eat with Daddy at work

That we can follow Jesus and the Prophet

That our family will be together forever

and so much more!